Employing technology to

enhance teacher effectiveness

Catherine Bruen, Head of Learning Design

Digital Skills Academy

Current Landscape in Digital Education

Changing role of the “Teacher”

Role Technology enhanced Learning can play

The Benefits for Teachers and Learners

Outline

Current Landscape in Digital Education

Outline

Purposes of (Higher) Education

Overview of Current landscapeAndragogy & Higher Education The

NMC Horizon project charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning, research, creative inquiry and information management

online learning for both private anProperly organized open resources can underpin d public education and "leisure" learning. It is a fundamental infrastructure for learning and teaching and should be supported as such by funders and policymakers in the education, research, and culture domainsMalcolm Read, Educause Annual Conference, Philadelphia

2011

An Ecosystem for Success

“The future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed”

William Gibson

“We are becoming distributed beings. Mobile makes the trend more explicit”

William Gibson

An Ecosystem for Success

“If we are to tap into this potential, it will require the gatekeepers and facilitators of knowledge in the academic world to embrace the concepts and practices embodied by the Open Education Resources movement.”Sean Sherlock, NDLRFest 2012

Meeting the Demands…

• By 2025, the global demand for Higher Education will double to 200m per year, mostly from emerging economies (NAFSA, 2010) (D.Laurillard, 2013)

• New UNESCO goals for education– Every child completes a full 9 years of free

basic education…– Post-basic education expanded to meet

needs for knowledge and skills(Draft for UNESCO post 2015 goals)

Lindsay Lohan is our competitor…. We have to get her off the screen and get science there instead.

Bora Zivkovic, Founder, Online Science Conference

Digital Skills Academy• Within five years, 90% of all jobs will

require tech skills across all sectors

• Europe is suffering from a growing professional ICT shortagewith a shortfall of asmany as 900,000professionals by 2015

Digital Skills AcademyIn the urban brownfield of a former Guinness brewery in Dublin, there is now a Digital Skills Academy.

It provides ICT training forunemployed young peopleand afterwards links themwith SMEs.

Speaking at the launch of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs (4th March 2013), President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso said: 

Digital Skills AcademyThis project activates both the youngsters and the local companies, and this is exactly the type of thing we are promoting with theYouth Guarantee.

Jose Manuel Barroso,President, European Commission

EdTech 2013The 14th Educational Technology

Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA)

May 30th and 31st, 2013, Hosted by University College Cork, Ireland.

•EdTech2013 is presented in conjunction with Ireland’s EU Presidency of the European Council and is themed in line with this recently launched EU DG Education and Culture initiative by Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou.

Opening up Education – Content, Learning and Collaboration

1.Changing learning environments

2.Supports for digital literacy development of educators and learners

3.Policy implementation issues

4.Enhancing the quality of learning experiences for the 21st century learner

Meeting Ireland's young digital generationVP Neelie Kroes, accompanied by Digital Champion for Ireland, Lord David Puttnam, visited St Colmcille's Community School in Dublin – a school benefiting from 100 Mbps connectivity.

Changing role of the “Teacher”

Emulators for Change…

Identifying a set of skills for lifelong and holistic Praxis…..

• The role of the University in Society…..The role of the Teacher in that society….• Societal engagement, knowledge transfer & production

Theory + Praxis

– Perspective 1: relationship of teaching, research and social service are independent of each other.

– Perspective 2: Integrity of the roles

… academic work is not a single activity, but includes four interrelated components: discovery, integration, application and teaching…..

Boyer, 1990

To do better with less... We must begin by transforming our own cultureDiana Oblinger, Educause Review (Vol. 46, No. 5, Sept / Oct, 2011)

Nurturing TalentTeachers developing the talents of our participants through intensive blended learning programmes built on the following key pillars:

Promotingteamwork

andcollaborative

workingmethods

Nurturing creativity

and technique

s for creative problem solving

Encouraging peer learning

Facilitating project-based

learning & ssessment

Fostering the

conditions to support entrepren-

eursip

http://scoop.intel.com/what-happens-in-an-internet-minute/

Learning Paradigms & world views

• Holistic Approach to TeL• How video & Web are supporting lear

ning in the classroom • It’

s not about the technology , it is about the learning

Reference:http://jennyluca.wikispaces.com/Forming+a+Personal+Learning+Network+for+Professional+Learning

Personalise Learniong

Role Technology enhanced Learning can play

Outline

SAMR model

image is taken from Summer Tech Institute.

Dr Robin Puentudura

Learning Typology

Infrastructure

Interface

Tools

Interaction

Learning Tools Interoperability (LTIs)

LTI™ is a standard way of integrating rich learning applications which are often remotely hosted and provided through third-party services with platforms like learning management systems, portals, or other educational environments

Learning Tools Interoperability (LTIs)

Taxonomy for MOOCs from a pedagogical perspective

• transferMOOCs • madeMOOCs• synchMOOCs • asynchMOOCs • adaptiveMOOCs • groupMOOCs• connectivistMOOCS• miniMOOCSs

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The Benefits for Teachers and Learners

Outline

Digital Skills Academy• Founded 2008, we provide Continuous

Professional Development and Higher Education and Training programmes

• Develop talent for 21st centurydigital workplaces

• Our aim is to move jobseekersback into the labour marketby equipping them with theskills that are now in demand

WebElevate• Digital business, technology and

game development programme for graduate jobseekers

• 2011 - 2013, retraining620 jobseekers

• Participants averageage is 32+

WebElevate12 month part-time programme aims toprovide participants with the skills andknowledge to work as:• Digital Media Application Developer / Programmer• Online & Mobile Game Developer• Web & interface Graphic Designer • Digital Media Production Manager / Project

Manager • Online Marketing, Sales Executive / Manager • Digital Media Copy Writer / Editor / Information

Designer • Web Video Producer

• WebActivate is part of the Government’s ‘Action Plan for Jobs’ Programme, a new Labour Market Education & Training Fund

• The fund known as Momentum, commits €20 million towards targeted training interventions for the long-term unemployed – 6,500 training places provided (co-financed by the European Social Fund)

“MOMENTUM”

WebActivate

WebActivate• Industry expert led tuition

• Structured freelance work placements – helping 2,000 businesses grow their online presence

• Free HP laptop, software tools, broadband, smartphones and mobile phone account

• Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment Diploma inDigital, awarded by DublinInstitute of Technology

PROGRAMME RESULTS & FUNDING

WebElevate

The programme is funded through the Higher Education Authority’s Springboard programme

Within 4 months of graduating(October 2012)53% of graduates were in employment, with a further 11% in internships

I originally studied art, but being a full-time artist is a tough gig. I took the graphics stream in the WebElevate programme and have learnt so much about designing for the web. I am now working for Pigsback.com as a copywriter and designer.It's great to have a solid job that's also creative.

Elaine Kinahan, WebElevate Graduate 2012

What our graduates say

What our graduates sayI enrolled on the WebElevate programme to improve my future job prospects and help in developing my start-up business Publin.ie, the first up to date website for real time pub and bar prices in Dublin’s city centre.Choosing the app development stream has taken me out of my comfort zone and has given me an exciting challenge. I have learnt so much on the programme, and this is going to stand to me in my future career. I am now currently developing an app version of Publin.ie and I am excited about the level of corporate interest in this.

John Geraghty, WebElevate Participant 2013

I worked as an Architectural Technician for close to ten years until the work dried up. Having strong project management experience, I took the Project Management stream on the WebElevate programme so I could transfer my skills to work in digital. It's a great course, with very good content and lecturers who bring real-world experience. It has worked out really well for me; I am now working full-time for Dell.

Brian Cahill, WebElevate Graduate 2012

What our graduates say

I worked as a designer for years in the traditional print sector. The WebElevate programme has been really beneficial to me, helping me move into digital and widen the job opportunities open to me. I am now working for Buy4Now as a Content Manager. If you want to get into digital, I couldn't recommend WebElevate enough.

Richard Ryan – WebElevate Graduate 2012

What our graduates say

I am really pleased to be back working, having landed a role as a Junior Software Developer. I worked for many years as a engineering consultant before I had to change track. The WebElevate programme gave me the start I needed, learning programming languages, app and web development, which suitedmy mathematical background. It hasopened up a whole new area of workfor me.

Sinead O’Neill – WebElevate Graduate 2012

What our graduates say

I am really glad I have switched my focus from tech support to digital media. I really love the work I am now doing now as a developer –I have been able to build on the skills that I had, particularly my knowledge ofinfrastructure, but it allows me to bemore creative and has opened up awhole new line of work for me.

Paul Byrne – WebElevate Graduate 2012

What our graduates say

What our graduates sayI enrolled on the WebElevate programme to improve my future job prospects and help in developing my start-up business Publin.ie, the first up to date website for real time pub and bar prices in Dublin’s city centre.Choosing the app development stream has taken me out of my comfort zone and has given me an exciting challenge. I have learnt so much on the programme, and this is going to stand to me in my future career. I am now currently developing an app version of Publin.ie and I am excited about the level of corporate interest in this.

John Geraghty, WebElevate Participant 2013

What our Teachers sayI have experience over many years where eLearning was used to reinforce class based learning. It is a new challenge to create digital core learning… In a classroom QA sessions and interactions can be used to reinforce a point, change it to suit blank faces etc. Where we are at is trying to recreate this with a support team and their confidence and excellence is key to the learning….. A light touch on the ground needs a heavy lift in the background

Barry McAdam, Lecturer, 2009 - 2013

What our Teachers say

TEL –our Learning Journal (straightforward blog) has proved a very useful learning tool for informal learning between students (amongst themselves) and lecturers

Peter Lynch, WebElevate Coordinator, 2011 - 2013

What our Teachers sayOur job as lecturers is to equip them with the necessary skills and techniques to perform the various tasks involved…Our combined delivery needs to cover everything that the participants require. This approach brings the learning delivery into a sharper focus and promotes a more collaborative and efficient approach to teaching. I like the fact that we know and understand that we have not fully cracked the nut but have a real desire to crack it because we can see benefits for DSA, the participants, the lecturers and our industry partners. Dominic Martin, Lecturer, 2010 - 2013

BTWeb App for BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Technology:Android, iPhone, Tablet Functionality:Interactive Visitor App featuring project search functionality, interactive maps, exhibition info, social media

Technology:IOS and HTML5 iPad App / integrated with Third party software

Pigsback.comMegadeals merchants iPad app

Functionality:Simplifies the redemption process of businesses runninga Pigsback megadeal

TelefonicaFully integrated iOS Mobile travel App for Telefonica Employees in Europe

Enhances travel experience between European offices – office locations, preferred restaurants/ hotels/ taxi service, integrated Skyscanner webview

Technology:Built in Xcode

CartgaloreeCommerce website for Irish craft producersto sell internationally

GILL & MacMillan

iPad Literacy App for Young Children

Technology:iPad iOS

Developed interactive game to enhance classic nursery rhyme story

Who has hired our graduates

Thank you !References

• E-Learning Audit, DRHEA• Measuring online impact - adapted from the

Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources, JISC.• Learning Futures: Emerging technologies, pedagogies, and contexts,

Steve Wheeler, Technology in Higher Education Conference, Doha, Qatar, April 2013

• Splashes and Ripples; Synthesizing the Evidence on the Impacts of Digital Resources, Eric T. Meyer

• NMC Horizon Report, 2013 Higher Education Edition• IMS Global Learning Consortium• IMS LTI Demo, Gavin Henrick, Ireland and UK Moodlemoot 2012• Personal Learning Networks: The Power of the Human Network, Judith

Epcke & Scott Meech• Remodelling Higher Education to harness technology, Diana Laurillard,

Disrupting Education, TCD, February 2013• Impact studies report prepared for HEA & Dept. of Education, Skills

and Minister of State for Research and Innovatio• The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland : Case Studies from the

National Learning Resources Service, Sept 2012