year 2: learning and working with others

Module 1 Looks at learning with ICT in more detail

Module 2 Looks in more detail at working with others

Session	Coverage	Date
Session 1: Learning	How has learning been described and explained? What are the claims made about the value of drill and practice; collaboration; exploratory learning? What is e-learning and is it possible to identify the contribution of ICT to learning? Activity Evaluate a classroom activity through a TPaCk perspective on learning.	Saturday 1 October 2011
Session 2: Frameworks for evaluating the use of ICT	How has the impact of new technology been evaluated? What kinds of frameworks are available for considering this impact? Activity Take one of these frameworks and apply it to a classroom initiative of your own.	Saturday 19 Nov 2011
Session 3: big ideas about using new technology, personalisation, digital nativism, independent learning?	What does personalisation mean? How might new technology contribute to personalisation?what are digital natives? How can we embrace mobile devices? Who adopts technology and why?	Saturday 21 Jan 2012
Assignment	For the assignment you should present a report of the three activities you have carried out.	Final submission date 20 February 2012
Session 4: Teachers and ICT?	How do teachers learn? Why do some teachers engage with technology and others do not? What is CPD? What is ICT CPD? Activity Interview a colleague about their attitudes to ICT and experiences of CPD. Draw conclusions for events you might put on.	Saturday 10 March 2012
Session 5: CPD	What are the opportunities and constraints in carrying out CPD with other colleagues? Why is collaboration so well regarded but so difficult to implement? How should CPD be evaluated? Activity Design a CPD activity.	12 May 2012
Session 6	Reporting back / rehearsing your activity and consider implications and planning for the major project next year.	Saturday 23 June 2012
Assignment 2	For the assignment you should present a report of the two activities you have carried out and draw out general conclusions for collaborative professional learning.	Final submission date 30 August 2012