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Reinforcing the eTwinning community Brian Holmes Head of Department Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture Villasimius, Italy 28 May 2010

Reinforcing the eTwinning community Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Ex ecutive Agency Partners with Complimentary Roles Directorates A, B & C Policy and Programmes European Commission Policy Programme implementation Centralised actions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Executive Agency

The Ex ecutive Agency A widening portfolio of programmes 2010 Total Budget: ~660 Million € Leonardo da Vinci Comenius Erasmus, etc Lifelong Learning Erasmus Mundus Tempus External cooperation Europe for Citizens Youth in Action Culture 2007 Media 2007

Evolution of the eTwinning community More than just projects Source: eTwinning (2009) Meet new people

Evolution of the eTwinning community More than just projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Informal collaboration Comenius Partnerships Peer learning Sharing of resources and ideas Community building eTwinning Projects Source: eTwinning (2010)

Role of eTwinning Ambassadors eTwinning is about people Through personal contact Source: eTwinning (2009)

Role of eTwinning Ambassadors The personal touch ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Online Learning Communities Online Community ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],eTwinning is an online community of teachers. The community aspect is being reinforced through Learning Events and eTwinning Groups

Online Learning Communities My research ,[object Object],[object Object],My research is looking at competence development in online learning communities and the impact of social issues. Supervisor Dr. Julie-Ann Sime. Observed the Learning Event entitled ‘ Exploiting web 2.0 – eTwinning and collaboration ’ led by Tiina Sarisalmi. Carried out an online survey of participants after the event to solicit their opinion. Obtained 130 valid replies from the community of 207 participants.

Online Learning Communities Survey results (1 of 6) 87% indicated that they felt more confident and competent after the LE 45% 42% 10% 2% 2% Positive change Negative change

Online Learning Communities Survey results (2 of 6) ,[object Object],C: I preferred the independence D: I preferred the collaboration Number of replies 36% 4% 13% 20% 27%

Online Learning Communities Survey results (3 of 6) ,[object Object],E: There was a stronger feeling of community F: The feeling of community was roughly the same Number of replies 27% 14% 10% 26% 23%

Online Learning Communities Survey results (4 of 6) ,[object Object],K: I didn’t really use the profile pages L: I found the profile pages really useful Number of replies 7% 16% 15% 30% 31%

Online Learning Communities Survey results (5 of 6) ,[object Object],n= from 101 to 109

Online Learning Communities Survey results (5 of 5) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],98% would recommend the Learning Event n=111

Reinforcing the eTwinning community References Ala-Mutka, K. (2008) Review of learning in ICT-enabled networks and communities , Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), JRC, European Commission, http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=2721 eTwinning (2009) Beyond school projects - a report on eTwinning 2008-2009 , Brussels, eTwinning Central Support Service, http://resources.eun.org/etwinning/25/EN_eTwinning_165x230_Report.pdf eTwinning (2010) eTwinning 2.0: Building the community for schools in Europe , Brussels, eTwinning Central Support Service, http://resources.eun.org/etwinning/25/EN_eTwinning_brochure.pdf Preece, J. (2000) Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Socialbilty, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY, USA.

Thank you! http://www.etwinning.net/ Comenius and the Lifelong Learning Programme: The Executive Agency: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index.htm eTwinning portal: http:// ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/index_en.html DG Education and Culture: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/index_en.html My research blog: http://holmesbrian.blogspot.com/

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