Project Definition

Introduction

The explosive growth of web 2.0 technologies and their potential for supporting learning processes have been witnessed in many development projects. The meeting with young peoples' intensive use of media makes teachers' ICT empowerment unavoidable. Basic ICT-skills are no longer sufficient. Teachers of today still lack methods for integrating ICT into teaching. The time has come to collect and mainstream scattered experiences with training teachers in this field. - But how to identify teachers' ICT pedagogical competencies? Rarely, schools and teacher training institutes have outlined ICT pedagogical competency profiles. In spite of a variety of courses, teachers search unavailingly for transparent mainstream offers. Implementations of broad initiatives have ended, when shown up to be difficult.

Targeted aims and expected results

1. The project will contribute to improvements in quality and innovation in education, by improving teachers' ICT pedagogical competencies. - A model for teachers' ICT‐pedagogical competency profiles will be developed and trial-run, relating to national and European frameworks and topical need analyses.

2. The project will support teachers in implementing ICT pedagogical methods. - The teacher training module 'E‐teacher 2.0' will facilitate the process of redidactization and empower teachers in integrating Web 2.0 into teaching, update teachers with new technologies and prepare for new relevant technologies as they emerge. Based on previous best‐practice projects, the module will be developed jointly by the project partners as a generic model, adaptable to local needs, within an internationally agreed upon framework. 'E‐teacher 2.0' will be trial‐run as national versions in each partner country for evaluation and optimization.

3. The project aims towards national and border-crossing transparency and recognition. - An accreditation of 'E‐teacher 2.0' and/or integration into continuing education in each partner country is targeted.

The project will have direct impact on the students, teachers, lecturers and teacher training institutions involved in trial runs of 'E‐teacher 2.0' ‐ and vice versa. Impacts on the partners’ national education systems are targeted, by relating to national priorities, actively involving stakeholders as ‘expert panels’ and implementing national initiatives.

Workplan