{"id":2276,"date":"2019-06-13T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T07:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogit.gradia.fi\/kansainvalisyys\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2019-06-13T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T07:15:21","slug":"think-digital-first-teacher-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogit.gradia.fi\/kansainvalisyys\/2019\/06\/13\/think-digital-first-teacher-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThink Digital\u201d \u2013 First Teacher Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the end of May 2019 Gradia and JAMK School of Professional Teacher Training had the honour of gathering together over 20 teachers and other staff from the innoVET network at the very first Teacher Academy training event. The aim of innoVET is to support the process of successful innovation in VET especially with the help of digitalisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With this network\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026we share experiences\nfor developing innovate strategies in VET including the fusion of digital\nservices and education regarding all stakeholders \u2013 Strategy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026we provide our\nexperiences of using digital services, tools and software to each partner\n\u2013 Tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026we build\u202fcompetences\nto make innovative learning and teaching possible (teacher academy, digital\nskills framework) \u2013 Competences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026we create new ways of\nlearning with the tools of the future \u2013 Learning \/ Didactics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 we want to support\nthe process of sharing success, failures, strategies, struggles, questions and\nsolutions (digital ambassadors, e-tutors, supervisors, \u2026) \u2013 Sharing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026we want to implement\nbenchmarking visits, one-week teacher academies and sharing\nplatforms\u202f(e.g. products of Office 365) \u2013 Task<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of Teacher Academy training events is to share\nexperiences and success stories as well as challenges in use of digital learning methods, tools and software. Staff\nfrom VET colleges have the possibility to meet, exchange experiences, learn\nfrom each other and create a network of their colleagues abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The theme of the first Teacher Academy event in\nJyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 was to collaboratively learn about facilitating learning in the\ndigital environment. The participants shared ideas and success stories as well\nas solved shared challenges. One important aspect was to meet new colleagues to\ncollaborate with in the future. Some informal program was organized for the\nparticipants on the first evening. In a warm and cozy atmosphere people got to\nknow each other even better and created a better foundation for future co-operation.\nIdeas and experiences were shared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The academy started online before the actual sessions\nin Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 as the participants shared challenges and success stories that\nthey would like to discuss with their colleagues in Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4. The challenges\nand success stories were categorised under three themes that were dealt with in\nthree workshops during the days: reinventing learning, collaborative support\nand the role of the teacher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also worked on the following themes:  Transforming pedagogies? – experiences and insights from\nonline degrees at JAMK School of Business<\/em>, Insights to Finnish e-learning landscape, A case\nfrom JAMK\u2019s international teacher education programme for the digital era <\/em>and\nDigital guidance in VET<\/em>. The programme included a visit to JAMK\u2019s digi center\nwhere the group got inspired and created a studio quality video together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n