Post on 12-Apr-2017
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!