1. ICT and the Multigrade Teacher The Hungarian NEMED Project in International Context Andrea Kárpáti (karpatian@t-online.hu) Eötvös University, Budapest UNESCO Chair for ICT in Education

2. ICT immersion in primary schools in Europe – a diverse landscape Finland, England: primary and secondary schools equally targeted Hungary, Greece, Romania: secondary schools promoted Availability of digital teaching aids in national languages: primary level content inferior Internet connection: a vaguely defined concept – multigrade requires classroom level access

3. NEMED Network: Targeting diverse European regions

4. ICT for Multigrade Schools – Potentials for Teaching and Learning 1. (Digital) learning materials: quality should match traditional school content 2. ICT solutions cater for individualised instruction: special needs and talent development 3. Collaboration methodology: ICT as catalyst 4. ICT for communication: ease, attractiveness, documentation value

5. EU projects target ICT issues relevant for NEMED – 1. Access to content CALIBRATE - www.calibrate.eun.org High quality digital learning materials freely accessible

7. BM:BWK, Robert Kristöfl 05-10-2006, 5/8 EUN-Projekt CALIBRATE: Content Austausch Content Exchange Interface CALIBRATE Brokerage System © bm:bwk, bildung.at Content-Pool B Content- Repository B Content-Pool D Content- Repository D Content-Pool C Content- Repository C Bildungspool Austria Austrian Content Cluster

8. EU projects relevant for NEMED 2.a Teaching strategies www.kp-lab.org Aim: connect the world of work and local communities to schools. Method: experimental training courses, community projects designed / piloted / evaluated / disseminated Connections with NEMED: 4 multigrade schools form collaborative project team

9. Trialogical learning = Collaboration methodology: ICT as catalyst Microsoft Learning Gateway

10. EU projects relevant for NEMED 2b. Collaborative strategies EPICT – www.epict.org 17 modules for blended learning, 4 have to be selected Teacher groups of 3-5, school based tasks

11. EU projects relevant for NEMED 3. ICT for communication www.e-twinning.eun.org e-Twinning e-Twinning, e-project partnerships in Europe

13. NEMED in Hungary

14. Multigrade Pedagogy: Towards a New Framework HUNGARY: problem: cognitive skills emphasized, communication and affective skills neglected. Solution: Custom-tailored in-service training courses with targeted ICT solutions Usage of collaborative VLE-s for teachers first and for their classroom communities later Competitions to motivate / encourage achievement and promote selfesteem

15. NEMED in Hungary – the team www.edutech.elte.hu/nemed www.edutech.elte.hu/nemed Principal investigator: Andrea Kárpáti, ELTE, Faculty of Sciences, Budapest, HU Investigators: Katalin Munkácsy, ELTE Péter Fehér, Baranya County Institute of Education, Pécs, HU Participants: 18 multi- grade schools (developmental project), 31 schools / 400 students (competition)

16. Teacher education Bologna process introduced: B. A. and M. A. level for primary / secondary school teachers Primary school teachers are trained at B. A. level in teacher training colleges for four years (primary school teachers). M. A. level: primary school teachers follow a four- year course at a college of education and specialize in two subjects. NEMED training: in-service, 3-month,blended learning course + EPICT (European Pedagogical ICT Licence (www.epict.org )www.epict.org

17. Vadna, Northern part of Hungary

18. The school was built in 1886

19. Number of pupils is 11 - Classes 1-2-3 together

20. ICT and the Multigrade Teacher The Hungarian NEMED Project in International Context Andrea Kárpáti (karpatian@t-online.hu) Eötvös University UNESCO Chair for ICT in Education