1. PROJECT PARTNER MEETING
ITELab – Innovating ITE curricula
Key Action 2 - Knowledge Alliance project
PROJECT PARTNER MEETING
20th SEPTEMBER 2018

2. agenda
Update by work-package
Summary
AOB

3. WP1: Project management
Interim Report submission end July – awaiting feedback/approval
PST (project support team) monitoring, follow-up
Deliverables on track
Ongoing and further engagement in second-half of project
Contributions across all WPs e.g.: monitoring research, inputs to surveys, reviews
Module and MOOC development, inputs, reviews, piloting
Dissemination and exploitation: support in reaching out to wider stakeholders

4. 2) Design and development
ITELAB overview
2017
2018
2019
Targets
Universities, Industry, MoE. Adding student voice.
60 ITE,
15 MoE,
20 Industry
3) ITE
Forum
1) Information gathering: case studies and monitoring of ICT within ITE; COMPETENCES
2) Design and development
MODULE A
F2F
CYCLE 2
MODULE
A,B, C
30 ITE
3,000 tbc
students
Student teacher MOOCv1
Student teacher MOOCv2
2018 PILOT 2
Module A
BETA
pilot
Student FG
Design 2
(June)
OPEN INVITATION

5. Itelab – PROJECT WORK PACKAGEs
EUN Project Coordination
Project partner inputs all WP
Steering: Pedagogical Board
WP1 Project Management
WP2 Case studies & monitoring of ICT within ITE
WP3 Developing innovative resources and curricula
WP4 Development & delivery of MOOC for student teachers
WP5 Piloting & evaluation of ITE course modules & MOOC
WP6 Quality Assurance
WP7 Dissemination and Exploitation
Lead-EUN
Coordination
Co-Lead-UoA
Student teacher and teacher educator competences
Co-Lead-EUN
Lit review, q/aires, case studies, reports
Lead-UCD
Design framework and protocols,
F2F modules,
Student voice
ITE Forum
Lead-EUN
Student MOOC
Content
Lead-UWü
Evaluation instruments and reporting
Uni pilot protocols and briefing
Student focus group
Lead-IRIS
Ped Board
Ind Evaluator
Lead-EUN
Dissemination, website and social media, Associate Partners, Workshops

6. WP2: Case studies & monitoring of ICT within ITE
Deliverables:
ITE Monitoring Report 2 – sign off, publish
ITELab Case studies 2 – final input, sign off, publish
Dissemination: ITE Forum-October, supporting communications activities to engage more stakeholders

7. Self-assessment tools as TET-SAT
Identify key competences
Interviews
Case studies
Litterature review
Publications and reports (eg. OECD)
Frameworks defining ICT competence
Survey
Self-assessment tools as TET-SAT
Survey of Teacher Educator competences (T2.5)
Simple questions (UoA pilot survey, plus DigCompEdu and TET-SAT)
Translation? google translate, plus local check (EN, NO, PT, IT)
Online survey- October (SurveyMonkey), discuss EMINENT workshop

8. WP3: Developing innovative resources and curricula

9. Course module action-line
Task 3.1
Course module action-line
Module A; Mk2: Tuesday, 18 Sept - Tuesday, 27 Nov.
Module A; Full Pilot: W/B 21 Jan- w/b Mon 4 March / w/b Mon 25 Mar- Mon 22 Apr 2019
Module B beta; Mon 21 Jan- Mon 4 March
Module C beta; Mon 25 Mar- Mon 22 Apr 2019
Ref. 5th September briefing and documents circulated
Quick recap

10. Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development for Beginning Teachers
UNIT 1 :
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),

11. Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development for Beginning Teachers
UNIT 2 :
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),

12. Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development for Beginning Teachers
UNIT 3 :
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),

13. Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development for Beginning Teachers
A partners’ site : itelab.wordpress.com [ Live over the weekend.]
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),

14. Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development for Beginning Teachers
Live to Air:
Module A
‘Live-to-Air’ Sessions
Autumn 2018
Tuesday
16 OCT h CET
[ h Dublin]
Technology for international collaboration
20 NOV h CET
[11-12:30h Dublin]
Drawing the Learning Together; sharing the gains
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),

15. B A C Task 3.1 Modules in Development 5 ECTS conor.galvin@ucd.ie
Designing Learning
Designing technology enriched learning
Finding and (re) purposing teaching & Learning materials
3.5 ECTS B
Designed to introduce & develop practice relating to networks that connect the beginning / student teacher to people and sources of pedagogical ideas / materials and personalised initial PD.
Finding and participating in learning networks.
Initial Professional engagement; communication, collaboration and development.
Classroom work
All Partners
5 ECTS A
Working with Young Learners
Using technology to inform and improve teaching practices
3.5 ECTS C
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR),

16. Comments & Questions…

17. ITE Forum
Schedule of ITE Forum webinars: Oct 18th : Monitoring report and case studies + blog post Nov 22nd: Students Voice – launch of students MOOC campaign Joint workshop with Scientix and Future Classroom Lab
18 October: Monitoring report and case studies (FCL) produced in the WP2 in collaboration with the partner univeresities - Roger + 4 universities - post for the blog by Dorothy
22 November: Students voice - launch of students voice and communication campaign for the MOOC. - post for the blog by Adri and Maité
Joint ITE Forum workshop with Scientix and Future Classroom + launch of Students Voice

18. WP4: Development & delivery of MOOC for student teachers

19. Moving on to
MOOC 2019
Bart Verswijvel
@BartVerswijvel
#ITELAB_eu

20. MOOC Pilot (2018) MOOC (2019)
Listen to Stakeholders (e.g. surveys, June workshop)
Take the Best Parts from the Past to the Future
Add and Modify for the Best

21. ITElab MOOC 2019 EXTRA WEEK Week 1: UNIT 1 Enter the Job
Duration 5 weeks
Week 1: UNIT 1 Enter the Job
Week : UNIT 2 Unlock the Classroom
Week 4: UNIT 3 The second staffroom
Week 5: extra week to finish tasks

22. + ++ Pilot (2018) MOOC (2019) CONTENT
Closer links to classroom practice
Concept of Active Learning (pedagogy, technology, space) must be covered more in depth
practical use of technology, links to subjects
Ideas for POORLY EQUIPPED SCHOOLS
Improvement Section ‘Further Reading’
Suggestion: topic of INCLUSION
Input of Industry partners

23. + ++ Pilot (2018) MOOC (2019) PARTICIPANTS Learning together
Better Tracking of finished tasks
Better Badge system
More creative input from participants
More interaction/collaboration between participants
Language support

24. WP5: Piloting & evaluation of ITE course modules & MOOC
Engagement in pilots and plans
Partners plan
Associate partners
Open invitation – reaching out to your networks

25. Evaluation ∙ Recent Activities
WP5: Evaluation ∙ Jennifer Tiede & Prof. Dr. Silke Grafe, University of Würzburg
Evaluation ∙ Recent Activities
Evaluation activities of pilot 1: completed
Module: posttest, focus groups with student teachers and teacher educators, online survey feedback by IRIS
MOOC: pre- and posttest, focus groups with student teachers and teacher educators
Summary and highlights reports:
Presentation with evaluation highlights from pre- and posttests: introduced at Brussels meeting in June
Internal « evaluation highlights » document published end June. Scope: preliminary recommendations for further development of module A and MOOC based on focus groups and pre- and posttests.

26. Evaluation ∙ Current Activities
WP5: Evaluation ∙ Jennifer Tiede & Prof. Dr. Silke Grafe, University of Würzburg
Evaluation ∙ Current Activities
Data analysis of pilot 1: ongoing
Analysis of focus group recordings
Analysis of MOOC interim surveys
Presentation of the ITELab project and evaluation at a national conference for educational researchers (Conference of the division « Media Education » of the German Association of Educational Research),
Title: « ITELab: A European Research Project for Fostering Media-Related Educational Competencies in Initial Teacher Education. First Findings and Results »

27. Evaluation ∙ upcoming Activities
WP5: Evaluation ∙ Jennifer Tiede & Prof. Dr. Silke Grafe, University of Würzburg
Evaluation ∙ upcoming Activities
Deliverables: D5.2 and D5.3, evaluation reports for module and MOOC in pilot 1, due in December
Preparation of evaluation instruments for autumn and Spring pilots
We will use the same online surveys as in pilot 1, i.e. a posttest for the module, including our questions and our adapted version of TET-SAT, and pre- and posttest for the MOOC as before. (no focus groups this time)
Do you have feedback/questions/suggestions about this? Please feel free to contact me:

28. WP6: Quality Assurance

29. TERMS OF REFERENCE: PEDAGOGICAL BOARD
Strategic overview
Light touch
The aim of the Pedagogical Board is to:
Ensure that the course modules and MOOC are well aligned with requirements from a wider group of ITE providers in universities and companies providing CPD resources for teachers.
Quality assure and review the course modules and MOOC (M11, M23).
Contribute to recommendations for innovating ITE curricula and the operations of the ITELab University- ICT industry ITE Forum.
Vesna slide

30. Pedagogical Board members
Karianne Helland, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education
Minna Koskinen, E-learning Designer, Teacher Training College, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Dr. Patick Camilieri, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Malta
Stefania Bocconi, PhD, Researcher in Technology Enhanced Learning, National Research Council of Italy (CNR) Institute for Educational Technology (ITD)
Vesna slide

31. Independent evaluator (IE)
Aim:
To carry out an independent evaluation of both project operations and final deliverables.
To what extent the feedback from the wider group of stakeholders has impacted upon and influenced the course development process
Have the protocols for evaluation been applied consistently by all piloting universities
To what extent has the project dissemination met its targets for expanding the ITE Forum
Autumn IE activities (Mark Delmartino)
October: call with UWU;
November: survey – partners and associate partners;
December: discussions around project meeting/EMINENT

32. WP7: Dissemination and Exploitation
Communications update
Videos – key messages
Updated ITELab brochure, Charter for Assoc Partners, website redesign
October project partner meeting - Communications
Autumn campaign: recruitment for Forum; participation in Modules, MOOC
December: launch of student voice ; EMINENT workshops (2)
Initial Exploitation Plan (deliverable)
Internal EUN discussions
Follow-up with all partners
Videos – we will follow-up after the meeting sharing the series of interviews we have recording during the June workshop. The video will be used as promotional material for the MOOC, the Module, the ITE Forum and the Students Voice.
Key messages – Key words for each target group. Key messages that have been co-developed with representatives from these target groups at the workshop we had in June in Brussels.
Updated ITELab brochure,  e.g. something similar to ITE Forum, that can be used by our partners/associate partners to encourage them to sign up to ITELab modules, promote student teacher MOOC to their students
Charter for Assoc Partners,
website redesign
October project partner meeting - Communications
Autumn campaign: recruitment for Forum; participation in Modules, MOOC
December: launch of student voice ; EMINENT workshops (2)

33. Any other business FCL survey – short online survey, post meeting
December arrangements:
12th December – joint project meeting and PAB, independent evaluator
Start time
Location
EMINENT 13th-14th
Invitations
Two workshops

34. Summary of activities To end 2018 Summary of activities September
Piloting of Module A – wider engagement; student and staff hub
FCL online survey
Final input/approval case studies
October
Piloting of Module A – wider engagement
Developing of Module B and C , Student teacher MOOCv2 (OER resources, review)
UoA teacher competences online survey
ITE Forum – Monitoring report and case studies
October project meeting: Communications campaign and support
November
Developing of Module B and C , Student teacher MOOCv2
Independent Evaluator online survey
ITE Forum – student voice
December
Piloting of Module A – evaluation survey
Finalise Module B and C , Student teacher MOOCv2. Translation?
F2F project meeting/PAB (12th) and EMINENT/workshops ( th)

35. MODULE and MOOC – flexible implementation options
AUTUMN 2018
SPRING 2019
Module A
‘anchor’ – 10 wks
Unit
Activity
Module A
‘anchor’ – 10 wks
Unit
Activity
options
options
MOOC
ref only
Module B
‘shorter’
Unit
Activity
options
Help us reach our targets!
PLEASE use your networks to encourage further engagement in the pilots and the ITE Forum
Module C
‘shorter’
Unit
Activity
options
MOOC
Units
option

36. Any final questions?

37. itelab.eun.org #ITELab_eu
ITELab (Initial Teachers Education Lab) is a Knowledge Alliance project between higher education institutions and industry to foster innovation and knowledge exchange in initial teacher education (ITE). Project number: EPP BE- EPPKA2-KA. It is co-funded under the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme from January 2017 to December This publication was created with the financial support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. This publication reflects the views only of the authors and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained herein.
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