Ośrodek Edukacji Informatycznej Ośrodek Edukacji Informatycznej i Zastosowań Komputerów Warszawai Zastosowań Komputerów Warszawa

IT and Computer Science Teacher Training CentreIT and Computer Science Teacher Training Centre

www.oeiizk.waw.plwww.oeiizk.waw.plwww.oeiizk.edu.plwww.oeiizk.edu.pl

Ośrodek Edukacji Informatycznej Ośrodek Edukacji Informatycznej i Zastosowań Komputerówi Zastosowań Komputerów

Witold Kranaswitek@oeiizk.waw.pl

I D W B L - Innovative I D W B L - Innovative Didactics Didactics via Web Based Learningvia Web Based Learning

Dariusz Kwiecieńdarekk@oeiizk.waw.pl

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IDWBL Project in PolandIDWBL Project in Poland

• IDWBL Project overview

• Didactic foundations

• Polish IDWBL site

• Teachers training

• Assignment database

• Assignment examples

• Project outcomes

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IDWBL Project overviewIDWBL Project overview

The project Innovative Didactics via Web Based Learning is a multinational cooperation between teacher trainers and researchers from Bulgaria, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Slovak Republic and Poland.

The project is aimed at developing courses, which can be applied by teacher trainers to prepare student-teachers (or in-service teachers) regarding the use of WWW in education.

The second goal is to store course materials in an international data base.

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IDWBL Didactic FoundationsIDWBL Didactic Foundations

• Constructivist approach

• Project method

• Group work

• Formative evaluation

• WebQuest method

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Polish IDWBL sitePolish IDWBL site

• Partners

• Trainers

• Materials

• Registration

http://idwbl.oeiizk.waw.pl/

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IDWBL teacher trainingIDWBL teacher training

Till the end of a project:

~ 20 courses (20 hours + 20 on-line)

~ 200 different subject and different school level teachers trained

School subjects covered till now:

Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Geography,

Polish Language, Foreign languages,

Creative art, History, Civics,

Economics, Computer education,

Elementary education

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IDWBL Assignment databaseIDWBL Assignment database

Web Assignment Database

The WAD allows teachers to develop and retrieve web-based assignments for teaching and learning in several subject areas.

Teachers and students who are registered as users have access to a whole range of functionalities, such as: adapting assignments, allocating assignments to students, storage of student products, feedback on assignments developed by colleagues and rating of student products.

Besides, the visitors are encouraged to express their opinion about the quality and usefulness of the materials.

http://62.44.100.87/wad/

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IDWBL Assignment examplesIDWBL Assignment examples

1. Kingdom of the Meadow Dwarf

(elementary education, ID: 1177)

2. World full of fractals

(computer education, lower secondary, ID: 1166 )

3. Cultural differences included in the lyrics of songs

(Language or Foreign language, upper secondary, ID: 1909)

4. Ich erzähle Dir von Wien

(Foreign language; Geography, lower secondary ID: 1905)

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IDWBL Project outcomesIDWBL Project outcomes

~ 200 teachers trained to use web resources in a clasroom

~ 500 Polish assignments stored in WAD for further use

~ 100 of these assignments translated to English

What teachers learned:

a method to develop and implement teaching and learning that encourages collaboration between students, stimulates the development of higher order thinking skills, and is a catalyst for interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Assignments are open ended and pupils have to work towards a product.

‘negotiation as part of the method’: often pupils can negotiate the product they have to deliver because usually there are some degrees of freedom. In this way, negotiation is connected with the approach to learning.