KP Lab Meeting January 25, 2008 Budapest 1 MapIt trials in Hungary

2 experiences, trials

Use for structuring discussion: Usage of collaborative VLE-s in teacher education Tools Questionnaires video documentation transcript to monitor activity during the meeting Participants 4 PhD students – ICT in Education program in University of Szeged 2 teacher training staff 1 researcher Place Univ. Szeged Date October 2007 There was some problems cannot use online mode – because of the used accented letters, like áéí etc. and spaces in the title tried note-taking mode some questions: why we should use an application like MapIt? there’s a lot of other good note taking and usable softwares (like word)… 3

Use for monitoring discussion: Role of mentor teachers in facilitating ELT in the Bologna system Tools Questionnaires video documentation transcript to monitor activity during the meeting Participants 6 mentor teachers 1 PhD student 2 researcher 2 teacher training staff Place Univ. Szeged Univ. of ELTE Date December

Use for monitoring discussion: Role of mentor teachers in facilitating ELT in the Bologna system 5

Testing levels of use Tools Log files statistical data available regarding meeting preparation and activity during the meeting Statistical analysis of personal drafts and discussion maps Participants Users of Map-It - coordinated by HUJI. ELTE participants: 2 teacher training staff 2 PhD students 6

MapIt … it should be  more usable  like commercial tools: MindManager  some exaples  quick and simple data input  quick and simple topic moving and rearranging  easy navigation  data portability through standards  data import - export xml standards  xmmap: mind maps (MindManager)  cxl, xcm: concept maps  xtm: topic maps  important to use and work with the created conversation -> export conversation map  important to use already prepared map data -> import (conversation) map  translated and localized 7

8 plans

9 localize questionaries

MapIt trials  Use for discussing shared documents: summarizing teacher training cases and toll use cases for GA  Tools  Questionnaires  user blog on Hungarian KP-Lab web site  Participants  2 PhD students  2 teacher training staff  Estimated beginning date  13/02/2008  Estimated date for initial results  Repeated before every WP9 or GA meeting  First results: 10

MapIt trials (2) Use for monitoring discussion: Methodology of Multigrade education in teacher training Tools Questionnaires user blog on Hungarian KP-Lab web site Participants 6 PhD students 3 teacher training staff 2 researchers 4 Multigrade teachers Estimated beginning date April 2008 Estimated date for initial results Repeated in June 2008 First results: May

MapIt trials (3) Use for planning a project - discussion around shared documents Tools Questionnaires log files Participants 20 B. A. students 1 teacher training staff Estimated beginning date February 2008 Estimated date for initial results Continued in 2008 First results: March

MapIt trials (4) Use for evaluating a project - - discussion around shared documents Tools Questionnaires log files Participants 20 B. A. students 1 teacher training staff Estimated beginning date March 2008 Estimated date for initial results Continued in 2008 First results: April

Shared Space try to use write papers 14

we try to use solutions for better collaboration Hungarian wiki for KP-Lab social network capable blog system groove share documents between team members 15