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The ELFE project

Hans LaugesenELFE project coordinator

Educational Policy officer andInternational Secretary in GL, Denmark


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Why ELFE?

A lot of money is spend on ICT in Schools High expectations of what ICT can

achieve Do the students learn more? Technical problems or lack of ICT-training

of teachers is often used as an excuse Do we know how to use ICT pedagogically

to optimise the learning process? Need for exchange of good practices Too often, only the frontrunners are

involved in the exchange of experiences


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Purpose of ELFE

A European project created to achieve a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of using ICT in primary and secondary education

The ELFE project aims at investigating good practice in the use of ICT, which supports the teaching and learning process encourages students to develop new skills and

competences promotes an inclusive education for all students


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Pedagogical questions

Promoting relevance, meaningfulness and engagement in both teaching and learning

Use of ICT to train new competences Virtual lessons as a mean of variation in

normal class lessons: blended face to face ed.

Use of ICT as a catalyst for a Whole School Development

Providing more educational options for students in remote areas

Are there pedagogical and social costs? how do we avoid loosing the low performing

students?


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ELFE structure

M ain activitiesG o a nd s tud y v is its (15 scho o ls)

E L F E w e b s ite2 con fe re nces

PartnersE T U C E

5 T e a che rs ' U n ion s (D ,D K ,E ,N ,P )P e da g og ica l E xp e rts

Chief Rapporteura c rit ica l frie nd

Political ApproachP e da g og ica l q ue stio ns a nd ob serva tio ns

P o lic y d e b a te in T e a che rs ' U n io nsP o lic y su g ge s tion s to th e C o m m iss ion

ELFEE xch a ng e o f e xpe rien ce

S tu dy tran s fe r to o th er scho o lsc re a te E u ro p ea n d e ba te o n p ed a go g ica l u se o f IC T


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ELFE partners

ETUCE and 5 ETUCE-organisations: GEW, Germany FNE, Portugal NUT, UK GL, Denmark Utdanningsforbundet, Norway

Researchers: Ulf Fedriksson, Mid Sweden University Gunilla Jedeskog, Linköping Univ., Sweden Elsebeth K. Sorensen, Aalborg University,

Denmark Tjeerd Plomp, Twente Univ., The Netherlands


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Target groups and approach

Target groups: teachers teachers’ unions researchers

School visits: steering group visit to 3 schools in each 5 countries school to school visits (15 schools go and get a visit)

Two conferences: actors with experience meet (22.-23.11.04) teachers’ unions debate ICT-policy proposals (5.-

6.9.05)

Create a Web-based debate at European level


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Visited Schools

English ELFE-schools Prince Albert Infants & Junior School (Birmingham) Hampstead School (Cricklewood, London) Greensward College (Hockley, Essex)

Danish ELFE-schools Langkaer Gymnasium (Århus, Århus County) Middelfart Gymnasium (Middelfart, Funen County) Kalbyrisskolen (a primary and lower secondary school in

Næstved) German ELFE-schools

Hans-Böckler Berufskolleg (Marl) Pestalozzi Grundschule (Marl) Max-Plank Gymnasium (Duisburg)

Norwegian ELFE-schools Hitra videregående skole (Sør-Trøndelag County) Saltdal videregående skole (Saltdal Municipality) Steigen sentralskole (Steigen Municipality)

Portuguese ELFE-schools EBI Vasco da Gama (Lisbon) Escola Secundária Santa Maria Maior (Viana do Castelo) EB 23 Carapinheira


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School to school visits

Each of the 15 ELFE-schools go once and get a visit once

Each school can send 2 persons Visits will take place during spring 2005 Planned as 4 days/3 nights visits Deadline for return of visit priority

sheet:6th of December 2004

Remember 15 schools to choose from – not 5


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ELFE web-site

Information on ELFE Progress of the ELFE-project Small reports from school visits and

meetings in Steering Committee Debate forum on

Pedagogical use of ICT in education Contact between schools involved in ELFE Policy debate among teachers unions on

ICT in ed.

Useful links


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www.ELFE-eu.net


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Debate-furum at ELFE web-site


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Education-policy questions

Do we have recommendations in the end?: Is there an ideal balance between

virtual lessons and normal lessons? Teachers’ use of ICT: Balance between

frontrunners and a minimum level Which kind of pre-service education and

in-service training is necessary? Physical requirements at schools? Suggestions for relevant indicators

regarding the use of ICT in education? etc.


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Preliminary observations 1

After the Steering Group’s visits to 12 schools: Make ICT-use part of school policy and create a

Whole School Development environment Evident effect of Pedagogical ICT driver licence Create conditions for teachers use of ICT and Have a vision, debate minimum performance,

and leave room for frontrunners Distance education in remote areas or in small

schools means more educ. options and can be combined with a social learning environment


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Preliminary observations 2

So far we have not seen any hard-core proofs that the use of ICT is increasing the quality of education

There is a feeling among teachers that the use of ICT contributes to strengthen the students ability to work in an independent way

A risk that the need to train oral skills is forgotten – written dimension increases workload

A risk of less opportunity to have direct face to face discussions in the classrooms

You do not need to loose the low performing students – but be aware not to do so

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