WHAT DOES E-LEARNING MEAN ?

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WHAT DOES E-LEARNING MEAN ?

• THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO
• PLAN DISTRIBUTE CHOOSE MANAGE
  CONSOLIDATE
• A LEARNING PROCESS

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THE USE OF MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES IN ORDER
TO IMPROVE LEARNING THROUGH

• RESOURCES
• SERVICES
• EXCHANGES
• LONG DISTANCE CO-OPERATION

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E LEARNING PUNTOEDU Enviroment Peculiarities

• Methodology centred on trainees
• On line training environment for teachers
• A sharing environment of the on - going learning
  experiences
• Open source e-learning platform for teachers
  training
• Learning environment based on competences rather
  than on contents

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Main aims and objectives

• The main aim is that of supporting teachers in
  the achievement of the following general
  objectives
• Provide the children with the instruments
  necessary to compare their own culture with other
  cultures.
• Be able to plan teaching and learning paths
  suitable for the childrens needs and
  backgrounds.

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Main aims and objectives

• 3. Use strategies that permit the acquisition of
  communicative abilities.
• 4. Be able to evaluate and choose approaches
  which enable individualised learning paths.
• 5. Be able to organize classroom activities which
  favour the gradual evolution of all four
  abilities.

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Modules and credits

• the course is articulated in four modules.
• At the end of the training path each course
  member should have at least 40 credits

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PUNTOEDU TRAINING MODEL

• COURSES
• WORKSHOPS
• FORUM
• RESOURCES
• VIRTUAL CLASS
• TUTOR
• FACE TO FACE MEETINGS

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PUNTOEDU COURSES

• ELABORATED MATERIAL
• Unfold in a hypertextual format, through
• links and other resources ( bibliography,
• study cases) which lead to research and
  production, as well as the personalisation of the
  process of teaching and learning.

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PUNTOEDU COURSES

1. How children learn a second language and foreign
   language teaching approaches
2. Planning, recording and evaluating a language
   learning process
3. Teaching a foreign language to very young
   learners
4. Language pluralism and cultural dimension

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PUNTOEDU WORKSHOPS

• LEARNING OBJECTS
• Cases which aim to give hints and tips for
  planning a teaching and learning path

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PUNTOEDU FORUM

• AN INTERACTIVE CYBERSPACE FOR TRAINEES ON
• Courses contents
• Subjects syllabus and curricula
• Experiences and produced material
• Methodology

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PUNTOEDU Virtual Class

• On line meeting in cyberspace within a group of
  trainees and their tutor with the purpose of
• Discussing
• Researching
• Consolidating
• Issues dealt either at F2F meetings or in the on
  line environment

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PUNTOEDU Tutors competences

• To be able to use technology
• To have skills in implementing on line material
• To moderate,organize and achieve asynchronous
  discussions
• To establish ground rules, guide and animate
  synchronous discussions
• To interact actively with course members

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PUNTOEDU tutors function

• He/ she is supposed to
• Introduce course members to the wide range of
  material available on the platform
• Provide them with a method for selecting learning
  material according to their needs and learning
  styles
• Create a comfortable and co-operative learning
  environment by avoiding any technological or
  psychological obstacles which may compromise the
  training process

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PUNTOEDU Tutors function

• Use the virtual class in order to facilitate and
  stimulate the course members to share ideas on
  the given learning material
• Plan effective face to face meetings by
• Organising groupwork
• Devising tasks suitable to the aims to be
  achieved

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PUNTOEDU tutors function

• Make course members think and involve them
  actively within the group
• Bring significant contributions and provide
  trainees with experiences and interesting ideas.

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Some hints for successful tutoring

• PLANNING Plan your job carefully
• OBJECTIVES Think about what you are expected to
  do and what you want to achieve.
• AUDIENCE Whom exactly will you be addressing?

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Some hints for successful tutoring

• APPROACH A good rule is to tell your audience
  how the training course is organised
• ORGANISATION Think about how you will organise
  the F2F meetings

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Some hints for successful tutoring

• MATERIAL Produce forms to be filled in by your
  course members which will enable you to
• Analyse their experiences and attitudes
• Analyse their needs and expectations
• Make a selection of the main themes discussed on
  the Platform
• Make a selection of topics which may be source of
  discussion
• Foster learning co-operation
• 6. Integrate and form groups for discussion

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AND

• I hope I can manage !
• Im keeping my fingers crossed !!
• Or should I say .
• Io speriamo che me la cavo !!!

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WORKSHOP

• TASK 1 Foresee a form to be filled in at the
  first face to face meeting in order to make a
  profile of each course member ( attitudes,
  competences, experiences)
• TASK 2 Foresee a form on course members needs
  and expectations

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WORKSHOP

• TASK 3 Exploit the Platform and make a list of
  the main issues which you feel may be of interest
  and source of discussion among your course
  members.

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WORKSHOP

• TASK 4 Plan a suitable 18 hour-face to
  face-meeting programme in which you pinpoint
  objectives, activities, key points for discussion
  and tasks which may be of help to your course
  members while carrying out their training project