LearnDesk-project –Lessons learnt

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Presentation layout

• Use of media at Lernhaus im Campus• E-learning-days 2011 and 2012 • Lessons learnt

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Use of media since 2011

Notebook-trolley with 30 per year group

(3 students:1 notebook) (financed by school maintaining body)

3 netbook-classes(financed by school maintaining

body)

1 notebook class in year 10(financed by parents)

3 computer rooms

IQon as a new learning platform

Communication in IQon integrated through

Windows Live

School USB stick for school work at home

year 5 and 6

Year 7 and 8

Year 9

Year 10

everyone

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E-learning – participants

• 4 classes • 2 “Hauptschule” year 9 (netbook-trolley)• 1 “Realschule” year 9 (netbook-trolley)• 1 “Realschule” year 10 (notebook-class)• In total 60 students and 6 teachers• Age of students: 14 – 17 years old

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E-learning – procedure

• Time frame 8am to 8pm• From 8 am to 4pm teachers could be contacted

via mail, chat, phone, Iqon, skype, facebook…• From 4pm there was no support given from the

school anymore• With technical problems students were able to

come to school and if necessary work there• At the end of the day an evaluation took place

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LESSONS LEARNT

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Lesson 1-Technology

• Technical environment has to be reliable– Students and teachers criticise technical problems

in school during the e-learning days. • 1:1-device is desirable, personal notebook• Solution with learning platform and USB stick

is good– 66% of the students asked like the stick and are

happy with the program

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Lesson 2 – E-learning as a method

• E-learning as an enrichment in school learning

• Students mostly like this type of learning

• Teachers would use this method again too

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Evaluation from studentsGood things were…

Working in your own

time

No classroom noiseWorking at

home

Working with a computer

and the internet

Developing something together

A lot of help

chatworking

independently without pressure

learning at your

own pace

Something new

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Evaluation from studentsI didn‘t like…

Not being together with classmates Too much working individually and not in a group (66% of students predominantly worked by

themselves) Direct help from the teacher is more convenient No concentration at home, too many distractions

Files could not be opened IQon broke down temporarily Too many chat conferences Internet didn’t work

Amount of tasks was too much Tasks were too difficult

Working a long time on the computer

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Evaluation from teachers High motivation from students Students helped each other

immensely Increase in school performances Skype group-chat was good fun Timeliness of students in terms

of signing in, sticking to hand in time.

Students found it easier to contact teachers than usually (felt more anonymous)

Different form of communication than normally

Technical problems, especially with IQon

IQon is not a good platform Not all students have access

to the internet or a computer Facebook was distracting

students from their work 3 school subjects were too

much Very time consuming for

teachers (and students) Bad results- copy and paste

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Lesson 3-learning platform

• High acceptance• Secure handling• Implicit use of

platform

Trouble spot

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Our learning platform

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Our learning platform

What is annoying?

• Confusing and unclear• awkward setup • slow• Mail via Windows Live

What is missing?

• Chat function• Bulletin board (forum)

The communication area should be a fundamental part

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Lesson 4-Planning

• Media development planning is essential

• Goals should be clear

• Shared goals• Clear responsibilities

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Lesson 5-Conclusion

We took on too much at the same timeWe have to reroute

"Irrwege müssen begangen werden, um sich als Irrwege zu erweisen."

Paul Watzlawick

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Outlook

Der Langsamste, der sein Ziel nicht aus den Augen verliert, geht noch immer geschwinder als der, der ohne Ziel umherirrt. (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)

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