5 th June London Professionalizing the ‘Community? “…The school increasingly functions as an open learning environment, where teachers no longer work only with their immediate colleagues but also need to collaborate with the wider community, families, higher education institutions, the social partners and colleagues from other schools at home and abroad” (The Lisbon Process) “ Implementation of Education and Training 2010”. progress report expert group A (2003) accessed 1 st June 2006 Implementation of Education and Training 2010”. progress report expert group A (2003)

5 th June London Definitions of community Community of Practice, Communities of Action, Communities of Circumstance, Communities of Interest, Communities of Position, Communities of Purpose, Professional Learning Communities, communities…

5 th June London “It takes a village to raise a child” (African proverb) Who inhabits the village? What is the nature of the village? Who do you trust in the ‘village’? What sorts of relationships should we develop? What role does technology play? Which technologies are suitable?

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The Learners’ view Lidia and Beata – studying at Barnet College, North London

5 th June London The Benefits and Issues of Using eLearning with ESOL Students at Barnet College Involvement in eLearning CeLTT Course + MA in Education and eLearning Teaching: CALL to ESOL students eLISA participant eLIDA CAMEL partner The Teacher’s View

5 th June London E-Learning: Benefits for Students LAMS Student centred Every student participated Independent learners Students worked at own pace Highly Motivating Met students’ needs Good for differentiation Addressed a range of learning styles Tappedin Chatting good for communication skills. The discussion forum good for expressing views in English

5 th June London Some issues re. the use of eLearning with ESOL students The College isn’t at the forefront of eLearning Funding is tight Equipment is an issue Collaboration and help come from outside the College

5 th June London The Local/Regional/National partners view

5 th June London The Global view Andrew Logue Lams International

5 th June London Community Johari windows: CoP: disclosure, trust, knowledge building Q - how to enable social learning? Known to selfNot known to self Known to others OPEN Procedural/explicit knowledge - things everyone knows BLIND Tacit knowledge others know but you don’t Not known to others HIDDEN Tacit knowledge you know but others don’t UNKNOWN Hidden knowledge – nobody knows.

5 th June London Skills and roles? eLISA learner achievements were in offering pupil motivation and engagement, opportunities for independent, personalised and differentiated learning, development of metacognitive skills for staff members, eLISA achievements included the capability to monitor student progress and reuse sequences.

5 th June London Is your organisation a professional e-learning community? What does this mean? How may Communities of Practice (CoP) become effective? Where do you start? Can e-learning communities undermine the role of the teacher?