AMORES revised MOODLE learning materials for teachers on interactive ICT tools in teaching national and European literature (our third key deliverable)

This eight week online AMORES course (D2.6) from the #amoresproject is for school teachers to develop basic skills necessary to use interactive ICT tools to create e-artefacts effectively, and for creating activities which will motivate students to read and learn about their national literature and national literatures of other European countries. What we mean by e-artefacts are videos, online comic strips, animations and/or games.

Having read story anout Moses and the parting of the waves, pupils at Skægkærskolen begin creating their e-artefact

The aim of the training is also to empower teachers by developing their competence and confidence in using interactive ICT tools in the classroom. It is recommended that the course has a moderator to guide online discussions. If the course is moderated, it will also facilitate communication, collaboration and sharing of good practice among participants. The course materials may be used by anyone with a basic knowledge of computers and with internet access. The course resources and activities may be used as self-study materials. The course contains a wealth of content – both project outputs and links to resources outside the project. The contents of the course includes a two week optional pre-workshop to introduce participants to Moodle. After this there are 6 activities for approximately one week each on, using the creation of movies to educate, comic strip generators, games-based learning, Edmodo (the secure online social medium for school children and their teachers), videoconferencing and finally planning, implementation and reflection. It is also important to note that the timetable for each section should be adapted to suit the purpose and the requirements of the course participants – we set aside a week for each section, but you may decide to set aside more. Other aspects of the course may also be adapted to suit the purpose and the requirements of the course participants. It is recommended that the course is run during the school year, since if the course participants are teachers they may well wish to try out the new technologies with their students during the course. The success of the course very much depends on the moderator(s) providing clear and explicit guidance, as well as the participants having a clear idea of what they wish to get out of the course and the motivation for doing so.
This post was originally posted at Geoff Walton's Information Literacy Blog. For accessing this product, please check this link. 

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