Introduction to the Tap-Swipe-Pinch into STEM course

Mart Laanpere, Ph.D.Senior researcher at the Centre for

Educational Technology, Tallinn University

Call me Mart

• I am third-generation mathematics teacher• Principal of a rural K-12 school 1992 – 1996• Researcher in the Centre for Educational

Technology, Tallinn University since 2003• Ph.D. in educational science & technology• Research interests: digital competences,

pedagogy-driven design of online learning environments, digital textbooks, online assessment, smart schoolhouse, learning analytics, didactics of informatics

Practicalities

• Agenda: http://tspstem.blogspot.com.ee• Apps: GDrive, EverNote, Storyo…• Communication: Eliademy, Facebook, Twitter• Sharing: Gdocs• Personal app collection: EdShelf.com• Contacts: Mart & Marina• Documenting and reflecting• Learning together, helping each other• Certificates, EuroPass

Estonia: facts & figures• Population: 1,3 million• Tallinn: 450 000• Area: larger than

the Netherlans• Estonian is the mother

tongue: 65%• In NATO: since 2003• In EU: since 2004• In Schengen: since 2007• EURO currency: since 2011• 500 K-12 schools, 14 000

teachers, 145 000 pupils

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Estonian National Lifelong Learning Strategy 2014 – 2020: rationale

• “Use of ICT” model, based on computer labs, has reached its limits

• PPT/IWB is not enough, does not change learning• E-learning (Moodle) model did not take off, does

not suit primary and secondary schools• No good ideas for e-textbook model in current

settings (1 computer lab per school)• Ergo: learning in the digital age, 1:1 and BYOD

model, digital learning ecosystem

Strategy for Lifelong Learning 2020: action plan for Digital Turn in Estonian schools

• Digital turn in formal education system: digital culture into curricula, bottom-up innovation, sharing good practice, educational technologists in schools

• Digital learning resources: digital textbooks, OER, quality management, recommender systems

• Digital infrastructure for learning : 1:1 computing, BYOD, interoperable ecosystem of services, mobile clients, school-wide digital turn (first in 20 pilot schools, then in others)

• Digital competences of teachers and students: competence models, self-assessment tools, mapping with course offerings and accreditation procedures, updating initial teacher education curricula

https://www.hm.ee/sites/default/files/estonian_lifelong_strategy.pdf

Experiences from Samsung Digital Turn project 2014-2015

• Whole-school digital turn: focus on change management and pedagogical innovation (Fullan)

• Every school found their own focus (20 schools)– Learners as creators: Kahoot, Geocaching, Digital

storytelling, learner-created textbooks– Systemic and sustainable change: formative

assessment with e-portfolios, 3D-modeling– Leadership: digital language immersion, regional lead

• Digital maturity self-assessment tool, peer-assessment between schools

Samsungdigipoore.ee

Quiz

• Go to http://Kahoot.it • Enter the code you see on the screen and your

name• Respond fast

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