Emerging Technologies and ICT Competencies of Teachers:
Learning and Teaching in a Digital Society with Digital Tools ICTs in Teacher Education: Policy, Open Educational Resources and Partnership IITE-2010 Conference
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Digital Society – Mobile Connectivity • • • • •
Computers - Internet Mobile - laptop (wifi) Cloud services Smartphone – email, camera, web, gps, ... iPad/aPad/iPed – web, books, newspapers, … – Less printed information, declining sales of newspapers IITE-2010 Conference, Sindre Røsvik, Volda University College
Digital society – Connectivity • Rapid change – cloud services • YouTube, 5 years! – Everybody is a publisher http://mediatedcultures.net/mediatedculture.htm • Facebook common amongst youngsters/adults, – businesses include it in organisation/strategy
• Consequences of cloud/Internet services: – Mail – less post, banking – “no office”, shopping etc
• Economical and legal challenges • Social/anthropological effects (Michael Wesch) IITE-2010 Conference, Sindre Røsvik, Volda University College
Learning and teaching • A teacher of 2010 is a lifelong learner • Digital technologies challenges ways of working in most professions – Teaching included – To teach about digital technologies • Teachers must be familiar with digital technologies – Computers/software, iPad/ … Internet, cloud services/social tools
• Learning environments: also digital & connected IITE-2010 Conference, Sindre Røsvik, Volda University College
Teaching in 21st century • Educational devices of 21st century: books, computers, smart boards/phones, iPad, … labs, nature • Education: contextual, national mandate – Local languages and culture
• Teachers and students are publishers – http://www.delogbruke.no – Homepage, YouTube publishing, IITE-2010 Conference, Sindre Røsvik, Volda University College
European Union – key competences The Reference Framework sets out eight key competences:
1) Communication in the mother tongue; 2) Communication in foreign languages; 3) Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology; 4) Digital competence; 5) Learning to learn; 6) Social and civic competences; 7) Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; 8) Cultural awareness and expression. IITE-2010 Conference, Sindre Røsvik, Volda University College
Bento Goncalves declaration: Educations’ main elements
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Future?– That’s now! • Educational challenges: – Teachers competence = Learners – Teachers with updated tools – Teachers connected – network organisation – Step by step – networked pilots • open access – schools can follow, join in freely
– Learning organisation, partnerships: • new developments a natural process
– Critical reflection IITE-2010 Conference, Sindre Røsvik, Volda University College
The Change: Some reflections • Michael Wesch: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5F m-Ng&feature=related
IITE-2010 Conference, Sindre Røsvik, Volda University College