Best Practice cases from Estonia Mart Laanpere, Tallinn University,
Cases collected in Estonia Study Aids for Vocational Education (TLU) Organic Chemistry (TLU) Didactics in Elementary School (HC) Didactics of Informatics (TLU) Pedagogical and Technological Foundations of E-Learning Environments (TLU) European Studies (TLU-UTA) E-Learning in Higher Education (Erasmus IP)
Case 1: Study Aids for Vocational Education Context: 4,5 ECTS course for BA (vocational pedagogics) students Pedagogical approach: 1/3 of the time for F2F meetings (50:50 lectures and practicums), ‘learning by doing’, both reflective and productive assignments Technology: IVA LMS, Audacity, HotPotatoes, Camtasia ( streaming videohttp://lin2.tlu.ee/~heidi/HotPot/
Case 2: Organic Chemistry Context: compulsory 3 ECTS course for BA (biology) students Pedagogical approach: course is heavily lab- oriented (1.5 hrs lecture, 3 hrs seminar, 34 hrs in laboratory) Technology: IVA LMS (pdf resources, forum discussions, quizzes), CD-ROM with videos & MDL Isis Draw (free molecular modeling software)
Case 3: Didactics of Informatics Context: MA course for informatics teachers and multimedia & learning systems design Pedagogical approach: competency-based education, portfolio assessment, combined individual (reflective and productive) and group tasks Technology: IVA LMS, Camtasia, Plone CMS, eFormular
Case 4: Erasmus Intensive Programme LEARN Context: international summer school for PhD students (33 persons from 15 countries) Pedagogical approach: introductory activities online, 10-days intensive workshops, working on full papers, peer review. Technology: Plone CMS, Edublogs + Wikispaces, Flickr, videoconference
Thank you! Questions?