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eCIT System Overview. 13 th December 2006 Evin McCarthy. eCIT System Ideals. Human oriented approach Present relevant materials Encourage uptake of the resource Focus on tasks and recording results Provide qualified craft resources. Maintaining the System. One administrating editor
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eCIT System Overview 13th December 2006 Evin McCarthy
eCIT System Ideals • Human oriented approach • Present relevant materials • Encourage uptake of the resource • Focus on tasks and recording results • Provide qualified craft resources
Maintaining the System • One administrating editor • Approves new teachers • Manages task content • Solves unusual problems
Target Users • All based in the craft industry • Students • Teachers • Professionals
Teachers • Set-up by administrator • Manages their own classes • Small knowledge overhead to use eCIT
Task Choices • Chooses from suitable tasks • Themes: • History & Stories Product Development • Problem Solving Entrepreneurship • Handicraft Skills Market Information • Creativity Trends • Culture
Resources • Resource bank to support tasks • Articles and techniques presented as texts and media rich items • Qualified links to web resources • Growing pool of task results, allowing international and cultural comparison
Representing Tasks • Teachers’ task and resource choices ‘build’ city space for students to use • City environment allow story hooks • Tasks have associated ‘short stories’
Working on Tasks • Students step through tasks: • Research, work online, discuss, workshop practice, think, create • Results of tasks: • Notes, images, finished works, additions to resources
System Overview Summary • For Teachers: Light and supportive system for working through a large range of tasks, allows feedback and comparison. • For Students: Engaging content & online space. Step toward exhibiting and critique of own work.