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Opit E-Learning Service for Education in Tampere City

Learn about Opit e-Learning Service introduction in Tampere, ICT in educating cities, collaboration tools, support services, and the example of Ancient Rome project. Explore the vast array of contents, virtual tools, and teacher training opportunities provided by Opit for effective teaching and studying.

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Opit E-Learning Service for Education in Tampere City

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  1. Kati Korhonen Product Manager, Werner Söderström Corporation ICT in Educating Cities Tampere, May 20th 2005

  2. Opit e-Learning Service for Education • Contents: • Opit e-Learning Service • Introduction of Opit in Tampere • Example: the Ancient Rome -Project

  3. Opit e-Learning Service • The Service consists of: • Basic contents • e-Learning environment • User services

  4. Contents for Teaching and Studying • Thousands of exercises • Base on Finland’s national curriculum • For basic school and upper secondary education • Plenty of referential materials • Image archive • Encyclopaedia • Dictionaries • Chronicle and • News Services of Helsingin Sanomat

  5. Virtual Tools for Collaborative Learning • Communication • e-Mail • Discussion forums and • Bulletins • Supporting and tutoring learningprocess • Project workspace and • Study programs • Learning history • Producing and publishing own materials • Page templates and • own Course sets

  6. Offering Support When it’s Needed • Teacher training • Printed teacher’s quide • Electronical Tutorial • Customer service by phone and e-mail • ASP maintenance 24-7

  7. Introduction of Opit in Tampere • Introduction will be completed in three years, between 2004-2007 • Introduction is devided in three groups: • year 2004: student of 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th classes and students of special education • year 2005: students of 2nd, 4th and 6th classes • year 2006: students of 1st classes • Teacher training is part of the introduction process • 1-3 teachers/school participate in Maintenance training (1 day) • All teachers participate in Basic training (3 hours) • All teachers participate in Deepening training (3 hours) • During the school year 2004-2005 there were 93 training events and 1053 teachers participated the trainings.

  8. Example: the Ancient Rome -Project • The project was carried out by the students of 6th class and teacher Jarno Bruun from Pirtti School in Kuopio. • Project was a part of history studies. • Project based on weekly tasks. • The pedagogical idea was to apply new knowledge in creative tasks. • Students worked on the project in school and at home. • The project took 6 weeks.

  9. Opit Service is Growing • More than 60 municipalities in Finland use Opit e-learning service. • There are 90 000 active users (students and teachers). • There are 130 000 users in our contracts.

  10. Thank you!

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