IDEAL FUTURE Work Package 3 Pedagogical Model

13 There are lots of free webinars, lectures, and international seminars. I have attended webinars on artificial intelligence, robotics, and I am also very interested in topics on psychology. Overall, it is a very broad offer. (LV future teacher 22) A Microsoft a certification in TY, My God, it was so good (IE P15) So, XXX those days were so invaluable. Yeah, but they were excellent, and they stopped the funding that it's all gone. (IE P15) The courses that I have done would just be with the education centre in terms of. In terms of teaching and the XXX was a really good one that I did. (IE P13) She has attended courses introducing the basics of different technologists. Each lecture was given by a different expert, who introduced the different tools, technologies and how they can be used at work and in everyday life. Overall, the respondent appreciates that there are many courses available, both paid and free. (LV future teacher 23) As mentioned, Informal learning was part of many of the participants professional learning experience, the spoke a lot more passionately about these types of experience as in many cases they can see the impact of their learning on practice. There was a wide range of informal learning activities including experimentation, collaborations, school meetings, on the job, mentors, and self- study. Interviewees described the impact of trial and error or experimentation and how they enjoyed trying new things. I love experimenting with the students then as well and I get them using it and seeing like does this work? How do we do this? Kind of problem solving as well, because kids will be like oh, this isn't working. (IE P7) personally, for me it's an experience and time has given me that confidence in myself to either try something or abandon something …… I've kind of learned myself and I'm very open saying that …. (IE P21) Teachers need to be able to assess which technologies will be used and at what point in the learning process. Be able to navigate the range of technologies on offer. The teacher must be able to learn on his/her own. Ability to be unafraid to try and explore for oneself rather than waiting for an outsider to show. Must be able to collaborate with each other, e.g. using the same tool in all subjects. (LV in- service teacher 7 years) In several instances people were involved in collaborations with other educators and universities. Many spoke of how they enjoyed working with others and sharing practice. “And in addition to participating in free workshops, courses and conferences given by experts in the area, I highly value the possibility of collaborating closely with other educators who are enthusiastic about innovation in education.” (Sp P26) I would like the courses to offer various practical tips/tutorials on "how" to develop/use something, followed by the development of the participants' own materials in cooperation with each other. It would prepare a base of widely available materials in the Latvian language, to be used in the learning process in the field of study (LV, in-service teacher, 7 years) And there's a teacher share space where they can collaborate together, and then they'll provide the resources as well for you know, QA such like. UM and then. When the teachers ask us for extra resources like they wanted to be able to give feedback (IE P8) Yeah, we collaborated together. It was great and even like we'd have zoom meetings because it was mostly online. So, when we'd come … and I was getting ideas from the others (IE P10)