68014 - Educational Technology Laboratory (G.A)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the laboratory students know the most important ICT; they are able to use ICT to find, assess, produce, present and exchange information and to communicate and participate to collaborative networks on Internet; they can analyze and evaluate critically tools and technologies for teaching and learning; they are able to use ICT for critical thinking, creativity and innovation; they are able to use ICT to design, document, monitor and assess didactical activities.

Course contents

Erasmus and exchange students are required to contact prof. Elena Pacetti (elena.pacetti@unibo.it) to verify the possibility to add this lab to their learning agreement.

  

This laboratory is part of an integrated laboratory that includes:
93608 - Laboratory of teaching innovation and educational technologies (3 credits) and 93579 - Laboratory of numbers and relationships. Reflections and analysis of teaching activities (1 credit, 8 hours) for a total of 4 credits and 32 hours.

It is necessary to check the lesson calendar (mandatory attendance) remembering that it is not possible to make absences during the first lesson (12 March 2024, 9-13 hours) and it is not possible to make absences during the hours held by Prof. Maffia (22 and 29 April 2024, 2-6 pm).

Program of the integrated laboratory "Technologies to support teaching and continuous teacher training: reflections and analysis of teaching activities on numbers and relationships through video analysis"


The Laboratory intends to propose the use of video analysis as a training device useful for promoting knowledge and implementation of effective teaching and evaluation strategies to support student learning and encourage their activation and involvement in the classroom. Video analysis allows the use of video recordings of teaching and evaluation practices in the classroom or in simulated contexts to exercise teachers' analytical skills and their consequent reflective thinking, in particular through noticing actions, i.e. the ability to recognize and detect the main elements of teaching action, and reasoning, i.e. knowing how to reflect on these elements, in order to promote the development of teaching professionalism by helping teachers themselves to exercise analytical thinking on their own and others' practices and to improve their own teaching.


The students will be involved - with the guidance and accompaniment of the teachers - in individual and small group video analysis activities, supported by the use of a specific online platform. The laboratory involves the analysis of mathematical teaching practices carried out in nursery and primary schools, the planning of mathematical teaching activities also through the mediation of technologies, the video recording of the planned activities and their subsequent analysis, discussion and reflection activities. These activities will be carried out both individually and in small groups.


Enrollment in the FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICS TEACHING (C.I.) 'Group C' lab of prof. Maffia which will be held on the dates 22.4 and 29.4 both at 2-6pm is automatic for those who are enrolled in Professor Pacetti's integrated laboratory.

 

It is MANDATORY to be present during the first meeting of the lab, otherwise students will be excluded from the lab itself.

Readings/Bibliography

Teacher will give you recommended reading and other contents to study (in digital form).

The main references iare:

-the European framework DigCompEdu:

Bocconi, S., Earp, J., and Panesi S. (2018). DigCompEdu. Il quadro di riferimento europeo sulle competenze digitali dei docenti. Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR). DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/54008

-Castellini, Giberti, Maffia (2023). AttivAzione. Laboratori di matematica per la scuola del primo ciclo. Padova: libreriauniversitaria.it edizioni.

Teaching methods

This is a laboratory with practical exercises to be done during lectures and 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.

Assessment methods

Although it is an integrated laboratory, the evaluation for the Teaching Innovation and Educational Technologies Laboratory and that for the Numbers and Relationships Laboratory will be separate.

The Educational Technologies Laboratory (code 68014) (students in debt of the laboratory enrolled in the fifth year and later) has an evaluation which is expressed as suitability, accompanied by a qualitative evaluation (sufficient, good, excellent, with honours) on the basis of:
-active participation in the laboratory;
- behavior of the student;
-punctuality in the delivery of papers, exercises, artefacts;
-quality of the works produced according to specific criteria shared in the classroom by the laboratory teacher.
To obtain eligibility, the student must attend lessons and actively participate in the proposed activities in person; deliver all the required exercises respecting the deadlines.

For the Numbers and Relations Laboratory (code 93579), both active participation during the in-person hours and the paper to be delivered to the teacher within the deadlines set according to the indications provided during the laboratory will be evaluated. The final evaluation contributes to the evaluation of the Mathematics Education Course exam with elements of statistics for a value equal to –1, 0 or +1.


For all laboratories


Please remember that each laboratory includes hours of in-person lessons and hours of individual study (each CFU is 25 hours in total). Therefore it will not be enough to attend the laboratory to obtain the evaluation, it will instead be necessary to carry out all the required exercises.

Teaching tools

Lectures are usually in the computer lab with pc and interactive whiteboard.

It is recommended to have a pc/laptop for the assignments to be done at home.

Office hours

See the website of Elena Pacetti