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eTwinning, a fast eTwinning, a fast growing learning growing learning

communitycommunityEugenio Rivière – European CommissionSanti Scimeca – eTwinning Central Support ServiceAnne Gilleran – eTwinning Central Support Service

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Setting the sceneSetting the scene

The context

The “philosophy”

The challenges

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The contextThe context

Article 149To contribute to the

development of quality education by encouraging

cooperation between Member States and, if

necessary, by supporting and

supplementing their action.

Article 166To implement a

vocational training

policy which supports and

supplements the action of the

Member States.

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Policy work with Member states

Action programmesLLP-COMENIUS

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Priorities of EU school policyPriorities of EU school policy

Curriculum development

Equity

Teachers education

−key competences−literacy and numeracy−assessment of competences

−early school leaving−education of migrants−early childhood education

−initial teacher education−recruiting the best−induction support−career long professional development

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Lifelong learning strategiesLifelong learning strategies

Quality of Learning

Individuals’ perspective:• Personal fulfilment• Social inclusion/citizenship• Employability/careers

Societies’ perspective:• Constructive democracy

World of work perspective• Skills for innovation

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Life-wide learning

formal

non-formal

informal

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Lifelong LearningLifelong Learning Programme Programme

Comeniusschool education

Erasmushigher education

LeonardodaVinci

vocational education

Grundtvigadult education

Transversal programmepolicy cooperation, languages, ICT,

Jean Monnet programmeJean Monnet Action; European Institutions; European associations

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Comenius SchoolPartnerships

Comenius assistantships

ComeniusIn-Service Training

Comenius Regio

Individual PupilMobility

Comenius: Europe at school

school networking, projects, training, communities of practice

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school partnership

Comeniusassistant

IndividualPupil

mobilityIST IST

FundingFunding

Infrastructure and supportInfrastructure and support

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The philosophyThe philosophy

Professor Derrick de Kerckhove

connected intelligence

Professor Stephen Heppell

innovation

Professor Sugata Mitra

empowerment of learnersnon formal, self-regulated learning

Professor Edward de Bono

creative thinking

Tim Rylands

inspiration

learning with and from each othercollaborationintegrating non formal learningprofessional developmentminimally invasiveempowermentmotivationlearning by doingteam work skillstrustproject pedagogycreativitycommunityteachers as lifelong learnersmaking school more relevant for pupilsopen-ended learning situationssupportrecognition

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The challengesThe challenges

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The challenges

• Increasing the impact of eTwinning

• Developing a culture of online facilitation

• Building a self-regulated community with peer support

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eTwinning school teamsTwo or more teachers from the same school work together with their pupils in an interdisciplinary project. This allow them to:

– share workload

– pool skills (language, ICT, subject matter,...)

– involve teachers beyond pioneers

– make eTwinning more visible in the school

– carry out better projects

– increase the impact of eTwinning involvement

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