Flexible ICT options for language learning in primary education

dr. Wim de Boer

Florence, Italy14 - 15 November 2013

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Outline

• The language• The need• The approach• The input• The ideas• The guidelines

• The first prototype• The proces from

here on…

The language: Some facts…

• 620,000 inhabitants: 94% understand, 74% speak, 65% read and 17% write

• 55% Frisian mother tongue• Schools have curricular autonomy• Frisian language is part of curriculum• Primary schools: one lesson per week• 15-20% of schools use Frisian as

medium of instruction in world studies & arts

• 67% of teachers are qualified to teach it

The Frisian language in education in the Netherlands

A new (digital) set of learning materials for learning Frisian in primary education

The need

Thomas Reeves

The approach:Development research

The input

• Inventory of actual developments within education, focused on the use of technology

• School visits, observations of classes • Interviews with teachers and pupils• Research with Frisian Academy on use of

existing materials• Curriculum and evaluation project with field• Research with students of teacher training

institute on use of existing materials and ideas about the future

• Inventory didactical approaches

The input

• Inventory of actual developments within education, focused on the use of technology

• School visits, observations of classes • Interviews with teachers and pupils• Research with Frisian Academy on use of

existing materials• Curriculum and evaluation project with field• Research with students of teacher training

institute on use of existing materials and ideas about the future

• Inventory didactical approaches

Media mix options,printing on demand

Not to be outdated fastly

Re-newing, improving constantly

Dig. Portfolio

Tests

progress tracking

learning analytics

educational platfoarm

Teacher assistant

actual

Ease of use

overview

motivational

ICT: HTML 5...

Serious games

Games/gamification

individual & adaptive learning

Use of digital BB

differentitation

curricula

Use of ECFR

The input• Inventory of actual developments within

education, focused on the use of technology

• School visits, observations of classes • Interviews with teachers and pupils• Research with Frisian Academy on use of

existing materials• Curriculum and evaluation project with

field• Research with students of teacher

training institute on use of existing materials and ideas about the future

• Inventory didactical approaches

Design principles

• Curriculum flexibility: Custom made curricula based on school and teacher (pupil) choices and characteristics;

• Didactical/pedagogical flexibility: Options for different learning styles, content, differentiation, class organization, group & individual learning;

• Presentation flexibility: Custom made based presentation on school and teacher (pupil) choices and characteristics, digital white/blackboard, digital teacher assistant, use on mobile devices and tablets, crossed media/blended learning, printing on demand;

• New learning options: Serious games, gamification, personal learning, adaptive learning modules;

• Evaluating learning options: Smart learning analytics, evaluation tools and instruments, integrated as part of learning activities.

FlexibilityFrisian as a subject Important Not important

Use of Frisian in other subjects CLIL Yes No

Teacher with diploma Yes No

# students are Frisian High Low

Competences All Some

Digital Yes No

Size school Small Big

Content Frisian culture

Children’s Interest

School 1Frisian as a subject Important Not important

Use of Frisian in other subjects CLIL Yes No

Teacher with diploma Yes No

# students are Frisian High Low

Competences All Some

Digital Yes No

Size school Small Big

Content Frisian culture

Children’s Interest

School 2Frisian as a subject Important Not important

Use of Frisian in other subjects CLIL Yes No

Teacher with diploma Yes No

# students are Frisian High Low

Competences All Some

Digital Yes No

Size school Small Big

Content Frisian culture

Children’s Interest

Contents

text, video, audio, games, tests, exams, projects, practices,

assignments, formative assessments, adaptive

modules, curricula, own materials, materials

other subjects

Print

Electronic learning

environment:

• Browser• Tablet• Digital board• ….

Learning platform

The first prototype

Nije foarmen fan learen (serious games)

The proces from here on…

Doing it together… • Pilots and workshops with

teachers• Research with future teachers

and teacher trainers, including teachers and students

• Cooperation with network of language coordinators and multilanguage schools

• Working on curriculum with teacher consultants and in service institute

• ….

Thank you…

W.deboer@afuk.nl

Learning domain (e.g. verbs)

Test questions

practiceinstruction (A1-)

practice (A1)

practice (A1+)instruction

practice (A2-)instruction

instruction

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Kriminaliteit

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Identifying ideas, demands and wishes for a new set of learning materials for Frisian language learning

• Secondary schools offer the subject in the lower grades

• In higher grades possibility as a subject with exam in all types of s.e.

• Frisian as instruction language is permitted, but rare. Today: 3-language schools project…

Theoretical model educational flexibility

• Eight dimensions of effective Web-based learning environments (Reeves, 2002).

Used for:• Specific software• searching• Communication

Not for:• Simulation/

games• Testing

Curriculumoral language1. The students develop a positive attitude towards the use of Frisian by themselves and others . 2. The students learn to acquire information from spoken Frisian language. Through texts, opinions or instruction on subjects familiar to them .3. The pupils learn to process information in Frisian to express situations in their daily lives.

written language4. The students learn to acquire information from texts in Frisian in text types such as leaflets, brochures , articles , webites , lyrics.5 . The students learn to write about everyday topics with the aim to be able to communicate with others about those subjects .

Linguistics, including strategies6. The students acquire a vocabulary of frequently used words and acquire strategies for understanding unfamiliar words .

Offer options and help selecting…