Connecting Schools for a Sustainable SocietyMart Laanperehead of the Centre for Educational TechnologyTallinn University

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Sustainability

Wikipedia: “sustainability can be defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes, functions, biodiversity and productivity into the future”

A wider perspective: ecological + societal + project sustainability

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Teeme Ära 2008

Citizens’ environmental action No1 in Estonia: Let’s Do It! http://www.teeme2008.ee

Mapping the illegal garbage repositories (GPS, geotagged photos and annotations on Google Maps, forming the teams of 3-15 persons)

D-day (May 3, 2008): 50 000 volunteers removed 10 000 tons of garbage into 200 Flag Stations

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Megobroba

3 pupils (16-18 y.) from tiny rural school in North Estonia were shocked by the August war in Georgia and wanted to do something to help Georgians

Cookie & calendar sales, collecting donations, finding sponsors for Gori School No. 7

Blog gorikolga.wordpress.com, Skype conferences, visit to Gori in November 2008

Thursday, March 5, 2009

ICT and sustainability

Controversial impact of technology and connectedness on sustainable society

Sustainability of environment (mapping, analysing, engaging with technology)

Sustainability of society (building trust, cohesion)

Sustainability of projects (follow-ups, valorisation, replication)

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Our recent studyA study was carried out by Tallinn University in 100 schools, on request by Tiger Leap Foundation

ICT as a cross-curricular theme in Estonian schools

Mainstream use of ICT in schools: Internet as a library, Powerpoint presentations

Two exceptions: inquiry-based learning and international school projects

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Three metaphors of learningLearning as:

acquisition

participation

knowledge creation

C.Bereiter: learning in “belief mode” and “design mode”

Thursday, March 5, 2009

The role of ESP

Sideways, no mainstream: CSCL

Not caring much about e-learning fashion trends (LMS, Learning Objects etc)

Sustainability of projects: Image of the Other

Sustainability of society: learning to acknowledge cultural heterogeneity of Europe

Sustainability of environment: project themes

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Wish

Sustainability of ESP

Thursday, March 5, 2009