LANENT training course on e-learning for nuclear education

TRAINING MEETING ON NETWORKING EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS 15-19 June 2015, IAEA Vienna, Austria LANENT training course on e-learning for nuclear education PROF. CLAUDIO PEREZ MATZEN PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT GROUP - LANENT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES OF EDUCATION (UMCE) SANTIAGO - CHILE

Regional Introductory Training Course on the Use of e-learning Tools as Support for Nuclear Education and Training ORGANIZERS: IAEA - Technical Cooperation Project RLA0048 Networking for Nuclear Education, Training, Outreach and Knowledge Sharing - LANENT The Chilean Government, through the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) and Metropolitan University of Sciences of Education (UMCE)

Project s conception of e-learning: A teaching modality aimed at enhancing independent and significative learning in members of a target audience, working individually or collaboratively, through intensive use of resources from ICT Depending on the grade of teaching guidance available for the learners during the learning process, approaches for e-learning can form a continuum, In one side, a completely independent study with the only support of a digital media resource pack (normally contained on a CD/DVD), At the other side, a tutorial-supported study, in interaction with a teacher/instructor and with peers, normally requiring an informatic platform structured as a virtual learning managing system (LMS, like Moodle, Blakboard or similar).

Why a course on e-learning for nuclear education and training? Currently, an increasing number of teachers/trainers are using resources and tools emerging from ICT, but in many cases more as a support for their teaching than as tools for empowering students as independent and competent learners. This approach does not get all he best from those resources, nor from the students themselves. Young students adopt quickly lots of technological innovations, and they enjoy exploring every new application for facilitating their everyday lifes, but in many cases they need some degree of expert guidance for leveraging those resources in an instructional setting for the study of some specific content (particularly of science or engineering). The generational gap still not filled between two different cultures, the alphabetic-phonetic culture (predominant in many teachers/trainers) and the visual-electronic culture (predominant in young students), results in a set of communicational obstacles in every teaching/training modality mediated through ICT. Better learning results can be obtained if we share knowledge, experiences and resources to fill that gap.

BACKGROUND: LANENT Project RLA0048 Consultancy Meeting, UMCE-Santiago, Chile, 15-18 December 2014 Mónica Sbaffoni, OIEA, Austria, lider del Proyecto RLA0048 LANENT Juan Luis Francois, UNAM, México, Presidente LANENT Aucyone Da Silva, CNEN-Brasil, Vice-Presidente LANENT Eduardo Medina, IPEN-Perú Cecilia Martín del Campo, UNAM, México María Aparecida Basso, Consultoría Virtual, Brasil Rosamel Muñoz, Div. de Difusión y Extensión CCHEN Gustavo Venegas, Div. de Difusión y Extensión CCHEN Jaime Tello, Dpto. Medios Educativos UMCE David Reyes, Centro de Formación Virtual UMCE Eduardo Reyes, Centro de Formación Virtual UMCE Claudio Pérez, Dpto. de Física UMCE Bruno Contreras, Dir. de Biblioteca UMCE

Target audience of the course Nuclear professionals with teaching/training/outreach duties on nuclear energy and technology in universities or other educational institutions from Latin American and Caribbean countries members of IAEA, participating in the Project RLA0048 and interested in getting a theoretical and practical instruction on e-learning, at an introductory level. Depending on the interest of participants, a series of new and more specialized courses can be planned and delivered in the future, in the context of the new efforts on Sustainable Education on Nuclear Science and Technology

Course structure STAGE 1: ON LINE PRE-TRAINIG (15 September 15 October, 2015). Delivered through LANENT Virtual Campus STAGE 2: FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING (2-6 November, 2015). UMCE Santiago - Chile

Working plan Part 1 STAGE 1: ON LINE PRE-TRAINIG (15 September 15 October, 2015). Delivered through LANENT Virtual Campus An introduction to ICT-supported teaching modalities: Face to face Blended Learning (b-learning) Distance Learning (e-learning) E-Learning continuum Basic concepts and good practices of Instructional Design for e_learning. Objectives, contents, learning assessment, learning activities and resources Software tools for e-learning: Authoring (teacher/trainer/designer) mode User (student) mode

On line Pre-training Independent study (without tutoring system), requiring 3-4 h/week for 4 weeks, using the LANENT Virtual Campus COURSE MODULES: Module 0: Introduction to e-learning Module 1: Content issues Module 2: Pedagogical issues Module 3: Technological issues Module 4: Management issues Intermediate assessment at the end of each module Final assessment at the end of pre-training

Module 0: Introduction to e-learning What is e-learning? Teaching/instructional modalities for e-learning Strenghts and weaknesses Good lessons learned Dimensions of consideration for e-learning

Module 1: Content issues Requirements of previous learning Content structure Materials (main and complementary) Author rights

Module 2: Pedagogical issues Formulation of teaching objectives and learning results Design of learning assessment Selection of teaching methods and of learning activities Selection of resources for learning activities

Module 3: Technological issues Production tools: Productivity Authoring Knowledge representation and sharing Audiovisual communication Modeling/simulation Collaboration Evaluation/Assessment tools Technological support requirements

Module 4: Management issues Organization of the working teams for course delivery Organization of the management system: Gantt chart Monitoring and control Planning of formative evaluation Institutional promotion and application regulations Accreditation Evaluation of impacts, processes and results

Working plan Part 2 STAGE 2: FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING (2-6 November, 2015). UMCE Santiago - Chile Informal assessment of participant s attitudes towards e-learning Revision and feedback on learnings achieved at Stage 1 Training practice with some software tools for e- Learning (in authoring and user modes) The LANENT Virtual Campus. Training practice with the Moodle platform Instructional Design in action. Planning a short course/unit as e-learning on nuclear education/training/outreach

Gantt chart and current work

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