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Education and New Technologies (English)

OBJECTIVES

The international course on Education and New Technologies aims to promote an effective use of technology in teaching and learning.

The objective of the course is to develop teachers' skills in using new technologies for an innovative and effective teaching.

TARGET GROUPS AND SKILLS

The course is addressed to school teachers, headmasters, counsellors in education, researchers in education.

The participants will acquire the skills to:

- identify and select innovative and effective teaching sources,

- use efficiently new technologies to support and integrate classroom-based teaching,

- plan and create their own e-learning based teaching materials

The skills acquired will allow the participants to integrate traditional classroom lessons with e-learning based materials, to make classroom based lessons more involving and interactive, be always updated with the information about new teaching and learning methodologies and strategies.

PROGRAMME

The course is organized in 6 main modules:

Module 1) Introduction to the use of New Technologies and Multimedia for education

Module 2) Identification of innovative teaching sources

Module 3) Using innovative multimedia and e-learning based sources in classroom based teaching

Module 4) Using innovative multimedia and e-learning based sources for online teaching

Module 5) Creation of e-learning and multimedia based teaching sources

Module 6) Practical activity for the development of e-learning and multimedia based teaching sources

METHODOLOGY

The approach used in the Education and New Technologies course is highly practical focusing on a learning-by-doing approach and group based activities in an international cooperative environment. A hands-on simulation is carried out for each topic in focus. The objective of the practical activities is the selection of ready-to-use teaching sources the participants will be able to use with their students, blended learning based teaching simulations, development of personalized e-learning and multimedia based materials.

At the end of the course, every work group will have produced an e-learning and multimedia based modules and contents they will be able to use with their students once back at school.

ORGANIZATION

The Education and New Technologies course programme is organized in 6 days, Monday to Saturday, 5 hours a day. Participants should arrive to Florence on Sunday and depart the following Sunday.

The classroom based programme is integrated with cultural activities such as a guided walking tour of Florence city and social dinner. Detailed information will be provided about optional opportunities for cultural visits in Tuscany.

CERTIFICATIONS

Two certificates will be issued at the end of the Education and New Technologies course.

- A Participation Certificate providing detailed information about the programme carried out as well as the assessment of results achieved during the course.

- A Europass Mobility Certificate issued by the National Agencies for the Erasmus+ Programme certifying the skills and competences acquired.

LANGUAGE

The language used in the Education and New Technologies course is English.

LOCATION

The Education and New Technologies course is held at Pixel site, in Florence (Italy).

ACCOMMODATION

Optional accommodation and subsistence packages are available on request.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information on the Education and New Technologies course, please contact:

Training Course Secretariat

Pixel

Via Luigi Lanzi 12 - 50134 Firenze - Italy

Tel. +39-055-489700 - Fax. +39-055-4628873

e-mail: [email protected]

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