MERLOT CHILE

Emerging Technologies for
Online Learning Symposium
MERLOT CHILE
The MERLOT Spanish speaking
community
Maria Luisa Castro
Advisor Center of Innovation on Education CIEDU
Universidad Tecnológica de Chile INACAP
July 2010
CHILE
• 4.200 x 200 km
• Population: 17 million
(40% in Santiago)
• Diverse geography
INACAP
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Largest Higher Education Institution
25 Campuses
90.000 students
4.600 professors
INACAP
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Articulated Higher Education System
Focus on Technology
Applied research and innovation
Prepare graduates with values and
competences
• Improve competitiveness of Chile’s
productive sector
Ciedu INACAP
• Integration of ICTs into the classroom
• Center of excellence in applied research
• Develops projects to improve learning and
teaching processes
Ciedu INACAP
• Masters of Applied Education in Higher
Education
• Online learning courses
• MERLOT CHILE Community
MERLOT CHILE objetives
• Share materials of diverse areas and
experiences with professors of different
universities and countries
• Connect faculties from different campuses
and universities along the country and
Spanish speaking countries
• How to integrate the Spanish speaking
community to MERLOT?
MOU (MERLOT-INACAP)
July 28th 2009
Chile starts a new community for
Spanish speakers with the agreement
between INACAP and MERLOT
MERLOT CHILE Seminar
July 28th 2009
MERLOT CHILE vision
• Be a premiere higher education online
Spanish speaking community where
faculty, staff, and students from around
the world share their learning materials
and pedagogy.
MERLOT CHILE benefits
• Improve teaching and learning by sharing
new methodologies and innovative and
qualify materials
• Contact profesors with experience in your
area and develop faculty community
online
• Share your materials and experiences
online and in our Conferences
MERLOT CHILE web page
www.merlotchile.org
2009 - 2010
Diffusion of MERLOT
• Give materials to introduce MERLOT to
the people
• Videoconference with faculties at INACAP
to 25 campuses
• Advertising in the newspaper
• MERLOT workshops at different campus
MERLOT Coordinators on
campus
• 25 Coordinators of MERLOT along our
campuses
Roles of MERLOT Coordinators
• Leader of MERLOT in campus
• Communicate and train teachers to use
MERLOT
• Be in contact with CIEDU to participate in
activities of MERLOT and contribute with
experiences used in their campus
MERLOT CHILE survey
• Feedback on interest in applying
technologies in the learning process of our
faculty
• Know about difficulties they could have
using MERLOT
• Survey was delivered to 4.623 teachers
and 178 teacher administrators
• 409 of them answer the survey
Primary discipline of people
who answer the survey
Business and Administration
Which is your primary
discipline ?
Mechanics
Informatics and Telecomunications
Education and Humanities
4%
3% 3%
Gastronomy, Turism, Hotel
Management
Industrial Process
22%
4%
5%
Health
6%
Agricultural
13%
8%
Construction
Electricity and Electronics
10%
11%
10%
Copyright MERLOT
Design
Other: Services, Comunications
Survey answers
• 47% knew about MERLOT CHILE and
MERLOT
• 96% would like to improve their teaching
using technologies and MERLOT
• 23% have used MERLOT
• 10% have found material they could use
in classes in MERLOT
36% needs to improve connectivity
and resources in classrooms
What do you need to use MERLOT in
classes?
More information about
MERLOT
8%
14%
37%
Improve de conectivity in the
classrooms
Capacitation on the use of
technologies
19%
22%
Improve the resources in
classrooms
Other
Difficulties
• Problems with internet connection
• Most materials in English
• Teachers don´t have time to participate
and contribute materials
• Not enough resources at campuses: data
show, computer labs
95% of the people who answer would
like to participate in MERLOT
How would you like to participate in
MERLOT?
Use MERLOT materials
73%
Workshops
67%
Awards
29%
Seminars
62%
Contribution of materials
68%
Peer Review Camp
53%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
MERLOT material translation to
Spanish
• 17 internship students at Santiago Center
campus
• Translating selected materials of
MERLOT
• June-Septembre 2010
Physics material is been
used at Temuco Campus
Temuco Campus using Physics
simulations
• Professors of Physics Mechanics
• Expecting Learning´s
– Apply concepts of Vector Camp (Kinematic)
– Apply techniques of
graphic data processing
Temuco Campus using
Physics material
• PhET – Interactive Simulations
• Motion in 2D – velocity and acceleration
vectors
• Students can identity magnitud
and direction of vectors
• They learn in groups with a dynamic
activity observing the vector
Vectors:
Velocity
Acceleration
What teachers expect to have
• Better comprehension of the contents of
the curse
• Learning in a new experience
• Students worked in groups
• Learning to use technologies
• Students participate in classes
• Learning last on time
MERLOT CHILE challenges
• Contribute with Spanish resources
• Stimulate teachers to use of MERLOT in
classes.
• Participate with Spanish Peer Review
• Participate in conferences sharing
experiences of using MERLOT in classes
MERLOT CHILE
• We invite you to participate in MERLOT
CHILE community
• Join us at:
www.merlotchile.org
[email protected]