Peer Learning Through ICT – Secondary Education and Tablets (Spain)

See also the separate online presentation of this pilot

1) Target group

• People who cannot come to classes (the elderly)
• People who want to obtain the secondary school certificate, and it is impossible for them to attend traditional classes
• Digital illiterates

2) Obstacles of this group

• Work
• Low self-steem of the eldest
• Isolation

3) The new elements of this method

• We develop several tutorials on our Moodle platform so that students can follow of secondary education classes online. The tutorials are created by teachers. Moodle is also used for students to communicate with each other.
• For the fisrt time, students receive online classes by the teachers of our Center. It will be a good tool for people who want to do their secondary education and are unable to attend classes in a traditional way.
• Similar to the other pilot, this one is aimed also at the elderly. Teachers visit them in their homes to teach them basic skills to use tablets and othe mobile IT devices.

4) Expected number of participants

• About 15 students

5) Resources

• Computers an d internet connection in the classrooms.
• Moodle platform.
• Tablets, mobiles...

6) Duration of the pilot project

• Piloting in autumn 2018 and spring 2019 (February to June)

7) Way To Recruit Or Motivate Participants

1. Approach potential participants through relatives who attend lessons in our education center.
2. Web
3. Social networks
4. An attractive online platform motivates students and promotes proximity between students and teachers.

8) The new elements in this method:

• to create online tutorials of different subjects and making forms to solve their doubts of the students through a moodle platform.
• help the elderly people to use tablets and mobiles and then to use them to develop their skills. 
• students will help one another: people  who know how to use the computers, mobiles.... They can take the tablet to their home and teach elderly people who can not come to school.

9) Staff involved

• We will distribute tasks, some teachers will work on the portfolio and others will work on the second project. Teachers who are working in the area near the capital will work on the peer through it project.