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10 years of Tiger Leap

Mart Laanpere ( mart.laanpere@tlu.ee ) Centre for Eduational Technology (www.htk.tlu.ee) Tallinn University (www.tlu.ee). 10 years of Tiger Leap. Roadmap. Introducing TLU and HTK 10 years of Tiger Leap Other recent e-developments in Estonia. Tallinn University.

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10 years of Tiger Leap

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  1. Mart Laanpere (mart.laanpere@tlu.ee) Centre for Eduational Technology (www.htk.tlu.ee) Tallinn University (www.tlu.ee) 10 years of Tiger Leap

  2. Roadmap • Introducing TLU and HTK • 10 years of Tiger Leap • Other recent e-developments in Estonia

  3. Tallinn University • Established 1919 as the main teacher training institute in Estonia; became Tallinn Pedagogical University in 1993 and Tallinn University in 2005 • The third largest university in Estonia, about 7000 students, 350 academic staff, 2 doctoral schools • Six faculties: social sc, maths & natural sc, educational sc, philological, sports & health sc, cultural studies • About 300 courses in LMS, about 30% of staff is using e-learning to some extent

  4. Centre for Educational Technology • Established in 1997 in the Faculty of Education, moved to TLU Open University in 2002 and to department of informatics in 2006 • 15 employees, working on R&D projects • We develop and maintain our own LMS called IVA (www.htk.tlu.ee/iva) that is used not only in TLU • We provide teacher training about e-learning methods and technology to universities, vocational schools, primary & secondary schools

  5. Our current projects • Comenius: COMP@CTIVE (social software teacher training in Mallorca) • FP6: iCamp (social software for e-learning), CALIBRATE (federated national LO repositories) • Other: Minerva Blearn (Blended Learning EPSS), ESF (E-university & eVET digital content), Interreg • Eastwards: Deer Leap in Georgia, Central Asia Education Collaboration Network, Moldova • National surveys: SITES, E-university • Software development: VIKO, IVA, Krihvel, E-portfolio

  6. Myself • Graduated Tallinn Teacher Training Institute 1989, worked as maths teacher & school head • MSc in Educational & Training Systems Design from University of Twente, Netherlands • Head of CET since 1999 • Board member of Comenius network COMP@CT, advisory member of EENet • More information on my home page www.mart.pri.ee

  7. Tiger Leap 1997 • No written strategy • Political intiative (T.H. Ilves, J.Aaviksoo) • Most of efforts and funds to infrastructure • Initial teacher training was provided locally by schools • Tiger Leap Foundation • Major media campaign • Project-based funding

  8. Tiger Leap 2001 • New national strategy: Tiger Leap Plus • All school equipped with computers and Internet • Four action lines: • ICT skills for all • Virtual learning environments and contents • Sustainable development • Collaboration • The most successful was teacher training component (10 000 teachers passed 40hrs training based on Intel’s TTF programme)

  9. Tiger Leap 2006 • New national strategy: Learning Tiger • Change of vocabulary: e-learning instead of ICT • Major action lines: • E-learning environments (VIKO, IVA, Krihvel, Tahvel) • Digital contents (repository, content production) • Teacher training (DigiTiiger) • Communities of practice (e.g. class teachers) • Educational technologists • International projects: eTwinning, Calibrate, MELT • Side-programmes: AnimaTiger, CNC • Exporting Tiger Leap: Georgia, Moldova…

  10. Other recent e-developments in Estonia • ID-card and E-voting • TOM • eSchool • EUCIP and IEEE curricula

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