93608 - Workshop on Teaching Innovation and educational Technologies (G.B)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student - knows the main computer applications; - knows how to use new computer and telematic technologies to find, evaluate, store, produce, present and exchange information as well as to communicate and participate in collaborative networks via the Internet; - knows how to critically and systematically analyse and evaluate both the tools and technologies that support teaching and the knowledge found on the web, ascertaining their relevance and distinguishing the real from the virtual while recognising their correlations; - knows how to use technologies to support critical thinking, creativity and innovation; - uses the main information and communication technologies to design, document, monitor and evaluate teaching activities.

Course contents

Workshop programme

Storytelling in education can be understood as a set of narrative and rhetorical techniques used for the purpose of achieving a more engaging, meaningful, effective and inclusive construction of knowledge; through a narrative, a story, a tale, it may be easier to understand and appropriate ideas, concepts, educational content or ethical behaviour.

In this sense, digital technologies offer the formal educational context a wealth of potential that was previously only the preserve of media professionals.

In the workshop, some tools for the conception, design and realisation of digital storytelling productions for education will be presented.

Specifically, the student will learn how to

• create and manage a personal website
  
• devise and design a digital narrative illustrating an educational content;
  
• use tools for creating podcasts and online videos;
  
• devise and produce a stop-motion (or one-step) animation.
  

 

Important information

The workshop complements the teaching of didactic innovation and educational technologies: in fact, the workshop enables students to apply the knowledge acquired during teaching, to reflect critically on the use of technologies in didactic practice, to analyse educational actions and good practices in the use of didactic technologies in nursery and primary schools.

Students are reminded that for the A.A. 2023/2024 9 workshops (8 during the two semesters and this ‘recovery’ one in June-July 2024) of 24 hours each will be activated: enrolments for the workshops will be published on Almaesami. The workshops activated refer to the use of teaching technologies in both pre-school and primary school.
You must register using Almaesami. In order to register, you must be up to date with the payment of university fees. Workshop timetables are published on the web page with the timetables of 4th year classes.
Students are required to register for only one laboratory and to attend all the lectures scheduled for the chosen laboratory (compulsory attendance). We recommend that you read the laboratory programme BEFORE enrolling!
Absences of up to 6 hours (25% of the total) will only be permitted for serious and justified reasons. In the event of absences, it will be compulsory to carry out some remedial activities.
IMPORTANT: Students who do not show up at the first workshop meeting to confirm their attendance to the conductor will be automatically excluded from the workshop.

Those who feel they cannot be present at the first workshop meeting are required to de-register (before the lists close).

This is in order to
- leave the place free for other students
- have the opportunity to enrol in another workshop (simultaneous enrolment in more than one workshop will be prohibited).


IMPORTANT: for any communication and/or enquiries please always refer to the lecturer of the laboratory you have chosen, not to Prof. Pacetti as the contact person for this area of laboratories!


Erasmus students

Erasmus and exchange students are required to contact Prof. Elena Pacetti (elena.pacetti@unibo.it) to check the possibility of including this laboratory in their study plan. Erasmus and exchange students are required to contact prof. Elena Pacetti (elena.pacetti@unibo.it) to verify the possibility to add this lab to their learning agreement.

Readings/Bibliography

Readings, texts and articles for further study will be pointed out to the students during the workshop.

Teaching methods

The course is organised in workshop mode and includes

1. work modules presented in class
   
2. exercises (individual and group) to be carried out at home during the course
   
3. final exercise (to be carried out individually or in groups)
   Working groups can consist of a maximum of 4 people.

Assessment methods

The Teaching Innovation and Educational Technologies Laboratory (code 93608) active from A.Y. 2024/2025 (students enrolled in the current 4th year) has an assessment in thirtieths, which is used to calculate the weighted average together with the teaching Teaching Innovation and Educational Technologies assessment.

The Teaching Technology Laboratory (code 68014) (students in lab debt enrolled in year V and subsequent years) has an assessment expressed as an aptitude, accompanied by a qualitative assessment (sufficient, good, excellent, with honours) based on:

• active participation in the lab;
• behaviour of the student;
• punctuality in the delivery of papers, exercises, artefacts;
• quality of the work produced according to specific criteria shared in the classroom by the laboratory teacher.
  

In order to obtain the qualification, the student must attend the lessons by actively participating in the activities proposed in class; hand in all the planned exercises by the deadlines.

For all labs (93608 and 68014):

Please note that each 3 CFU lab includes 24 hours of in-person lectures (8 hours per CFU) and 51 hours of individual study (each CFU is 25 hours total). Therefore, it will not be sufficient to attend the lab to obtain the assessment, instead it will be necessary to do all the required exercises.

The lab assessment rubrics are published in the virtual space of the lab itself and of the teaching Teaching Innovation and Educational Technologies.

Teaching tools

Lectures will take place in the university facilities:

• some of these classrooms are equipped with fixed PCs and with the possibility of using one's own laptop;
  
• others, unfortunately, do not. In these cases, the only option will be to bring your own portable PC/MAC.
  

In any case, the work to be done at home requires adequate equipment.

It is therefore strongly recommended that trainees have

• a portable PC/MAC with 64-bit architecture (Click here if you need a guide to see if your machine is adequate)
• a smartphone with camera

Software that will be used:

Students are requested to download the following software and attempt to run it on their laptops, should you encounter any problems, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Audio editing: Audacity
Video editing: Da Vinci Resolve

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Soriani