INVITATION TO E-PEDAGOGY COURSE FOR TEACHERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
E-Pedaogy Course for Teachers in Higher Education 2011
10 ECTS credits
The Social Work-Virtual Campus Consortium (SW-VirCamp) and Bergen University College, Norway offer a 10 ECTS credits course in E-pedagogy primarily for teachers from the SW-VirCmap partner institutions and social work educations, but with some places offered to teachers from other Higher Education Institutions (HEI).
Study period:
The course is arranged as blended learning,
A pre-start week to log in and get to know the platform from the 20 June 2011
Continue with a campus week in Madrid from 27 June -2 July 2011
Start again with the e-learning part from 19 September - 5 December 2011.
Curriculum:
Curriculum Plan
Our e-pedagogy course will strengthen the e-teacher competences among teachers in HEI and through this course inspire participants to develop new e-learning courses related to social work. This course promotes and strengthens the participants’ skills in teaching, supervision, planning and organisation of good e-learning courses in a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
Lifelong learning (LLL) is an important objective for the EU educational systems and for labour mobility in Europe. A tool for LLL is e-learning methodology that makes it possible for professionals to increase their knowledge as part time students.
Being an e-teacher demands specific skills and competences in pedagogy related to supervising students on the Internet. One needs an explicit knowledge of how to structure the learning material to make a suitable and inspiring learning environment for e-learning students.
In the course we use portfolio assessment and students are working on their final assignment throughout the course. Task-centred, participatory and reflective methods of learning are the main pedagogical strategies.
Course language: English
Campus week:
The course starts with a campus week, where focus is on hand-on training working with the Learning Management System and other web2.0 tools, presentation of the e-pedagogy philosophy and how to structure and build up a good online course.
Through this week participants get to know each other and start to network and make possibilities for cooperation in development of online courses.
The Campus week in Madrid is a recommended part of the course, because it gives the possibilities to hands-on training and direct contact with the other participants. If applicants do not have the possibility to participate in the Campus week, we will try to make an online supplement, including part of the content this week. We will consider this when we receive the applications. Please then make a comment on this in the application form.
E-learning period:
The main part of the course is arranged as an online course using the ‘it’s learning’ management system, which is a user friendly system. Students will be guided through the course by weekly programmes and tasks, and the main literature will be available in the course. The course is arranged by the principles of good e-pedagogy and students are supervised by three teachers during the course. Online chats, synchronic and asynchronic are used during the course.
Teachers:
Associate Professor Grete Oline Hole, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway
She has been working with e-learning both as teachers and researcher for many years. She is the co-developer of the e-Pedagogy course, and is one of the editors and developers of the Virtual Book – ePedagogy for Teachers in Higher Education.
Associate Professor Anne Karin Larsen, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway
She has been the leader of two international projects developing several online courses in social work related themes (VIRCLASS and SW-VirCamp). She has participated in the development of the course content and as editor for the virtual learning material.
She is involved in research on communities of learning in relation to e-learning and social work.
Lecturer Wim Wouters, K.H.Kempen University College, Geel, Belgium
He has a postgraduate course in e-Pedagogy and has for several years been working as e-teachers in the international online courses in VIRCLASS and SW-VirCamp. He is now member of the SW-VirCamp Steering Committee and the Consortium Management group.
References to the course with previous students experiences:
Hole, GO., Larsen, AK. and Hoem, J. (2010) Promoting the Good E-teacher: Didactical choices when developing e-pedagogical competences. In Seminar.net Issue 3, Vol.6 Available on http://www.seminar.net
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 APRIL 2011
ELECTRONIC APPLICATION FORM E-PEDAGOGY COURSE:
https://web.questback.com/hgskolenibergen/q6gl8a8djq/
Make sure you have access to a printer before starting to fill in the form.
The printed copy of the form shall be sent by regular mail or fax with your signature to:
Bergen University College, Opptak, PO BOX 7030, N-5020 BERGEN, NORWAY
Email address of the admission office: opptak@hib.no
Fax number of the admission office: +47 55 58 77 89
ACCOMODATION IN MADRID
Complutense University as one of the partners in SW-VirCamp is taking care of the practical arrangements for the course and the accommodation for the Campus week in Madrid.
We arrange two options for accommodation:
Option: Residence Ciagaldos
We have been able to make a reservation for 8 double rooms at the Residence Ciagaldos http://residenciagaldos.com/
From Sunday 26th June to Sunday 3rd July
- Double room for two persons: 117 EUR per week per person without breakfast
- Double room for individual use: 209 EUR per week without breakfast
Tickets for the breakfast can be bought when arriving to the residence.
The rooms have microwave and wi-fi connection.
The payment for the room must be paid latest one week before arrival.
Webpage for the residence: http://residenciagaldos.com/
Location:
For a map view click on: Location for the residence.
Option: Hotel T3 Tirol Madrid
http://www.t3tirol.com/situacion.asp
We have reserved some rooms at this hotel in case there is a need for this, and people prefer to stay in a single room.
Price per single room/night: € 87,42. For 7 nights € 612
This hotel is also close to the campus.
The Course Campus:
Faculty of Education
Complutense University
Ciudad Universitaria
28040 – Madrid (underground: metropolitano, line 6 – grey)
Web: http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/fedu/
The Faculty of Education is very close the residence.
There are several restaurants nearby and a cantina in the Faculty of Education.
How to get there:
Train from Madrid airport to the underground station: METROPOLITANO, line 6- grey, very near Ciudad Universitari and Moncloa.
Course fee:
The course fee covers: teaching, supervision and exam.
Participants have to pay their travel and subsistence costs in Madrid.
If the participants institution have a bilateral ERASMUS agreement for staff exchange this might be an option for grants (contact your international office)
Course fee for SW-VirCamp partners: NOK 9000
Course fee for other participants: NOK 12000
When intake is accepted the course fee must be paid before 1 May 2011.
Applicants will receive response to their application within 15 April.
Contact: Anne Karin Larsen, +4755587821, anne.larsen@hib.no