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Venla [email protected]

INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (INTRO)

Starting the courseMonday 7th September 2015


INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (INTRO)418019P, 5 ECTS, AUTUMN 2015In this course the students familiarize themselves with the theoretical background, core concepts, and contemporary tools of educational technology. The course introduces the students to the field of learning sciences and examines the role of learning and educational technology in a globalized world. One central goal of this course is to learn to use and evaluate technologies in a pedagogically meaningful way. In this course students start to reflect on their own learning and expertise in a digital portfolio.


INTROLEARNING OUTCOMES After completion of this course, the student knows how to describe the basic concepts of learning sciences and educational technology name some of the major research topics in the field of learning sciences and technology enhanced learning identify and discuss contemporary issues in educational technology in global and local educational contexts. use contemporary educational software and hardware, and also evaluate their pedagogical usability create a digital portfolio in the form of a personal journal in a weblog


INTROCONTENTS Basic concepts of instruction, learning and technology enhanced learning Introduction to the field of learning sciences and technology enhanced learning: objectives, research subjects and the theoretical framework Reflection on one’s own learning and expertise Pedagogical use of contemporary educational software and hardware


WORKING METHODSVIDEO

LECTURES,SHORT

PRESENTATIONS (PECHA KUTCHA) BY TEACHERS

AND STUDENTS

COLLABORATIVE WORK IN SMALL

TEAMS (JIGSAW + MINDMAPPING)

HANDS-ONEDUCATIONALTECHNOLOGY

TRAINING(WORKSHOPS

WITH JARI LARU) INDIVIDUAL WRITING

ASSIGNMENTS IN YOUR DIGITAL

PORTFOLIO


COURSE STRUCTURE AND TIMETABLE (MINOR CHANCES ARE POSSIBLE)Week 37 Week 38 Week 39 Week 40 Week 41 Week 42

MONDAY MORNING MEETINGS for information sharing and short presentations (Pecha Kucha)

Monday 7th of September08:15-09:45 / L2


Monday 21st of September08:15-09:45 / L2


Monday 5th of October08:15-09:45 / L2


PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENTS for marking your individual learning path

ASSIGNMENTS 1-6 PUBLISHED IN YOUR OWN DIGITAL PORTFOLIO (the instructions for each assignment will be given in the end of Monday morning meetings)

COLLABORATIVE WORKING SESSIONS to learn by collaborating and constructing shared understanding in small groups

Group 1Wednesday 9th of September 10:15-11:45 / L2

Group 1Wednesday 16th of September 10:15-11:45 / L2

Group 1Wednesday 23rd of September 10:15-11:45 / L2

Group 1Tuesday 29th of September 10:15-11:45 / L2

Group 1Wednesday 7th of October 10:15-11:45 / L2

Group 1Wednesday 14th of October10:15-11:45 / L2

Group 2Friday 11th of September 12:30-14:00 / L2



Group 2Friday 2nd of October12:30-14:00 / L2

Group 2Friday 9th of October12:30-14:00 / L2

Group 2Friday 16th of October12:30-14:00 / L2

ICT WORKSHOPS for hands-on learning with the educational technology

Group 1Thursday 10th of September 08:15-11:45 / KTK138



Group 1Thursday 1st of October 08:15-11:45 / KTK138

Group 1Thursday 8th of October 08:15-11:45 / KTK138

Group 1Thursday 15th of October08:15-11:45 / KTK138

Group 2Tuesday 8th of September12:30-16:00 / KTK207


Group 2Tuesday 22nd of September12:30-16:00 / KTK207


Group 2Tuesday 6th of October12:30-16:00 / KTK207

Group 2Tuesday 13th of October12:30-16:00 / KTK207


ASSESSMENT AND GRADINGGrading: 0-5

Assessment is based on o active participation in face-to-face teaching and collaborative and independent worko successful completion of all the portfolio assignments 1-6 and exercises in ICT workshops


DIGITAL PORTFOLIO – WHAT AND WHY? • Your own personal space to write and publish things that you have done and learned during the educational technology studies / LET master’s studies• Will be used throughout your whole studies, in different ways in different courses• Can be also used as you wish for your other studies or personal interests

• To learn by writing, to reflect and evaluate your own learning and expertise• To collect all the great products you have done during your studies • To show your learning outcomes to the teacher• To show your experiences and expertise to your future employer• To enable networking and communication with other people interested in the same topics• To see later on, how much you’ve actually learned and achieved• To show your learning, thoughts, products and expertise to your fellow students, friends, family or anyone…


DIGITAL PORTFOLIO IN YOUR PERSONAL BLOG

Last year students’ portfolios: https://wiki.oulu.fi/display/Intro2014/Student+portfolios

https://wiki.oulu.fi/display/Intro2014/Student+portfolios





PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 1After creating your own blog (in ICT workshop this week), write a post where you describe briefly your current understanding about learning and educational technology How people learn? How can technology enhance learning?You don’t need to find any new information to do this assignment! Just write down your own thoughts at the moment :)This assignment should be done by the end of this week (before the next Monday meeting) and titled ”PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 1” in your blog.



QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?THE NEXT INTRO MEETINGS:• Collaborative work (with Venla) on Wednesday (group 1) or Friday (group 2)• ICT workshop (with Jari) on Tuesday (group 2) or Thursday (group 2)

Slides and all the current information can be found in www.letstudies.org

http://www.letstudies.org/

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