ISSN 1989 - 9572 Diploma course “ICT and informational advanced competences for in-service primary and secondary teachers in Mexico” Diplomado de TIC y competencias informacionales avanzadas para maestros en servicio de primaria y secundaria en México. Sara Julia Castellanos Quintero Universidad de Valladolid, México Eduardo Martínez González Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada, Xalapa, México Karla Paola Martínez Rámila Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada, Xalapa, México Alberto Ramírez Martinel Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada, Xalapa, México Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, Vol. 2 http://www.ugr.es/~jett/index.php Fecha de recepción: 27 de abril de 2011 Fecha de revisión: 15 de mayo de 2011 Fecha de aceptación: 17 de septiembre de 2011 Castellanos Quintero, S.; Martínez González, E.; Martínez Ramila, P. y Ramírez Martinell, A. (2011). Diploma course “ICT and informational advanced competences for in-service primary and secondary teachers in Mexico”. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, Vol. 2, pp. 28 – 34. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, Vol. 2 ISSN 1989 - 9572 http://www.ugr.es/~jett/index.php Diploma course “ICT and informational advanced competences for inservice primary and secondary teachers in Mexico”1 Diplomado de TIC y competencias informacionales avanzadas para maestros en servicio de primaria y secundaria en México. Sara Julia Castellanos Quintero. Universidad de Valladolid, México, sarajulia2412@yahoo.com.br 2 Eduardo Martínez González. LANIA , Xalapa, México, eduardomtnezglez@hotmail.com Karla Paola Martínez Rámila. LANIA, Xalapa, México kmartine@lania.mx Alberto Ramírez Martinell. LANIA, Xalapa, México armartinell@googlemail.com Resumen En el marco de la Reforma Intgral de Educación en México el tema que concierne a la investigación implica la necesidad de entrenar, actualizar y especializar a los maestros en servicio de educación básica en México en competencias TIC para su uso en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Para ello se propone la metodología CEyA como una alternativa que contribuya al proceso de diseño, implementación, revisión, adaptació, monitoreo y evalución del diplomado para los maestros en servicio de primaria y secundaria en México. Abstract Within the framework of the comprehensive reform of basic education in Mexico the subject that concerns the research implies the need to train, update and specialize in service-teachers of basic education. This diploma course is based on CEyA methodology created by the authors of the project. CEyA methodology is proposed as an alternative that contributes to the process of design, implementation, revision, adaptation, monitoring and evaluating the diploma course for in-service primary and secondary school teachers in Mexico. Palabras clave/ keywords Maestros en servicio, uso de la tecnología en educación, competencias. In-service teacher education, technology uses in education, competency based teacher education. Citation Castellanos Quintero, S.; Martínez González, E.; Martínez Ramila, P. y Ramírez Martinell, A. (2011). Diploma course “ICT and informational advanced competences for in-service primary and secondary teachers in Mexico”. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, Vol. 2, pp. 28 – 34. 1 Project in course 2 Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers JETT, Vol. 2; ISSN: 1989-9572 29 Project in course Within the framework of the integral education reform in Mexico the subject that concerns the research implies the need to train, update and specialize in- service teachers of basic education, e.g. educators, teachers of primary and secondary schools who are immersed in a world of digital natives, a world in which they have a responsibility to mediate between individuals and the environment that surrounds them, an environment increasingly more technocratic and needed of searching items that contribute to establish bridges of communication capable to orientate technology towards a more assertive social benefit. Online courses, multimodal and/or mixed designers are facing new challenges, new paradigms that offer the opportunity to redefine their practice teaching, their way of designing, implementing the ICT in their school practice and even learning. The purpose of the research is to propose a diploma course on ICT and informational advanced competences. The National Laboratory of Advanced Informatics (LANIA), with mixed funds of CONACYT has engaged in the development of a Course about Information and Communication Technologies Competencies and information literacy for elementary school educators. In the framework of the Elementary Education 2009 Reform, this course aims to foster the information literacy and ICT competencies needed for a Twenty First Century Educatorʼs integral development, which includes, on the one hand, the educatorʼs awareness of changing the way he lives, works, learns, teaches and shares what was learned; and, on the other hand, the possibility of forming informed-citizens capable of contributing with their social environment. The courses that have been organized in LANIA using ICT in the classroom lacked of methodological elements that permit to develop competencies and demonstrate how they are developed in terms of students´performance. Together with the lack of methodology that would contribute to the development of ICT competencies, in-service training teachers of basic education in Mexico don not have preparation to work with ICT in the classroom. And this is a necessity of the nowadays society. The curriculum of any programm of basic education in Mexico do not include subject matters referred to the incorporation, use and develop the ICT in the classroom. Besides the absence of ICT in he curriculum design of basic education teachers, the programs do not are designed by competencies. In the present day competency based teacher education is not well developed in Mexico. The curriculum of basic education teacher do not include contents that permit the formation on ICT competencies, the teachers in formation do not have access to on–line courses, they do not know how to use platforms, virtual environments, they do not manage informational competencies to use ICT in the classroom. The lack of ICT formation in the curriculum design of basic education teacher in Mexico could be solved implementing a methodology that contributes to develop ICT competencies and to evaluate the level of teacher´s and student´s performance. The action of determining, selecting and identifying a level of performance permits the teacher to define and built his personal formation and also know his level of learning when he does any activity or a series of activities. Nowadays the education process needs the use of new methods to learn, to communicate in different ways and to use the information, methods that permit to develop competencies and determine the level of the competencies´ development and evaluation, and also establish new levels, profiles and learning. The research started from a diagnosis of an on-line course where a group of basic education teachers in Mexico participated in LANIA in 2010. The diagnosis evaluated aspects such as organization and objectives of that course and also activities that permitted identify pros and contras, opportunities, handicaps and difficulties that took place during the development of that course. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers JETT, Vol. 2; ISSN: 1989-9572 30 Based on that diagnosis a methodology is proposed with the aim to facilitate the teaching-learning process using ICT in the classroom. This methodology permits both, teacher and student, to be active participants in the process. The research was done during November 2009 and March 20011 and it was an action-research process that included designing, colleting and interpreting data to find solutions for needs and requirements, and also it permitted that all the participants, e.g. program´s designers, students, tutors, instructors, administration personnel, programmers could work together in the Diploma course “ICT and informational advanced competences for in-service primary and secondary teachers in Mexico”. For that reason, the action-research is a kind of participative, because it is a combination of theory and practice, where the practice process enrich the theory and vice versa. When participating on the design, implementation and evaluation of the diploma course, the researchers enriched their practice in collaboration with the participants and the distance between them is reduced. This diploma course is based on CEyA methodology created by the authors of the project. CEyA (capacitación, especialización y actualización docente) is an acronym that references to the concepts like training, specialization and updating the teachers. CEyA methodology is proposed as an alternative that contributes to the process of design, implementation, revision, adaptation, monitoring and evaluating the diploma course for in-service primary and secondary school teachers in Mexico. The diploma course is composed by 4 modules. • • • • The first one is addressed to increase teachers´digital literacy. The second one trains teachers in the use of ICT basic competences in the classroom. The third module contains activities for training teachers in the selection and use of the web information for educational purpose. Finally, the fourth module is dedicated to the use of advanced ICT competences at the virtual environment for educational purpose. CEyA methodology contents elements that are addressed to formation competencies and evaluation performances. The elements that integrate CEyA methodology are the following: 1. Determination of competencies (generic and specific). 2. Determination of performances. 3. Identifcation of desired learning 4. Determination of input profile. 5. Determination of output profile. 6. Selection of contents. 6.1. Concepts 6.2. Abilities 6.3. Values. 7. Activity. 8. Task. 9. Activity purpose. 10. Time to do the activity. 11. Products. 12. Evaluation. 12.1. Evaluation techniques and instruments. 12.1.1. Problem-solving. 12.1.2. Case study. 12.1.3. Project. 12.1.4. Conceptual maps. 12.1.5. Diary. 12.1.6. Discussion. 12.1.7. Essays. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers JETT, Vol. 2; ISSN: 1989-9572 31 12.1.8. Questions. 12.1.9. Portfolios. 12.1.10. Blogs. 12.1.11. Videos. 13. Feedback. 14. Suggestions. 15. Resources. 15.1. Documents. 15.1.1. PDF 15.1.2. E-books 15.1.3. Multimedia. 15.1 4. MPGE. 15.1 5. MP3. 15.1.6. MP4. 15.1.7. Internet 15.1.8. WORD As an example of the application of CEyA methodology, it is presented a lesson planning Title of the activity Previous knowledge about the informational literacy Description of the task Without consulting any resource take participation in a CHAT to discuss about the following topics: ¿What is informational literacy? ¿What are ICT? ¿What does “be informed” mean? After answering the questions using the CHAT , the student-teacher write down his answers using a WORD document and send it to the teacher using the MOODLE platform Purpose Share the knowledge about the informational literacy using CHAT and WORD document. Contents Concepts • • • • Infromational literacy Chat Information Comunication Abilities • • • • Writing Composition Ortography Discussion Values • • • • Time 60 minutes Respect participant´s opinions Share opinions among the participants Expresss personal opinions Participate actively Product A written WORD document How to send MOODLE platform Desired learning Express the knowledge about the informational literacy and share ideas and opinions about the same topic. Competencies Know the importance of ICT use Use technology to learn Learn to produce knowledge in education and its possibilities as support the teaching practice. Evaluation criteria Respect the others´ opinions and Give personal opinions about A written WORD document collaborate in doing the task informational literacy, information y communication. Write without mistakes and use the correct style. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers JETT, Vol. 2; ISSN: 1989-9572 32 Evaluation techniques and instruments Questions and answers, use of previous knowledge Performance level criteria Excelent performance Good performance Entry performance Participate actively on chat, be Participate on CHAT, be Participate on CHAT, argue propositive, argue personal propositive, argue personal personal opinions opinions opinions Do not give personal Give personal opinion about Give personal opinion about definition of informational informational literacy and try to informational literacy and try to literacy give personal concepts about give personal concepts about Give concepts about information and information and communication, information and communication, use CHAT, use CHAT, write a report with communication, use CHAT, write a report correctly some difficulties in its Write a report with some composition. mistakes that difficult its Write a conclusion about the comprehension. informational literacy and send Write a conclusion about the to the teacher using MOODLE informational literacy and send to Write a conclusion about the platform. the teacher using MOODLE informational literacy and platform. send to the teacher without using MOODLE platform. Suggestions Start Development Conclusion Know how to use CHAT, Participate trying not to be Use the notes taking during finding the link on the upper left repetitive; argue, express ideas, the CHAT. side of the platform share ideas with the participants, Write a WORD document respect turns to speak, take about the personal ideas and notes of participant´s ideas and opinions from CHAT. opinions All the activities should be saved in the student´s portfolio. Resources WORD document Media Web and links ¿What is CHAT? Use of CHAT No available Feedback Know implications of the use of ICT in education and its possibilities to support the education process due to search about different strategies for searching, analyzing and sharing information. Previous knowledge permits to know about the cultural background of a person when asking: What is informational literacy? What do we know about ICT? What does be informed mean? When sharing answer there appear the possibility to reach to the subject matter, to ask ourselves what we know about it and what we need to know. When participating on CHAT we live a new experience, when writing conclusions about the ideas and opinions we have expressed on CHAT, it permits to think about what we have done and to have the opportunity to observe pros and contras of the subject matter. Conclusion The development of ICT competencies and the conveying them in performances it is not an empiric process. The teacher who pretends design a competency-based course should follow a methodology that permits him to fulfill the objectives. CEyA methodology contributes to the formation of ICT competencies since the design until the performance evaluation. The present research combines the practice with the theory and has the objective of presenting contents to help the teacher in designing, implementing and evaluating the task, to help students in analyzing, doing, producing and receiving feedback about the task. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers JETT, Vol. 2; ISSN: 1989-9572 33 CEyA methodology considers the student and the teacher who are involved in the course as generator of changes and propositive agent, and gives important elements to determine parameters and action lines to improve the quality of education. CEyA methodology is created not only to design, aplicate and evaluate the competencies throughout the activities and its development but also to organize and evaluate the course, influencing on the administration and management of the resources. All educational process is possible to be improved and should be adapted to different contexts. For that reason all the elements that conform CEyA methodology are necessary and can not be excluded each other, because they integrate a unity that permits convey competencies into performance. As more organized the course activities are, better a teacher could reach his objectives with the students. CEyA methodology is based on an interaction between theory and practice. An example of this was the diagnosis that permitted to make decision to improve the quality of the diploma course. Proposing contents and activities that permit to develop competencies using CEyA methodology mean a better comprehension of the teaching-learning process based on competencies. It permits the use of new educational practices where the students could take an active participation in their personal learning, and the teacher gives elements and resources necessary for students to reach the goal in the development of ICT competencies and their performance. References CONTRA LA PARED (2009). 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