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Tecfa - SEED. European Schoolnet EUN SCHOOL NETWORKS CONFERENCE 14-16 February 2003 BRUXELLES. TECFA Facult é de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, University of Geneva. TECFA: Born in 89 within the department of education & psychology
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Tecfa - SEED European Schoolnet EUN SCHOOL NETWORKS CONFERENCE 14-16 February 2003 BRUXELLES Conférence Bruxelles
TECFA Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, University of Geneva • TECFA: • Born in 89 within the department of education & psychology • Web-based master degree since 1993 • 25 people on various projects: CSCL, distance learning, MOOs, virtual campus, … TECFA’s interest in SEED: • A chance to work on synergies between collective, collaborative and constructivist pedgagogies • Sponsoring innovative local activities and disseminate them to a wider community • Research & development in main areas of expertise (CSCL and community systems) Conférence Bruxelles
Technology and learning • Lightweight portal technology to design CSCL activities • Emphasis on collaboration and communication • Use of portal technology • Catalogue of activity plans and software that function as building blocks : Modules of Community,Content, and Collaboration Management Systems (C3MS bricks), some developped by TECFA • Integrated communities of practice : Brick designers, activity designers, teachers, learners, parents Conférence Bruxelles
Example (1) “C3MS” bricks • Gathering and distribution of information in various forms • Collaborative construction of documents (case analysis, problem solving) and knowledge repositories. • Discussion and commentaries around productions (discuss on produced documents, develop evaluation criteria, exchange ideas, compare different points of view, connect different ideas) • Project management (construct work plans, share tasks, form groups, decide on a time – schedule, manage work-packages) • Different C3MS bricks are asssembled and configured to support teaching scenarios • C3MS portals provide integration and activity awareness tools Conférence Bruxelles
Tecfa Architecture Program Teacher’s activity catalogue (WP1) Teacher’s innovations Define scenarios Tecfa bricks Edu. scenarios Bricks on Internet (200+) Download & plug & adapt (WP2) Select & configure Standard bricks (20+) C3MS=customized « PN » PortalWare Install & configure Teaching Portal Conférence Bruxelles
Example - Activity • Faire schéma bricks catalogue + tableaux • URL : http://tecfa.unige.ch/proj/seed/catalog/net/ Conférence Bruxelles
Examples • Tecfa-Seed portal : centre of exchange and support for socio-constructivist pedagogies on the Internet • http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/door/ • (in french) http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/bejune/ • (Institut international de Lancy) http://www.iil.ch • Pangea : http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/pangea/ • Teachers’ portal – Educapoles • http://tecfa.unige.ch/educapoles/ • http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/users/laurent/poles/ • Terre des Hommes : http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/tdh/ • University : • http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/staf18iris/ • http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/staf15iris/ • http://tecfaseed.unige.ch/uticef/ Conférence Bruxelles