Project coordinator:Karin Larsen
Haugeveien 28, 5005 Bergen
fax +4755900011
phone: +4755587821
e-mail: anne.larsen@hib.no
Work package 2
Minutes from the teacher meetings in VITERO:
Teacher meeting in Jönköping 13-15 January 2010.
WP2 meeting 19 November 2009. See the minutes:WP2 meeting 19.11.2009
WP3 and WP2 meeting in VITERO 20 October 2009. See the minutes: 20.10.2009 To see the PowerPoint go to the folder WP3.
WP2 meeting in MANNHEIM 2-4 February 2009
Minute from the meeting 2-4February 2009
THIS MEETING WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM PLAN.Monday 2 February
Hotel Wartburg
16:00 Opening – start of the meeting
16:10 Short presentation of the newcomers
16:20 Brief summary of the activities so far
16:45 Group discussion: Co-Construction of Knowledge in community
work in an e-learning course. (a short break during the session)
by/Grete Oline Hole, Anne Karin Larsen
19:00 End of day’s meeting
20:00 Dinner
Tuesday 3 february
Hochschule Mannheim
9:00 Agenda for today’s work
9:15 The Curriculum plan for Community Work and Community
Development/ Presentation by Rina Visser
9:45 Curriculum plan: Theories in Community Work/ presentation by
Kjell Henriksbø and discussion
10:45 Settlement movement/presentation by projectleader Mr.Möhrke,
from Mannheim
11:15 Short tea and coffee break
11:40 Curriculum Plan. Discussion about:
· Introduction
· Aim and Objectives
· Competences
· Competence indicators: knowledge, skills, attitudes
· Final assignment
· The structure of the plan
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Curriculum plan continue
15:00 Short break
15:15 Curriculum plan continue
15:45 End of the day
16:30 Visiting and dinner in Heidelberg
Wednesday 4 February
hotel Wartburg
09:00 Summary of yesterdays work
09:30 Teaching and learning methods/ Introduction by/Eduardo Marques
and discussion
11:00 Tea and Coffee break
11:20 Screen lectures, themes and lecturers
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Ideas for triggers and tasks
14:30 Short break
14:45 Brainstorming : case in community work
15:45 Summary and adjustments in Curriculum plan.
Plans for further work on weekly program and tasks
16:15 Discussion: what is a Virtual Campus?
16:45 Evaluation of the meeting
17:00 End of the meeting
19:30 Dinner for those who did not leave
Minutes from meetings in WP2 can be found when you click on the link:minutes WP 2
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A new e-learning module in comparative Community work and Community Development
The WP2 will start with preparatory work for the curriculum plan (CP) of Community work/Community Development (Cw/CD) of 15 ECTS, within the framework of the international specialization agreed upon (WP1). A special working group will do that by cooperating in a virtual environment. The preparations will be presented, discussed and elaborated during the meeting for all partners in October 2008. The working group will continue to prepare the CP content and make assurances for quality (including the tuning) and finish their work by May 2009. The associated partners will be consultants as a quality assurance. The CP will be approved by the partners. During the project period we will run this course as a pilot for social work students in the partner institutions and to external partners, and promote it from June till October 2009. Application date will be 1. November 2009. 55 students will be accepted for the pilot programme and an estimated starting time will be in February 2010.
Teachers involved in the course will be internal assessors. In addition to this external assessors will be recruited among the partners not having teachers in the course.
During the autumn 2009 the weekly programme will be prepared and high quality virtual learning materials will be produced (see WP3). Working group WP2 will meet 3 times during the project (see travel & subsistence sheet).
An evaluation of the pilot will be included in the final project report.
Deliverables
2.1 Curriculum plan
A competence based curriculum plan for an e-learning course in community work and community development in a comparative world wide perspective will be made. Number of ECTS credits will be 15. The course with be based on a task centred approach and student activity based pedagogy. The programme will promote intercultural exchange and sharing of knowledge by small group cooperation for students with specific tasks and through online synchronic and asynchronic chats. A well structured course plan, including weekly programme, lectures, tasks, e-portfolio assignment will be made. The curriculum plan will be announced on the public webpage www.VIRCLASS.net and the study programme will be accessible for students on the chosen Learning Management System.
2.2 Pilot of the course community work and community development
The 15 ECTS credits Cw/CD course in the Virtual Campus setting will be organized and executed. There will be an intake of 55 students, recruited from the partner universities. These students will have to meet defined enrolment requirements. Assuming that all students will fulfil the course obligations, the course will allocate 825 ECTS credits. The students’ certificate will be marked with the scale A-F. The pilot will start in February 2010.
The course will be 16 weeks. Three student groups will be formed. Six teachers (2 per group) will be their coaches, tutors etc. for 5 hours per week each. This number of working hours is the minimum quantity required estimated from earlier e-learning courses. The pilot will be assessed by internal assessors (teachers) as well as external assessors (3 partners which are not directly involved in the teaching process). One of the teachers will have the special responsibility for presenting the weekly programmes on the platform (LMS) and be the head teacher in the course.
2.3 Evaluation of the pilot
An electronic report made available at the VIRCLASS website summarizing experiences and challenges from undertaking and carrying out the pilot course for the first time. The contents will mainly consist of:
1. Facts & figures about the pilot (actual – planned)
2. Process evaluation (a.o. lessons executed according to plan, coaching executed according to plan, cooperation staff-staff, staff-students, students-students executed according to plan etc.)
3. Product evaluation (a.o. student products according to plan etc.)
4. Target group evaluation (students, staff)
The report is for internal improvements use, a relevant abstract for managerial/organization purposes and for distribution among partner institutions and will also be made available at the www.VIRCLASS.net