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For now, all Italian training agencies, in various ways, have contributed and will contribute (they will do so later) to the development of aid for distance learning. By providing tutorials, sample cards, industry science studies, vademecum, notes, webinars, refresher courses, and training.
Among these agencies is also INDIRE, the National Institute for Educational Documentation, Innovation and Research, which, for more than 90 years, has been the point of reference for educational research in Italy. Since its inception in 1925, in fact, the Institute has been guiding the development of the Italian school system by focusing on training and innovation and strengthening the school improvement processes.
Indire and teaching
Indire has always developed new teaching models, experiments with the use of new technologies in training courses, which today are more useful and indispensable than ever, promote the redefinition of the relationship between learning and teaching spaces and times. Both space and time absolutely characterize distance learning, as, we could say, technologies and connectivity. These four elements, in fact, are inseparable in the DaD. The Institute has a consolidated experience of e-learning at a European level.
Tutorial for distance learning.
With these premises, Indire inaugurates a section dedicated to teachers who, still consider themselves, in the first experience with tools and methods for distance learning. Indire aims to accompany teachers in this familiarization process. And it does so by offering free and immediately deployable solutions. In some of the cases proposed by Indire, “the tutorials deal with applications also present in some packages for schools, such as Google Suite for Education or Microsoft Office 365 for education and others In the event that your school has already adopted one of these suites, we recommend that you consult the applications it contains and that you coordinate with the other teachers at your school to adopt solutions that are as shared as possible. “
Indire makes it easy to use your tutorial videos by marking them with colored dots. Use green for the proper tutorials for those starting from scratch; the color yellow for slightly more complex (but more flexible) solutions and, finally, the color red to indicate an additional level of complexity and also flexibility. The tutorials are divided by educational cycle. In this first article we will analyze the tutorials related to the first cycle of education.
Tutorial for the first cycle.
With regard to the first cycle of education, the so-called basic cycle, it offers two large sections, one related to “Videolessons” and the other related to “Online resources for teaching”. The first section, in turn, is divided into three sections: 1.1 Record a video lesson; 1.2 Do a live video lesson. The second part, on the other hand, is divided into three sections: 2.1 Finding OER and other teaching resources; 2.2 Produce educational resources; 2.3 Store and share educational resources.
1. Videolessons
By “video lesson” we mean a lesson broadcast on audio-video, live or prerecorded. The video lesson can show the teacher as you speak, or it can show slides, applications, or other content that the teacher interacts with on your computer, or all of this. If you want to display your image on video, you need a webcam (almost all laptops now have one) and if you want to record your voice you will need a microphone.
But how does a video lesson occur? And how do you share it with the students?
There are essentially two ways:
1) record a lesson and make it available to students online;
2) do a live lesson through a video conferencing application.
In this section, a series of video tutorials will walk you through these two modes.
Remember that for students under the age of 14 to take advantage of their video lessons, parent collaboration is required, especially for videoconferencing. We will indicate, for each topic, the level of collaboration required.
1.1 Record a video lesson
To record a video lesson in which the subject is you, even a smartphone may suffice. But to share your computer screens and other things, you will need a computer or a tablet, and also some special programs like Screencast-O-Matic or OBS.
Record a video lesson with YouTube
The first video at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRZJdIoMbPw shows how to record a video with YouTube. If you don’t have a Google account, you’ll need to create one first. With YouTube you can record a lesson, writes Indire, “where you are talking, you will need a webcam and a microphone. However, you cannot display the content that is on your computer: for this functionality, we refer you to the following videos.”
Record a video lesson with PowerPoint
PowerPoint (included in many Office packages), although it is not a free application, is very widespread both in schools and on home computers, so Indire considered it necessary to insert it among the tools covered in the tutorials at the following link :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjTe3j_uO7I&t=74s. This video shows how, from a PowerPoint presentation, you can record a video lesson in which the teacher moves the slides and talks about them.
Record a video lesson with Screencast-O-Matic
Screencast-O-Matic is NOT free, but you can use it free for 30 days, in the trial version. This application, as well as others, allows you to produce video lessons in which, in addition to the teacher’s image and voice, you can also show what the teacher sees on your computer (for example, while browsing a website or interacting with an app). ). The tutorial can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmZiInBpYao&feature=youtu.be
Record a video lesson with OBS
Open Broadcast Software (OBS), on the other hand, is not easy to use. Indire inserts it because it’s one of the few completely free professional-grade software, and it lets you do a little bit of everything (for example, streaming a video lesson). You can see the tutorial at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QSlsZggH7A
1.2 Take a live video lesson
Through video conferencing applications (like Skype or Hangout) you can do a live video lesson with your students. Let’s start by saying, writes Indire, that doing a live video lesson in the first cycle of education involves parental involvement. Not only because younger children may not be able to independently manage the operations involved, but especially because, in order to participate in a live video conference, in many cases students need to create an application-related account that is will use, and Italian law, following the RGPD, establishes a minimum age of 14 years to have an account without the consent of the parents. Therefore, in the first cycle, the participation of parents (or grandparents) is essential both in managing the account and in assisting students during the lesson.
Make a video conference with Skype
Skype is the most popular video conferencing application. Many, both inside and outside of school, already use it. And it can be used by a teacher to do a live video class with his students. Skype, like almost all applications of this type, also allows you to chat with participants and attach images and other documents. Skype is part of the Microsoft Office for Education suite (for schools that have it) but can also be used in the absence of the suite. You can check the tutorial at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2_DvEmuDTE
Make a video conference with Hangout
Google Hangout is an application similar to Skype. It is part of Google Suite for Education (where it is called Google Meet) but, like almost all Google applications, it can also be used alone. You must have a Google account for all participants.
The tutorial is available at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDmwXuggRoQ&t=41s
Online teaching resources.
The network is full of free content that can be used for teaching (websites, videos, podcasts, etc.). Just knowing how to search for them. In this section we explain how. And we also explained how to create educational content (apart from video lessons) and how to store it online so that students can access and use it. We also present Open Educational Resources (in English, Open Educational Resources or “REA”), that is, educational resources that can also be modified, therefore adapted to the needs of the teacher. The tutorial is available at the following link:
2.1 Finding OER and other teaching resources
Here we describe how to find educational content online, from Open Educational Resources (OER, Open Educational Resources). Additionally, we report a number of repositories (i.e., websites that contain educational resources) in a disciplinary manner.
What are OERs and how are they found?
The REA (Open Educational Resources) are types of didactic materials available with licenses that allow their reuse, modification and distribution. We talk about it in the video that you will find at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJPzyJnnP94&feature=youtu.be from minute 2:02.
Online resources for the 1st cycle
Compared to the online resources for the first cycle, Indire provides a complete page that can be consulted at the link http://www.indire.it/tutorial-per-la-didattica-a-distanza/risorse- online for the cycle /. It is a list of online teaching resources, with directions on school disciplines and orders.
2.2 Produce educational resources
There are several ways to produce teaching resources (apart from the video lesson). We can use PowerPoint or create web pages with applications that make work easier. Let’s see some of them.
Produce educational resources with PowerPoint
PowerPoint is the popular Microsoft application for creating presentations. Slide calls are used regularly also to support the lesson in the classroom or as stand-alone teaching content to deliver to students.
The tutorial is available at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPmthu_GLo
Produce educational resources with Google Sites
Sites is Google’s web application with which you can easily create small websites. In the tutorial you can see how it works and how it can be used to do distance learning. To consult the tutorial, click on the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9t4u-8haOY
2.3 Store and share educational resources.
Once the teacher has produced or found video lessons or other teaching resources, how can you make them available to your students? In this section we look at some of the simplest ways, without requiring student authentication.
Store and share educational resources with Google Drive
Drive is Google’s cloud: a network data storage and synchronization service. In Drive you can store the data that will be available, through the Internet, anywhere and with any device. They can also be shared with students, who in turn could share their work with the teacher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0CoaW6X1cA
Store and share educational resources with One Drive
You can use OneDrive to share photos, Microsoft Office documents, other files and entire folders with others. Files and folders stored on OneDrive are private until you decide to share them and you can see who you share a OneDrive file with or stop sharing at any time.
The tutorial is available at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIUfsgFsLC8
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