How to be a driving force in eLearning The 2nd Promise Conference Francisca Soares PORTUGAL Prague, September 15th – 19th 2004

How to be a driving force in eLearning Driving Forces –The technologies –The teacher / tutor / facilitator –The learner –The framework Blended learning approach The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares

How to be a driving force in eLearning Driving forces – the technologies Stable technologies; Efficient technical infrastructures providing tools that enable: synchronous communication (chat): real time, learners have the feeling of being there, asynchronous communication ( , forum): more flexible as they permit the learner to reflect on the answers, specially important if the language used in the training is not the learners mother tongue; Sites where learners can use , discussion foruns, bulletin boards, downloads and uploads of files; Possibility to update information: share and edit documents The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares

How to be a driving force in eLearning Driving Forces – teacher / tutor / facilitator The most important role in the eLearning process; Tutor as a guide and facilitator giving constant feedback to the learners; Should function as a scaffold to the learners in all the process; Should be available when needed; Enthusiastic and able to show empahty; His role is to find, adapt and deliver knowledge using a variety of techniques appropriate to the needs of the learner; ICT support from someone experienced in this field The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares

How to be a driving force in eLearning Driving Forces – the learner Learners should…... know how to administrate their time; …be able to express themselves clearly through writing; … feel comfortable using a foreign language if they are going to express themselves using it; …have some experience and competence in the field of ICT; … be motivated; … have some computer literacy The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares

How to be a driving force in eLearning Driving Forces – the framework Collaborative activities – collaborative learning; Inter-personal collaboration; Knowledge sharing; Project-based learning; Knowledge building; Interesting and stimulating materials; Quality content The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares

How to be a driving force in eLearning Blended Learning Approach Distance training that uses technology combined with traditional education training; E-learning complemented with face to face activities; The main objective is to take advantage of the best things both eLearning and face to face training can offer; The use of ICT in online models of training can mix with face to face models; Face to face presentations (moments) as well as group discussions online The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares

How to be a driving force in eLearning Blended Learning Approach We could / should learn with examples of good practice both based on the Net and face to face; Working together and helping each other will create communities where everyone can contribute; Online communities to discuss about the good results but also about the constraints; share materials and ideas; talk about new perspectives build knowledge; be together The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares

How to be a driving force in eLearning Do you have any questions? any remarks? any comments? Thank you for being so patient The 2nd Promise Conference Prague 16th September 2004 Francisca Soares