PLUTO-ILS Program for Teacher Education, Technology and Change

Keywords

ICT and learning, teacher education, portfolio assessment, case methods, school-university partnership

Overview

PLUTO-ILS was a large scale technology reform project of teacher education at the University of Oslo (ILS).The main components of the change process were based on the use of ICT, Portfolio Assessment, Case Methods (pedagogy) and School-University Partnership.

Aim

The overall objective: To develop a problem-oriented and practice-based teacher education by use of ICT as an integrated tool for learning and organisation. This should involve student teachers, teacher educators and collaborative partners in school.

Duration

Period of development work: 2000-2004. Research still going on, cf. PhD work by Britt Oda Fosse, Cecilie Flo Jahreie. See also Hauge, Lund & Vestøl (2007) in the publication list and other publications.

Partners

The reform project was part of a national development program (PLUTO) led by ITU (Network for IT-research and competence in education). Sten Ludvigsen, Intermedia, was a member of the project steering board at ILS.

Related projects

National projects

• Portfolio assessment (Alternative vurderingsformer) described in Dysthe, O. & Engelsen, K.S. (red). Mapper som pedagogisk redskap. Perspektiver og erfaringer. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag

Spin-off projects at ILS

• Staff competency development in four partnership schools (Innsikt I) 2003-04. Funded by Oslo kommune
• Pilot ICT-modelling of teaching 2002-03 (fifteen partnership schools). Funded by Kunnskapsdepartementet
• Pilot modelling of digital portfolio solutions 2002-03 (part of the national portfolio assessment project)

Spin-off projects at Intermedia

• DLC Digital learning resources for teacher education. Funded by Flexible learning, UiO
• Dilemma Interactive application for collaborative reflections on teacher roles and project work in school. Funded by ITU
• FORLIKT Research mediation applications of ICT and learning. Funded by UiO

Outcomes

In 2003 the project got an Education Quality First Prize from NOKUT (Norgesnettrådet) of NOK 400 000.

PLUTO reports national level

• Ludvigsen S. & Rasmussen I. (2005). Modeller på reise - en analyse av lærerutdanningen.
• ITU's summary report 

PLUTO-ILS related reports/publications

• Hauge, T.E., A. Lund, J.M. Vestøl (2007). Undervisning i endring. IKT, aktivitet og design. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag.
• Jahreie, C. F. & Ludvigsen, S. (2007): Portfolios as boundary object: Learning and change in teacher education. Research and Practice of Technology-Enhanced Learning, 2(3), 299-318
• Ottesen, E. (2006). Talk in practice. Analysing student teaches' and mentors' discourse in internship. Dr. Polit. thesis. Faculty of Education, University of Oslo
• Hauge, T.E. (2006). Digital case methodolgy in collaborative settings. As study of student teachers' co-construction of professional knowledge. In J. Enkenberg, M-B. Kentz & O. Hatakka (eds.) Emerging practices in educational technology. Savonlinna Department of Teacher Education, University of Joensuu, 44-70
• Hauge, T.E. (2005). Portfolios and ICT as means of professional learning in teacher education. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 32, 23-36
• Hauge, T.E. (2004). Praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning. Institutt for lærerutdanning og skoleutvikling, UiO
• Wittek, L. (2003). Nye redskap for læring og vurdering - nye mulgheter og begrensninger. I Dysthe, O. & Engelsen, K.S. (red). Mapper som pedagogisk redskap. Perspektiver og erfaringer_._ Oslo : Abstrakt forlag, 63-84
• Hauge, T.E. (2003). laæringsmapper som fornyingsredskap i praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning. I Dysthe, O. & Engelsen, K.S. (red). Mapper som pedagogisk redskap. Perspektiver og erfaringer. Oslo : Abstrakt forlag, 183-201
• Ludvigsen, S. & Flo, C. (2002). Innovasjon i lærerutdanningen. Hvordan skapes endring. I Ludvigsen, S. & Hoel, T.L. (red.) Et utdanningssystem i endring. IKT og læring. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 83-106
• Hauge, T.E. (2002). Casearbeid og mappevurdering i lærerutdanningen. I Ludvigsen, S. & Hoel, T.L. (red.) Et utdanningssystem i endring. IKT og læring. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 149-174
• Skarpnord, R. (2002). Evaluering av praksis, bruk av IKT og arbeids- og vurderingsformer i deltidsstudiet praktisk pedagogisk utdanning.
  Delrapport. Institutt for lærerutdanning og skoleutvikling, UiO (Oppdragsgruppen ved PFI)
• Hauge, T.E. (2001). Casemetodikk og mappevurdering i lærerutdanningen. UNIPED nr. 2/01, 40-47

Funding

ITU (Network for IT-research and competence in education)
Department of Teacher Education and school Deveopment, University of Oslo

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