27/07/2010
The second online meeting of teachers and trainers involved in the LeTS Go project took place on 1 July...
Training Package
The training package is organized in 4 courses. Focusing on the research and evaluation; on the development and on the effective use of elearning based language teaching materials. |  |
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| Course 0 | |
| Title of course | Introduction to E-Learning |
| Description | General aim of the Course is to introduce a general schema of the e-Learning both from a technological and operative point of view. The Course face, only in very general way, topics as: relationship between e-Learning and didactic or ways to realize e-Learning teaching-learning processes. Other Courses offered face these types of questions. The Course is articulated in two Modules titled: - e-Learning: Technological and Infrastructural Aspects - e-Learning: Operative and Organisational Aspects In the first one are introduced the main elements that characterize the application of the Information and Communication Technologies to the Distance Training; in the second one are analyzed the applicative aspects of the e-Learning, with special attention to the new professional figures that have emerged and that they are emerging in the sector. |
| Contents |
- Distance Training - Network Learning - e-Learning Tools and Means - The Communication in the e-Learning - e-Learning Contents and Standards - e-Learning Professional Figures |
| Course Length | 20 hours |
| Course 1 | |
| Title of course | Research and Evaluation of e-Learning Material for Language Teaching and Learning |
| Description | The Course faces, from a technological point of view specifically, the topic of the application of the e-Learning in the languages teaching-learning, even if some didactic-pedagogic aspects are described and set at the base. Particularly the Course focused the attention on the way to collect and evaluate existing material that can be used for distance training through the Net. The Course is articulated in three Modules titled: - Introduction to distance training in the language learning sector - Using Internet to collect e-Learning material - Evaluation of e-Learning material in the language learning sector |
| Contents |
- Distance education - Dynamics of language teaching in an information society - Language Teaching and new challenges brought about by new technology - Transformation of traditional tools - A final reflection on the use of the internet for language e-Learning - Internet as a language teaching resource - Application of the Internet and Internet based tools in language teaching - Search tools - Multimedia and hypertextual applications - Criteria and techniques for Internet searches - Quality e-Learning resources - Evaluation Criteria for Quality online courses - Josh Bersin’s 5-step Return of Investment methodology |
| Course Length | 32 hours |
| Course 2 | |
| Title of course | Effective use of e-Learning products for Language Learning |
| Description |
The pedagogic-methodological aspects in the use of the e-Learning in the language teaching-learning are presented in this Course; but also specific technological aspects that are of specific interest for the use of the e-Learning in the linguistic teaching are described. In relationship to the methodological and didactic aspects the Course describes the changes occurred in the teaching process. The Course is articulated in three Modules titled: - Development and characteristics of e-learning in the language learning - Teaching at distance - Teaching methodologies |
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- Computers and Internet as tools for language teaching - E-Learning as a structured method of language distance training on a software platform - E-Learning as a technological tool for the traditional teaching of languages - Platforms dedicated to language training - Database, e-book and network resources - Learning objects: standard, compatibility with platforms and repository - Students’ profile: accessibility dynamics and diversified participation possibilities - How to change the role of the teacher - Traditional roles and “virtual roles“ - The role and tools of the online tutor - The functions of Administrators - Differing privileges in the reading and writing of data - Learning communities in language environments - Teaching methodologies for language learning at distance - Formative needs and learning strategies - Formative project and teaching - The virtual class: Tools and Resources - Teaching in a virtual class - Methodologies and testing tools - Certification of e-learning skills (criterions and standard) |
| Course Length | 50 hours |
| Course 3 | |
| Title of course | Development of e-Learning Materials for Language Learning: Methodologies and Techniques |
| Description | The Course faces the important theme of the contents development for the distance formation on the Net. In the e-Learning the contents represents one of the most important tools of teaching-learning; in some cases (for instance in the Stand-Alone e-Learning) it’s the only tool to communicate the teaching and to support the learning. The Course is articulated in five Modules titled: - Design and Planning of e-Learning Processes - Design and planning of e-Learning Contents - Content Production for e-Learning - e-Authoring Techniques |
| Contents |
- Designing an e-Learning Process: User’s Needs, Training Objectives and Methods - Planning an e-Learning Process: Training Modules and Training Units - Designing an e-Learning Process: Environments, Materials, Tools and Tests - Design models of a material - E-learning contents project: objectives, structure, multimedia content - e-Learning contents project: graphic interface - Possibility of customising educational contents - e-Author, e-Editor and e-Publisher - The structure of the Courses - A delivery environment of the e-Content - The Module - The Chapter - The Paragraph - Multimedia Contributions - In-depth Analyses (Deepings) - The Tests |
| Course Length | 29 hours |
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04/06/2010
Teachers online meeting on Course 0 - Introduction to e-learning
The first online meeting of the teachers and trainers involved in the LeTS Go project took place on 6...
01/06/2010
The experimentation of "Course 1 - Research and Evaluation of e-Learning Material for Language Teaching...
