LANENT training course on e-learning

for nuclear education PROF. CLAUDIO PEREZ MATZEN

PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT GROUP - LANENT

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES OF EDUCATION (UMCE)

SANTIAGO - CHILE

TRAINING MEETING ON NETWORKING EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS 15-19 June 2015, IAEA Vienna, Austria

Regional Introductory Training Course

on the Use of e-Learning Tools

as Support for Nuclear Education and Training

ORGANIZERS:

IAEA - Technical Cooperation Project RLA0048 “Networking for Nuclear Education, Training, Outreach and Knowledge Sharing” - LANENT

The Chilean Government, through the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) and Metropolitan University of Sciences of Education (UMCE)

Project’s conception of e-Learning:

A teaching modality aimed at enhancing independent and significative learning in

members of a target audience, working individually or collaboratively, through intensive

use of resources from ICT

Depending on the grade of teaching guidance available for the learners during the

learning process, approaches for e-Learning can form a continuum,

In one side, a completely independent study with the only support of a digital media resource pack (normally contained on a CD/DVD),

At the other side, a tutorial-supported study, in interaction with a teacher/instructor and with peers, normally requiring an informatic platform structured as a virtual learning managing system (LMS, like Moodle, Blakboard or similar).

Why a course on e-Learning for nuclear

education and training? Currently, an increasing number of teachers/trainers are using

resources and tools emerging from ICT, but in many cases more as a support for their teaching than as tools for empowering students as independent and competent learners. This approach does not get all he best from those resources, nor from the students themselves.

Young students adopt quickly lots of technological innovations, and they enjoy exploring every new application for facilitating their everyday lifes, but in many cases they need some degree of expert guidance for leveraging those resources in an instructional setting for the study of some specific content (particularly of science or engineering).

The generational gap still not filled between two different cultures, the alphabetic-phonetic culture (predominant in many teachers/trainers) and the visual-electronic culture (predominant in young students), results in a set of communicational obstacles in every teaching/training modality mediated through ICT. Better learning results can be obtained if we share knowledge, experiences and resources to fill that gap.

BACKGROUND: LANENT Project RLA0048

Consultancy Meeting, UMCE-Santiago, Chile,

15-18 December 2014

Mónica Sbaffoni, OIEA, Austria, lider del Proyecto RLA0048 LANENT

Juan Luis Francois, UNAM, México, Presidente LANENT

Aucyone Da Silva, CNEN-Brasil, Vice-Presidente LANENT

Eduardo Medina, IPEN-Perú

Cecilia Martín del Campo, UNAM, México

María Aparecida Basso, Consultoría Virtual, Brasil

Rosamel Muñoz, Div. de Difusión y Extensión CCHEN

Gustavo Venegas, Div. de Difusión y Extensión CCHEN

Jaime Tello, Dpto. Medios Educativos UMCE

David Reyes, Centro de Formación Virtual UMCE

Eduardo Reyes, Centro de Formación Virtual UMCE

Claudio Pérez, Dpto. de Física UMCE

Bruno Contreras, Dir. de Biblioteca UMCE

Target audience of the course

Nuclear professionals with teaching/training/outreach duties on

nuclear energy and technology in universities or other educational

institutions from Latin American and Caribbean countries members

of IAEA, participating in the Project RLA0048 and interested in

getting a theoretical and practical instruction on e-Learning, at an

introductory level.

Depending on the interest of participants, a series of new and more

specialized courses can be planned and delivered in the future, in

the context of the new efforts on Sustainable Education on Nuclear

Science and Technology

Course structure

STAGE 1: ON LINE PRE-TRAINIG (15 September – 15 October, 2015).

Delivered through LANENT Virtual Campus

STAGE 2: FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING (2 -6 November, 2015). UMCE

Santiago - Chile

Working plan – Part 1

STAGE 1: ON LINE PRE-TRAINIG (15 September – 15 October, 2015). Delivered through LANENT Virtual Campus

An introduction to ICT-supported teaching modalities:

Face to face

Blended Learning (b-Learning)

Distance Learning (e-Learning)

E-Learning continuum

Basic concepts and good practices of Instructional Design for e_Learning. Objectives, contents, learning assessment, learning activities and resources

Software tools for e-Learning:

Authoring (teacher/trainer/designer) mode

User (student) mode

On line Pre-training

Independent study (without tutoring system), requiring 3-4 h/week for 4

weeks, using the LANENT Virtual Campus

COURSE MODULES:

Module 0: Introduction to e-Learning

Module 1: Content issues

Module 2: Pedagogical issues

Module 3: Technological issues

Module 4: Management issues

Intermediate assessment at the end of each module

Final assessment at the end of pre-training

Module 0: Introduction to e-Learning

What is e-Learning?

Teaching/instructional modalities for e-Learning

Strenghts and weaknesses

Good lessons learned

Dimensions of consideration for e-Learning

Module 1: Content issues

Requirements of previous learning

Content structure

Materials (main and complementary)

Author rights

Module 2: Pedagogical issues

Formulation of teaching objectives and learning

results

Design of learning assessment

Selection of teaching methods and of learning

activities

Selection of resources for learning activities

Module 3: Technological issues

Production tools:

Productivity

Authoring

Knowledge representation and sharing

Audiovisual communication

Modeling/simulation

Collaboration

Evaluation/Assessment tools

Technological support requirements

Module 4: Management issues

Organization of the working teams for course

delivery

Organization of the management system:

Gantt chart

Monitoring and control

Planning of formative evaluation

Institutional promotion and application regulations

Accreditation

Evaluation of impacts, processes and results

Working plan – Part 2

STAGE 2: FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING (2 -6 November,

2015). UMCE Santiago - Chile

Informal assessment of participant’s attitudes towards e-Learning

Revision and feedback on learnings achieved at Stage 1

Training practice with some software tools for e-Learning (in authoring and user modes)

The LANENT Virtual Campus. Training practice with the Moodle platform

Instructional Design in action. Planning a short course/unit as e-Learning on nuclear education/training/outreach

Gantt chart and current work

Thanks for your attention.