eTwinning blended learning - best practice example

1. From eTwinning beginner to expert
– modular, blended learning approach
Lidija Kralj, OŠ Veliki Bukovec, Hrvatska

2. eTwinning training for teachers
• Flipped classroom for teachers
• Work as you teach 

3. eTwinning training for teachers
• 3 face-to-face workshops
• a month-long sessions for online
communication and collaboration
between them

4. Face to face
• covered all main topics
• from registration to
• application for Quality Label

5. In-between period – time to
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familiarize with the eTwinning network
make contacts
start or join projects
ask for advice and help

6. How?
Task
Why
find and read eTwinning
cookbook
familiarize with public part of
eTwinning portal
learn about some
possibilities of eTwinning
send contact request to at
least 5 teachers outside of
your country
learn how to find eTwinner
and send request
join teachers room
find company and support

7. How?
Task
Why
find and read tutorial about
starting a project
familiarize with public part of
eTwinning portal
learn how to start project
look for interesting project
on eTwinning and think
about idea for your project
get some idea how projects
looks like & develop some
ideas

8. How?
Task
Why
think what resources, objects discuss about suitable forms,
you want to publish in
modules and finding
project
solutions for some resources
discuss about suitable tools
think what web 2.0 tools you and finding solutions for
want to use during project
some tools, how to use it
with TwinSpace

9. How?
Task
Why
find out what are embedded we use web 2.0 tools later so
codes
they know what they have to
look for
try some Google documents we use embedding Google
forms later

10. Next level
• Series of 10 webinars
• September – November 2013

11. Busy as always
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eTwinning showroom
First steps
Survive on eTwinning Desktop
From an idea to the project
eTwinning for primary level (age 6 – 10)

12. Busy as always
• Finding ways in TwinSpace
• eTwinning for primary & lower secondary
level (age 11 – 14)
• Getting extra skills for TwinSpace
• eTwinning for secondary level (15 – 18)
• Quality above all

13. Bad sides
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more time for preparation
more time online with participants
slower work online than f2f (2 : 1)
give more time to participants but be
there for them

14. Good side or Why??
• Reach to teachers in
distant/poor/different schools
• Recordings
• Community support
• Participant in centre,
responsible, flipped ;)

15. lidija.kralj@skole.hr
@LidijaKralj
Lidija Kralj, Veliki Bukovec, Hrvatska