Jeffrey Earp, Stefania Bocconi & Sabrina Panesi

National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Educational Technology (ITD-CNR)

SELFIE:strengthening the digital

capacity of educational organizations

EfVET Conference - Rethinking VET for Inclusive Excellence24 -27 October, 2018, Sheraton Hotel, Como, Italy

January 2018

THE BACKGROUND

SELFIE has been developed

• by the European Commission - DG EAC

& Joint Research Centre (JRC B.4)

• in collaboration with a team of international

experts

to foster effective use of digital

technologies for learning in educational

organisations

THE BACKGROUND

Why SELFIE?

FOCUS ON LEARNING

# SELFIE_EU

What is SELFIE?

A TOOL AND A PROCESS SUPPORTING ….

Self - ref lect ion onE f fect iveLearning by Foster ing Innovat ion through Educat ional Technologies

# SELFIE_EU

TEACHING PRACTICES

INFRASTRUCTURE

CURRICULUM

STUDENTEXPERIENCE

AN EASY-TO-USE ONLINE TOOL FOR GENERATING ANINDIVIDUAL SNAPSHOT OF A SCHOOL’S STRENGTHS AND

WEAKNESSES IN USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEARNING

DIGC OMPO RG CONCEPTUAL MODEL

OF DIGITAL COMPETENCIES IN ALL

EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

V ALIDATED BY EXPERTS, POLICY-MAKERS & STAKEHOLDERS

CONSULTATIONS WITH OVER

5000 SCHOOL LEADERS, TEACHERS & STUDENTS IN FIVE

MEMBER STATES

>> S ET OF DIGITAL COMPETENCY

STATEMENT ITEMS FOR SCHOOLS

THEORETICALFRAMEWORK

PRATICALKNOW-HOW

THE CORE OF THE SELFIE TOOL

A WIDE-RANGING SET OF STATEMENTS ON THEOPPORTUNITIES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFER TOENHANCE TEACHING & LEARNING IN SCHOOLS

SL / T: In our school, students have access to a database of in-company training providers

SELFIE RESPONDENTS RATE HOW APPLICABLE EACHSTATEMENT IS TO THEM, FROM STRONGLY AGREE

TO STRONGLY DISAGREE

# SELFIE_EU

ENTIRE SCHOOL LEARNING COMMUNITY INVOLVED

S: In our school, I have access to a database of companies providing traineeships, apprenticeships and other opportunities

SL / T: In our school, students have access to a database of in-company training providers

# SELFIE_EU

CUSTOMISED TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL CONTEXT

T: I create digital resourcesto support my teaching

T: In our school, there areonline libraries orrepositories with teachingand learning materials

Register on SELFIE & activateschool learningcommunity

Customise SELFIE by selecting / addingitems (co-ordinator)

School leader, teachers & studentsprovide input

GETTING STARTED

THE SELFIE APPROACH

Voluntaryparticipation PRIVACY

Data is collectedanonymously

A practice of self-evaluation

over time

THE REPORT CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY THE SCHOOL THAT GENERATED IT!!

SELFIE SCHOOL REPORT

Certificate of participation

for each participant

RECOGNITION MECHANISMS

# SELFIE_EU

The road here

SELFIE PILOT IN EUROPE (2017)

> 67,000 users

73 iVET14 countries

237 Primary

23% 151 Upper Secondary

General

11%

37% 29%189 Lower Secondary

73 iVET

650 schools

29% primary schools

33% lower

secondary schools

31% upper

secondary general

7% iVET

> 200 schools

31,912 users

VenetoUsers: 371Schools: 2

TrentinoUsers: 1.273Schools: 9

LombardiaUsers: 4.099Schools: 28

PiemonteUsers: 2.860Schools: 22

LiguriaUsers: 92Schools: 1

Emilia RomagnaUsers: 1.771Schools: 5

ToscanaUsers: 838Schools: 8

UmbriaUsers: 5.659Schools: 25

PugliaUsers: 1.099Schools: 6

CalabriaUsers: 13.850Schools: 95

SELFIE PILOT IN ITALY (2017)

Adapting SELFIE to the

Italian context

STEP 1LINGUISTIC

TRANSLATION

STEP 2CONTENT-FOCUSED

TRANSLATION

STEP 3CONTEXTUAL ADAPTATION

AND USABILITY

1) Translating & adapting SELFIE & related resources

ADAPTING SELFIE TO ITALY #1

“SELFIE Italia” online community

“SELFIE Italia” mini website

DigCompOrg framework & guide

RAV = a mandatory Self-Assessment Report each school in Italy produces following a self-rating process

3) Mapping SELFIE & the National Evaluation System

8 workshops, >300 SL&T

2) Running regional workshops

ADAPTING SELFIE TO ITALY #2

SELFIE IN ITALY: A SYSTEMIC APPROACH

> 250 school leaders andSELFIE school coordinators

Education Authorities

School Networks

Coordinators at school level

Under the auspices of

National coordinator

Regional and local coordinators

Educational Research Centres

(STRONG RELATIONS & INTERACTIONS AT ALL SYSTEM LEVELS!)

• useful points for reflection on their own teaching practice and on the school’s overallstrategy

• Insights into how the school uses digital technologies with students to supportinnovative teaching and learning practices

• Insights into how the school uses digital technologies to monitor learning processes

• A basis for comparing the perspectives of school leaders, teachers, and students

• information on students’ use of technologies outside the school

RESPONSE FROM SELFIE CASE STUDIES

Teachers said that the SELFIE report provided them with …

SELFIE in action

Similarly, both USR Umbria and USRCalabria are organizing local activities andinitiatives to promote and facilitate theuse of SELFIE tool in all schools located intheir regions.

The Autonomous Province of Trento included SELFIE inthe local Digital Education Action Plan for Schools(IT: Piano provinciale per la scuola digitale, Reg. delib. n.1941, approved on 24 November 2017) among keyactions (Action #28) that schools in the autonomousprovince of Trento should implement in the next years.

SELFIE IN ITALY: REGIONAL & LOCAL ACTIONS

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomporg/selfie-tool

#SELFIE_EU

JRC-EAC-selfie-tool@ec.europa.eu

http://selfieitalia.it

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

NOW SELFIE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ALL SCHOOLS

25 OCTOBER 2018

Screenshot 25 th + link

HTTP://SELFIEITALIA.IT

THANKS/END SLIDE