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Coppinger,W & Hocking, A. Footprints : Evaluation of the Victorian “Global Classroom” Telecommunications Project 1995 (96.01)

Just over 100 schools, 3000 students and 200 teachers were involved in some or all parts of phase one of the project (1995).

The Whalesong Foundation, Ltd. has developed a series of data collection “events” over the course of the 1995 Phase 1 and Phase 2 sections of the Global Classroom project to obtain relevant information from teachers and students regarding the goals and performance of the projects as a whole. This evaluation received no formal funding. Major project goals were:

to enhance student learning utilizing telecommunications technology

to provide/assist Victorian teachers in the assessment and application of telecommunications technologies in schools.

to expose Victorian teachers and students to the I*EARN collaborative theme-based project model.

to support and develop student generated projects which make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its peoples.

to determine the impact of the use of telecommunications technology “in context” on teaching methodologies, student learning and school curriculum design. Obviously, these broad goals are underpinned by many other related goals.

Given the fact that many participants had NEVER used telecommunications OR computer technology before, whereas other participants had a number of years experience with the use of the technology, it was a matter of much debate and discussion to provide a series of relevant and “well pitched” experiences for ALL involved.

This evaluation focuses as a narrative of the experiences of those involved in the 1995 phase of the Global Classroom project. It is designed to be non-invasive (i.e minimal time requirements on teachers busy schedules) yet detailed enough to provide substantial and statistically significant samples of the randomly chosen 100 schools.

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