Digital collaboration in Education

TOPICS

Communication skills

Pedagogy and didactics

Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)

KEY COMPETENCES

Digital

Personal, social and learning

TARGET AUDIENCE

Teachers & school staff: primary level, secondary level, special needs, vocational education

DESCRIPTION

This course is aimed at teachers and school staff from pre-school level to primary and secondary level, vocational, adult and special needs education, staff of non-government organizations, government and policy makers and company staff as well as students and all those who want to learn how to collaborate and welcome their students to learn collaboratively. The course will focus on theoretical input on cooperation and collaboration strategies, as well as on approaches to collaborative strategies and implementation across school subjects. It will have a strong focus on the use of digital tools in the classroom.

Participants are expected to have at least B1 level of English proficiency.

LANGUAGE

English

METHODOLOGY

Methodology includes theoretical input, good practice examples and presentation of dedicated digital tools as well as application on collaborative tasks.

OBJECTIVES

• • Understanding the difference between cooperation and collaboration.
  • Developing collaboration, presentation, problem-solving, negotiation, critical and creative thinking skills and communication.
  • Enlargement of professional skills through collaborative projects in order to build trust, content consolidation and revision.
  • Sharing creative ideas and practical resources following digital safety codes.
  • Evaluating eTwinning projects as collaborative successful opportunities.
  • Sharing experiences of school collaborative project work.
  • Developing the online collaboration platform for preparation, dissemination and networking in order to develop future partnerships and projects.
  • Strengthening the European collaboration among teachers in different contexts.
  • Providing insights into different education systems.

PREPARATION

• • ​Registered participants will receive a pre-course questionnaire to share teaching backgrounds and needs.
  • One week before the course, participants will be asked to read some suggested materials to prepare themselves for the training.
  • One week before the course, participants will also be asked to make a presentation about themselves, their professional context and their culture, using an online collaboration tool. Shared presentations will be online so that all participants can have a preliminary knowledge of the group they are going to be part of.
  • Participants will receive information about Portugal and the city of Coimbra in order to prepare them for their cultural experience.
  • Participants are expected to bring their own personal computer/ personal device.

​PROGRAMME

Day 1

Introduction of participants

Outline of the programme

Ice-breaking and warming up activities

​Day 2

Introduction to cooperative and collaborative educational strategies

Day 3

Digital tools for collaborative work

eTwinning as a platform for collaboration

Day 4

​Planning and drawing a collaborative project

Day 5

Collaborative production using learning incomes of the course

Individual support

Day 6

Presentation of outcomes

Panel discussion

Evaluation and closing session

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

15

COUNTRY

Portugal

CITY

Coimbra

COURSE FEES

480 EUR  (course and certificate)

COURSE DATES

Start date 19-02-2024

End date 24-02-2024

PRE-REGISTRATION HERE

Pre-registration start date 15-11-2023

Pre-registration end date 31-12-2023

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Registration start date

Registration end date

ORGANISATION

Nova Ágora – Centro de Formação de Associação de Escolas

Contact person

Graça Trindade

CERTIFICATE ON COMPLETION

Each participant will receive a course attendance certificate.