Observation and Intervention Unit - Technologies for Education, Training and Distance Learning

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge and skills mentioned on the several curricular units of the previous semesters.

Teaching Methods

This curricular unit provides students with field work in the institutions that host them, to consolidate and/or to deepen the theoretical and practical knowledge inherent in the area of Techn. for Educ. and Train. and Dist. Learning. If possible, it is recommended that the student may be able to collaborate actively and autonomously, with due supervision, in the design, planning and development of educational activities in the host institution. It will happen weekly a follow-up of the fieldwork, in a seminar format at the Faculty, for sharing experiences, critical reflection and guidance.

Learning Outcomes

To deepen and to apply knowledge in the area of Technologies for Education and Training and Distance Learning.

- To contact institutions and systematically analyze, based on scientific knowledge and specialized observation techniques, practices of education professionals in the area of Technologies for Education and Training and Distance Learning.

- To collaborate during the semester with the chosen institution and its professionals in carrying out educational activities, if requested, learning to work as a team.

- To periodically analyze, in a critical way, the situations observed, in light of the educational intentionality of actions for different audiences, in the area of Technologies for Education and Training and Distance Learning.

- To outline enlightned proposals for professional intervention in the area of Technologies for Education and Training and Distance Learning.

- Learn to prepare a reflective report on the activities of observation and/or intervention.       

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The organization of observation and/or intervention activities in the host institutions should be based on content and guiding principles, which are discussed in the weekly monitoring and supervision seminar. The programmatic topics cover more specifically:

-Educational/training processes in different contexts supported by ICTs

-Educational/formative processes of training and professional development supported by ICTs

-Promotion of digital citizenship and critical participation in a knowledge society

-E-learning  educational programs and projects

-Specificities of formal, informal and non-formal  educational intervention,

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Final Report of OII and Participation and work carried out in the classroom in the context of the Seminar : 100.0%

Bibliography

Costa, J. J. M. (2014). Infografia: Optimizar a visualização na comunicação pedagógica. CINEP-IPC.  

Mayer, R. (2020). Multimedia learning. Cambridge University Press.

Pessoa, T., Hernadez Serrano, M. José & Muñoz Rodrigues, J. (2018). Aprendizaje informal, Alfabetización Mediática e Inclusión Social. Descripción de una experiencia. In C. Cobo, C. Galera, C. Trujillo (Editoras) La Educación Mediática en  España: ArtícuLos seleccionados (Parte, IV, pp. 339-357). Editoral Universitas SA. ISBN: 978-84-7991-489-9