Examples of ICT usage in education

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Applied Studies, Belgrade

Examples of ICT usage in education

Topics: Reasons for continuous ICT Usage in EducationICT usage in Instruction end Learning: E-learningDevelopment of Actual E-learning EnvironmentDevelopment of Multimedia Teaching MaterialsInstructional Design and Tutoring of Modern E-coursesDevelopment of E-publications

Reasons for continuous ICT Usage in Education

Students learn to use modern IC technologies

Teachers can improve teaching

Enabled wider access to higher education

Possible cooperation with other institutions in the country

Electronic courses’ efficiency is achieved

ICT usage in education is a technological imperative

ICT usage in Instruction and Learning: E-learning

The initial version: Computer based learning

The advanced version:& Internet based learning

The next version:& Online learning

The next advanced versions:& Mobile & Collaborative learning

ICT usage in Instruction and Learning: E-learning

E - learning has developed as process of learning with the use of modern IC technologies:

to improve the quality and outcomes of learning

to improve the conditions for learning in the given area and make them suitable for present generation of students

ICT usage in Instruction and Learning: E-learning

Developed forms of e-learning:f2f (face-to-face) & ict based learning

lessons in the classroom, computer and Internet based learning

blended (hybrid, mixed) learninglessons in and out of the classroom, learning via and out of Internet

fully online learninglessons out of the classroom, learning via the Internet

ICT usage in Instruction and Learning: E-learning

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Applied Studies in Belgrade offers to students:

Modern e-learning environment

Multimedia teaching materials

Online and mobile learning

New ways for continuous dialogue with the lecturers

Development of Actual E-learning Environment

As a part of internal project: "Application of New Educational Technologies" in this School:

From the beginning of the school year 2005/6. the school has supported development of advanced electronic textbooks

From the beginning of the school year 2007/8. the school has had site on Learning Management Systems (LMS) Moodle

Development of Actual E-learning Environment

The school has also supported learning in Web 2.0:

Two-way flow of information in teachingCommunication via: e-mail, forums, chats, videoconferences...

and Web 2.0 tools:LMSYouTubeWikipediaWikis, BlogsOnline quizzesSocial networks...

Development of Actual E-learning Environment

The school LMS site http://lectio.viser.edu.rs/moodle includes:

Database (data about lecturers, students, resources, activities)

Multimedia contents (formats: html, swf, pdf, jpg…)

Web portal (menus, lists, themes…)

Development of Actual E-learning Environment

LMS introduces the new roles of:Lecturers – courses’ designers, tutorsStudents – very active participants of learning process

Very important:Course can not be started without a prepared environmentCourse can not be realized without a prepared tutoringCourse can not be ended without an evaluation

Development of Actual E-learning Environment

At the beginning of the course:Setting the portal of LMS Creating the groups of participantsOrganizing the topics of the course

At the beginning and during the course:Placing teaching materialsProviding administrative support

During the course: Tutoring

At the end of the course: Evaluation of the course

Development of Actual E-learning Environment

Classification of courses using LMS:Level Available through the LMS Percentage

of all1. • basic course information

• curriculum• list of textbooks and references• general forum for discussions

11%

2. • calendar of activities• teaching materials• forums for the tasks and results • homework and tests

30%

3. • all teaching materials• lessons• pre-exam activities •checking of the acquisition of

knowledge

59%

Multimedia Teaching MaterialsFrom the beginning of the school year 2012/13. the majority of school courses have been modernized:

E-lessons, audio-video instructions and e-tests have been designed for the courses

The school address on YouTube has been reserved for the multimedia materials

The school addresses on Mahara / WordPress have been reserved for the students’ blogs

Multimedia Teaching Materials

Content in the form of: textimagesanimationsaudio and video content…

It can be delivered: via the Internetvia CD or DVD…

Multimedia Teaching MaterialsRequirements

The content by the curriculum

Less text, more illustrations and animations A lot of

interaction

Original design

Composed by a team of experts

Personalizedcontent

Instructional Design and Tutoring of E-courses

From the beginning of the school year 2012/13. the school has developed Distance Study Program: New Computer Technologies

Instructional Design, as very important segment of distance learning, includes new forms of:

Learning environmentLearning mechanism

Instructional Design and Tutoring of E-courses

Electronic Courses’ Tutoring is also a very important segment, it includes:

Communication and collaboration between the lecturers and their students Monitoring of students' work

Instructional Design and Tutoring of E-courses

Development of teaching materialsDevelopment of learning environment Design of course structureDesign of course activitiesImplementation of the courseEvaluation of the course

Instructional Design and Tutoring of E-courses

Teachers work as eTutors, lecturers who:

Set the frame of teaching activitiesCreate an atmosphere for learningLead students through the courseControl the students’ work

Support from eTutor:Intensive support - at the beginning of the courseReduced support - later

Instructional Design and Tutoring of E-coursesDiscussions about the teaching material can be initiated by lecturers and studentsDiscussions about the teaching material

ensure students’ confidencedevelop students' thinking about the coursebreak the monotony of the courseControl the students’ work

!Discussions are the most important segment!

Publishing

Paper editions

Paper editions with the electronic supplement

Electronic editions

Trends in the development of publications

Publishing

Paper editions with CD/DVD

15

Paper editions90Electronic

editions132

School year 2014/15.

Electronic publishing

Electronic textbooks

Electronic lessons

Multimedia teaching materials

Electronic publishing

The largest number of electronic textbooks are used in the teaching of programming and information technologies

They are available on CD / DVD media They contain:

Theoretical basis of specific areasInteractive tasksLinks to multimedia content

Electronic publishing

The largest number of electronic publications is in Moodle

Electronic lessons follow the theoretical lessons at the level of weekly activitiesMultimedia content represent a support to paper and electronic publications for the theoretical and practical part of the course

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Programming LanguagesThe lessons, exercises and tests with animations and simulations, made in flash tools and placed to Moodle system (in .swf and .pdf format)

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Programming Languages

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Information Technologies Fundamentals

Lessons with audio-video content made using tools AdobePresenter and placed on the system Moodle (in .swf and .pdf format)

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Information Technologies Fundamentals

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Operating systems, Techniques of visual programming, Internet technologies, Computer network …

Recordings of lectures carried out using tools AdobeConnect and placed onYouTube

Available via Moodle

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Operating systems, Techniquesof visual programming, Internet technologies, Computer network...

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Interactive tasks in the electronic manuals for laboratory exercises facilitate solving practical tasks

Example: Interactive task in the manual for laboratory exercises of Programmable logic devices

Examples of the new forms of electronic publications

Adjusting teaching materials to mobile learning