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Professional Development (PD) Opportunities in eTwinning SWOT analysis
Online Moderators Course 2015
Active Members:
1. Nektarios Farassopoulos
2. Françoise Altamura
3. Cinzia Masia
4. Valentina Marinova
Passive Members:
1. Anabela Brígida
2. Bilal YAVAŞ
3. Eric Kleipool
4. Helen Lange- not in the course
5. Kerem ŞAHİN
6. Maria Nica
Our work sheet: http://bit.ly/1M1myJC
Group 6
Professional Development (PD) Opportunities in eTwinning SWOT analysis
Online Moderators Course 2015
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
Professional Development (PD) Opportunities in eTwinning SWOT analysis
Online Moderators Course 2015
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 (PD) Opportunities in eTwinning SWOT analysis
Online Moderators Course 2015
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
Professional Development (PD) Opportunities in eTwinning SWOT analysis
Online Moderators Course 2015
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