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Competency-based Educationwith web 2.0

Competency-based Educationwith web 2.0

Pierfranco [email protected]

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AICA

Promotion of ICT culture

Services for ICT professionals

IT certifications (ECDL, EUCIP)

Help to schools & teachers

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Two goals for Education

Competency-based learning

Competency-based learning

Use of ICTs and web 2.0 for learning

Use of ICTs and web 2.0 for learning

Can we promote a competency-based learning through the use of ICT?

I will try to provide an affirmative answer to such a question, also on the basis of the experience done in Sloop2desc, a project funded by the EU under the LLP.

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Competency-based Education

School and universities are invited to shift the focus

from toSyllabusSyllabus Learning resultsLearning results

List of content to be deliverd by teachers

List of content to be deliverd by teachers

List of performances the student have to be able to do

List of performances the student have to be able to do

Teacher centralityTeacher centrality

Focus on the pathFocus on the path

School centralitySchool centrality

Student centralityStudent centrality

Focus on resultsFocus on results

Society centralitySociety centrality

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EQF definition

Competence means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities, in work or study situations and in professional and personal development.

Competence means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities, in work or study situations and in professional and personal development.

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e-CF definition

Competence is a demonstrated ability to apply knowledge, skills and attitudes to achieving observable results.

Competence is a demonstrated ability to apply knowledge, skills and attitudes to achieving observable results.

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Pedagogical implications

CompetenceCompetence

KnowledgeKnowledge SkillsSkills AttitudesPersonal, social and/or methodological abilities

AttitudesPersonal, social and/or methodological abilities

Competence is not a simple addition of knowledge, skills and attitudes. It is the proven ability to use them in a context to achieve results! Attitude is the “glue”.

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All three components, knowledge, skills and attitudes must be taken into account.It’s not enough to ensure the acquisition of knowledge and skills, or the development of attitudes; it’s necessary to promote their application in situations to get observable results.

All three components, knowledge, skills and attitudes must be taken into account.It’s not enough to ensure the acquisition of knowledge and skills, or the development of attitudes; it’s necessary to promote their application in situations to get observable results.

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Traditional field of activity for schools and universities

Traditional field of activity for schools and universities

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Technical schools have always promoted them. Sometimes schools and universities consider them as a spin-off effect, almost automatic, of knowledge or as something to be left to the work context.

Technical schools have always promoted them. Sometimes schools and universities consider them as a spin-off effect, almost automatic, of knowledge or as something to be left to the work context.

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Often they are considered a personal characteristic, determined by genes and/or social conditions, something on which the primary school may take action but not schools or universities

Often they are considered a personal characteristic, determined by genes and/or social conditions, something on which the primary school may take action but not schools or universities

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To develop competence is required to put students in real context where to co-operate to produce results.Schools and universities often do it in two forms: project works and work experiences in companies.

To develop competence is required to put students in real context where to co-operate to produce results.Schools and universities often do it in two forms: project works and work experiences in companies.

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Is it possible to work on knowledges, skills and attitudes, and to put students in real context in eLearning?Is it possible to work on knowledges, skills and attitudes, and to put students in real context in eLearning?

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Teaching & learning in ICTs & web 2.0

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Teaching & learning in ICTs & web 2.0

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Sloop & Sloop2desc

Leonardo programme2005-2007

LLP - Leonardo2009-2011

Aim: to promote both the use of ICT and web 2.0 tools and a competency-based approach

Aim: to promote both the use of ICT and web 2.0 tools and a competency-based approach

Aim: to promote the use of ICT in teaching activities (and the sharing of Open Educational Resources)

Aim: to promote the use of ICT in teaching activities (and the sharing of Open Educational Resources)

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Sloop2desc online courses

2 pilot courses in Italy2 pilot courses in Italy

21 cascade courses in Italy21 cascade courses in Italy

60 docenti 60 docenti


1 course in Slovenia1 course in Romania1 course in Slovenia1 course in Romania


Virtual classroom: interaction among people.

Learning by doing

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Sloop2desc

1. Using Moodle 2 weeks


2. Being tutor online in web 2.03 weeks

2. Being tutor online in web 2.03 weeks

3. Using and producing OER3 weeks


4. Competences (EQF, e-CF, EUCIP)

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2 weeks

5. Development OER for students6 weeks


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Sloop2desc



2. Being tutor online in 2.03 weeks





2 weeks


2 weeks



KnowledgeKnowledge

CreativeCommons licences

EQF, e-CF, EUCIP

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Sloop2desc








2 weeks


2 weeks



SkillsSkills

Moodle

Skype, GoogleDoc, Delicious, wikis

OER repositories, eXeLearning, SCORMs

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Sloop2desc








2 weeks


2 weeks



AttitudesAttitudes

Discussions in forums,or using chat and Skype

Co-operation

exchanges of ideas, acceptance of different points of view, assumption of responsibility and, where appropriate, leadership.

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Sloop2desc








2 weeks


2 weeks



Real context with production of observable results

Real context with production of observable results

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www.sloopproject.eu

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competency-based education with web 2.0

Education

development of attitudes

acquisition of knowledge

genes andor social conditions

simple addition of knowledge

observable results

schools teachers

results society centrality

work context