68014 - Educational Technology Laboratory (G.I)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students:

- will be able to use digital technologies in order to search, evaluate, store, produce, present and share information and learning contents, along with collaborate and participate in online communities;
- will know how to choose educational technologies and tools in order to use them in class with the students;
-will be able to empower learning, thinking and creativity through the use of digital technologies.

Course contents

Erasmus students can contact the teacher to get more information: labs are held are in Italian, so it is necessary to speak Italian at at least an A2 level. Each lab is 24 hours long and attendance is mandatory (only 6 hours absence are allowed, corresponding to 25% of the total).

The schedule of each lab is available online on the page where you can find the calendar for the 4th year of the degree course in Primary Teaching.

On Almaesami you can sign up for a single lab (or ask the teacher how to do it).

It is MANDATORY to attend the first lesson. Students who miss the first lesson will be removed from the entire lab.

This course is designed to be a learning environment where to discover digital technologies for kindergarten and primary school.

Students will be encouraged to explore and discover learning platforms of various kinds in order to become able to create learning contents to actively use in class with the children.

 

Readings/Bibliography

The materials used will be provided during the lessons (in digital format).


The main reference of the laboratory is the European framework Digcompedu:


Bocconi, S., Earp, J., and Panesi S. (2018). Digcompedu. The European Framework of Reference on Digital Teacher Skills. Institute for Educational Technologies, National Research Council (CNR). DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/54008

Teaching methods

The course will use a virtual environment where to share ideas, homework and questions.

Assessment methods

This Laboratory does not have a final grade; nevertheless, the students will receive an "idoneità" (pass/fail evaluation).

Each lab consists of 3 ECTS, which include 24 hours attendance (8 hours for each ECTS) and 51 hours of individual study (each ECTS is 25 hours).

To get the "Idoneità" (final evaluation) students must attend all 24 hours (showing active participation) and turn in all the assignments requested by the teacher.

With the "idoneità" an informal feedback will be provided (sufficient, good, perfect, perfect cum laude).
Feedback will be based on:

- quality of participation during lessons;

- student's behavior;

- on time handing of homework or exercise;

- quality of the projects produced during the lab

 

Teaching tools

Lectures are usually held in the computer lab, where computers and an interactive whiteboard are available all the time.

It is recommended to the students to have a pc/laptop to use to complete the assignments which are to be done at home.

As concerns the teaching methods of this course unit, all students must attend Module 1, 2 [https://www.unibo.it/en/services-and-opportunities/health-and-assistance/health-and-safety/online-course-on-health-and-safety-in-study-and-internship-areas] on Health and Safety online.

Office hours

See the website of Mariapaola Cirelli