Study Programmes 2016-2017
WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications
PEDA4032-1  
Introduction to information and communication technologies in education
Duration :
20h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in education (120 ECTS)4
Lecturer :
Brigitte Denis
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Five chapters:
1. Initial and continuous teachers' training in ICTE
2. Contribution of ICT in Education - Exploration of tools and services
3. Evaluation of the quality of educational software
4. Development of learning scenarios integrating ICT uses
5. Technological Research in Education
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
The three main course's objectives are:


  • Using ICT in a critical and usefull way for learning purposes.
  • Mastering knowledge linked with ICT integration in Education
  • Creating pedagogical scenario including ICT in learning context
More precisely, the learner will
- know the political and institutional context of the "Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles" related to the future teachers' training in the ICTE uses
- situate his/her position among ICTE training policies in Europe
- use several ICT tools related to contents and activities
- have an overview of educational ICT uses
- develop a critical point of view about the added values of ICT uses in education
- take into acount ICT an d media stakes in their training context
- use different (techno) educational models and concepts to analyse training environments
- analyse products and ICT uses scenarios taking into account pedagogical, ergonomic and institutional dimensions
- create a pedagogical scenario including ICT and integrating the tackled concepts
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course will use various learning and teaching methods:
  • Face to face individual and group activities (e.g. case analysis)
  • Distance activities
  • Teacher's presentations
  • Flipped classroom : Reading Questions and Exercises method
  • ICTE News creation and comments through a blog
  • Learners' presentations
  • Practical work (tablets, Interactive Whiteboard, video clips)
  • Interactions with the teacher and her assistants through the elearning plaform
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
The course includes face-to-face and distance activities.
Recommended or required readings :
All information about the course is available on the elearning platform eCampus.
Resources are:
1. Courses notes.
2. Supports used during the courses.
3. Complementary resources. 
4. Instruction for activities.
5. Exam informations.
6. Forums (technical aspects, transversal questions, contents...)
Other communication tools (mail, blog...) and collective production ones (shared editors...) are also used to carry out the activities.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Evaluation is based on:


  • The creation and description of a pedagogical scenario integrating ICT based on a given framework (in pairs).
  • A written exam based on the first chapter of the course (Systemic approach of initial and continuous teachers' training in ICTE) and on different theorical elements linked to the integration of ICT in Education that will be seen during the course.
Validation requests the submission both parts. 
Work placement(s) :
Work placements in educational technologies are proposed  by the CRIFA (Centre de Recherche sur l'Instrumentation, la Formation et l'Apprentissage) for students who succedded this course. 
Students can also chose a master thesis in this field of research (list of topics on demand). 
Organizational remarks :
The course takes place on Wednesday from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
Practical works take place in specific classrooms.
Contacts :
Teacher : DENIS Brigitte Mail : b.denis@ulg.ac.be Assistants : JORIS Noémie, noemie.joris@ulg.ac.be
Rappe Jonathan, j.rappe@ulg.ac.be
SNOECK Céline, csnoeck@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Resources
  • They are only available online by students already registered to the course.