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Intercultural training for migrants and

refugees in Denmark – with Tele-Leofil

uvi*2Denmark

Århus-Sardinia May 2003

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Contents:

Presentation of the work on Tele-Leofil in Denmark

Pictures Structure and process of the

learning-scenario in Tele-Leofil Evaluation of the work

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Structure of 2 months collaborative work using Tele-

Leofil

Presentation – sessions: starting the conferences

Intercultural training – sessions: 10 exercises on culture

Evaluation – sessions: evaluation of the learning-scenario

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Will and Karen starting the Tele-Leofil conferences…

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Here is the class of refugees (IP1)

Here is Karen (IP2)

Germany

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The computer screen in HUC – Ålborg

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The computer screen in Århus

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Participants in the Tele-Leofil-conferences Teachers: Will Sutter, Marianne

Niehues, Language Centre Aalborg Class of migrants/refugees in HUC

(Education and Training Centre for Innovation and Job-inclusion)

Intercultural training: Karen Bjerg Petersen, uvi*2 Aarhus

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The class of migrants and refugees in HUC

Men:Habib, Mirwais, Najib, Zakarias,

Hafiz: Afghanistan Women: Farzaneh, Nadia, Najia: AfghanistanLudmila, Victoria: RussiaLjudmila: Armenia

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THE CLASS in HUC North Jutland - Denmark

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Habib, Hafiz

Mirwais, Najib

from Afghanistan

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Zakarias

Farzaneh, Najia

from Afghanistan

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Ljudmila Ludmila Victoria

from

Armenia RussiaRussia

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Presentation-sessions: starting to work in Tele-Leofil…

Presentation - sessions Transfer to HUC of exercise on individual presentation Preparatory work in the class at HUC Aalborg with local

teacher (Will) Individual presentation via Tele-Leofil: student and Karen –

videoconferencing and application-sharing Purpose of the presentation

Getting to know each other from a distance First training in use of Tele-Leofil – system:

videoconferencing, audio transfer, application-sharing collaboration on the students’ presentations (using facilities

in Tele-Leofil)

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Intercultural training sessions Transfer of 10 exercises to local teachers Local individual student work on exercises Student group work on intercultural

training exercises with local teacher support (Will, Marianne)

2-3 Tele-Leofil-sessions per week at 3-4 hours (Karen and different student participants from HUC)

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Evaluation sessions Transfer of evaluation exercise to

local teacher (Will) Class discussion with local teacher

(Will)

Individual evaluation between each student and Karen using Tele-Leofil and application-sharing

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Technical issues - evaluation

Technical issues: Technical problems can slow down the

learning process in Tele-Leofil and influence local class work Technical problems in the Tele-Leofil-system were

solved with good help from Josef Burgard Using Tele-Leofil videoconferencing and

application sharing system demands good technical IT knowledge from Tele-Leofil –

teacher and local teacher to support local students and organize local work on exercises

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Pedagogical issues - evaluation

Pedagogical issues in Tele-Leofil system: Changes of traditional local ‘teacher role’

Local language teacher gets supplementary functions as an organizer, consultant and IT support person

Local class and group work has to be organized to avoid ‘waiting’

More ‘equality’ and ‘personal contact’ between distance teacher and student

Tele-Leofil conferencing system gives an ‘equal’ connection between individual students and Tele-Leofil-’teacher’

Long term planning of distance learning-sessions necessary

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Training in Tele-Leofil - evaluation

Talking together Seeing each other Listening to each other Working together on application-

sharing demands natural and equal

collaborative working and interaction skills from the communication partners in TELE-LEOFIL.

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Students’ evaluations What was the best in Tele-Leofil?

” To speak with Karen and at the same time have the possibility to write together and to get my errors corrected immediately”

Mirwais Sakanai, from Afghanistan

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Still working at HUC ….