Training The Trainers

1st International Conference on Training the Trainers 5th and 6th November 2008 Good practises, first experiences in Training on-line trainers.

e- l earning market res earch 200 3 APEL (The Spanish Association of e-learning providers) , presented in January 2003 a market research on the state of e-learning. The figures on the success of the experiences were not very optimistic The weak points signalled that one of the most outstanding facts was the lack of professional elearning trainers. Based upon the report conclusions FASE.net submitted two projects under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

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Why?  The new technologies applied to training have proved to be very useful but at the same time require previous technical training and practical knowledge.  Most trainers lack the fundamental knowhow and the knowledge of the resources at their hand

Concept  The project is meant to be a helpful tool for training elearning content designers 

Designers will learn how to master the high technology tools used for the edition of electronic courses.

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Designers will learn how to develop contents appropriate to the requirements of the new environment

Module 1. ZFW 

CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY OF DISTANCE LEARNING

Module 2. UIA 

TRAINING ACTORS

Module 3. INIMM 

GENERAL PROCEDURES OF THE ELABORATION OF MATERIALS FOR OPEN TRAINING

Module: 4. EIFEL 

BASIC SKILLS FOR USING THE INTERNET AS DIDACTIC RESOURCE: VIDEO, CHARTS, IMAGES, SOUNDS, ETC.

Module 5. EUROTECHNIKI 

PRODUCTION OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS FOR EDUCATION

Module: 6. MAINE LEARNING 

COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF PRESENT e-LEARNING SITUATION. OPTIONS FOR DESIGN OF CONTENTS

Module Anex:. NANFOR IBERICA 

SPECIAL AND COMMON CONCEPTS ABOUT E-LEARNING

Sumo learning

www.babelia.info 2003-2006 The new technologies applied to language teaching  Trainers with years of experience in language training who want to become on-line trainers.

• comprehensive training programme where step by step you will become acquainted with the secrets of e-learning.

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and development of a training program that may help elearning language trainers in two main areas:  -Knowledge of the technology and resources available for them.  -Knowledge of the specific features that their contents should need in order to provide effective training

The training programme has been designed into four modules strategically graded from theory to practice: 

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Module 1: CONCEPTUALIZATION and METHODOLOGY OF DISTANCE AND ELEARNING Module: 2. HUMAN RESOURCES: STUDENTS, TRAINERS, MOTIVATION, TUTORSHIP, ETC. MODULE 3 Information and examples on how to implement multimedia resources into training methods. MODULE 4. PRODUCTION OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS FOR LEARNING LANGUAGES

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LEARNING BY DOING: Practical rather than theoretical.

BABELIA can also be used for traditional classes and blended learning: 

a database of language teaching recourses organized per language, level (according to the ECCRFL) and type of resources (video recording, exercises, listening, etc) You can use this for your daily classes as well as for your on-line.

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Library of good practices in on-line language learning. A forum of professionals where to discuss your ideas and exchange of information with colleagues in other countries with similar experiences. Directory of useful links in your profession.

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More than a hundred Language trainers from the 9 participant countries joined the pilot testing. The evaluation of the results were a success

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present both the project results are being used as part of contents in vocational training in the different participating institutions.

Thank you for your attention For further information contact:

www.fase.net [email protected] Av. Anselmo Clavé, 55, 5004 Zaragoza