IntersTICES, a Swiss Virtual Campus’ support mandate to foster a richer eLearning pedagogy in higher education and to set a general evaluation

framework assessing innovative pedagogy

Jacques VIENS, Ph.D.Nathalie DESCHRYVER,

assistanteDaniel PERAYA, Ph.D.

TECFA, Université de Genève

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PLAN Context

Mandate (goals/tasks)

Method

Early results

Questions

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CONTEXT Swiss Virtual Campus (SVC) : a national

response…

- 50 eLearning projects (3 y., 3 uni., prof.)- 28 in 2000, 22 in 2001- Matched funding, app. 1M Euro- 4 mandates (2 ped, 1 inst., 1 tech.)

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CONTEXT Swiss Virtual Campus (SVC)...

- Consolidation phase 2003-2007

1. Maintenance of projects + user community support

2. 19 professional production teams

3. A third call for projects (76 with less $)

4. Coordination, mandates and program management

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CONTEXT Emergent information society

- eLearning is new- our culture of education is old/traditional- eLearning a catalyst for a renewed pedagogy- pedagogical innovation in 4 points

1. Learners’autonomy

2. Contextualised activities (real world), projects

3. Collaboration, co-elaboration of knowledge

4. Deep learning, high level cognitive skills/activities

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MANDATE Goals/Tasks

To provide pedagogical support to the projects To make an inventory of the projects’ pedagogical practices,

mainly the exploitation of the innovative and interactive potential of ICT;

To set the bases of an evaluation framework assessing the innovative nature of eLearning pedagogy, in collaboration with the national and international community.

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METHOD “Recherche-action-formation” Participative and collaborative 5 initial steps

First contact meeting with each projet Interview : current situation, needs analysis

and follow up planning Specific support to the projects Animation of a virtual community of practice Collective face to face activities

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METHOD… Data collection

Notes from meetings of step 1-3 Transcription of interviews (step 2) Egroup activities and emails Literature review

Data analyses Qualitative Cycles of readings, linking, sense making Validation by triangulation

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EARLY RESULTS Global observations

Stepped in after launching Complex challenge : 3 uni., 3 lang., 3 cult. of ed.

(vision/rep., goals, abilities/exp., practice) Systematic development: (intuitive production)

AnalysisDesignProductionPilot/evaluationRevisionImplementation

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EARLY RESULTS… Global observations…

Some projects are eager to integrate innovative pedagogies and learning strategies

More deeply involved in IntersTICES activities

Some wants to go their way

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EARLY RESULTS… Technological aspects

Platform or not platform (time/energy cons.) Members of teams are not all familiar with

tech. Hire programming staff Links between technology and pedagogy…

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EARLY RESULTS… Pedagogical aspects

Heterogeneity intra-inter projects Mostly mediated and individualized instruction Some efforts to integrate activities

communicative/collaborative/knowledge construction

Emergent stoppers are : How to ? Big groups ? Novice learners ? How to convince

partners ?

Too much is done to change ! SVC wants individualized instruction

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EARLY RESULTS… Institutional/management aspects

Multiple partners/cultures/problems Those who have collaborated before SVC…

OK Some decided to cooperate not collaborate

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QUESTIONS

What is an innovative pedagogy ? What is to change ?

How can we support transition ? How to implement active pedagogy with big groups ? What for ? When ? How much ?

Online vs face-to-face activitiesgroup vs individual activities

Tutoring issues … Evaluation issues … Communicate desire/know how of innovative ped.

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Conclusion

A high level and complex challenge … A matter of culture transition ? Systemic approach with multiple perspectives

Teachers, learners, institutional (society)

Culture in terms of :representations, attitudes, abilities and

practice

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Objects

Processes

ProductsRepresentations

Abilities &Ressources

Practices

Attitudes

Pedagogy/learningTechnology

LearnersTeachers

Institution

Factors in interrelation

O-P-P

ContentObjectivesCompetencies

KnowledgeCompetencies