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31/08/2015EPALE-NABIBBConferenceonDigitalLearning

©MaríaIsabelGilCumplido(IEDA,Spain)[email protected] CCBYNCSAND

Simplequestiontoknowourschool:whoareourstudents?Weprovideyouwithsomeexamples:

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Astudentwhenshewasunder18.Exampleofhigh-performancesportswomaninourschool.

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Students under18deprivedofliberty.

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Studentsunabletoattendclassesinaschoolduetotheir disease.

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The previousexamplesarerealbutnotthemostcommon.Themajorityofourstudentscannotattendclassesinastandardschool,mainlyduetotheirworkandfamilysituation.Hereisanexampleofpeoplethattravelbecauseoftheirwork,likemilitarymen,fishermen,lorrydrivers,etc.

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Not onlyisitimportanttheiravailability,butalsotheirmotivationtostudy.

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Inthis presentation,firstlyIwilltalkaboutwhoweworkforbecausetheywilldeterminehowwedoitandwhywedoitthatway.

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The beginningofourworkisthewidevarietyofstudentsinourschool.Itisfarmorediversethaninastandardschool,whereallthestudentsarethesameageandliveinthesameneighbourhood.Inourschool,thesefactorsarenothomogeneousamongourstudents;besides,diversityalsocomesfrom:

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Diversity comesfrom:a) Thepersonalcircumstancesofourstudents:theirfamilyresponsibilities(i.e.:do

theyhavetotakecareofchildrenorelderpeopleathome?Aretheyhousewives?)

b) Theirworkcircumstances(i.e.:aretheyunemployed?Whatkindofjobdotheyhave?Whatareitsconditions?)

Thesetwofactorshaveadirecteffectonthefreetimethestudentshavetostudy.

c)Whatistheirpreviousexperienceintheacademicsystem?(i.e.:Aretheydropouts,orNEETS,howlonghavetheybeenoutoftheacademicsystem?Whatwastheeducationalplaninourcountryunderwhichtheystudied?)d)WhatabouttheirICTskills?Thesetwofactorshaveadirecteffectonthesuccessthestudentsmayhaveinthecourse.

e)Whathasmadethemcomebacktostudy?Whatistheirmotivation?(i.e.: dotheyneedtoimprovetheirworkconditionsandcareeropportunities,dotheyjustdoitforyourownsatisfaction?)

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Bytheway,statisticshaveshownthatthereseemstobeadirectrelationbetweenthedemandofour coursesandtheemploymentrateinAndalusia.

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So far,wehaveintroducedourstudents,andherearetheteacherandtheirfunctions:a) Helpingstudentsinthelearningprocess:helpingthemwiththeMoodle

platform,withtheICTtools,withthecontentofthesubjects,etc.b) Assessingthestudents’performanceisimportantbecauseweissueofficial

certificatessinceourschoolisanofficialcentre.c) CreatingandrevisingOERsandtheassignmentsourstudentshavetomake.


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Consideringthesestudentsandroles,howisthisworkdone?

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Westronglybelieveinthetask-basedlearningsystem. Itstandsuponthreemainpillars:- Learningbydoing:thestudentdoesnotfinishinthecontentofthesubject,he

needsto“do”somethingpracticalandusefulwithittomakesenseinthelearningprocess,toreallymasterit.

- Interactionwiththestudentsandfeedback:theinteractiondoesnotonlytakeplaceinthevirtualclassroom,butwithinandthroughthetasksubmissionandcorrectionitself,andthisiswherethefeedbackhasmostsense.The“trueanswer”isnotgiveninthefirstround.Onthecontrary,theindicationsgiveninthecorrectionallow/helpthestudentrethinktheissueandfindthe“Trueanswer”bythemselves.Thisisthebestwaytolearnsomethinganddonotforgetitever!

- Flexibility:thisrefersnotonlytotheperiodoftheyearinwhichtheycansubmitthetasks(whichisopenalongthewholecourseyear)butalsotothekindoftasksthestudentshavetodo.

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Hereisanexampleofthefeedback thestudentsreceive.ThisisanEnglishtaskandwecanseethesystemtheyhavetocorrectwithoutprovidingthecorrectanswers.AttheIEDA,studentsareinvitedtosubmitandresubmitasmuchasneededtolearnfromtheirmistakes.Studentsworkonthemistakesteachersshowandexplain,withoutprovidingthesolutions.Let’s seeanexample:theEnglishdepartmentusesakeyofcolours toshowthestudentswhatkindofmistakesthereareintheassignment:redisforspelling,blueisforvocabulary,etc.Theyalsoaddnotestoexplainthemistakesifneeded.Thus,thestudentsknowwhereandwhatkindofmistakesthereareintheirassignment,buttheyhavetoworkonthesolution.

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AnotherexampleoftheEnglishdepartment.

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All thetasksattheIEDAhavetheseelementsincommon:

- TheuseofICTtoolsbecausetheyallowusworkonthebasicskills,goingastepfurtherfromthecontent.Theyalsoprovidethenecessaryspaceforcollaborativework–thisbecomesveryrelevantifwetakeintoaccountthatstudentsarefarfromeachother,notphysicallysittinginthesameschoolandclassroom-.Andfinallybutnotlessimportant,theyallowthevisibilityofthestudents’production,andthismaybeveryencouraging.

- Creativityisseenasananti-plagiarismtool,inthesensethatthemoreopenthetaskis,thelessprobableitwillbetocopy/pasted fromthecontentontheInternet.Therequirementofcreativityisbecauseithelpscontextualizingbothontheside ofthestudentandtheteacherasthecreatorofthetasks.Onthestudentsside creativityallowsthepersonalenrichmentbecauseithelpsthestudentexpresshimselfwithsomeliberty;ontheteachersside,itisimportantthatthetaskisdesignedinawaythatisappealingspecificallyforourtypeofstudents(again,knowingWHOourstudentsare,seeexampleinnextslides).

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Hereisanexampleofcontextualizationthroughcreativity,ontheside oftheteacher: ifanEnglishteacherchoosestouseasonginatask,shallheuseasongbyTheBeatles,forexample,or…

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willitbemoresignificantforthestudentsifhe/sheusesasongbyapresent-daysinger,likeTaylorSwift,forexample?Whichsingerwillbeclosertothestudents?

Ifyouhavediversityintheageofthestudents,maybeabestpracticemaybetoofferavarietyofsongsfromartistsofdifferentdecadesforthestudentstochoose.Obviouslythisismoretimeconsuming(seeinstitutionalconstrainstobearinmindattheendofthepresentation).

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Intheprevious exampleoffeedback,thereisanexampleofcontextualizingonthesideofthestudent:whatthestudentshadtodointhetaskwastomakeapresentationabouthowthingshavechangedintheplacewheretheylive.Thisstudent,whowasfromGranada,chosetotalkabouttheroadtoSierraNevada.Theyfeelfreetotalkabouttheirlivesandtheirreality,gettingmoreinvolvedintheprocessoflearning.

Ifeverystudentspeaksaboutthepeculiaritiesoftheirlocaltown,copyingismoreimprobable.

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Thelast characteristicofourtasksistheimportanceoftheassessmentsection,becauseitisstatedfromtheverybeginningofthetask,sothatthestudentsaretoldwhatandhowthetaskwillbeassessed.AtthebeginningoftheIEDA,weworkedmorewiththeobjectives,butweknowthattalkingabouttheevaluationcriteriaisclearerforthestudents.

Theassessmentisusuallyexpressedinrubrics,andthisallowsteacherscreateroutesoflearning.Let’s thinkofataskinwhichthestudentshavetocreateapresentation;inthetaskthestudentsareproposedtouseanonlinetoolforpresentationswithaudio,buttheyarealsoofferedthepossibilityofusinganofflineone.Therubricalsotakesintoaccountotherpoorerpossibilities–likecreatingapresentationwithouttheaudio,orjustadocumentwithpicturesinit.Allthesepossibilitiesareofferedbymeansoftherubric,withtheircorrespondingassessmentweightinthefinalresult.

Finally,theteacherscanseethestudent’sevolutionalongtheyearthankstothisrubricwhencheckingwhetherastudentchoosesmorecomplexpossibilitiesoftheserubricsattheendofthecourseyear.

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This isfinal structureofourwork:weneedtoworkfromthestudentswithintheofficialframeworkandmakinguseoftherepositoryoftasks.

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Again,weneedtostartfromthestudents

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through thediversitytheyimply.

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Thisdiversityisnotonlywithinour distancelearningschool,butalsooutsideits“walls”,intheblended-systemschoolsandinthemunicipalities.Let’srememberwecreateOERsandtasksforthemtoo,sowemustbeartheminmindtoo.

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Let’smoveonfromthestudentstotheofficialframework.

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Let’s rememberweissueofficialcertificates becauseweareanofficialpublicschool,thereforeaclearassessmentofstudentsiscrucialtodemonstratethatthestudentshaveovercometheminimumrequirementsofthecertificatetoissueit.;thisleadsustoanotherimportantidea,there:

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Wemustmeasureourowncapacityofworkwiththebudget(students/men-power)wehave:willwebeabletoprovideourstudentsthecorrectfeedbackthatisrequiredwiththenumberofstudentswehaveintheclassroom?

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All theseelementsmustbetakenintoaccountbecauseiffeedbackfails

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Thewholesystemmay collapse.Rememberthatthefeedbackisakeyfactorofthetask-basedlearningprocessinourschool.

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Thelaststepintheprocessofour workisthestructurethatisprovidedtothecreationofOERs.

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Thestructureisabigrepositoryoftasksandcontent,both forourschool,thedistancelearningschoolandfortheblendedlearningschools.TheIEDAmakesuseofthiscontentandtaskstocreateroutesforourstudents(i.e.:helpforstudentswhosestartinglevelislow);thishasleadsometeachersworkongamification,withtheseroutesoftasks.Agroupofteachershasworkedonnewprojectsforthisyearinwhichthestudentsareallowedtochoosethetaskswithinatermfromagroupoftasksproposed.

TheusetheblendedlearningschoolscanmakeusbothtousetheOERsassuchortoadaptthem.

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Thisisthefinalresultofourwork.

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In allthesteps,coordinationisessential:- Weworkwithinthedepartments;wealsohaveveryproductivemeetingswithall

thekindsofeducationthatarewithintheIEDA(adultobligatoryandpost-obligatoryeducation,vocationaltraining,languages).

- Wedoself-trainingingroupsintheschoolinordertolearnfromeachother(i.e.:someonethatmastersanICTtoolteacheshowtouseittotherestofteachers),toavoidinconsistenciesintheuseoftheICTtools(i.e.:usingthesameICTtoolsinallsubjectstoavoidthestudentsneedingtolearntoomanyofthemforasingleusage),andinordertodocross-curricularworktoo.

- Wealsodoresearchoneducation.


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Andwethinkandthink.

Rethinking,revising,trialanderror…


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Whyis thisourworkingsystem?

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Sofar,wehavemovedfromthe‘whoareourstudents?’, towardsthe‘howwework’untilwehavereachedthe‘whyweworkthatway’.

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Becausethere arechallenges,wearenotperfect,ofcourse!

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Thereisa challenge betweenthesetwoideas:theflexibilityofferedtothestudent(i.e.:allthematerialsareavailablefromthebeginningofthecourse,theycanworkattheirownpaceandsubmitthetaskwhenevertheywant) andthefeedbackthattheteachersreceivefromthem.

Inordertoprovidethisflexibility,theteachersneedtoworkinadvance,sothefeedbackwereceivethisyearcomesfromtheOERsandtaskswedesignedthepreviousyear.

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Secondly,thetimethatisneeded todothetaskscannotbecalculatedwiththeaccuracyofaDBtimetable,

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But,itcan only beforeseenwiththis precision.Itisdifficulttocalculatethattimewithsharpness(i.e.:becauseitdependsonthecapacityofstudentsandthewidediversityoftheminclassmakeseachofthemneedtheirownamountoftime). Inaddition,thistimingalsoreferstothetimetheteachersneedtocorrectandprovideaqualityfeedback.

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Thelast challengeistheuseofICTtools.AtthebeginningofourschoolwewereveryobsessedwiththeuseoftheICTtools(i.e.:anewtoolineachtask,veryfancytools,…),untilwerealizedthattheyarejusttools,nottherealobjective(i.e.:learningtocommunicateinEnglish).WeprefertofollowtheKISSrulenow.

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Finally, thestructureofourworkcanbesummarised inthisslide:a)westartfromthepeopleforwhomwework,fromtheirbackgroundandneeds.b)weworkwithatask-basedlearningmethodologyusingOERsandbeingcoordinated.c)wedoitthatwayinordertoprovideflexibilitywiththeresourceswehave.

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Aswe sawatthebeginningofthispresentation,thedoorofourschoolisopen,anditremainsopen toanykindofnetworkingthatmaycomeupinthisconference.


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