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On-line Education Coursework
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On-line Education Coursework
What is it? Purpose
Importance of Continuing Education
How does it work?
Certification?
What is it? Purpose? ◦ Online Distance Education Coursework using WIKI
technology – Collaborate with other teachers anywhere in Armenia
Create a social process – learn to respect others ideas/learnings
◦ Purpose: To create a culture of learning with an expected level of improved performance from Armenian teachers
◦ Improved educational and learning experience for Armenian students Help to develop critical thinking skills
Help students to compete in a global economy Sustain educational viability in Armenia (not isolated in a global
world anymore)
What is it? Purpose?
◦ Universal Access – sit down at any computer anywhere in the world with your unique USER ID and PASSWORD and take a course
◦ A way to develop participants skills personally and
professionally, to become a key resource in Armenia and it’s FREE
◦ Yearly continuing education credits in Armenia as a teacher ◦ Recognition by the Ministry of Education?
….Compete with Teachers all over the world!
Evolution ◦ From a Single purpose course designed in MS SharePoint
(needed special access and skills/knowledge)), with assistance from the NIE, Artashat Branch
Now multiple courses – WIKI technology –true online collaboration –Universal access ◦ Currently seven courses
Reflective Teaching Student Centered Teaching Textbook Adaptation Cooperative Learning Lesson Planning Enhancing Speaking in the EFL classroom How to develop Critical Thinking Skills
Vision – Includes you!
Single user login and password (like email)
How does it work? ◦ Demo – show users, request access
◦ Show Collaboration
CONSIDERATIONS ◦ Basic free WIKI technology
For non-commercial use only
Youtube and other content – copyright issues
Some owned content – Student Centered Teaching, Textbook Adaptation
NIE as the collaborator
Signs students up for courses
Checks/guides responses from participants
Collaboration assumes collaborator knows the topic
No right or wrong answers (BEST PRACTICES)
Collaborator encourages and guides participants
CONSIDERATIONS -continued Fee for production of certificates CANNOT be
associated or advertised with the course – separate conversation
Certificates can be given for each course or a number of courses (Must be credible and validated by Ministry of Education to inspire students to want to take a course)
If the WIKI is Open – no passwords, then a critical “eye” must be given by the NIE’s and who will do the collaboration for questions and guidance…becomes something other than coursework
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
Participant
APRIL 15 TO MAY 15, 2013
FOR COMPLETION OF REFLECTIVE TEACHING, AN ON-LINE DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE
FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, ARARAT BRANCH, ARMENIA
AND PEACE CORPS ARMENIA
PRESENTED BY:
ON THIS DAY: 28th Day of June 2013
First course completion – Ararat Marz, Artashat Branch
Thanks for your participation and attention!