Challenges of Education in Internet Era: supporting leaders of the use of ICT in schools

Project facts

Project promoter:
UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Project Number:
PL10-0056
Target groups
Students
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€100,000
Final project cost:
€96,062
From EEA Grants:
€ 77,810
The project is carried out in:
Miasto Warszawa

Description

This project is a continuation of the grant 'Challenges of education in the internet era: the creation of a sustainable network of leaders in the use of ICT in schools', which we carried out in 2008-2009. It created a stable network of leaders in education, ICT in schools, with great achievements in the form of training, creating educational materials, organizing conferences and international cooperation. The barrier to further operation of the network is the lack of current materials, methods and educational tools. The number of people currently involved cannot answer all the reporting needs of people. Our aim is on the one hand to create new materials, methods and educational tools, and on the other hand, the enlargement and extension of the network. Our partner is a group of staff experienced in the use of ICT tools in teaching mathematics. These skills will be used in our program. At the same time the project will be an opportunity to exchange experiences between institutions in both countries.

Summary of project results

The main needs addressed in the project was the lack of materials, methods and educational tools and an insufficient number of leaders involved in the development of teaching using ICT. The aim of the project was to improve the quality of teaching and increase the capacities in Polish education by creating materials, methods and educational tools. This aim was achieved. The project also achieved specific objectives: materials and tools for teaching was adapted to the challenges of ICT; existing teaching methods were adapted and new methods created. The adaptation and implementation of these products in Poland, made available to a wider audience in the English version, has been a vital component of the project. As a result of the project the network of experts from the ICT in the teaching has been expanded. Implementation of the project was a success. SWPS University will continue the activities carried out under the project and will be using the resulting materials. Results of the project: -creation of e-learning platform for communication and cooperation; -creation a website; -a comprehensive elaboration on the use of ICT in teaching; -programs substantive and methodological e-learning courses, modification of the existing and creating the initial version of the new e-learning courses aimed at the working group; -the base of educational projects using ICT – best practice examples on the basis of 33 teachers’ work together with over 900 students participating in the project; -the book on the use of ICT in teaching; -educational materials: using methods of the educational project and the use of ICT in teaching – 33 teachers form 9 schools (new centres of innovators’ network) - there is a plan to train over 120 teachers and over 3000 students in the future. All results generated by the project are placed on the project website: https://sites.google.com/site/fssswps/home

Summary of bilateral results

The role of the Norwegian Centre for Mathematics Education was primarily a transfer of knowledge and experience in the field of ICT in education from Norway to Poland. The role of representatives of the partner included assisting in the organization of access to the latest scientific achievements in the field of ICT in education, and educational materials; participation on the basis of consultation (including on-line) in the development of methods and tools created by the project; participation in the dissemination of project results, including the popularization of virtual community that develops through this project With the completion of the project a permanent cooperation has been established between the institutions. NTNU cooperates with the Nordic GeoGebra Network-teachers, educators and scientists operating in the field of mathematics education. Resources of the universities, both intellectual and organizational helped in developing a working model of cooperation between universities with schools based on the existence of a partnership between PL and Norway.