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The SONETOR platform- Functionalities and services

Catherine ChristodoulopoulouCTI

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CTI -Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus” is a research and technology organization focusing on research and development in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

CTI was founded in 1985 and it is supervised by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.

From 2011, CTI was established as the technological pillar supporting CTI in education and as the publishing body of Greek school books and electronic educational materials. CTI is also responsible for the administration of the Greek School Network, the largest user network in Greece.

Role of CTI in SONETOR:CTI is responsible for WP4 “Development of the social networking training platform”

CTI and its role in SONETOR

SONETOR Platform

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SONETOR platform aims at serving as a focal communication point for European Cultural Mediators and other stakeholders

SONETOR Platform is training platform composed of social networking tools (blogs, forum, wiki etc), which is used to train Cultural Mediators with the help of peer learning. SONETOR Platform offers peer to peer learning scenarios on topics related to the everyday work of Cultural Mediators in the form of Unguided Scenarios in selected fields: Health, Education, Housing, Social-Legal

In addition, during the implementation of SONETOR Platform, educational experts partners, University of Limerick (UL), Pontifical University of John Paul II (PUJPII), pointed out the additional need of structured learning scenarios.

As a result, a Moodle environment was integrated to SONETOR platform offers e-Learning Scenarios

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SONETOR Platformhttp://www.culturalmediators.eu

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Home page

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An integrated Moodle environment which offers:Structured educational scenarios based on storytelling.

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E-learning Scenarios (1)

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The scenarios consisted of episodes and each episode is based on learning outcomes

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E-learning Scenarios (2)

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IsA web application that allows users to work in collaboration with others

Users canWrite new wikisModify/update existing wiki topicsCorrect wrong, misleading or biased wikis

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Wiki

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Is:Personal opinions and views on a subjectUsers canCan leave comments and feedback

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Blogs

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IsSocial tool that brings the users closer to each otherUsers can-Find people that share the same interests-Create friend relationships-Create a social circle and share content with each other (videos, comments, images etc)-View their friends activities (i.e a friend created a new article or commented on a specific content)-Post status updates

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Social network

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IsA discussion tool on several matters concerning the usersUsers canHold online discussions in the form of posted messagesCan create several topics (new discussions)

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Forum

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Is p2p learning tool that helps users deal with daily concerns

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Unguided scenarios (1)

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Users canLearn in a collaborative environment

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Unguided scenarios (2)

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Users canLearn in a collaborative environment

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Unguided scenarios (3)

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Users can

Write their views and opinions under a specific real life scenario

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Unguided scenarios (4)

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Users can

Write a personal experience and get feedback

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Unguided scenarios (5)

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IsA alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge (i.e cultural mediators)

Users canAdd new terms Modify existing termsFind new definitions for specific terms

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Glossary

Moderator

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IsAn evaluation tool that can keep track of users’ activity and evaluate their contribution on the platform

Users (moderators) canFind content created by usersCertify/un-certify users for p2p learning

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Indicators

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Is A virtual community where users with the same interests and opinions can have their place in the platform

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Groups (1)

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Users canWrite articlesShare contentLeave commentsDiscuss with others

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Groups(2)

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IsA web application that provides live exchange of information among users remote from one another

Users canCreate and invite others to a teleconferenceMake presentations

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Teleconference

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IsA web tool that keeps track of what’s happening and where and notify users who are interested

Users canPublish events View events on daily, monthly and yearly intervalsReceive notification alerts

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Event

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IsA functionality which enables users to send private messages to each other

Users canSend/receive messages

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Messages

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SONETOR Platform in numbers…

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Users477 users334 active users (they have visited the platform at least one time )

Content539 blogs94 forum (topics not comments)113 episodes54 articles

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SONETOR Platform more…

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Find out more in:

http://www.culturalmediators.eu

The registration is FREE and simple!

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Thank you!

Catherine ChristodoulopoulouCTI Patras- GREECE

mail: christod@westgate.gr