Short Description
The aim of the Professional Development Programme is to promote collaborative creativity through the use of ICT as one of the most important tools for teachers, in order to respond critically to the demands of our times.
It concerns the pedagogical use of ICT for teachers, as a means to cultivate the skills of Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking.
More specifically, the trainees will become familiar with interactive applications of Augmented Reality and Digital Storytelling, combined with Land Art, Pedagogical Theatre, Art and Craft of Pedagogy, and finally Movement Pedagogy, in order to produce learning designs and scenarios in which the learners will be creative and engaged.
During the course, the participants will be given the opportunity to visit monuments of our rich cultural heritage and places of unique natural beauty.
Learning outcomes
The participants are expected to:
- Become familiar with Augmented Reality apps that support creativity and enhance creative learning activities
- Be able to build learning designs in order to produce and disseminate digital storytelling projects for their classroom
- Extend their ability to use Land Art as an essential tool for their daily instructional methods
- Promote their understanding of Pedagogical methods for Adult education and training
- Exchange best practices concerning the blending of ICT with Art and Craft of Pedagogy.
- Participate and facilitate Movement Pedagogy
- Promote their collaborative and communication skills
Target group
- Teachers of all levels of educational and training organisations (pre-school, primary, secondary, vocational, adult),
- School principals/managers,
- Headteachers,
- Inspectors,
-Counselors,
-Pedagogical advisors,
- Teacher trainers,
- ICT teachers,
- Learning designers
Methology and more
The training methodology will be based on pioneering collaborative techniques. Trainees will explore and construct their knowledge in groups by using innovational collaborative learning methods.
-Conditions: ICT Basic Skills
-Preparation: Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops, if possible, to be more flexible during the course. An investigative questionnaire is possible to be sent to the participants
-Learning material: The learning material will be available online in the English language.
-Evaluation: The trainees will evaluate the course
-Certification upon completion: The participants will receive, upon completion, a Certificate of Attendance by the University of the Crete/ eLearning Lab, with detailed description of the training content and the duration of the course.
-Follow-up: An online community will be created in order to allow participants to share their experience, best practices etc
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