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Teachers as learners: Media supported collaborative professional development in the context of second language learning and teaching
Welcome to the first edition of ProPIC! We are really glad to have you on board! This is the course platform. Here you will find information about the course and relevant documents for our local context. This site is work in progress and will develop as we work together.
What is ProPIC?
What is ProPIC?
proPIC Europa is an Erasmus+ project which runs from September 2017 to September 2020. Initiated by the University of Education Karlsruhe, it brings together five partners: Newcastle University (UK), the University of Barcelona (Spain), the University of Borås (Sweden), the University of Kiel (Germany) and the University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany). Transnationally, the partners intend at empowering both, prospective teachers and themselves, teacher educators, to actively engage in lifelong learning processes and to cooperatively establish a culture of self-reflection, innovation and interculturality in foreign and second language learning and teaching. The project is determined by the interplay between research-orientation, transnational collaboration and the creative use of mobile-technologies.
Front row, right to left: Alison Whelan (NEW), Kyra Clausen (KI). Middle row right to left: Isabel Murillo Wilstermann (KI), Ulrich Hoinkes (KI), Tobias Ruhtenberg (BO), Götz Schwab (KA). Back row, right to left: Richard Baldwin (BO), Mareike Oesterle (KA), Paul Seedhouse (NEW), Joan Tomàs Pujolà (BCN).
A course framework
A course framework
The partners of ProPIC Europa will generate a framework for a study programme that aims at promoting professionalism, innovation and transnational collaboration in foreign language learning and teaching using mobile technologies which can be integrated in different curricula. At the university of Kiel this study programme is offered to undergraduate and graduate students of English, Spanish, French and Italian. The study programme is proposed as an alternative to regular courses of Language Didactics and Intercultural Management.
Every partner institution adapts the contents and structure of the framework according to their academic context. In our local setting the framework is integrated into the course "Teachers as learners: Media supported collaborative professional development in the context of second language learning and teaching".
Communication channels
Communication channels
We will use Slack as the main communication channel locally and internationally. Slack will allow all course members benefit from shared questions and answers. In this platform you can communicate privately with course members, upload files and links, and take part in channels that are relevant for you. Online coaching will take place in this platform. Additionally, we encourage you to use Flipgrid to get in touch with other international students, specially those who will go to the same destination like you for the study week.
Study week
Study week
The study week is a key component of the ProPIC project. As part of the study programme, the prospective teachers will visit one of the other partner institutions. During the study week the prospective teachers visit schools, get to know teachers and the education system of the other countries, document their learning in their ePortfolio, develop their research project and take part in social and cultural activities. Most importantly, the participants will have the opportunity to meet and collaborate with international students and professionals with different expertise and cultural backgrounds.
Important: the International Center at Kiel University recommends you to obtain an additional international travel insurance for your stay abroad during the study week.
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