Project objective: development and integration of an E-learning OpenSpace for students’ international cooperationPresented case: December 2012. International On-line OpenSim Conference (St.Petersburg - Thessaloniki - Ivano-Frakivsk)Participants:12 students from each partner University + 3 Coordinators-teachers from each University

Breaking the barriers for E-learning projects

Project coordinator-teacher (SPb):Natalia Kudriavtceva (Dep. Management of International Cooperation, St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia)

Project title

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Exploring new horizonsImagine…

there is an Island where you can meet students and teachers

from all over the world

you work in international team on

a perspective innovativeproject under supervision

of the professionals

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you deliver and defend your project in the virtualspace where you meet colleagues, teachers,

friends and competitors

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There is only one step between imagination and reality

• Explore your ideas• Create international team• Develop your projects in global perspective• Acquire knowledge and experience in lively environment• Improve you language, communicative and presentation skills• Break the barriers of national education and learn more

Agenda for teachers=coordinators

Agenda for students=participants

Creating a team (3-6 students)

1 week

Seeding idea, elaborating the

concept, creating a

presentation file

3 weeks

Meeting each other in Virtual

Conference space for

sharing their ideas and

competing

1 day

1 month of tight cooperation

And this is how it runs…

Skills and CompetenciesThe project implies three stages (team building | elaboration of the project| conference); each of them requires specific sets of skills and competencies and each of them aims to develop particular skill and competence.

Field of competence Students activity aimed to form the competence

International Team work (self)-evaluation, team work coordination, problem solving, negotiation

Joint (rapid) work over the project

consolidation of knowledge, sharing of experience, gathering cooperation experience, brainstorming virtual meetings

Self development language skills, reflexivity, self motivation

E-learning competenceE-tools discovery, adopting everyday communicative tools to educational purposes, implementation of acquired knowledge

Benefits for educational process

Motivation

Engagement

Responsibility Challenge

Emotions

Internationalization

Thank you!