Cora, from Lentiz Reviuslyceum took part in the learning, teaching, training event of another Erasmus+ KA2 project at the beginning of April 2016. During her session, she not only shared and disseminated information about the MTTEP project, but also trained the teachers and students about using mobile technologies in combination with a flipped learning approach.
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Designing a mobile learning toolkit for a new generation of educators
Mobile technologies have been described as ‘boundary’ objects which enable teachers and learners to seamlessly transcend traditional notions of space and time which have hitherto characterised formal (physical and virtual) learning spaces. If such ‘seamless learning’ is to become commonplace, however, educators need to better understand how to design learning experiences which genuinely exploit the unique affordances of mobile technologies. The presenters are developing a mobile learning toolkit for teacher educators and school teachers to realise this vision, as part of an Erasmus+ funded project led by Dr. Burden. The session will explore a variety of different tools and instruments which are being developed. For example, a survey instrument for educators and their students will provide detailed feedback at both the individual and institutional level about how mobile technology is currently being used and how it might be developed in the future. Participants are encouraged to bring a handheld device to the session.
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Associate Professor Matthew Kearney
Biography Kearney is an Associate Professor in the area of ICT in Education. His scholarly interests focus on innovative technology-based learning in K-12 and teacher education contexts (see full list of Kearney's publications). He teaches across two programs in the Faculty, coordinating ICT in Education subjects in the BEd (Prim) and MTeach (Sec). He is currently the Teaching and Learning Coordinator in The School of Education. He has led or participated in numerous funded research projects investigating pedagogical practices with emerging learning technologies (see Research tab). Kearney has worked full-time in Education for over 25 years. He worked as a secondary teacher in both government and non-government schools in NSW and ACT from 1988-1998, and has been a staff member in UTS: Education and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences since joining UTS in March 1999. Citations: via Google Scholar Publications via ORCID Diigo: mkearneypost Twitter: mkearneypost Wiki: An Introduction to the World of ICT in Education (for prospective teachers) Skype: matthewk456 |
In March 2015 Cora and Ted participated in a study trip to Denmark. The school we visited created their own eBooks. At the beginning of this trip we presented our mobile device policy, how we work with iPad in class (focus on the flipped classroom), the goals of the Erasmus+ project and how we implemented want we learned in the project in our lessons.
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The European Experience: a conference for academics involved in EU funded projects
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LEARNTEC continues to grow - International trade fair and convention reflects latest trends
Digitisation has arrived in the midst of our society. It has affected all areas of life and is driving businesses and institutions to engage in digital education concepts. This was also reflected at the 24th LEARNTEC, held from 26 to 28 January at the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre. For three days, everything was centered on the digitisation of vocational training as well as digitised school and university education. Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of the Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH, positively concludes, “LEARNTEC has become the most important international platform for digital learning and is continuously evolving. The growing importance of digital education is reflected in the visitor figures. Compared with the previous year, there was a renewed increase in the amount of trade fair visitors as well as convention participants.” Text from: www.learntec.de |
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We were asked to offer a workshop about mobile learnings scenarios at a symposium for managers in education and free ecomomy. The Rennbuckel teacher team prepared a task based workshop which gave a good overview of useful collaborative apps.
We were supported by the Würth foundation. Thank you! If you want to have more information about it, see the attached link. http://www.oekonomische-bildung-bw.de/web/media/downloads/pdf/kompetenzzentrum https://www.wuerth.de/web/de/awkg/unternehmen/presse/pm/pm_detail_20224.php |
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In summer 2015 a group of students from the Rennbuckel-Realschule gave an introduction to young teachers about mobile learning in general. They also showed some results made during their lessons and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of mobile devices. Moreover the Rennbuckel teacher team explained the PAC model in order to help future teachers to analyse and improve their lessons. It was quite a succesful discussion, especially because of the young students who joined their teachers.
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Vocational Training “Media Education“
Further training for „New developments in the field of digital media for apprenticeships and schools – Mobile Learning” with Prof. Frank Thissen. This course aims at the presentation of the current societal developments concerning media as well as their analysis in regards to the media socialisation processes of students. Students should be able to actively participate in today’s media society. Therefore it is extremely important that students are aware of the chances and risks of media. It focuses on the active implementation of content-based media work, rather than the isolated communication of practical media tools. „New developments in the field of digital media for apprenticeships and schools –Mobile Learning” The current debate about mobile learning has been carried out intensely at schools and educational research units. In general, mobile learning describes the use of mobile phones and tablet pcs (e.g. IPads) in class and afield. Although mobile learning is more than that: It offers the opportunity to develop skills which are necessary in an increasingly globalised world. However, only the pedagogical concepts provide a reasonable use of the new technologies. The presentation gives an overview of the current states research and shows individual examples for lessons. |
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