Professional Development (PD) Opportunities in eTwinning

SWOT analysis

Group 6
Members:
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2.
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Nektarios Farassopoulos
Franoise Altamura
Cinzia Masia
Eric Kleipool
Valentina Marinova

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Online training

Online Moderators Course 2015

 Learning Events
Online Courses
Online Seminars

Strengths

Excellent opportunity to access

education
Easy and cheap for organisation
Unlimited number of participants
Realization at a convenient time
Personal pace in learning
Free access to e-library and all
materials
Minimization of spatial barriers
and increased flexibility
LE are not too long so you can
develop/ enrich knowledge about
a topic in a short time

Opportunities

It is possible communicate,
colloborate, exchange ideas and
good practises with colleagues/
participants/ from different
countries in real time

Weaknesses

No personal contact
Low IT or language skills
Problem with the Internet
connections and devices

Threats

The person could feel isolated in

virtual communication
Technical problems
Low level of working
language( English, German..)
Personal motivation and
engaging with the topic/ activity


Groups
Self

Online
Professional
Development

Teaching Materials
Strengths

Improve specific skills connected

by subject, topic, personal or
pupils interest
Easy to plan learning time
Sharing ideas, materials and ICT
tools
Self-training, schedules and
methods personal

Opportunities

Permanent access to the

materials
Regular support and help from
colleagues
Online events according to group
focus

Weaknesses

Passive partners
Professional and personal
employment
Self-motivation

Threats

English language skills

ICT skills
Strategies

Face to face
Professional
Development
Workshops
eTwinning
trainings
Seminars
Events

National/Local
Conferences
Strengths

Weaknesses

F2F has the highest impact

F2F training create constructive
dialogue
Allow for real-time interaction
and discussions of difficult issues
Physical interaction is the best
way to learn
All meaningful relationships are
developed through personal
interactions
Adds a personal element
Collaborative learning- learning
with each other
Opportunities

Building a Personal Network and

become a friend with the rest
participants
Be in collaboration with
colleagues.
Exchanging ideas and good
practices.
Updating teaching methods
F2F training is inspiring

F2F training needs of specific

organisation
Limited places for participants
Technical problems
Sometimes too many information
in short time or a lot of
participants
Costs time (duration of fieldwork)

Threats

Impossible participate due for the

sake of different factors/money,
"busy" time, a lot of participants,
the distance and ect.

Peer Learning

 Peer tutoring - NSS

Cooperative learning - ambassadors and eTwinning project
Strengths

You can participate and share

material, ideas and strategies by
your personal possibilities
Learn from each other during the
common work
It is challenging,stimulating,
inspiring with possibility for selfand peer- assess

Opportunities

Could be take within or between

institutions
It is intensive
The most cost-effective of
learning strategies
Peer monitoring- self and peerassessment, checking the
behaviours of others in the Group
with respect to appropriateness
and effectiveness
Peer learning in other contexts
Embedding- a method used on a
class-wide equal opportunity and
inclusive basis

Weaknesses

Limited to the knowledge base

and time
Dominant personalities in the
group
Not so clear outcomes
Too open-ended sessions
Work in small or unfit groups

Threats

Requires serious previous

training to ensure equal
participation and simultaneous
interaction, synergy, and added
value
Risk of cognitive conflict during
the work with the same
information
One person doing all the work