Meeting the Challenge – Improving the Practicum
Experience for Supervisors and Pre Service Teachers
Chris Dann – [email protected]
Tony Richardson - [email protected]
University of the Sunshine Coast
www.usc.edu.au
Introduction
The technology associated with CeMeE - a flexible and configurable mobile application with a
companion website for administrative configuration which we report upon here - moves teacher
education into a 21st century working environment by actively, and effectively, challenging the
dogmas associated with the current model of education by offering concrete strategies to meet the
challengers of a 21st century work environment.
CeMeE
CeMeE® stands for ‘See Me Excel’. This reflects the underlying intention of the technology - to
allow supervisors to catch students excelling on placement and to develop productive partnerships
with them; thus increasing the satisfaction of both parties during the assessment process. CeMeE
is designed to reduce the impact of workplace assessment loads on supervisors, and also seeks
to effectively increase the consistency of feedback, generate a common language and a community
of practice amongst students and supervisors; while also being flexible in its implementation; it is
a mobile technology that can be used in the field or classroom. Utilising this freedom it meets the
needs of students, supervisors and educational instructions.
The platform was developed initially as the result of collaborative work between a regional
Australian university and a group of school partners who were involved in the assessment of pre
service teachers. Principals, academics, supervising teachers and pre service teachers were
involved in a process. This culminated in a ‘wish list’ of capabilities and aspirations that resulted in
a four-year program of development and testing. Subsequently the team leader began the
commercialisation process ending the university assigning a global license for the intellectual
property (IP). This commercialisation has translated into the current CeMeE application available
today.
The system is composed of an application or App that is downloadable from the apple store for use
on an ipad. This requiresa log in and a specific school code. This school code points the App to
the individualised database that houses the student's data and the assessment criteria or learning
outcomes. Every log in to the system will result in a fully customised experience for the user. The
customisation for the student and the supervising teacher occurs at the organisation level; each
organisation uploads their student data and the learning outcomes. This is facilitated by having one
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