Enhancing Teacher-Students’ Digital Competence with Educational Robots

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-165
Author(s):  
Elyna Heinmäe ◽  
Janika Leoste ◽  
Külli Kori ◽  
Kadri Mettis
Keyword(s):  
Digital Competence ◽  
Teacher Students ◽  
Educational Robots

scholarly journals The Development of Computational Thinking in Student Teachers through an Intervention with Educational Robotics

10.28945/4442 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 139-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc M Esteve-Mon ◽  
Jordi Adell-Segura ◽  
María Ángeles Llopis Nebot ◽  
Gracia Valdeolivas Novella ◽  
Julio Pacheco Aparicio
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Educational Robotics ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Design Based Research ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Educational Robots ◽  
And Robotics

Aim/Purpose: This research aims to describe and demonstrate the results of an intervention through educational robotics to improve the computational thinking of student teachers. Background: Educational robotics has been increasing in school classrooms for the development of computational thinking and digital competence. However, there is a lack of research on how to prepare future teachers of Kindergarten and Elementary School in the didactic use of computational thinking, as part of their necessary digital teaching competence. Methodology: Following the Design-Based Research methodology, we designed an intervention with educational robots that includes unplugged, playing, making and remixing activities. Participating in this study were 114 Spanish university students of education. Contribution: This research helps to improve the initial training of student teachers, especially in the field of educational robotics. Findings: The student teachers consider themselves digital competent, especially in the dimensions related to social and multimedia aspects, and to a lesser extent in the technological dimension. The results obtained also confirm the effectiveness of the intervention through educational robotics in the development of computational thinking of these students, especially among male students. Recommendations for Practitioners: Teacher trainers could introduce robotics following these steps: (1) initiation and unplugged activities, (2) gamified activities of initiation to the programming and test of the robots, (3) initiation activities to Scratch, and (4) design and resolution of a challenge. Recommendation for Researchers: Researchers could examine how interventions with educational robots helps to improve the computational thinking of student teachers, and thoroughly analyze gender-differences. Impact on Society: Computational thinking and robotics are one of the emerging educational trends. Despite the rise of this issue, there are still few investigations that systematize and collect evidence in this regard. This study allows to visualize an educational intervention that favors the development of the computational thinking of student teachers. Future Research: Researchers could evaluate not only the computational thinking of student teachers, but also their didactics, their ability to teach or create didactic activities to develop computational thinking in their future students.

scholarly journals Digitalisering i grunnskolelærerutdanningen: Om faglige forskjeller i arbeidet med profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hjørdis Hjukse ◽  
Toril Aagaard ◽  
Agnete Andersen Bueie ◽  
Thomas Moser ◽  
Karl Solbu Vika
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Subject Group ◽  
Group Affiliation ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Teacher Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Reported Data

Forskning viser at utviklingen av lærerstudenters profesjonsfaglige digitale kompetanse (PfDK) i svak grad har vært arbeidet med i norsk grunnskolelærerutdanning. Imidlertid er det behov for oppdaterte studier og kunnskap om hvordan ulike fag i dag arbeider med PfDK. I artikkelen har vi lagt Rammeverk for lærerens profesjonsfaglige digitale kompetanse (lansert av Utdanningsdirektoratet i 2017) til grunn når vi har innhentet og analysert data. Vi undersøker om det er forskjell mellom hvordan lærerutdannere fra ulike faggrupper legger til rette for studenters PfDK-utvikling og hva som karakteriserer arbeidet med implementering av PfDK i fagene. Studien har et deskriptivt design basert på selvrapporterte data fra en tverrsnittsundersøkelse om PfDK, gjennomført ved fem norske lærerutdanningsinstitusjoner. Vi finner at det er tydelig sammenheng mellom faggruppetilhørighet og hvordan lærerutdannere arbeider med PfDK, men lærerutdannernes «vurdering av egen teknologibruk» er også av betydning for hvordan de implementerer PfDK. Lærerutdannere i Pedagogikk og elevkunnskap og i den sammensatte kategorien «annet» oppgir i større grad enn de andre å jobbe med PfDK. Lærerutdannere fra samfunnsfag skårer over gjennomsnittet, de fra språkfag og praktisk-estetiske fag skårer omtrent på gjennomsnittet, mens lærerutdannere fra KRLE og realfag skårer under. En del profesjonsaktuelle PfDK-temaer vies generelt lite oppmerksomhet i alle fag. Resultatene gir innsikt som er relevant for nasjonale ramme¬settere og grunnskolelærerutdanninger i deres arbeid med å sikre at alle lærerstudenter utvikler PfDK og blir godt forberedt for å utøve yrket i en digital tid. Nøkkelord: profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse, PfDK, grunnskolelærerutdanning, profesjonsfaglige tverrfaglige temaer, PfDK-rammeverk Digitalization in teacher education: How professional digital competence is addressed in different subjects AbstractResearch shows that the development of teacher students' professional digital competence (PDC) has been given little priority in Norwegian teacher education (for primary and lower secondary level). However, we need updated studies about how PDC is addressed in different subjects in TE. In this article, we use PDC in line with how it is presented in Professional Digital Competence: A Framework for Teachers, launched by the Directorate for Education and Training in 2017. We investigate differences between how teacher educators from various subject groups facilitate teacher students’ development of PDC, and what characterizes the implementation of PDC in these groups. The study has a descriptive cross-sectional design based on self-reported data from five Norwegian teacher education institutions. Results reveal a clear association between subject group affiliation and how teacher educators work with PDC. In addition, we find that how teacher educators evaluate their own technology use, also affects how they implement PDC. Teacher educators in Pedagogy and in the mixed subject group named Other address PDC to the greatest extent. Teacher educators in Social Sciences score above average. Teacher educators in Language and in Practical-Aesthetic subjects score approximately on average, while teacher educators working with KRLE (Christianity, Religion, Philosophies of life and Ethics) and with the STEM subjects score below. Some PDC topics that have received attention in the teacher profession, are paid little attention to across all subject groups. Our results provide new insights relevant to national stakeholders and teacher educations in their effort to ensure that all teacher students develop PDC and become well prepared for their future work-life in a digital age. Keywords: professional digital competence, PDC, teacher education, professional interdisciplinary topics, PDC framework

The Role of Positive and Negative Affectivity in Healthy and Unhealthy Work-Related Behavior and Experiences

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Hofmann ◽  
Carl-Walter Kohlmann
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affectivity ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Common Method ◽  
Positive Affectivity ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Teacher Students ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Positive And Negative Affectivity

Abstract. Positive affectivity (PA) and negative affectivity (NA) are basic traits that affect work-related perceptions and behaviors and should be considered in any assessment of these variables. A quite common method to assess healthy or unhealthy types of work-related perceptions and behaviors is the questionnaire on Work-Related Coping Behavior and Experience Patterns (WCEP). However, the association of PA and NA with WCEP remained unclear. In a sample of teachers, physiotherapists, and teacher students ( N = 745; Mage = 35.07, SD = 12.49; 78% females), we aimed to identify the relevance of these basic traits. After controlling for age, gender, and type of occupation, we found main effects of PA and NA, with the specific combination of PA and NA being decisive for predicting the assignment to a WCEP type. The results highlight the need to include PA and NA in future assessments with the WCEP questionnaire.

From ICT skills to Digital competence for academic needs in Trakia University – Stara Zagora

2018 ◽  
pp. 132-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zlatoeli Ducheva ◽  
Veselina Nedeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Basic Skill ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Academic Needs ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Digital Competencies

From the beginning of the 21st century, digital competencies are perceived as a "requirement and right," as a "life/basic skill". The purpose of this article is to justify the creation of a blitz-survey, designed and conducted to determine the level of digital competence of students. The completed research will try to answer the question of how training in Faculty of Engineering and Technology develops the digital competence of students - future engineers, which factors influence the development and attitudes to improve this type of competence. The spectrum of components in the digital competencies is defined when developing the conceptual model of the study. The research model also reflects European documents in this area, the needs, and requirements of the labour market related to the training of engineers and the new approaches and paradigms in higher education. The questions were provisionally divided into seven sections, which also have connecting links. At this stage, the study was carried out with 280 students. The end goal of the scientific research is to suggest strategies for adapting the training of the students to the European requirements and the needs of the labour market in order to improve their employment status, their adaptiveness, and their professional development.

KARAKTERISTIK PENCAPAIAN KEMAMPUAN PEMBUKTIAN DAN KEPERCAYAAN DIRI MAHASISWA MELALUI METODE MOORE

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
Iyon Maryono ◽  
Siska Amanda Lucita Dewi ◽  
Agus Hikmat Syaf
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Student Thinking ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Teacher Students ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Important Activity

Pembuktian dalam matematika adalah suatu aktivitas yang penting, tetapi aktivitas ini tergolong sulit bagi mahasiswa calon guru matematika. Masalah ini salah satunya dipengaruhi oleh kepercayaan-diri. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis karakteristik pencapaian kemampuan pembuktian matematis dan kepercayaan-diri mahasiswa melalui metode Moore. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode campuran bertahap yaitu tahap kuantitatif dan tahap kualitatif. Pada tahap kuantitatif disimpulkan bahwa kemampuan pembuktian pada kelas yang menggunakan metode Moore lebih baik daripada kelas yang menggunakan model pembelajaran langsung. Metode Moore dapat mengungkap proses perkembangan capaian pembelajaran mahasiswa dalam pembuktian, sehingga dosen dapat memberikan umpan balik untuk mengembangkannya. Pada tahap kualitatif, dihasilkan karakteristik kemampuan pembuktian beberapa mahasiswa. Karakteristik ini ditinjau berdasarkan respon mahasiswa terhadap masalah pembuktian. Pada pembelajaran dengan metode Moore, mahasiswa tidak diperbolehkan membuka bahan ajar, sehingga dosen harus mengikuti alur berpikir mahasiswa dan mengarahkan proses berpikirnya. Sebagai implikasi, metode Moore baik digunakan dengan catatan mahasiswa harus belajar terlebih dahulu sebelum pembelajaran di kelas.Proving in mathematics is an important activity, but this activity is classified as difficult for prospective mathematics teacher students. This problem is influenced by self-confidence. The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of achievement of students' mathematical proving ability and self-confidence  through the Moore method. This study uses a phased mixed method, namely quantitative and qualitative stages. In the quantitative stage, it was produced: "Based on the overall and PAM categories, the ability to prove the class using the Moore method is better than the class that uses the direct learning model". Moore's method can reveal the process of developing student learning outcomes in proof, so that lecturers can provide feedback to develop it. In the qualitative stage, the characteristics of the ability of several students are produced. these characteristics are reviewed based on student responses to the problem of proof. In the Moore method of learning, students are not allowed to open teaching materials, so the lecturer must follow the flow of student thinking and direct the thinking process. As an implication of the results of this study, the Moore method is well used with the notes that students must study before learning in class.

Training managers of professional educational programs for work in the digital environment of the university

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. K. Samerhanova ◽  
M. A. Balakin
Keyword(s):  
Educational Program ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Program Managers ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
The University

Introduction. The article deals with the training of professional educational program managers for work in the digital environment of a university. The digital environment of the university is considered from the perspective of managing professional educational programs and is a complex open system that integrates system components for managing content, process, resources, contingent, finance and quality of programs that ensure the integrity and continuity of the educational process at all levels and in all respects. The implementation of a digital model for managing educational programs at a university on the basis of a single digital ring of services for an electronic platform for managing educational programs at a university dictates the need for digital competencies of managers of major professional educational programs (OPOP).By digital competence of the leaders of professional educational programs we mean the ability and willingness to perform labor functions in the design, implementation and replication of an educational program using digital technologies that ensure the effectiveness of activitiesThe way to identify professional deficiencies in the field of digital competencies of the leaders of professional educational programs was the personalized design of educational internship trajectories with tutorial support for the internship. The internship trajectory of the heads of OPOP has a modular structure and is aimed at eliminating professional deficits in the field of information, methodological, communication, technological and organizational component of digital competencies. The internship site (virtual laboratory) is a virtual educational space that provides training for educational program managers and online events: hackaths, quests, webinars, etc.Materials and methods. When writing an article, the following methods were used - theoretical and methodological analysis and synthesis of available special domestic and foreign scientific and methodological literature, conceptual analysis of scientific articles and publications on the topic; study and generalization of both domestic and foreign developments and implementation of projects to create digital environments in education management; application of generalization, comparison, forecasting methods, online surveys.Results. The structure of the digital environment for managing professional educational programs at the university is presented. Functionally described is the ring of digital services for the management of OPOP. The analysis of different approaches to assessing the digital competencies of educators is presented. The concept of digital competencies has been clarified in relation to the head of a professional educational program. The content of the components of digital competency is described: informational, methodological, communication, technological, organizational.Discussions and Conclusions. The developed modular program for eliminating professional deficits of heads of professional educational programs in the field of digital competencies, based on the personalized design of educational internship trajectories with tutorial support for internships, will allow you to effectively administer and manage BEP in the digital environment of the university.

Teacher digital competence: bringing education to the next level

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
S.V. Tsymbal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Way

The digital revolution has transformed the way people access information, communicate and learn. It is teachers' responsibility to set up environments and opportunities for deep learning experiences that can uncover and boost learners’ capacities. Twentyfirst century competences can be seen as necessary to navigate contemporary and future life, shaped by technology that changes workplaces and lifestyles. This study explores the concept of digital competence and provide insight into the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators.

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