1. PILOT EXPERIMENT IN SCENARIO 2 AT MINA SCHOOL
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PILOT EXPERIMENT IN SCENARIO 2
AT MINA SCHOOL
Gabriela-Eugenia Iacobescu1
Cristina Constantinescu2
1Department of Physics, University of Craiova,
13 A. I. Cuza, Craiova , Romania
2 The School for children with special needs “Sf. Mina”,
Craiova
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The University of Craiova
Romanian partners:
Sf. Mina special school
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Role of the University of Craiova:
Analysis of the results from the conducted test with the students and draw conclusions about the level of achievements and the extent of acquisition of the knowledge and skills, on which the curriculum is grounded. The pilot experiment organization in accordance with the third scenario. Writing report from the pilot.
News, current affairs, documentary and farming programs, Papers and messages in mass media.
Articles in magazines and reports at conferences; exhibitions during conferences
Specific objectives:
1. Analysis of user needs in different contexts and existing curriculum in Romania
2. Design of Mobile Digital Resources (MDR) Model to support the didactic features of mobile technologies in order to adapt them to the training conditions of disadvantaged groups of people
3. Design of educational scenarios:
Training of learners with hearing disabilities, supported by mobile devices
Use of mobile technology to expand training opportunities of people with musculoskeletal disorders
4. Development and adaptation of mobile applications and digital educational resources
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4. PILOT EXPERIMENT IN SCENARIO 2
Analysis of user needs by applying questionnaires
Purchasing the tools: mobile devices, multimedia devices, data server
Teacher training in using mRIDGE application
Designing lesson scenarios
Using mRIDGE application for training future teachers
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TARGET GROUP
106 students (suffering from hearing disabilities, musculoskeletal disorders, blindness, autism)
GENDER
AGE
The questioned students were between 4 and 19, the average age being 13,13.
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1. Do you have Internet access at home?
3. Do you use or social networks for communication?
2. Do you have Internet access in school?
4. Do you use the Internet in order to get information?
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RESULTS
- STUDENTS -
1. I am familiar with mobile devices
2. It would not require me a lot of effort to learn because I am skilled
at mobile device functions
3. I would feel more interested in study if I could use mobile devices
4. Learning by using mobile devices would be easier because
it allows me to study anytime, any place
5. It would be easier for me to ask help from others through mobile
devices
6. It would be funny to use mobile devices as a way for learning
7. I would like to be able to interact with teachers and classmates both
inside and outside class via mobile devices
8. I would like to have some lessons in which I can watch video films
9. I would like to use mobile devices when I learn in class or at home
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CONCLUSIONS
Some students are skillful in using the mobile technologies/ devices.
The students make efforts to learn.
They are interested to study with the help of mobile technologies/ devices in class or at home due to quick access to information.
They would learn easier with the help of mobile technologies.
They could be help by the others more easily when using mobile technologies.
They consider that they would have more fun if using mobile technologies for learning.
They would like to interact with their colleagues and teachers during their free time, outside the school, by using mobile technologies.
They would like to assist to classes based on video movies.
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10. PILOT EXPERIMENT IN SCENARIO 2
Analysis of user needs by applying questionnaires
Purchasing the tools: mobile devices, multimedia devices, data server
Teacher training in using mRIDGE application
Designing lesson scenarios
Using mRIDGE application for training future teachers
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Tablets
Server
Multimedia system
They ensured:
• Effectively using the application mRIDGE
for downloading multimedia tools (films,
simulations, etc.) during teaching (tablets,
mobiles phones)
• Training the students and teaching staff
in using the application
• Designing multimedia for improve teaching
(multimedia LO development-recording facilities
and graphic software)
• Improving the internet connection and data storage (server system)
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12. PILOT EXPERIMENT IN SCENARIO 2
Analysis of user needs by applying questionnaires
Purchasing the tools: mobile devices, multimedia devices, data server
Teacher training in using mRIDGE application
Designing lesson scenarios
Using mRIDGE application for training future teachers
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5 teachers from Sf. Mina School and
5 teachers from UCV
were trained in using mRIDGE application, uploading multimedia on the project platform and using tablets and mobiles for downloading the multimedia during teaching by reading the QR codes assigned to them.
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14. PILOT EXPERIMENT IN SCENARIO 2
Analysis of user needs by applying questionnaires
Purchasing the tools: mobile devices, multimedia devices, data server
Teacher training in using mRIDGE application
Designing lesson scenarios
Using mRIDGE application for training future teachers
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MINA SCHOOL LESSONS
Teachers from Mina school started to use their own multimedia data when designing the following lessons’ scenarios:
Vertebrates: Fish – revision
Domestic Animals
Evaporation, Boiling, Condensation
Nature, the gift for mankind
The Planets of the Solar System. THE ROCHET (BREAKING, CRUMPLING, GLUEING)
Flowers, vegetables, cereals – Cereals
Ordering and comparison of natural numbers from 30 to 100
The Universe – The Sun – the source of light and heat
The seasons - Sun, water, air, ground
All these lesson plans include at least one multimedia tool at the teachers’ choice.
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UCV LESSONS
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17. PILOT EXPERIMENT IN SCENARIO 2
Analysis of user needs by applying questionnaires
Purchasing the tools: mobile devices, multimedia devices, data server
Teacher training in using mRIDGE application
Designing lesson scenarios
Using mRIDGE application for training future teachers
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The students of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Craiova are prepared by additional psyho-pedagogical classes to become teachers for secondary and high schools. Then, it is very useful to train these students to use m-learning tools in their teaching strategy.
We started with a group of 5 students from Physics, which were involved in preparation of the experiments and in organizing the Project days in Craiova.
During the second semester of this academic year they will be trained in using mRIDGE application and including them in teaching.
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Craiova mRIDGE days, consisted in:
live presentations of the result of the pilot
experiment phase, performed by the students from
Mina school, in front of school inspectors and local
and county authorities (heads of the County Council),
schools managers of schools for children with
special needs;
short theatre play of the students of Mina school
which pointed out the outcomes of using tablets
or learning during classes;
television recording of the activities and different
TV interviews which promoted the project and the
pilot phase results;
News, Papers and messages in mass media.
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Thank you!
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