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EUROVOLT Language Teacher Training Course 2009
Time Schedule: 2009 (18 working weeks). CLOSING time of application will be announced here.
Target Group:
- Experienced language teachers/trainers who wish to develop and offer online vocationally oriented and/or language courses for professional purposes
- Trainers of language teachers from different vocational/professional fields.
Pre-requistes of trainees:
- E-Mail address and Internet access, computer and Internet literacy
- Time commitment approx. 5-10hs weekly for 18 weeks (minimum of 100 hours, additionally 30-50hs for development of own online course units).
- Working knowledge of English, CEFR (Common European Framework for Languages) Level B 2 or higher
- Ample experience in language teaching
- Some experience in vocationally oriented language courses, or planning to teach those online soon
- Familiarity with the course planning process (needs analysis, course design, planning lessons in detail)
- A brief outline of a vocationally oriented or professional online language course to be set up by the trainee online during the EUROVOLT training; it has to be submitted on application (target group and setting of the course, aims and contents, course structure and schedule, working modes)
Certificate:
After successful completion of the EUROVOLT teacher training course, participants/trainees receive either
- the qualified EUROVOLT CERTIFICATE of Participation OR
- the Eurolta-EUROVOLT DIPLOMA issued by ICC/Die Wiener Volkshochschulen (based on the trainee's dossier containing samples of course work).
The EUROVOLT course is accredited by ICC - The language Network and WeiterBildungsAkademie Austria. The course is awarded 4 ECTS for Didactic Competence.
 
Course Description:
The EUROVOLT course is an 18-week-online course dealing with the development of online vocational/professional language courses. It was developed as part of the EUROVOLT via VLE project (2006-2007). It consists of nine content units within the three main areas/modules of Teaching Online, Learning Online and Planning & Evaluation. The objectives are dealt with at two levels. Thus, trainees are able to work at a level that is beneficial to them with respect to their background knowledge, aims and ambitions. The course is conducted in English. The following issues are dealt with:
1. Teaching online
a) Teaching in a VLE (understanding and using VLEs)
b) Evaluating Internet resourses and creating and/or using multi-media material & resources (e.g. HotPotatoes, audio- and video-files, online corpora, weblogs, webquests, online radio/tv/podcasts/RSS)
and designing online tasks and exercises for the target groups (from formulating instructions for individual learning task to ways of assessment.)
c) eModerating: Communication via Internet telephony (Skype), chat, discussion forum, e-mail, and feedback.
2. Learning Online
a) Online Assessment (online - and self-assessment: e.g. according to CEFR "can do statements", HotPotatoes, Dialang, Itembanker, Bulats)
b) Independent Learning (ePortfolio in relation to EUROPASS, eTandem, best practice models, self-directed learning materials and approaches)
c) Collaborative Learning (group dynamics, time management, psychological aspects)
3. Planning and Evaluating
a) Design an online course unit
b) Course design in a VLE
c) Organisational aspects: context, logistics and support, evaluation, budgeting, the POET principle (i.e. the interdependent nature of Pedagogy, Organisation, Economy and Technology)
Optional: Technical aspects and extra resources (VLEs, webpages, course ware/free ware, Learning Styles, Gender Mainstreaming etc.)
d) Final online seminar dealing with the EUROVOLT teacher training course evaluation and future plans
Working Modes:
This course represents a blended approach that combines collaboration online (with the other course trainees/peers and tutors) with individual reading and reflecting, practical work on trainees' own online courses, research on the Internet (discussions with colleagues at home, etc.). It should be emphasised that it is not an individual distance learning course. The exchange between trainees (among peers) is an essential part of this course, therefore it is vital that trainees are able to go online several times a week and participate in the online discussions on a regular basis.
The trainees have the opportunity to develop their own (model) online language courses on the international course platform MOODLE/at VHS Meidling if they have no access to an own platform/VLE.
Course Language: English, CEFR Level B 2 or higher.
Online trainers: Tutors and moderators:
Karolina Krzywicka-Szpor, SWPS Learning Centre <kkrzywicka @swps.edu.pl>
Kirsten Söntgens, University of Southampton <ks5 @soton.ac.uk>
Inge-Anna Koleff, Die Wiener Volkshochschulen <inge-anna.koleff @vhs.at>
Registration/FEES:
Registration Fee: Euro 50,-
Course Fee for trainees: Euro 990,- (can be paid in two installments)
(NB: Personal subsidies may be obtained in the countries the trainees come from. In Austria see http://kursfoerderung.at)
EUROVOLT DIPLOMA ICC Certification: additional Euro 150,-
Training contract with Die Wiener Volkshochschulen
© EUROVOLT via VLE Project 2005-2007
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