Online coursePolish eTwinning experience with eLearning

Wojciech Wasylko

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

A bit aboutWojciech Wasylko

What isTEACHINGall about?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

?… words and ideas can change the world …

John Keating

Innovative?

Shocking?Outrageous?Offensive?

Encouraging?

Clever?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

Shocking?Outrageous?Offensive?

What isINNOVATION

in teaching nowadays?

?What is

not?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

What makes aGOOD

teacher?

?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

What kind of teachers are WE?

Solution urgently needed!

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

Moodleeducational platform

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

What is it?

First steps… where it all begins …

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

www.etwinning.pl main page layout

First steps… where it all begins …

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main navigation bar

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description & logging

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aims & contents

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trainers

First steps… where it all begins …

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creating a new accountwww.etwinning.pl/

login.php

First steps… where it all begins …

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enrolling to the course – 4xC

… ready …… steady …… GO!

- create an account (fill in all the *boxes)- check the confirmation email- click the link and confirm your account- choose EN test course

Does itREALLYwork?

?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

What doSTATISTICS

say?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

So far…- 10 editions - 238 course groups- keys sent: 6 671 - enrolled: 4 948 - graduates: 2 708

Currently:- 11 edition rolling- 24 course groups - keys sent: 747

What doSTUDENTS

say?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

factual and practicalAneta Cholewa, course 2a

broadens horizonsNowińska, course 2a

mutual encouragingDanuta Guńka, course 5a

you don’t have to be a genius in computer technology to handle it Dorota Ciepielewska, course 2a

with a cup of coffee in front of the computer, at times I choose, in an atmosfere of friendliness

Barbara Rzeżutka, course 2a

learning from other participants’ experienceDanuta Guńka, course 5a

teaches how to use ICT toolsAnna Franke, course 7

What doTEACHERS

say?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

Why do you consider teaching with Moodle attractive?

Bernadetta: Optimizes the time and expenditures.

Marek: You use ICT in practise instead of just talking.

Paulina: It’s flexible.

What doTEACHERS

say?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

Why may online courses be more effective than classroom teaching?

Paulina: You can make use of the internet resources on the spot. Moreover, you can return to the harder tasks as many times as you wish.

Bernadetta: Online communication minimizes stress and shyness.It gives enough time to think the matter over thoroughly. .

Marek: It stimulates independence.

What doTEACHERS

say?

Multilateral Contact Seminar eTwinning6 - 8 October 2011Warsaw, Poland

How have you personally benefitted from eTwinning online courses?

Paulina: Operation is easy. It has an intuitive interface and endless editing possibilities.

Bernadetta: I am wiser after every single group as I learn new tools.

Marek: I like Moodle for the fact that after all the courses I do not know all its options. And probably I never will…