EUMIND - Europe Meets India - action of COMP@CT network/Euneos Corp. was presented in the workshop at the ESP25 conference on Friday March 11, 2011. The presenters were Ludo Mateusen Netherlands (live online) and K.D.Shijo India (live online). The live online session was moderated by Ilpo Halonen, Finland. on-site.
- 1. EUMIND Europe Meets India Educational collaborationin
project-based eLearning by means of eJournal projects, 2006 -C
OMP@CT/Euneos Corp. 2011
2. Motivation 3. Content
- EUMIND. History / network / activities
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- Project scenarios and research
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- Showcase Values, Go Green
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- Ongoing feed back -evaluation
4. I. Context EUMIND1Project-based eLearning (PBeL) >
eJournal projects based on virtual and geographicmobility of
students and teachers 2Internationalization of schools > from
European (eTwinning) to transcontinental projects 3Intercultural
communicative competence > CEFcult tool for online
assessment4Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) >
global projects as an integral part of curriculum and CLIL school
syllabuses 5English as the 2nd language (non-native) > WebCEF
tool for online assessment of speech 5. Why India?
- CLIL. Bilingual education
- Motivation students. Education is a privilege
- Values education (no religious education)
- Dutch Ministry : funds visits teachers
6. School system
- Private schools. Fees vary
- 13 - 15 years old for eJournal projects
- 16-17 yrs Junior Colleges
- High competition to enter best schools
- Salaries teachers vary (300 750 euro)
7. About history of collaboration
- Teacher Helena Law visits Panchgani India October 11-23,
2006
- Asia workshop of[email_address]in Jms Finland November 6,
2006
- Pilot projects of Finn-India schools autumn 2006
- Visit of Finnish teachers (7 sisters) in India 2007
- eJournal projects started in the school-year 2007-08
8. ActivitieseJournal projects 2007-11(13-16 years) Visits
teachers 06-11 Exchanges 09 -11Youth Summit 08-10 Community service
slum schools 09-10 Videoconferencings Part of eJournal projects
Teacher room (11-12) India Day Porvoo 9. Starting Finn-India 2006
10. Visits 2007 11. Networking + community building 12. Visits 13.
Visits 14. Visits to Europe 15. India day May 2010. Belgium 16.
Exchanges .Ca. 40st.May 2010 17. Panchgani Youth Summit / 18. Slum
schools. Visit/community service 19. REAP (slum schools) 20. EUMIND
founded in 2008
- European schools of COMP@CT network join the projects
- COMP@CT/Euneos initiates Europe Meets India (EUMIND)
- EUMIND India network established in Mumbai February 2008
- EUMIND India : chair + board + membership fee
- EUMIND Europa: EUNEOS company is legal body
21. Key figures of EUMIND 22. 23. EUMIND Schools in India Mumbai
Campion school St. Gregorios High School Cathedral and John Connon
SchoolSt. Xavier's Junior College Christ Church School St. Xavier's
Institute of Education D.G.Khetan International School Smt.
Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary High School D.Y. Patil
International School Springfield High School Green Lawns School
Panchgani: Hasanat High School St. Peter's School Jamnabai Narsee
School St. Gregorios High School, Panchgani Jasudben M.L. School
Pune:Pawar Public School Pawar Public School Associated
Organisation: REAP (Reach Education ActionProgramme) 24. The
Netherlands Scholengemeenschap St. Ursula Anna Van Rijncollege
Stedelijk College Eindhoven Beatrix College Vechtdal College
Cambreur College Visser t Hooft Lyceum College Vos Willem van
Oranje College Het Rijnlands Lyceum Walburg College Hofstad Lyceum
Wolfert van Borselen scholen Jan van Brabant College Belgium Lyceum
Oudehoven Vrije Sint-Lambertusscholen Maasland College Finland
Montessoricollege Paaskytien koulu Porvoo Oostvaarders College
Linnankosken lukio Porvoo PiusX-College Bladel Pohjankartano
Secondary School Oulu Scala College Viitasaari Upper Secondary
School 25. II. Ejournal project
- Topics : interesting, relevant , subject-oriented or cross-
curricular
- Linked to the curriculum, also in India
- Containsresearch: main question and subquestions:WHY
- Not onlydescription or comparison
- From research to action (Go Green Indian schools)
- Management : group work - teachers as coaches
- Clear structure :division in stages and deadlines
- Monitoring: progress reports
- Final product : research articles
0 W N E R S H I P 26. Specific characteristics virtual
project
- Visualisation: attractive lay-out
- Communication: video-conferencing
- Teacher structures and monitors
- The more virtual, the more structured....
M I X 27. Students present on frontpage 28. Web tools 1/2: Why
eJournal?
- a systematic approach of collaboration, not a single
project
- long-term, not short-term
- one common tool easy to train and easy to use
- videoconferencing has to work perfectly
- teachers need to administer the tool by themselves
- higher requirements of safety and teacher control ( <
intercultural differences)
- fastwrite questionnaires integrated into the tool
29. Topics eJournal projects
30. Topics 2009-2010 31. Poems
- Write a poem in Hindi/Dutch
- Translate the poem into English
- Make a ranking of the top 10 Hindi/Dutch poems
32. Regions
- Researching and photographing
33. Regions. Research
34. 35. Project scenarios. Phases
- Phase 1. Introduction of the group
- Phase 4. Communication through Videoconferencing
- Phase 5. Evaluation and certificates
36. Values.Subtopics - main research questions
- How important is the role of the family ?
- Do we have sufficient respect ?
- The multi-cultural school.
- Show very important social values
- How important is the National Day?
37. Values. Example National day. Subquestions
- How important is the National Day ?
- How do we celebrate at home, at school?
- How do media cover Nat. Day?
- How do young generation and old generation celebrate ?
- How do immigrants celebrate their National Day in your
country?
38. Values. Example Sufficient respect for our grandparents?
- Do you ask their opinion?
- What happens in case of illness?
- What is the importance of grandparents in our lives?
- Do most of the grandparents feel respected?
- What is the opinion in your family about the role of elderly
people?
- Does the government have any policy regarding the support of
elderly people?
- Conclusion. Do we have sufficient respect?
39. Values. Example .The variety of festivals demonstrates
respect for the various cultures 40. Showcase 1. Phase
1.Introduction 41. Showcase2 Phase 1.Introduction 42. Showcase3
Introduction video 43. Showcase4 Phase 2. Action plan 44.
Showcase5Phase 3. Research 45. Showcase6 Phase 3. Research 46.
Showcase7 Phase 3. Research 47. Showcase 8 Phase. Conclusion 48. Go
green.Subtopics - main research questions
- Saving energy at school / water management
- How can energy be saved at school?
- Waste management / rubbish in the school /
- How can waste management be realized?
- Is it possible to reduce your ecological footprint/ by more
than 20%?
49. 50. Go green . Saving energy 1 Video 51. Go green. Saving
energy 2 52. Go Green. Waste at school 53. III. Video
Conferencing.
- Own website with pictures and replays
54. India Day. Porvoo 2010 (Fi)
Rotterdam/Porvoo/Mumbai/Panchgani 55. India day. Mumbai/Panchgani
56. India Day. Porvoo. Ambassador India Panchgani. Principal and
coordinator 57. 58. 59. 60. VC. 10-11. Lessons learnt
- Very efficient ad powerful tool in global communication
- Great participation from Indian side.
- Poor participation from Dutch schools
- Technically no problems in India
- Subscriptions needed (Doodle.com)
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- Technical part = use of whiteboard
61. 62. VCAgenda
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- Welcome / can you see/ hear me
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- Pronunciation of your name/school
- Topic. Report about the research
- Free questions about the topics
63. VC Rules
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- Moderator gives turns / wait for your turns
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- Use the chat for questions / No private messages
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- Use whiteboard to show pictures
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- No writings on the whiteboard
64. VC. Evaluation of sessions
- Evaluate the session in the chat (type your answer)
- Technically : were you satisfied with your connection, voice,
image
- 9 excellent / 8 very good / 7 good / 6 moderate/ 5 less than
expected
- Content and communication of the videoconferencing in
general
- 9 excellent / 8 very good / 7 good / 6 moderate/ 5 less than
expected
65. Videoconferencing 2011-2012
- Compulsoryfor each school
- Training students Netherlands : presentation skills
- Training teachers moderators per project
- Each project : 2 VC teachers / 4 VC students
- Limited number of participants
- From home 4pm EUto home 8.30 pm INDIA
- Topics. Research items and free (teachers leave VC room)
66. VC. Use of whiteboard 67. Use of whiteboard 68. VC. Lessons
learnt
- 1 to 4 students per computer
- Very diffiucult to moderate
- Chat is second channel of communication
69. 70. III.Management 71. Management at school level
- Training teachers and students !
- Action plan and division of tasks
- Mailing list of group leaders
- Project scenario for all students
72. Group work highly appreciated 73. 74. 75. 76. 77.
Management. International coordination Ca. 30 schools
- Internationally: central management
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- Feb 11:collection ideas, preferences (ownership) in EU and in
India
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- March 11 : Central matching. 2 Indian and 2 EU schools per
projectand appointment international coordinators
- International coordinators (ca. 8) define final project
scenarios with school coordinators June 11
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- Central launching eJournals Sept. 11
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- Frontpage by international coordinators Oct. 11
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- Central coaching international cordinators
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- Progress reports International coordinators
78. Progressreport 79. IV. Quality insurance
- Clear projectscenarios (phases, research questions)
- Technical and content support in EU and in INDIA
- eJournal tool and Video Conf. tool
- Evaluation. Regular feed back and on-line evaluation
- Quality of articles.Certfication byInternational jury
80. Evaluation on-line
- 149 groupleaders. Great response
- Each response sent to the coordinator
- 27 teachers. Great response
81. Certificates. Criteria 82. Febr. 2011. Certificates Campion
School 83. Objectives reached? 84. 85. 86. Students opinion 87.
Students opinion 88.