collaborative learning

Projects

Review and Revive VET Practices

03 May 2012

REVIVE VET project aims to review and revive VET practices applying innovative ICT integration methodologies and building online communities of VET professionals, who collaboratively work together, seeking to improve the quality, attractiveness and accessibility of VET services.

Specific objectives of the project are:

  • Implementation of analysis on existing practices, available methodologies and VET institutional needs for ICT integration
  • Methodological development and expert community building
  • Application of 2 Hextlearn and 1 Revive methodologies and case development
  • Peer reviewing implementation and quality assurance awareness building
  • Online community development by case presentation and peer reviewing implementation.

 

Expected project results:

  • Case development methodology adapted to VET sector
  • Peer review methodology adapted to VET sector
  • Quality criteria identified for ICT integration on institutional level, quality schemes references, Curriculum level and professional skill development level
  • Training material on application of adapted case development, peer review methodologies and Revive methodology
  • 32 institutional cases in the areas and levels selected.

Projects

E-Internationalization for collaborative learning

23 March 2012

Objectives of the project (from the project website):

1. Give the system character to the internationalization processes of the universities’ educational programs on the basis of common commitment to quality and using of information technologies

2. Create international open virtual platform «E-Learning Int. Clearing house» on the basis of WEB 2.0 for cross-cultural communications in academic community and develop skills of international on-line project teamwork.

3. Improve the international teachers and students’ interaction in learning process using e-tools of internationalization in pilot courses.
 

Activities carried out as part of the project (from the project website)

1.1 Creating project structures and ensuring their sustainable functioning.

1.2 Generalization of European experience and educational institutions’ strategies in the field of internationalization.

1.3 Series of International video conferences for students and teachers.

1.4 Elaborating Workplan, reports, recommendations / conducting a series of practical training sessions for enhancing internationalization processes.

1.5 Holding a conference.

2.1 Exploring European experience in developing and functioning of virtual medium for joint international learning and teaching.

2.2 Developing Open virtual platform «E-Learning Int. Clearing house» on the basis of  WEB 2.0 technology.

2.3 Creating electronic store of training courses summary on the basis of E-Learning Int. Clearing house.

2.4 Forming virtual social groups for teachers according to their subjects on the basis of E-Learning Int. Clearing house.

2.5 Exploration of international experience in creating and administrating auditory rooms for conducting virtual international lessons.

2.6 Providing academic resources and technical conditions for creating and functioning of auditory rooms to conduct virtual international lessons.

2.7 Conducting workshops on developing skills of international online project teamwork and using E-Learning Int. Clearing house.

3.1 Selection of pilot courses in each university and searching for binomial of teachers.

3.2 Teachers’ probations at European universities.

3.3 Trainings for teachers on using e-tools.

3.4 Adjusting e-components to the tasks of selected pilot courses.

3.5 Carrying out the autumn and spring phases of pilot training.

3.6 Analysis of intermediate results and experience exchange / studying best practices by CIS students in EU on the results of their participation in the pilot phase.

3.7 Generalizing successful experience and publishing collected methodological materials summarizing the work results.

3.8 Carrying out regional seminars and a International Conference.

4.1 Conducting PR campaign / Publishing periodical materials.

4.2 Publication of teaching and methodological materials for teachers and students.

4.3 Holding seminars, round tables, workshops and International Conference.

5.1 Development of sustainability strategy by project structures.

5.2 Financial sustainability / consulting services organization.

6.1 Internal Cross-University Monitoring, Quality Assessment & Control.

6.2 Cross-University Quality Assessment & Control / Holding of the Evaluation Seminars.

7.1 Establishing Project Managers Board.

7.2 Coordination meetings.

Events

Webinar: Collaborative school projects

16 March 2012

This webinar will introduce the teachers to some ways of carrying out collaborative projects with other classes and teachers using ICT. The participants will learn some key points they should consider when planning such projects and get to know examples of successful collaborative projects created within the eTwinning initiative, the biggest teacher-school network in Europe.

Anne Gilleran, the pedagogical manager of eTwinning will lead the session and answer participants questions.

The webinar is free of charge and open to everybody interested in the topic. Register here

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MERMIG

23 January 2012

MERMIG is a powerful, Web based collaboration platform which serves as a common working space for modern organisations. MERMIG was carefully designed to allow a community of users produce share and disseminate information, archive documents, organise interaction and meetings, structure business processes, etc. All is needed is an internet connection, a username and a password.

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Teacher Collaboration Networks in 2025. What is the role of teacher Networks for professional development in Europe?

28 December 2011

This report gives the findings of an expert workshop organized by JRC/IPTS carried out within the TeLLNet project to start the debate on how teachers’ networks are currently contributing to the modernization of the educational systems, and what they will be like in 15 year time.

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Euro Rail

21 December 2011

O Euro Rail é um jogo que simula uma viagem de comboio pelas capitais dos países da União Europeia. Quem quiser fazer uma viagem pela União Europeia e usufruir deste itinerário, sem pagar bilhete, só tem de entrar no EURO RAIL.Trata-se de um jogo para ser jogado por equipas de 2 elementos, que decorre através de uma aplicação do FACEBOOK