The role of management

- How to organize meaningful and powerful environment of learning in the net

Different areas of organizing network based learning

Pedagogy and teaching methods

Organizing teaching and

facilities

Teacher’s work

Abilities of

teachers

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Plan

Learning guidance

Planning content

Student’slearning

Decisionmaking and administration

Different learners

Organizing teaching and facilities Mode of operations

values, view of learning, pedagogical leadership

planning education and resource-allocation

co-operation networks and their functions

participating in studies of another educational institute

offering studies from your own educational institute to students coming from other units

computers and other equipment, network connections

support services

Pedagogy and teaching methodsPremise is to offer meaninful and purposeful

education for the student

– What sort of learning are we aiming for?

– Why are the studies taken to the net?

– What is the added value to the student? flexible learning possibilities

equalizes teaching

support to different way of learning (focusing, repeating, animation ...)

Abilities of teachers

– at least basic computing skills

– building the learning environment

- assignments

- doesn’t include creating the actual learning materials

– pedagogical skills- the central assignment of the teacher is to guide the learning process

Teacher’s work

practical implementation: building the learning environment (all teachers or

assigned to one) teacher’s tools and working hours user accounts initiation of students to the platform in use more teachers to be included in development teachers of different areas/subjects compliment each

other the change will be more sustainable

Student’s learning

the student knows what is expected of him or her and how to proceed with his or her studies

tools are accessible adequate computing skills

Example of net based learning in Social and Health Care (practical nurse)

Background smaller educational units cannot offer all education

options for their students ( nine study programmes) student is forced to change educational units and

location

Goals students have more choices possibility to study at your own location

Network of educational units

network of 12 educational units special expertise bought

from another educational unit study guidance and a part of

common studies will happen

in his or her own educational unit

Implementation Own educational unit:

Learning at work, arrangements and guidance

Study guidance Swedish Supervision of exams Thesis Practical exams Technical Support

Educational unit offering network based learning:

Theoretical studies and guidance network based

learning contact learning independent

learning Learning at work,

assignments and councelling in the net

Financial resources

Finnish Government´s Funding ~ 6900 € per student Payable to the educational unit with which the student is

registered Of which distribution of expences is the following

~ 60 % educational unit offering network based learning

~ 40 % student´s educational unit