1. Introduction to the DigitalTurn
course
Mart Laanpere, Ph.D.
Senior researcher at the Centre for
Educational Technology, Tallinn University
2. Call me Mart
• I am third-generation mathematics teacher
• Principal of a rural K-12 school 1992 – 1996
• Researcher in the Centre for Educational
Technology, Tallinn University since 2003
• Ph.D. in educational science & technology
• Research interests: digital competences,
pedagogy-driven design of online learning
environments, digital textbooks, online
assessment, smart schoolhouse, learning
analytics, didactics of informatics
3. Practicalities
• Agenda and other files: GoogleDrive, Sync
• Apps: GDrive, EverNote, QRreader, Storyo…
• Communication: WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter?
• Sharing: GoogleDocs, Facebook, WhatsApp
• Personal app collection: EdShelf.com
• Contacts: Mart & James
• Documenting and reflecting: TodaysMeet.com
• Learning together, helping each other
• Certificates, EuroPass, badges
4. Population: 1.3 Million
Size: 45 227 km²
Capital: Tallinn
Language: Estonian
Ethnic Estonians: 69%
Member of EU: 2004
Currency: Euro (2011)
Public debt: 9% of GDP
Unemployment: 6%
Educational stats:
-532 schools
-14 000 teachers
-145 000 pupils
5. INFORMATION SOCIETY INDICATORS
• Over 80% of families have at home computer and
broadband connection, independent to their SES
• 95% of income tax declarations submitted online,
99% bank transfers made online
• Online elections since 2005, over 30% e-voted in
2015 parliamentary elections
• iBanking, eHealth, ePolice, ePrescription, eSchool
• eResidency: https://e-estonia.com/e-residents
• Internet as a human right, free public wifi (500+
access points provided by municipalities)
7. Success in OECD PISA
2009
World / Europe
2012
World / Europe
2015
World / Europe
Maths 17 7 11 3-6 9 2
Reading 13 5 11 3-6 6 3
Science 9 2 6 2 3 1
The place of Estonia in the PISA ranking list (global and EU level)
9. Strategy for Lifelong Learning 2020: action
plan for Digital Turn in Estonian schools
• Digital turn in formal education system: digital culture
into curricula, bottom-up innovation, sharing good
practice, educational technologists in schools
• Digital learning resources: digital textbooks, OER,
quality management, recommender systems
• Digital infrastructure for learning : 1:1 computing,
BYOD, interoperable ecosystem of services, mobile
clients, school-wide digital turn (first in 20 pilot schools,
then in others)
• Digital competences of teachers and students:
competence models, self-assessment tools, mapping
with course offerings and accreditation procedures,
updating initial teacher education curricula
https://www.hm.ee/sites/default/files/estonian_lifelong_strategy.pdf
10. Experiences from Samsung Digital Turn
project 2014-2015
• Whole-school digital turn: focus on change
management and pedagogical innovation (Fullan)
• Every school found their own focus (20 schools)
– Learners as creators: Kahoot, Geocaching, Digital
storytelling, learner-created textbooks
– Systemic and sustainable change: formative
assessment with e-portfolios, 3D-modeling
– Leadership: digital language immersion, regional lead
• Digital maturity self-assessment tool, peer-
assessment between schools Samsungdigipoore.ee
11. Quiz
• Go to http://Kahoot.it
• Enter the code you see on the screen and your
name
• Respond fast