Activities for collaborative learning, virtual exchange and internationalisation@home
This course has been designed for teachers in primary, secondary, vocational and adult education interested in pedagogical possibilities to make language teaching more meaningful and to increase students’ involvement by using technology to promote collaborative learning and running and/or supporting international telecollaborative learning projects.
Description
This course addresses the methodologies and instructional approaches to innovative language teaching by integrating authentic communicative activities as part of school (tele-)collaborative learning and (virtual) exchanges.
Essential teacher competencies will be developed to effectively orchestrate and mentor telecollaborative learning activities.
Ways to use video conferencing and collaborative ICT tools will be explored to pair students or groups with peers or native speakers globally, cultivating an immersive learning experience and develop related teacher competences including organizing and mentoring telecollaborative learning activities with the help of educational technologies supporting international projects in the school run by colleague teachers of other subjects.
For an overview of TELLConsult’s course offer click here: https://www.tellconsult.eu/current-courses/
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to promote participants’ professionalism in using, adapting and designing (project) tasks involving the practice of pairing students or groups of students to other learners (or native speakers) using social ICT tools such as document sharing, collaborative writing, video conferencing for collaborative learning while increasing students’ language and cultural proficiency.
On completion the participants will:
- have a clear understanding of the concept of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and its significance for second language acquisition
- understand the principles and implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT).
- be capable of designing engaging communication activities for both asynchronous and synchronous contexts
- be able to select the appropiate communication tools for specific activities
- know how to explore and evaluate the functionalities of applications for conferencing, tandem learning, and chat
- be able to share experiences and insights related to trialling specific tools introduced during the course
- have raised their awareness of the teacher competences inolved in realising collaborative projects (e.g. project & content design, planning & management), available tools and related (EU) resources
- be capable of implementing virtual exchange to support internationalisation & tele-collaboration.
Methodology & assessment
Preparation
A pre-course, online questionnaire could be provided to assess pre-knowledge and further align course content and procedures to needs and interests.
Participants are invited to also bring (local) digital content and/or select topics relevant for their current practice.
Assessment
Presentation of educational materials created
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
Participants will be offered a virtual learning environment (VLE) to access the course materials, tools and resources which include daily overviews of course activity & task instructions, related task completion templates, polling, reflections and task results sharing tools and lists with (further) reading & viewing materials.
After-course access to the LMS is offered to promote follow-up communication and collaborative learning when exchanging (re)designed local practice.
Certification details
Personalised certificates will be made available for those participants who have actively particpated and successfully completed the various course activities including the final course product.
The certificate document holds the key course information including the number of tuition & learning hours and the main topics covered.
So requested individual EuroPass documents will also be updated.
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:530Euro
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Course package content:
Course only
Course sum is exclusive of meals, social and cultural activities, travel and hotel costs.
Fees for custom made courses (e.g adapted content or format) can be negotiated.
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Additional information:Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
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Cancellation & changes:
Full payment is due ultimately 10 weeks before the course start date.
Cancellation is free up to 2 months before the course begins.
No refund for cancellations within 7 weeks of arrival.
Participant changes and substitution may be feasible.
In case of cancellation by TELLConsult due to force majeur, the course provider will refund the paid course fees but is not liable for any other expenses.
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Additional information:The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED 4)
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Target audience type:TeacherStudent TeacherTeacher Educator
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Learning time:25 hours or more
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