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sobota, 30 marca 2013

Computer Assisted Education and Information Technology Centre in Warsaw (OEIiZK)


Computer Assisted Education and Information Technology Centre is in-service teachers training institution specialized in computer science and ICT. It provides support for teachers in their professional development as far as computer skills and didactic applications of information technology are concerned. 

Teacher training activities are based on creative work which covers introducing, developing and implementing new:
  • teaching methods
  • syllabi
  • didactic aids
  • methodology publications
  • computer based tools for learning and teaching
We co-operate with researchers from universities who work on topics of mutual interest. We constantly get feedback from schools and teachers, who we work for. Since the beginning in 1991 we have always been in the centerof events which were essential for computer assisted education and educational applications of information technology. The Centre is the leading organization in this area.

Our staff consists of more than twenty highly qualified specialists. They are professionals in computer assisted education. Success in teacher training which is constantly reported is based on their research, completed and implemented projects and publications.
 

International co-operation

ICT for IST
The project Information and Communication Technology for Innovative Science Teachers is build up on the results of IT for US project. The training innovations will be made applicable to a wider audience of teachers and teacher trainers through several strands of activity:
  • Didactic materials will be made available in more languages.
  • The material focus on the use of both Coach 6 and Insight packages and will be augmented with additional ideas for software solutions including simulations, interactive investigations and a range of free software.
  • Expanded online access will be made available through an existing learning object repository.
  • More ideas for implementation strategies will be developed through a series of teacher training activities.
  • Different approaches to teacher training will be supported by the development of exemplary instructional material, online resources and demonstration videos.
The project started in 2009 as co – operation of the partners: AMSTEL - Amsterdam Mathematics Science Technology Education Laboratory, University of Amsterdam; Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus; Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University; Faculty of Informatics and Physics, Charles University in Prague; KPH, University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems

Our Centre is a coordinator of the project. The project is supported by Leonardo da Vinci Programme 2009-1-PL1-LEO05-05046
IT for US
The project Information Technology for Understanding Science aims to design a modular in-service training course for science teachers and to create the supporting courseware materials. The materials for teacher training exemplify innovative pedagogy which exploits the unique qualities of IT. The focus is on four types of software application related to practical science featuring constructivist approach: data-logging, video measurement, modeling and simulation.
The project started in 2005 as co - operation the partners: AMSTEL - Amsterdam Mathematics Science Technology Education Laboratory, University of Amsterdam; FCTUNL - College of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon; University of Leicester - School of Education; UCY - University of Cyprus, Department of Educational Science; Pedagogical University of Cracow - Chair of Computer Science.
Our Centre is a coordinator of the project. The project is supported by Socrates Comenius (Action 2.1. Training of School Education Staff)
IDWBL
The project Innovative Didactics via Web Based Learning is a multinational cooperation between teacher trainers and researchers from Bulgaria, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland and the Slovak Republic. The project is aimed at developing course materials, which can be applied by teacher trainers to prepare student-teachers (or in-service teachers) regarding the use of WWW in education. The second goal is to store course materials in an international data base. Project ended in December 2006.
MatComp
In september 2000 we have launched international project MatComp - ICT in learning and teaching mathematics. Our Centre is a coordinator of the project. There are also partners from Slovakia and United Kingdom involved. The project lasted 3 years and was supported by Socrates Comenius.
WWWtrain
Training to Use WWW in Education Project started in 2000 as a co-operation of teacher trainers and WWW experts from Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands and Poland togather with experts from the European Schoolnet. The main focus of the project was to develop courses to train teachers to use WWW in education.
Final raport published in 2003 is:
W.J. Pelgrum & Tj. Plomp (Eds.): TRAINING TO USE WWW IN EDUCATION: Multinational cooperation between teacher educators from Hungary, the Netherlands and Poland. Enschede: Universiteit Twente, Faculteit Gedragswetenschappen, 2003 ISBN: 90 365 1908x
CoLabs
We take part in Minerva project guided by Márta Turcsányi-Szabó form Eötvös Loránd University, Informatics Methodology Group.
Objectives of the project:
Our major challenge is to find ways to support children in building and testing models collaboratively across European cultures and beyond. Our objectives are to provide infrastructure for collaborative work; to provide answers for guiding research questions: with whom, how and what kinds of knowledge should children learn at a distance and how best can they be supported in this learning; and to develop learning tools that can be transferable into other domains using the Imagine authoring system.
IITE UNESCO
Our Centre is a national focal point of UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE). The mission of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education is to strengthen the national capacities of UNESCO Member States for applying ICTs in education.
While accomplishing this mission during the period of the first IITE Medium-Term Strategy (2002-2007), the Institute will assist UNESCO Member States in providing the following: an effective educational strategy, overcoming the digital knowledge divide between developing and developed countries and within them, and the creation of necessary conditions for their full value participation in the development of the evolving information society.
Schoolnet
In 2000 our portal for teachers - Edukus (www.oeiizk.edu.pl) together with Ministry of National Education and Sport were the polish partners of Schoolnet (www.eun.org). Now such a partner is Interkl@sa (www.interklasa.pl).
We are involved in preparing polish translation of materials from: Virtual School,
School Managers Centre 
ICTime
Project ICTime - ICT as a tool of intercultural and media education aims at supporting teachers, teacher educators and students in the use of ICT in intercultural and media education.
Within the project two photo contests for school children were organised and very well attended among young people all over Europe. The team of teacher trainers form Latvia, Poland, Portugal and Romania has prepared a course for teachers, piloted and implemented in the participating countries.
web page: http://ictime.oeiizk.waw.pl

New media in education and professional development of librarians

On 14-18 May 2012 the Centre for Education and Information Technology in Warsaw he organized a study visit New media in education and professional development of librarians. Co-organizer of the visit was the Foundation for the Development of Education in Warsaw. Participants were visiting librarians from Lithuania, Great Britain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Italy, Bulgaria, the Netherlands (Aruba), Iceland and Romania. Librarians know the specifics of the work of various types of libraries and Multicentrum in Warsaw. They knew how the education of future librarians in the use of new technologies and skills in the field of library staff. They took part in many workshops presenting the use of e-learning platform, whiteboard and interesting, free application.  

web page: http://new-media-of-librarians.blogspot.com/