Journal Title
Title of Journal: J Sci Educ Technol
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Abbravation: Journal of Science Education and Technology
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Sofoklis Sotiriou Katherina Riviou Stephanos Cherouvis Eleni Chelioti Franz X Bogner
Publish Date: 2016/02/27
Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 541-549
Abstract
Education reform initiatives tend to promise higher effectiveness in classrooms especially when emphasis is given to elearning and digital resources Practical changes in classroom realities or school organization however are lacking A major European initiative entitled Open Discovery Space ODS examined the challenge of modernizing school education via a largescale implementation of an openscale methodology in using technologysupported innovation The present paper describes this innovation scheme which involved schools and teachers all over Europe embedded technologyenhanced learning into wider school environments and provided training to teachers Our implementation scheme consisted of three phases 1 stimulating interest 2 incorporating the innovation into school settings and 3 accelerating the implementation of the innovation The scheme’s impact was monitored for a school year using five indicators leadership and vision building ICT in the curriculum development of ICT culture professional development support and school resources and infrastructure Based on about 400 schools our study produced four results 1 The growth in digital maturity was substantial even for previously high scoring schools This was even more important for indicators such as vision and leadership” and “professional development” 2 The evolution of networking is presented graphically showing the gradual growth of connections achieved 3 These communities became core nodes involving numerous teachers in sharing educational content and experiences One out of three registered users 36 has shared his/her educational resources in at least one community 4 Satisfaction scores ranged from 76 offer of useful support through teacher academies to 87 good environment to exchange best practices Initiatives such as ODS add substantial value to schools on a large scale
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