1 Andrea Kárpáti, Anna Linda Szirmai Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Centre for Multimedia in Education Balázs Török, Institute for Higher Education Research, Budapest The Effects of Personality Traits and ICT Skills on Teaching Style of Experienced Educators

2 EPICT: collaborative e-learning course for teachers on ICT Learn about the role of ICT and new educational paradigms in groups Develop ICT competencies / collaboration skills / pedagogical strategies through using digital tools, teaching aids and resources Assessment based on the documentation of learning scenarios developed by the group Facilitators challenge the team to go further than they could do on their own

3 Learning groups: school or discipline based Course modul evaluation based on group assignments – no individual grading No fixed level of competence All teachers raise their competences

4 Contents A. Compulsory modules The Internet Texts and writing processes Communication and collaboration C. Compulsory School development and innovation B.Optional modules (select 4) Digital images Numbers and spreadsheets The genre of presentations Producing and using educational websites A head start with databases Models and simulations Using the media: Layout and DTP Educational software ICT, learning styles and classroom management ICT as a compensatory tool Games and learning Reading and ICT

5 Sample: 151 secondary school teachers Background variables: age, discipline, professional rank, personality traits Evaluation tools: – ICT Competence Survey (ICS, attitudes / use / skills) – California Personality Inventory (CPI) – Educational Strategies Test (EST) – Discourse analysis in the VLE – Digital Portfolio for Groups Pilot evaluation in Hungary

6 Facilitators’ forum – issues on training the trainers discussed

7 by group leader accompanying module task submission

8 VLE for EPICT Online questionnaires Modules

9 Pedagogical Strategies Questionnaire

10 Frequency of use documented in the Moodle DLE Statistics per module for facilitator / group / student

11 Log file analysis, all participants

12 ICT Competency Survey (ICS): an index based measuring tool Self report questionnaire piloted in a project measuring ICT readiness in 170 schools of a disctrict in Budapest. Index (1) – School access to ICT Index (2) – Home access to ICT Index (3) – ICT related attitudes Index (4) – ICT related competencies Index (5) – Educational use of ICT

13 Four domains for every index : „low” (value range: 0,01–1), „medium” (value range 1,01–2) „high” (value range 2,01–3) 0 value, indicating the non-existence of any interpretable data for the index. ( low level ICT access means sporadic, rare access while 0 level indicates no access to a PC).

14 ICS indices were correlated with the presence / absence of certain personality traits measured by CPI to identify personality characteristics that tend to predict succeed or fail with ICT use in education. Some traits can be enhanced through personality development training. Training to use ICT in education through personality development

Correlations between personality traits and ICT skills, attitudes and competence CPI ICS 1. School access 2. Home access 3. ICT attitudes 4. ICT competence 5. Educa tional use Sociability0,154-0,1040,1530,222*0,123 Social skills0,1200,0900,1390,275**0,015 Self respect0,0590,0390,0550,0940,034 Gen. wellbeing (Wb) 0,219*-0,0570,218*0,256**-0,074 Self control0,133-0,0310,222*0,120-0,064 Tolerance0,1780,0000,354**0,351**0,007 Establ. good relationships 0,179-0,0300,233*0,262**-0,149 Building a community -0,0930,200*-0,118-0,1390,230*

Intellectual efficiency (Ie) 0,1830,0160,238*0,332**0,002 Flexibility (Fl)0,1630,0140,1620,306**0,126 Feminine qualities (Fm -0,0670,076-0,020-0,1030,114 Extraversion (Ex)0,151-0,0330,1620,271**0,052 Reliability (Re)0,1470,0530,1340,228*0,055 Emotional stability (Es) 0,114-0,0300,1150,226*0,046 Intellect (In)0,150-0,0160,1420,208*0,029 CPI ICS 1. School access 2. Home access 3. ICT attitude s 4. ICT compete nce Pearson two-tailed correlation, significance levels: *: 0.05, **: 0,01 5. Educa- tional use tional use

17 Training to use ICT in education through personality development To suit not only ICT skills level but also mindset and personality through – specially targeted mentoring methods, – responsive teaching environment – course content (best practice examples) – custom-tailored pedagogical competence development through individual tasks and group games

18 New content in EPICT F2F starting days Personality development training – Develop positive self concept – Realise motives and urges – Be more open to working in team Training in collaboration – Group building / management skills – Workflow management techniques