Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT)
Richard Pountney
Anna Gruszczynska
Nicky Watts
About the projectTeam• Richard Pountney (Lead)• Guy Merchant (Principal
Investigator)• Cathy Burnett
(Researcher)• Jackie Marsh (Academic
Lead)• Julia Davies (Researcher)• Anna Gruszczynska
(Project manager)• Nicky Watts (Project
assistant)
Partners• Sheffield Hallam University• University of Sheffield• 5 primary and 5 secondary
schools in South Yorkshire• Learning Connections• RealSmart• Yorkshire and Humber Grid
for Learning• Sheffield Children’s
Festival
Background to DeFT: UKOER programme• Evaluating the Practice of
Opening up Resources for Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences (April 2009-April 2010)
• Cascading Social Science Open Educational Resources (August 2010-August 2011)
• Discovering Collections of Social Science Open Educational Resources (August 2010-August 2011)
• drawing on the principles of social sciences knowledge production
• exploring tacit aspects of pedagogical practice
• exploring the "why" (socio-cultural/institutional context) rather than solely the "how" (technical aspects) of OERs
Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT)
The project aims to involve local teachers and pupils, teacher educators and teacher educations students in:
• exploring and sharing the potential of digital technologies
• understanding more about what it means to be digitally literate
• sharing and developing good practice in teaching
Workshop activities
1. Sharing first thoughts on digital literacy
2. Creating our own meanings of digital literacy
3. Reflecting on digital literacy practices
Using QR codes for education purposes
Case studies - teachers exploring DL practices with pupils
Creative uses of DL in schools
Programming skills for creative learners
Case studies - teachers exploring DL practices in the context of CPD
OERs as a tool for sharing practice
The school website as a teaching and learning hub
Opening up Moodle
What are our student teachers thinking about
Digital Literacy.......and OERs?
Some insights from focus groups of student teachers from Sheffield
Hallam and the University of Sheffield
The student teachers
Photo courtesy of DiscoveryEducation.com
methodology
Attitudes towards OERs
“You don’t know what reaction you would get… can you imagine if you put it on you tube and you got loads of thumbs down?”
“we are happy to share our resources etc”
Attitudes towards digital literacy in school environment
Reflection
• Thinking about digital literacy in action
• Reflexive moments and reflexive review as part of DeFT methodology
• Other aspects of digital literacy
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