Guus Wijngaards

Innovation between

Ideal and

Reality

Haarlem

Amsterdam

Alkmaar

Rotterdam

Delft

Den Haag

Dordrecht

36.000 students

Merger of 16 Schools

3000 employers

eLearning Centre

eLearning?

The use of multimedia technologies and the internet to improve the quality of learning and

teaching

… a human revolution…..

www.inholland.nl/elearning

A search for the ideal

learning and teaching

situation ….

…and how to

get there from

the actual

practice of

schools

One size fits all

The ideal learning situation?

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‘Open to the world’

Up-to-the-minute

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Together responsible

for content and

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Co-creation and co-

production lead to

co-ownership and

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Characteristics?

Formal and informal

learning

environments

An effective teacheris creative in dealing with the

curriculum, so that teaching

appeals to the imagination

has a great imagination and is

able use new ways of thinking

focuses on cooperationdares to take risks, for instance in

putting one’s trust in learners

is learning his/her entire life

serves as a role model for learners, for instance when it comes to

reflective behavior or global awareness

The self-confident learnermasters all kinds of

technological skills

is using ICT for distance learning

learns quickly to use new ICT tools

It is a matter of course that he uses ICT in a

creative way

has a good appreciation of when to use ICT for his/her learning

is able to tell how ICT can support learning

chooses the proper tools for each task

Technologies

Students

Teachers

Aspects of current reality

NETWORKS FOR DAY AND NIGHT

NETWORKS FOR DAY AND NIGHT

The cellular grid and the internet

Increased ubiquitous wireless and new ways of

learning

Easy access and the transformation of our lives

ELECTRICITY around the world

MOBILE PHONE CONNECTIONS

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Metatrend: The people are the network!

We’ll have to rethink again how we organise things…

People are the

organising principal

In how we assess

Major changes

‘It used to be said

spending too much

time on your computer

was an escape from

reality. Nowadays it is

the other way round. If

youngsters do not

spend enough time

online they may be

missing out on life, as

lived by their peers’.

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June 2006

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Trends and Developments

Cloud

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Trends and Developments

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3D Virtual

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A blend of two worlds

Trends and Developments

Collaborative environments

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Common classroom activities

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29%

25%

22%

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10%

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9%

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4%

3%

Copy from the board or a book

Listen to a teacher talking for a long time

Have a class discussion

Take notes while my teacher talks

Work in small groups to solve a problem

Have a drink of water when I need it

Work on a computer

Listen to background music

Have some activities that allow me to move around

Create pictures or maps to help me remember

Have a change of activity to help focus

Which three of the following do you do most often in class?

Spend time thinking quietly on my own

Talk about my work with a teacher

Learn things that relate to the real world

Teach my classmates about something

Source: Ipsos MORI

Have people from outside to help me learn

Learn outside in my school’s grounds

33%

Most preferred ways to learn

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39%

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21%

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16%

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In groups

By doing practical things

With friends

By using computers

Alone

From friends

With your parents

By practising

By copying

By thinking for yourself

Other

From others

In which three of the following ways do you prefer to learn?

From teachers

By seeing things done

In silence

At a museum or library

Base: All pupils (2,417) Source: Ipsos MORI

How can we reach the ideal situation?

With great strides?

How can we reach the ideal situation?

Or rather with

smaller, achievable

steps?

Learning and

teaching with new

technologies is a

continuous

process of

progress and

successes

EmpowerLearners take

control of

learning

Use ICT to

research and

manage own

learning

Next generation

learning….. and

technology

Passive Personalised/activeLearner engagement

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OHPs for data

projectors,

using

whiteboards as

projection

screens

Enrichwhiteboards

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interactively

and with wider

range of

teaching

resources and

methodologies

ExtendSignificantly

alter the way

that teaching

and learning

takes place

using ICT

EnhanceDeeper learning,

enhanced

engagement and

motivation

though the use

of technology

based learning

resources

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Recommendations

Link up with the digital world of students!

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Innovate to reach today’s students!

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Recommendations

Reshape learning and

teaching in close

cooperation with

students!

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Recommendations

Use socially relevant, problem solving

contexts for learning!

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Teach internet skills!

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Accept new

forms of

knowledge!

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A mix of formal and informal

learning

In classrooms,

via eLearning

In cooperation

with others,

playing and

detecting

Reading, coaching

On the

internet,

social media

Recommendations

Promote

reflection!

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Wisebits are short films, all

based on scientific issues and

questions and developed to be

used in classroom situations.

Leiden scientists write short texts on scientific topics, for

example logical thinking, the nature of questions or

mathematical principles. These texts are adapted by

young filmmakers from diverse filmic backgrounds, like

animation, documentary or clay-puppets.

Assignments are

added to the films.

These assignments

are developed by

high-school

teachers.

Films and assignments are placed on the

website

www.wisebits-academy.nl

where teachers can use and download them

whenever they want.

Furthermore it is possible to download a

Wisebits application on Iphone or

smartphone and to receive the latest film

every weekday.

Reflection

Recommendations

Peer-to-peer learning leads to

interaction and engagement!

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Studentsvoices.org

Listen carefully to the learners when creating

learning environments

Main

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The input of young people provides valuable

aspects which may lead into educational

improvements

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Learners tend to approach their own learning

methods in a more effective and motivated

way when they are asked to consider their

learning practice

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Courtesy: Fahrschule Seidensticker

.....implies:

that we accept

informal learning

outside school

especially in

personal virtual

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young

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that young people should share conduct of learning

processes at the educational institutions

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that students and teachers have a joint responsibility

for the contents and processes

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.....implies:

realising connections between formal (school) and

informal (personal, outside school) learning

environments

Shared

conduct

Web 2.0

applications

seem to be

of vital

importance

Could social software be powerful

as a model for educational change?

What are pupils’

and students’

expectations and

experiences with

(social software)

technologies?

Which problems will we encounter when

we integrate the social web within our

‘closed’ school systems?

Which factors are instrumental in contributing to

a favourable environment to enhance ‘co-

creation’ and ‘co-production’, eventually resulting

in a feeling of ‘co-ownership’?

Courtesy: Ecole du Magasin

Which characteristics in successful

learning practices implementing the Web

2.0 technology may serve as a role model

for redesigning learning environments in

similar or less similar contexts?

Main research question?

Courtesy: Friese Poort

Characteristics of

a given learning practice?

Motivation and ownership of all participants involved

Characteristics of the context

Contents of the learning practice

Pedagogical strategies

Options in media and communications

The target Group and other people involved

Available learning environment

Other conditions

contributing to the

success

Research methodology?

Finding examples of successful learning practices

Study of literature in which all information on the

examined learning practices will be listed

Analysis and evaluation of the examined learning

practices

Video footage of the learning practice showing the

characteristics and major success in vision

www.studentsvoices.org