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Course overviewNowadays - either we like or not - social media are playing an important role in our society. Social networks technology offer to education a wide new range of possibilities and tools, but not without challenges. New technologies can be a muddy environment and approaching it without a proper guidance and a practical training can be a time-consuming task. Taking part in this course teachers, trainers and education managers will gain a outlook on best practices and concrete ways of using social media to empower and support education in the classroom. Through an hands-on approach and learning-by-doing methodology participants will develop concrete competences on how to integrate social media into teaching and training.
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MAIN Objectives
This structured course allows participants to improve their social media ICT skills in a practical and concrete way together with other participants and trainers throughout all Europe thus gaining as well a broader understanding of education in Europe and exchanging best practices and experiences. The general aim of this course is to foster excellence in education by empowering teachers, trainers, headmasters and other education staff to integrate social media into teaching and education. The course has a flexible approach in order to adapt the learning outcomes to the particular needs and ICT profile of the participants. Thanks to this course the participants will:
target audience
This course is open to: teachers, trainers, headmasters, school and education managers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, other school staff, other adult education staff, other higher education staff, other non-governmental organization staff, public servants. standard daily programme
Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that will be personalized on participants needs and professional profiles. The course will be focused on the social media more relevant for the participants ensuring that the knowledge learned is relevant and can be directly transferable into their work.
Our standard program comprises 7 days of course, of which the first one is dedicated to networking, preparation and cultural immersion and the last one to follow up, specific needs and cultural activities. Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangement. Participants can choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it in order to enjoy a deeper cultural immersion. Upon specific request we can organize longer or shorter versions of this course. For the courses in Palermo the cultural activities are slightly different and comprises visits to Palermo, Monreale or Cefalù.
methodology
We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice. Our methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice. The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning outside the classroom in an interactive and international environment. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. During the course the participants will develop multimedia content as well as creating social spaces. Participants will be working in groups thus having the chance to learn by each other as well as having feedback by fellow teachers, trainers and educators. Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants' needs better tailoring the education. Free time has been planned to give to the participants time to assimilate the concepts, develop further the group activities, ask trainers for further clarifications, etc. Networking and cooperation among participants will be supported and stimulated at each stage. We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links. The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course. The class-based course is completed by the support of the e-learning portal that is a great support both before and after the course in Italy. sessions planned
You can find below the sessions planned. If none of these dates suits you please mind that we may organize an additional session ad-hoc for your school if there are at least 6 participants interested so feel welcome to contact us at office@ifom.info to let us know about your needs. When adding an ad-hoc session we may be able to organize it in your language. Bologna, Italy 17/06/2018 - 23/06/2018 17/02/2019 - 23/02/2019 14/07/2019 - 20/07/2019 Tenerife, Spain 04/11/2018 - 10/11/2018 13/10/2019 - 19/10/2019 costs and erasmus+ funding
Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure that the Erasmus+ grant will be sufficient. Read more about Erasmus+ funding, shall you have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to accommodate your needs. The most common option that we offer costs EUR 1220 and includes course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, all coffee breaks, 3 meals per day, walking tour in the venue’s city and local transport during the training course. Based on your preferences and budget you can request different services, a less inclusive/cheaper package or you can choose to organize the board and lodging by yourself and opt to just attend the training course. Read more about how we take care of your subsistence. CertificatioN and validation of learning outcomes
At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance including a description of training content and as well as its starting and end date, together - if requested - with the Europass Mobility Certificate. We support the participants in every step of certification an d validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate. We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes. Language of the course
The course is held in English. For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. Please write an email to staff@ifom.info to get more information about it. |
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