TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA IN EDUCATION - COURSE DESCRIPTION

Introduction

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This course is aimed at teachers and school staff from pre-school level to primary, secondary, vocational, adult and special needs education, staff of non-government organizations, government and policy makers and company staff as well as students and all those who want to improve their digital competences and learn how they can use technology to enhance learning. The coruse will focus on theoretical background and practical use of digital storytelling and building naratives as well as the opportunities for creating teaching and learning resources through media production and video editing actions. Participants are expected to have at least B1 level of English proficiency.

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Methodology

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Methodology is based on theoretical lessons and presentations of examples of good practice as well as discussions and experience comparissons. Participants will have the opportunity to get to know the theoretical background as well as go through a series of practical exercises in order to develop skills for use of video editing and production software and various free online content management tools. A strong focus will be on a systematic curation of content and form through building narratives.

Objectives

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• Understanding of the role and shapes of media in education of the 21st century.

• Improving the participants’ digital competences.

• Understanding how technology and media can enhance learning.

• Understanding of storytelling and narative building as teaching and learning style.

• Developing communication, collaboration, presentation, problem solving, negotiation, critical and creative thinking skills.

• Improving video capturing, editing and media production skills.

• Boosting participants’ confidence in use of technology and media in education.

• Enhancing understanding of the potential storytelling and narative building have in use of technology and media in education and opportunities they provide.

• Enhancing professional skills through mastering tools for virtual communication and collaboration.

• Providing and exercising creative ideas and practical resources for successful implementation of digital storytelling, video editing and media production in education.

• Improving English fluency (official language of the course).

• Promoting intercultural awareness.

• Sharing experiences of digital storytelling, video editing and media production from different organizations in order to help each of us to be more effective in our work.

• Developing the online collaboration platform for preparation, dissemination and networking in order to develop future partnerships and projects.

• Strengthening the European collaboration among people using digital storytelling, video editing and media production in education in different contexts.

• Providing insights into different education systems.

Preparation

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After registration participants will receive pre-course questionnaire which will be used by the trainer to learn about participants’ teaching backgrounds and to assess their exact needs. Before the beginning of the course a basic reading list will be suggested to participants to prepare for the training. Participants will also be asked to publish a presentation about themselves, their professional context and their culture. The presentation will be available on the virtual collaboration platform. It will be used during the first meeting, but it will also be available online to the other participants so that they can have a preliminary knowledge of the group they are going to be part of. Participants will receive information about the country they are going to visit in order to prepare them for their cultural experience.

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Follow up

After the course participants will be asked to share what they have learned with the rest of the staff in their schools. Since they will all join the virtual collaboration platform they will be able to further discuss and deepen the understanding of the themes of this course and therefore keep on learning. Moreover, they will be encouraged to share materials showing how they are using what they have learned in their everyday work in terms of ideas, photos, videos, lesson plans, assessment and self-assessment forms, etc. creating an open educational resource available to everyone else from the group. Thanks to the virtual collaboration platform they will all be networked which will provide greater opportunities to develop future partnerships and projects. Further books and articles to deepen the topic and contacts with some other practitioners all over Europe and in the world will be suggested by the trainer. The methods shared and explored and the bibliography given will allow the participants to complete and improve their educational path.

Certificate

Each participant will get a course attendance certificate and the Europass Mobility Document.

Paperwork

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We also provide all the support with paperwork you might need for your Erasmus+ project documentation such as mobility agreement and regsitration letter.