Template for Group Work- Group 6

Professional Development (PD) Opportunities in eTwinning SWOT analysis

Online Moderators Course 2015

Members:

1. Nektarios Farassopoulos

2. Françoise Altamura

3. Cinzia Masia

4. Eric Kleipool

5. Valentina Marinova

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Group 6

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Learning Events

Online Courses

Online Seminars

Strengths

Excellent opportunity to access

education

Easy and cheap for organisation

Unlimited number of

participants

Realization at a convenient time

Personal pace in learning

Free access to e-library and all

materials

Minimization of spatial barriers

and increased flexibility

LE are not too long so you can

develop/ enrich knowledge about

a topic in a short time

Weaknesses

No personal contact

Low IT or language skills

Problem with the Internet

connections and devices

Opportunities

It is possible communicate,

colloborate, exchange ideas and

good practises with colleagues/

participants/ from different

countries in real time

Threats

The person could feel isolated in

virtual communication

Technical problems

Low level of working language(

English, German..)

Personal’ motivation and

engaging with the topic/ activity

Online training



Groups

Self Teaching Materials

Strengths

Improve specific skills

connected by subject, topic,

personal or pupils interest

Easy to plan learning time

Sharing ideas, materials and ICT

tools

Self-training, schedules and

methods personal

Weaknesses

Passive partners

Professional and personal

employment

Self-motivation

Opportunities

Permanent access to the

materials

Regular support and help from

colleagues

Online events according to group

focus

Threats

English language skills

ICT skills

Strategies

Online Professional Development



Professional Development Workshops

eTwinning trainings

Seminars

National/Local Events

Conferences

Strengths

F2F has the highest impact

F2F training create constructive

dialogue

Allow for real-time interaction

and discussions of difficult

issues

Physical interaction is the best

way to learn

All meaningful relationships are

developed through personal

interactions

Adds a personal element

Collaborative learning- learning

with each other

Weaknesses

F2F training needs of specific

organisation

Limited places for participants

Technical problems

Sometimes too many

information in short time or a lot

of participants

Costs time (duration of

fieldwork)

Opportunities

Building a Personal Network and

become a friend with the rest

participants

Be in collaboration with

colleagues.

Exchanging ideas and good

practices.

Updating teaching methods

F2F training is inspiring

Threats

Impossible participate due for

the sake of different

factors/money, "busy" time, a lot

of participants, the distance and

ect.

Face to face



Peer tutoring - NSS

Cooperative learning - ambassadors and eTwinning project

Strengths

You can participate and share

material, ideas and strategies by

your personal possibilities

Learn from each other during the

common work

It is challenging,stimulating,

inspiring with possibility for self-

and peer- assess

Weaknesses

Limited to the knowledge base

and time

Dominant personalities in the

group

Not so clear outcomes

Too open-ended sessions

Work in small or unfit groups

Opportunities

Could be take within or between

institutions

It is intensive

The most cost-effective of

learning strategies

Peer monitoring- self and peer-

assessment, checking the

behaviours of others in the Group

with respect to appropriateness

and effectiveness

Peer learning in other contexts

Embedding- a method used on a

class-wide equal opportunity and

inclusive basis

Threats

Requires serious previous

training to ensure equal

participation and simultaneous

interaction, synergy, and added

value

Risk of cognitive conflict during

the work with the same

information

One person doing all the work

Peer Learning

Documents

Template for Group Work- Group 6