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NETIS Teaching in Greece

NETIS Teaching in Greece. Kerstin Siakas Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki Department of Informatics, Greece siaka@it.teithe.gr. A.T.E.I of Thessaloniki Department of Informatics Informatics and the Society The Information Society. Compulsory course

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NETIS Teaching in Greece

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  1. NETIS Teaching in Greece Kerstin Siakas Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki Department of Informatics, Greece siaka@it.teithe.gr

  2. A.T.E.I of ThessalonikiDepartment of InformaticsInformatics and the Society The Information Society • Compulsory course • 6th semester • 3 ECTS Semester Start Semester End • Autumn Semester 2007-2008 Oct. 2007Febr. 2008 • Spring Semester 2007-2008 March 2007July 2008 • Semester Duration: 15 weeks including 2 exam periods

  3. NETIS Teaching in Greece Autumn Semester 2007-2008 Blended Learning Clear learning goals and expectations on learners were announced in the beginning of the semester • Traditional teaching/learning (1 hour theory presentation by educator per week with final exams in the end of the semester) • Active learning (1-2 students produce in total 7 papers (chosen from a list including 7 groupings and totally 35 subjects) written according to conference requirements; present the papers and take part in discussions). • Research (preparation of an Information Society subject to be included in the textbook of NETIS

  4. Contact hours Autumn Semester 2007 - 2008 2h contact time in laboratory class per week – 13 weeks • Approx. 1 hour power point presentation by teacher / students • 1 hour discussion in class room In the beginning • Students were very reluctant to the new way of teaching/learning • They felt enormous insecure about what was expected from them After a few classes and having repeatable explained the new way of working the students made their choices of way they wanted to participate in the course

  5. NETIS Teaching in Greece Autumn Semester 2007-2008 Enrolled students: 143 • Traditional teaching/learning – traditional teaching and exams in end of semester • Participation in theory classes – optional Very few student come to classes (in particular after a few years of studying – many students work in parallel) between 10 - 20 students came weekly to class • They read the learning material (books, notes etc) and give a final exam in end of semester. If they fail they have a second chance • Active learning – 7 assignments • 11 groups (7  1 student, 4  2 students) • 15 student • Research– full chapter for text book • 5 abstracts accepted in end of November • 1 drop out • 4 final chapters written in English under the supervision of Kerstin Siakas • Outcome and Impressions: • Frequent meetings with students • Some students wrote first in the Greek Language Difficulties • English language • How to write scientifically • Professionalism / ethics (sources, references) • Time-tables (Big pressure put on students to finalize during Christmas holiday because laboratory exams start immediately afterwards)

  6. Research – NETIS Student Papers in English

  7. Active learning requirements • A list including 7 groupings and totally 35 subjects was announced • Students were expected to prepare weekly (starting after a few weeks) • In total 7papers written according to conference requirements (10 pages literature review, specific format, references) • PowerPoint presentation in class rooms (ca 15 minutes, students that did not do presentation prepared 8 papers) • Students take actively part in discussions • Students were excepted from final exams. Instead they are assessed according to: • Activity in class room • Quality of papers • Quality of presentations On the last lecture the performance of the students was discussed individually with every team

  8. Reading material for exams2 hours exam time 5 questions • 1st chapter: Towards getting to know information society • 2nd chapter: Information society – what is it exactly? • 4th chapter: Social networks and the network society • 6th chapter: Innovation competition in the information society • 10th chapter: e-Inclusion in the Information Society • 13th chapter: Popular buzzwords, supernarratives and metanarratives for development: What does the term “information society” mean?

  9. Assessment Grades

  10. Feedback from students regarding lectures Same theme presented by teacher and/or different students on one lecture – afterwards discussions • Opinion about content • The course is interesting • Important themes are discussed • Opinion about teaching methodology • You learn more by doing yourself • Different sources found by different student created an interesting base for discussions and since you had prepared similar work yourself it was very challenging

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