The best ICT tools for E-Learning and to increase students’ engagement in distance learning

When it comes to teaching, it is not always simple to keep the students motivated, interested, and enthusiastic, especially when we talk about distance learning and e-learning session. In this scenario, where distance learning has become one of the main ways to teach, ICT resources are crucial for assisting teachers in communicating with the students and creating for them collaborative spaces and interactive experiences.
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The new edition of the course “Discover the best apps and tools for e-learning, distance learning and web design​” took place in Palermo from 09/07/2023 till the 15/07/2023. The participants came from all across Europe, with Edit from Árpád Fejedelem Secondary and Primary School in Hungary, Ainhoa and Mª José from IES Castelao in the Spain, Ana-Marija from Gospodarska škola in Croatia, Laura from Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation in Cyprus, Greta from Xántus János Két Tanítási Nyelvű Gimnázium in Hungary, Edina from Eszterházy Károly Katolikus Egyetem Gyakorló Általános Iskola, Gimnázium, Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola és Technikum in Hungary, Magnus from Borgarholtsskóli in Iceland, Carmen from EOI Sant Gervasi in Spain,  and Aymara from Escuela de Arte Francisco Alcántara in Spain. 

The participants in this course acquired the skills necessary to use a wide variety of technological tools and incorporate them into their teaching strategies for e-learning and distance learning.

First of all they had a look at the most useful tools to create virtual boards and collaborative walls to create collaborative learning experiences, some of the most important tools when you teach through e-learning and distance learning sessions.

In addition, participants learnt how to make the best use of google tools and how to create interactive escape rooms using google forms. Thanks to this course, in fact, this group was able to experiment with a step by step process how to create and escape room and motivate how to integrate mysterious challenges in the every-day teaching.

​The participants had also the opportunity to discover a tool for building in a very easy way websites, to share with the students assignments, materials and insights. Especially in distance learning, website can be a connection between the teacher and the students, becoming a virtual space where the main announcement about home work and group project are communicated.

Finally, when we talk about distance learning, it is important to promote how much we can the active role of our students. That’s why we explored together some tools to create classroom games and competitions, to make assessment fun and interactive.
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All this, with the surroundings of the beautiful Palermo, that was our landscape for the most productive week!!!

A presto!

Discover more about this course here