This is a project archive website of IPM Tools project. After the project funding period the contact person is Pentti Pirhonen: pentti.pirhonen@jamsa.fi

IPM Tools

Innovative Pedagogical Methods to integrate web based tools into learning and teaching

94248 - CP - 1 - 2001 - 1 - COMENIUS - C21
Supported by European Commission
in the framework of the Socrates programme
1.10.2001 - 30.9.2004

Aims

IPM Tools was a Comenius 2.1 project for three years (2001 – 2004). This project aimed at assisting the teachers in adapting web based learning and working environments and tools in classroom. The partners and pilot schools shared the same web based learning and working environments and tools, in their own language versions on first project year. This facilitated addressing to mutual objectives;

a) to improve teachers readiness and skills to adapt new technologies

b) to assist them in integrating web based tools in teaching and learning in order to develop and disseminate innovative and meaningful pedagogical methods

c) to raise the awareness on the importance of acquisition new technologies in education to improve students' opportunities for further education

d) to support European multilinguality by producing different language versions in English, Estonian, Finnish, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Slovenian, Spanish and minority languages: Sami (= Lappish) and Galego.

Impact and outcomes

Thanks to the skilful work of the partner institutions, the IPM Tools project was successful in most of the participating countries. The partner institutions organised national seminars to initiate the pilot school teachers into the project and supported them in their search for new and motivating teaching and learning methods founded on web-based tools.

In the first project year the participating institutions familiarised themselves with the first web-based tool and its use in everyday school activities. In this way everybody acquired what may be called a common language.
Over the second year schools learned to use new tools and expanded their collaboration at national or international level.
The third year saw a further consolidation of collaborative activities. The four international seminars gave the participants an opportunity to share innovations and good experiences and learn from one another.

According to feedback from the pilot school teachers, their ICT skills improved during the project and they were able to expand their teaching and learning methods. Some pilot schools also started a Comenius 1 project where they exploited the methods and tools they had learned. In addition, they found that the new methods enabled them to motivate also those pupils whom previously used pedagogical methods had not managed to stimulate to active work. The study reports prepared by the Tallinn Pedagogical University showed similar findings.


[The project results]