The firs tlecture by Mart

1. Introduction to the Tap-Swipe-
Pinch into STEM 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: http://tspstem.blogspot.com.ee
• Apps: GDrive, EverNote, Storyo…
• Communication: Eliademy, Facebook, Twitter
• Sharing: Gdocs
• Personal app collection: EdShelf.com
• Contacts: Mart & Marina
• Documenting and reflecting
• Learning together, helping each other
• Certificates, EuroPass

4. Estonia: facts & figures
• Population: 1,3 million
• Tallinn: 450 000
• Area: larger than
the Netherlans
• Estonian is the mother
tongue: 65%
• In NATO: since 2003
• In EU: since 2004
• In Schengen: since 2007
• EURO currency: since 2011
• 500 K-12 schools, 14 000
teachers, 145 000 pupils

6. Technology generation shifts
InshopsInschools
?Learning about
technology
Learning from
technology
Learning with
technology

7. Estonian National Lifelong Learning
Strategy 2014 – 2020: rationale
• “Use of ICT” model, based on computer labs,
has reached its limits
• PPT/IWB is not enough, does not change
learning
• E-learning (Moodle) model did not take off,
does not suit primary and secondary schools
• No good ideas for e-textbook model in current
settings (1 computer lab per school)
• Ergo: learning in the digital age, 1:1 and BYOD
model, digital learning ecosystem

8. 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

9. 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

10. Quiz
• Go to http://Kahoot.it
• Enter the code you see on the screen and your
name
• Respond fast 

11. Helsinki University: future classroom