Proposals for an online course

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Proposals for an on-line course

• Partner n. 4
• Italy

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• Aims
• To create an on-line platform
• To favour the formation of teachers through
  e-learning
• To test the experimental material on a
  vaster scale
• To set up a network where teachers and
  instructors can interact and produce new teaching
  material by transferring the model sequences to
  other themes
• To provide certification of the courses
  carried out, to be recognises at least at
  national ( by authorised bodies, of which the
  University is one)

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First phase Each partner chooses a closed
number of participants. The number may vary for
each partner. Each partner establishes when the
course is to be held (in each case not after the
end of the ISSUE project after which the
material may be used for formation at national
level) Each partner follows the group which
chooses the sequences to test at national level
Ogni partner stabilisce un periodo di svolgimento
del corso (in ogni caso non oltre il termine del
progetto ISSUE dopo il quale il materiale può
essere utilizzato per la formazione anche a
livello nazionale) Two levels the creation of a
platform for the use of material and interaction
through either e-mail correspondence or a forum
Two possible options the creation of either a
shared platform in which the material is managed
or used with the same modality (which is
advisable for a better integration of the
sequences) or single national platforms which
guarantee access to all other partners.
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Personal involved in the activation of an on-line
course web master (to set up the platform) a
person in charge of insertion an up-dating of
material (this charge may be covered by the same
person for all partners depending on whether the
platform is shared or not) technical assistant
(to provide assistance to the course participants
and to operate the help-line and set up FAQs
Optional In the case of an interactive site
operative during the course one or more tutors
to reply via e-mail to any queries on teaching
or content (at least one for every sequence) one
or more tutors to intervene in a forum In the
case of an assessment of participants in the
course for certification an assessor for the
verification tests on learning and experimental
trials in the classroom (who could be the same
tutor as mentioned above)
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Suggestions for the platform A common home
page with Presentation of the on-line project,
with a description of its main features (e.g.
theoretic platform, European curricula,
integrated teaching, conceptual change, links
between disciplines, ) USERNAME PASSWORD A
page for the list of teaching/learning sequences
(TLSs) Discoveries in the microcosm Health,
hearing and sound Water for life -
dissolving Matter around us Seasons
Symmetries Colours and shapes . On the tool
bar a HELP in which the modality for use of
material is explained Es. FAQ Frequently Asked
Questions INFO Information, e-mail
contact address for technical assistance to be
managed by the person in charge of the platform
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For each of the various themes Presentation
(ppt presentation and abstract) Conceptual Map
(interactive, linking to the individual
disciplines) Teachers guide Lesson plans
Teaching materials (friendly-user links to the
sections on themes, allowing easy access to
relative material for each sequence) The
teachers guide, lesson plans and teaching
materials accessible in various chapters, and
downloadable in word or pdf. Access to a
website where the course participants may insert
their own material that has been assessed by (by
either the tutor or the web master) in order to
offer them the possibility to interact, instead
of being mere passive users.
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