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Didactic of Informatics

Course code

IFI7034.DT

old course code

IFI7034

Course title in Estonian

Informaatika didaktika

Course title in English

Didactic of Informatics

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Mart Laanpere (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Upon completion of the course, the students are able to understand the didactic principles of instructional design and curriculum development, to analyze and use various teaching methods, and to compile learning materials for school informatics.

Brief description of the course

Foundations of didactics, its three main components educational objectives, content and methods. The role, aims and contents of school informatics in Estonian National Curricula, comparison with other countries. History and future trends of school informatics in Estonia and other countries. Curriculum design and informatics as a subject on the school level. Lesson planning. Instructional tasks and assessment in school informatics. Informatics as integrative and integrated subject. Informatics and information technology as cross-curricular topics in school curriculum, ICT-based multidisciplinary projects. Using presentation equipment and groupware tools, active learning in informatics lesson. Development of electronic learning materials and automated quizzes.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- describes and explains the status, aims, contents and learning outcomes of informatics in primary and secondary school curricula;
- describes and explains the development, turning points and future trends of Estonian school informatics in comparison with other countries;
- chooses for a given school informatics topic a didactically suitable teaching and assessment strategy;
- composes a relevant syllabus and lesson plan, analyses critically the syllabi and lesson plans created by other teachers;
- designs a suitable learning environment for school informatics;
- finds, selects and creates suitable digital learning resources and assessment instruments, analyses and evaluates learning resources and assessment instruments created by others;
- describes and explains the aims, contents and application of cross-curricular themes and key competences in the context of teaching informatics;
- designs an interdisciplinary collaborative project-based learning activity, explains to various target groups the specifics of teaching informatics;
- composes an online portfolio and uses it for reflective learning and practice; analyses and evaluates the portfolios made by others.

Teacher

teadur Mart Laanpere

The course is a prerequisite

Pedagogical Professional Placement: Informatics (IFI7017.DT)

Additional information

Osalejate piirarv: 25

Hindamisele pääsemise tingimused: veebipõhise e-portfoolio esitamine eDidaktikum.ee keskkonnas, mis sisaldab viis individuaalset kodutööd ja ühe rühmatöö, aga ka refleksioone loengutes/praktikumides õpitu, iseseisvalt loetu ja e-õppekeskkonna foorumites arutletu kohta.

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