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How do we enhance education by using Internet in transnational projects?
12 years of experience from the work conducted within
European Schools Project in Denmark
Kirsten M. Anttila & Mogens Eriksen,
The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, (RDSES), Denmark
Which official initiatives and which efforts are made on the hardware as well as on the pedagogical side regarding the implementation of ICT, including the use of telecommunication in the Danish school system?
Taking the starting-point in different pedagogical scenarios we'll describe an approach to implementing ICT - and here specifically teleprojects that have been carried out since 1987 in the primary as well as in the secondary section within the framework of European Schools Project.
Which educational materials within ESP have been produced to meet the need for and the demands from teachers on the verge of entering transnational projects? How do we at RDSES meet the challenges when offering in-service training in the use of ICT, whether that be ordinary courses, or courses carried out as distance learning courses? How do we also in this field collaborate between the European countries?
Examples will be given on which initiatives that are taken by the European Union as far as the use of ICT and specifically telecommunication in education are concerned!
 | Kirsten M. Anttila and Mogens Eriksen Senior Consultants The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies (RDSES) |
Furthermore we have worked as instructors on ordinary in-service training courses over a great number of years and have acted as tutors on ODL (Open and Distance Learning) courses for the past seven years. In both cases the courses have included courses run in a national as well as in an international context. Some of the courses in Europe have been funded by Comenius means from the European Commission.
Since 1987 we have worked as Danish national co-ordinators European Schools Project - Denmark. This project is placed under the 'Research Centre for Education and ICT' at RDSES. The project is part of European Schools Project. In this project we have initiated and supported hundreds of transnational teleprojects between Danish and foreign classes in more than 25 countries in Europe and beyond.We have given lectures at numerous conferences and courses in Denmark, in other European countries, and in the US, about topics relating to the use of telecommunication in education.
Some information about Danmarks Lærerhøjskole (The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, RDSES), Denmark: RDSES can trace its historical roots back to 1856. It is an institution of higher education, that provide further education for teachers of the Folkeskole, and for lecturers at colleges of education. Every year RDSES holds 600 to 700 courses and study groups all over the country, concerning practically all the subjects and functions of school education. An average of about 26,000 teachers apply for admission to these courses and study groups every year. The in-service training activities are conducted by 130-fulltime and several hundred part time teachers.The graduate studies at RDSES form part and parcel of the provision of further education for teachers.
Studies have been established within two main areas, that of psychology and that of pedagogy.
Alongside their teaching, the 130-fulltime staff at eight faculties (institutes) and several centres - of which one is: 'Research Centre for Education and ICT' - carry out research. In this way an essential part of the basis of the teaching in courses and graduate studies is brought into being. The issues dealt with in the research projects make up a broad spectrum.An increasing number of the research projects at RDSES are carried out in co-operation with researchers abroad, often supported by e.g., the Nordic Council, the EU, the Council of Europe or the OECD.
The National Library of Education, situated at RDSES, is the principal scholarly library specializing in pedagogy and education as well as various disciplines within the subject of psychology. It stocks nearby 900,000 volumes, which makes it the largest library of education in Europe.Ms Kirsten M. Anttila kma@dlh.dk
Mr Mogens Eriksen me@dlh.dk