Manuel Benito Gómez Ramón Ovelar Beltrán Virtual Campus of the University of the Pays Basque (UPV/EHU) ITC Master, a partnership project between 9 universities

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group masterTIC, a project of Grupo 9 Universidades  A partnership between 9 Spanish universities: the G9  A training to give training actors the ITC competences, an ITC Master  An experience of collaborative work on ITC  A context of change: the process of convergence towards EEES

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group A partnership between 9 Spanish universities: the G9  The G9 universities  Universidad de Oviedo  Universidad de Cantabria  Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea  Universidad de La Rioja  Universidad Pública de Navarra  Universidad de Zaragoza  Universitat de les Iles Balears  Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha  Universidad de Extremadura

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group A partnership between 9 Spanish universities: the G9  In blue, the territory covered by the G students A common virtual campus

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group A partnership between 9 Spanish universities: the G9  Fields of collaboration of the G9  The CVC-G9, a Common Virtual Campus which offers various optional courses for the students of the G9 universities  Doctorate courses in partnership  Videoconference courses  Resources, students, teachers and still more important: a culture of collaborative work.

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group A partnership between 9 Spanish universities: the G9  The number of subjects offered by the CVC-G9 has increased during recent years

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  What does justify this Master?  A demand for more flexible educative systems  The need to integrate the utilisation of ITC in training  The adaptation of university training to the information society  The process of convergence to the EEES ( Espace Européen d’Enseignement Supérieur )

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  Elements to be taken into consideration:  A different educative context: the society of information  The challenges are the organisational aspects and the model of learning rather than the technology  New roles for the training instructors  New tools, but…. also new competences to acquire

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  Grupo 9 Universidades experience  A project which is based on the experience of the CVC-G9 and of each of the group member universities  An experienced teaching staff with the guarantee of the quality of the pedagogic contents and the progress of the courses  The master course will be followed as part-time and will run over two years  This is a practical master, aiming at attaining the necessary aptitudes for the utilisation of ITC in training

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  The objectives of the Master  The acquisition of knowledge, aptitudes, but also….  a critical viewpoint and a convenient understanding of the stakes and the challenges  An organization of the pedagogical, didactic and technological know-how  ICT as a way to change and to improve the educational practices, never to reproduce old schemes

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  The learning goals of the ICT Master  To generate reflection and a model of reference on the effects of ITC integration in training  To familiarize students with virtual environments  To develop competences to enable students to learn how:  To design and create multimedia didactic contents  To publish contents in network  To animate collaborative work  To set up and assess virtual environments for learning  To plan and develop ITC projects

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  What kind of activities do the learners make?  Collaborative work  Discussion forums  Small groups activities  Personal assignments  Face to face meetings  Practical work on a physical production site

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  Tutor tasks TUTOR Gives advice, counselor Organizes and motivates Is a source of additional resources Moderates Evaluates the learning outcomes Evaluates the course itself

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  How do we understand teaching?  The teacher “sends” the knowledge, as in the bullet theory  In an interactive way, the teacher sets activities that allow students to get knowledge and skills  As a counselor who guides students in a task solving basis, negotiating meaning

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation 48 ECTS ECTS during 150 hours of training of which 30 hours of practical training 2 years of training:  1º year: ICT in education  2º year: Virtual learning environments  Academic or administrative staff  Heads of educative projects  Instructors at all levels/fields  Professionals in all fields related to training  Any person who has an interest in innovation in the field of training To whom is it addressed?

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master: a project of pedagogic innovation  The competences which will be attained  Manage educative projects based on ITC  Author learning material based on multimedia systems following an instructional design that guarantees pedagogical soundness  Design and apply adequate ITC strategies  Design learning environments by choosing adequate technologies  Apply ITC didactic possibilities in the teaching process  Assess educative models based on ITC

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group Where are we going?  Not only courses in e-learning and e-doing  wiki <> groupware  blogs and social networking software  Web 2.0 and e-learning 2.0  communities of practice  e-portfolio  wireless and M-learning

ITC Master, a project of the 9 Universities Group ITC Master, a partnership project between 9 universities Thank you for your attention Manuel Benito Gómez Ramón Ovelar Beltrán