Collaborative Learning Teacher Training

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Collaborative Learning
Teacher Training

• Experience from Grundtvig 3 courses
• The COLTT conference
• Slagelse
• September 13-17, 2006
• Randi Husemoen, VOX
• Audra Daubariene, KTU

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Background information

• Oslo
• 5-9 April, 2006

• Kaunas
• 2-7 May, 2006

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Before the course begins.

• Local team why its important
• Dividing tasks among organisers
• Some very practical, organisational advice
• Clear instructions to potential participants
• Coherence between names in the passports and
  names registered at the hotel
• ..this can save you some slight panicking

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During the course

• The importance of creating a
• good and friendly atmosphere and
• a group feeling
• FROM THE BEGINNING
• and to have enough breaks and time to socialise
• The importance of social and cultural programme

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The course things to consider

• Introduce the participants to the model of
  web-based collaborative learning prior to the
  course
• A different type of activity
• Start the course with an already existing online
  simulation

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The course things to consider

• Flexibility
• Composition of groups
• The participants do not know each other
• Dominant participants
• Passive participants
• Negative participants
• Disagreements on ideas and solutions
• No ideas at all
• Possible problems and conflicts - what do you do?

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The course things to consider

• Time factor
• Themes and ideas that can work
• A problem and a commonly agreed on solution
• Negotiations, not discussions
• Writing the script simplicity, structure and
  organisation

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• THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION!