ICT in (Chemistry) Education

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1 ICT in (Chemistry) Education Ari Myllyviita MSc (Chem.Ed.), BSc (Chem.), BEd (soc.pedag.) Lecturer (Chemistry and Mathematics), Teacher Educator, e-writer Project Coordinator (Teacher s inservice ICTtraining projects, Curriculum projects)

2 Viikki Teacher Training School of Helsinki University

3 Chemistry is experimental science where we need ICT?

4 Working environment is crucial chemistry classroom is not a lecture room Working in groups Laboratory context

5 Working environment is crucial chemistry classroom is not a lecture room Working in groups Laboratory context

6 Let s bring pupils/students to the classroom

7 Experimental work Marmor after acid rain What is happening here?

8 Some history about how and why I have used ICT in high school chemistry education

9 How to take ICT and social media as a part of teaching and learning It is always A PROCESS It is always A LEARNING PROCESS It is always A LONG LEARNING PROCESS, with some times uncertain experiments It is a PEDAGOGICAL choice you make Too often you are claimed that you are making a TECHNOLOGICAL choice and only because of pressure of working life

10 My history with ICT in teaching Chemistry Modeling 3D modeling, started over 10 years ago! Own home page also for Chemistry education Following visitors (Google analytics) Home works, updates for course plans (lesson plans) Electronic materials Slides, links etc. Teacher s own Blog e-book? e-oppi/pernaa Orbitaali 1, 2, 3 and 4 new curriculum? Yammer Edmodo Edmodo and peda.net virtual learning or studying environments Virtual lectures (KE3) own web-service Flipped Classroom opetus.tv -videos Electronic Notes e-notebook, OneNote

11 Modeling and simulations pedagogical point of view ChemSenseAnimator Avogadro (ChemSketch, MarvinSketch)

12 Own web page

13 Course plans are nowadays in peda.net (where the e-books are)

14 Virtual studying environment Laptops, Blended learning Editable e-books (high school) Virtual learning environment VLE

15 Modeling a new approach to science education? The PIRE project between Michican State University and University of Helsinki About project learning, engagement, optimal learning moment (crucial concepts) Scientific Practices approach Experimental work, Group work, Modeling and explaining ICT-tools for modeling (next slide)

16 Modeling and High School chemistry courses Chemistry 1 Orbitaali 1 ChemSketch / Avogadro an essay (with photos from 3Dmodeling program) about some coumpound group (org.chem.) Chemistry 2 Orbitaali 2 ChemSence Animator program an animation about a microscopic phenomena (fast reaction, bond formation) ChemSketch essay about isomers with 3D-photos Chemistry 3 Orbitaali 3 CmapTools-program To collect consept maps course is full of new consepts how they are connected to each other Chemistry 4 Orbitaali 4 Videos about titrations (you can t do all of them) Chemistry 5 Orbitaali 5 (coming fall 15) Phet- and other animations (also during earlier courses)

17 Kemian ryhmäohjaus - Ari Myllyviita 17 3D-Modeling programs Modeling program Spartan, HyperChem Free: ChemSketch, ArgusLab, Symyx Draw, Avogadro, MarvinSketch (online-program) (Spartan) (Hyperchem) (ChemSketch) (ArgusLab)

18 Concept map program CmapTools Chemistry 3.course

19 CmapTools-program - Example

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21 PhET-animaatiot ja animaatiotyökalut

22 Compare editable book and tradional text book Tradional text book Bookwriter desides what you have for students Printed (or PDF-format) cannot be revised easily Heavy to carry (if you have for example 4-5 books + practise books) Can t follow the studying process Editable e-book Teacher can edit the book to follow his/her ideas e-writer can make changes and easily revised e-book You carry only your laptop, or you can read it with mobile phone Companied with the virtual learning environment

23 Steps to editable e-books It is a process and sometimes painful one E-materials can have huge variation, after all, all decisions are based on pedagogical choices. Virtual learning environment guides the choices. Are materials part of it or not? Ready made materials web-pages Publishers versions printed like learning materials PDF- or some other kind of format First e-books: Animations and videos are used Teacher s autonomi: Right to choose learning materials Editable e-books: Teachers can edit books according to their own teaching, include their own material, distribute own tasks and slides as a part of book.

24 The idea of modern e-book (comparing Finnish publishers) Not editable the content is given - no virtual learning environment Not editable content is given own LMS Editable books content as learning object own LMS / PLE

25 Electronic textbook Orbitaali EDITABLE textbook

26 Editable Bring your own photos or videos

27 Lower secondary school Chemistry with ICT Electronic textbook (e-oppi) Virtual learning environment (Edmodo) Dokumentation photos, videos from own experimental works > electronic notebook (peda.net, OneNote) Electronic assessment tools (Socrative, Kahoot! more about these, later) Gamification

28 Electonic Notebook make our notes with photos and videos and as you personally did it

29 Assessment tools and The Matriculation Examination Socrative: Edmodo Kahoot! GoogleDocs Digabi, Abitti (Finnish Matriculation Examination)

30 Using Socrative One part of the test was experimental work You can use the Internet All materials are available Evaluation in lower secondary school we use electronic tests

31 New communication tools Augmented reality Virtual lectures bring experts to the classroom (more traditional way of learning) Flipped Classroom pedagogy Khan academy, Finnish version: opetus.tv Recorging pens LiveScribe

32 Virtual lecture about fuels (KE3)

33 Opetus.tv and Flipped classroom -pedagogy

34 Livescribe -pens

35 ICT Supporting teacher s job Knowledge sharing

36 Teachers own blog

37 Social media (Facebook) and mentoring

38 Social media and mentoring (ICT-group)

39 How to choose LMS / PLE?

40 Virtual learning environments? Cource management systems (CMS): Moodle, Blackboard, Optima, Fronter etc Blended learning or pure online learning Platforms: Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, Elgg jne Create your own learning environment? Different web-technics: Wiki-, Blogtechnics, Discussion forums jne. Web-based services

41 Where we are? Face- Book Whats- Up VLS / PLE Learning environments Electronic learning material e-books Marketplaces Content creation

42 Theory about Learning Objects 1) LO as a starter for a process LO 2) LO as a target LO 3) Mind tools, which support learning processes and quide information processing LO a) Context-based tools b) Context-free tools 4) Editable materials Teachers (and perhaps students) can edit LO:s LO Silander & Koli, 2003, s.68 revised, MYA

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44 Virtual working environments? LMS Learning Management System Management is the main issue in learning and teaching? Badly editable (vrt. Swiss knife) PLE Personal Learning Environment User-based User choose own tools and working models (own tool box)

45 Comparison between blogs and wikis Blogs (Weblogs) Like a diary, works with browser Normally person s own contribution Commenting allowed Blogger,com, Wordpress.com Wiki Text, works with browser Shared knowledge Members creat content, are commenting and editing the content Keep the history Wikispaces.com Kts.

46 Thanks for your attention