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The retraining program for FEEN instructors has been developed at TEI and UA. Professors who are involved in preparation of retraining program for FEEN instructors are: Prof. Dr. Katerina Georgouli, Dr Cleo Sgouropoulou and Prof. Dr. Ifigenia Founta from TEI and Prof. Sergio Lujan, Prof. Pedro Pernias Peco and Dr. Jaume Aragonés Ferrero from UA. The retraining of instructors has been done during two intensive workshops in Athens and Alicante. It was followed by individual work of each instructor with corresponding EU professor according to instructor’s specific task in Continuous Education Center. Training program encompassed: Learning Management System technologies, didactics in Informatics, instructional design, blended learning, videoconferencing technology, pedagogical tools on the net, using of virtual repository in education, managing teaching process on Moodle platform. Retrained instructors are well prepared for work in Continuous Education Center. They are able to install, use and manage LMS, to instruct others by blended method, to prepare multimedia teaching material, to use modern pedagogical tools, i.e. to take advantages of modern technologies in teaching. In the original application the following five courses were planed:
- E- learning system usage
- Computer architecture and networks
- Modern programming concepts
- Internet technologies
- Multimedia teaching materials preparation
According to the needs analyses and advices of EU professors the following organization of courses was found as more convenient for informatics teachers:
- Basics on e-learning
- Computer networks and internet technologies
- Modern programming concepts
- Databases
- Interesting informatics in elementary schools
These courses have passed accreditation process by Serbian Ministry of Education and are included in national program of continuous education of primary and secondary school's teachers. Course catalogue can be found on following address (our courses are listed on pp.161-168):
http://www.zuov.gov.rs/docs/katalog0809.pdf
The retraining of instructors has been done during two intensive workshops in Athens and Alicante. It was followed by individual work of each instructor with corresponding EU professor according to instructor’s specific task in Continuous Education Center. 6 professors and 6 teaching assistants, totally 12 instructors from FEEN were retrained. They had been selected from the staff of Computer Science Department at FEEN, University of Nis. All retrained instructors are with rich teaching experience, good IT skills and fluent English. Training program encompassed: Learning Management System technologies, didactics in Informatics, instructional design, blended learning, videoconferencing technology, pedagogical tools on the net, using of virtual repository in education, managing teaching process on Moodle platform.
After retraining process, instructors are able to install, use and manage LMS, to instruct others by blended method, to prepare multimedia teaching material, to use modern pedagogical tools, i.e. to take advantages of modern technologies in teaching. They are ready to apply adopted teaching methodology, blended learning, in retraining of informatics teachers in Serbia.
The following presentations were delivered at the Seminar in Athens:
Day 1 - Saturday, June 21st, 10:00-14:00
Instructional design: theory and practice for building effective courses
Cleo Sgouropoulou, University of Athens
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Day 2 - Monday, June 23rd, 10:00-14:00
Didactics of Informatics
Day 3 - Tuesday, June 24th, 10:00-14:00
Adopting LMS technology to introduce e-learning in a traditional course
Katerina Georgouli, Peni Zachariou, TEI Athens
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Day 4 - Wednesday, June 25th, 10:00-14:00
Designing and realizing a video-conference
Stelios Katsoulis, TEI Athens
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The following presentations were delivered at the Workshop in Alicante:
1. Welcome and Introduction to UA (video presentation)
Roberto Escarré, Head of International Projects Office
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2. UA experience in bridging Universities and schools in ICT Matters. Pedagogical tools on the net.
| Sergio Luján, Teacher, Department of Software and Computing Systems |
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3. Video Streaming & Videoconferencing
| Francisco Kiko Vives, CPD |
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4. The use of Moodle at the University of Alicante
| Francisco Carrasco, Virtual Campus |
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5. Training ICT coordinators: The ICT specialist Master Speaker: MªAngels Fuster, (DEAOD, UA)
| MªAngels Fuster, DEAOD, UA |
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6. Virtual Repository of UA (RUA) linked to the Open Courseware experience (OCW)
Juan José Bayona, Deputy of the Bibliographic and Documentary Information Secretariat, UA |
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7. The Use of E-Learning towards New Learning Paradigm
| Pedro Pernia, (Teacher, Department of Software and Computing Systems) |
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8. Q&A Session
9. Round table: The best ways of using ICT for transforming Schools into ICT capable
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