How to get started
Welcome to the short course Quality eTwinning Projects 1: Collaboration between Partner Schools and Use of Technology!
It is really a great pleasure to welcome you on this learning journey and learn together with you for the next two weeks!
Let’s have an overview of the course before we get it started.
The course is divided into 3 main modules including a final assignment:
Module 1 – Collaboration
Module 2 – ICT Tools
Module 3 – Evaluation
Course schedule
Module 1 opens |
Wednesday 1 March, 12:00 CET |
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Module 2 and 3 open |
Wednesday 8 March, 12:00 CET |
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Submission phase opens |
Wednesday 8 March, 12:00 CET |
Deadline to submit your project plan |
Wednesday, 15 March 14:00 CET |
Peer assessment phase starts |
Wednesday 15 March, after 14:00 CET |
Deadline for peer review and end of the course |
Thursday 23 March, 14:00 CET |
How to complete this course
- Optional activities. The course offers you optional activities and it is up to you to decide whether to complete them. However, we highly recommend you choose the ones that interest you the most, as this will help you to gain more ideas and successfully complete the final assignment.
- Mandatory activities. Across the modules, there is only one mandatory activity that you need to complete: the final peer assessment. The peer assessment activity entails creating a project plan and assessing 3 project plans submitted by your peers. Complete this mandatory activity at the end of the course to receive a certification of course completion. Be mindful of the start dates and deadlines!
Live events are optional. They do not count toward passing the course but are an excellent opportunity to discuss live with the course team!
We highly recommend you keep a learning diary, meaning a collection of notes, observations, thoughts and other relevant materials built up over the duration of this course.
Behind the course
Course designer – Anna Pławecka
Anna is an EFL teacher at the Czesław Miłosz Secondary School in Jaworzno, Poland as well as eTwinning Ambassador and online courses trainer since 2006. Author of online courses and learning events, programmes and pedagogical innovations on combining CALL and ICT with ELL, she also won several National and European Quality Labels and national and European eTwinning competitions.
Course moderator – Alexandra Almpanidou
Alexandra works as a Pedagogical Coordinator for the European Commission's European School Education Platform. She has a Master of Educational Sciences in Curriculum Design and Innovation. As part of her work, she has been coordinating the development of professional development workshops and conferences for teachers, designing and moderating online courses as well as creating material for MOOCs. She also contributes to the Future Classroom Lab team, leading on-site workshops and coordinating the Network of Innovative Learning Labs and Spaces.
If you have any questions while going through the modules, please ask other participants on the course forum or get in touch with the technical support. Once a week there will also be the possibility to ask questions and chat with the course moderator on the course forum!