teacher networks for professional development
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Workshop in Media & Learning 2012: "Social media networks in schools and in teachers’ lives". First part about Teacher networks (Tellnet)TRANSCRIPT
Socialmedianetworksinschoolsandinteachers’lives
WorkshopinMedia&LearningConference
Brussels,Belgium14.11.2012
Welcome-thissession!• TeachernetworksforprofessionaldevelopmentRiinaVuorikari,TellnetProjectmanager,EuropeanSchoolnet
• Teachers’useofsocialmediainschoolsJaniceRichardson,CoordinatoroftheInsafeandSMILE,EuropeanSchoolnet
• Teachernetworksin2025YvesPunie,InstituteforProspectiveTechnologicalStudies
Teachernetworksforprofessionaldevelopment
Outlineofthispresentation• Context:
– Whatareteachersneedsforprofessionaldevelopment?
– Whatareteachernetworks?– Whatisteachers’co-operation?
• Casestudy:eTwinning– SocialNetworkAnalysis(SNA)forteachernetworks
Somecontextforthisworkshop
“morethanhalfoftheteacherssurveyed
reportedhavingwanted
moreprofessionaldevelopment
thantheyhadreceived.”
TeachingandLearningInternationalSurvey(Talis)
OECD,2009
Context1.
Context1.
TALIS,OECD,2009
Teachers’co-operation
• TheTALIS(OECD,2009)studiedvariousformsofteachersworkingtogether– Frequencytoundertakeactivitieson6-pointscalerangingfrom“never”to“weekly”
• Possibletogroupactivities:– Exchangeandco-ordinationforteaching– Professionalcollaboration
Context2.
Teachers’co-operation
EXCHANGEANDCO-ORDINATIONforteaching
• Discussanddecideontheselectionofinstructionalmedia(e.g.textbooks,exercisebooks).
• Exchangeteachingmaterialswithcolleagues.
• AttendteamconferencesfortheagegroupIteach.
PROFESSIONALCOLLABORATION
• Observeotherteachers’classesandprovidefeedback.
• Teachjointlyasateaminthesameclass.
• Engageinjointactivitiesacrossdifferentclassesandagegroups(e.g.projects).
eTwinning projects!
Benefitsofteachers’co-operation
• Co-operationamongstaffcreatesopportunitiesfor– socialandemotionalsupport,– exchangeofideasand– practicaladvice.
• Itcanenhance– professionalism,– feelingsofself-efficacyand– preventstressand“burnout”
• Differentkindsofcollaborationmaynothavethesameeffects!
Whatareteachernetworks?• Learningnetworks,i.e.technology-supportedcommunities– learnersshareknowledgewithoneanother– jointlydevelopnewknowledge
• Canexistonmanylevels– withinaschool– acrossschoolsatregional,nationalandinternationallevel
• Moreandmoreoften,blendednetworks=>digitalworldismixedwiththephysicalone
Like our lives too!
Context3.
• Includesvariousformsofteachers’co-operation,i.e.teachesworkingtogetheringroupsorteamstoimproveeducationalprocessesandoutcomes(OECD,2009)
• Contributetothequalityof– theteachingprofessionand– thelearningexperienceofstudents– byencouragingcollaborationandknowledgeexchangeatbothteacherandstudentlevel
Context3.
Whatareteachernetworks?
Thecasestudy-
eTwinning
183162teachers
eTwinningoffers
1. Cross-borderschoolprojects• UsingInformationandCommunicationTechnologies
2. Formalandinformalprofessionaldevelopment• On-line:distancecoursesandonlineinterestforteachers,
• Off-line:ProfessionalDevelopmentWorkshops,nationalmeetings
3. Socialnetworkingtools
Teachers’co-operation
A contact ofmy contact knowsa contact of your
contact!
SocialNetworkAnalysis(SNA)forteachernetworks
• Socialcapital• ability of actors to derive benefits from their
membership in social networks• a property of the teachers and of groups
DoessocialcapitalexistineTwinning?
Gatekeeper
Spreadingapositiveviruscalled
pedagogicalinnovation.
Whowillnotgetthevirus?
Channels through whichinformation, ideas and innovation flow
=
Whowillnotgetthevirus?
Theoneswhoarenot
connected,e.g.whoarenot
collaboratingwithothers.
• SNA (Social Network Analysis) methods can bewell applied to the study of Teacher networks,e.g. eTwinning
• Teachers position in the network can be anindicator for their “performance” in eTwinningprojects and their potential development path
• More studies are needed to understand how,when and why teacher networks advance learning!
www.tellnet.eun.org
Discusswithyourneighbour:whatisthispicture?