The Role of NATIONAL MODERATOR SONETOR

1. The Role of NATIONAL MODERATOR SONETOR Hellenic Open University eCoMeT Lab Maria Aspioti

2. Creation of a European Cultural Mediators Community that will be meeting at a focal point on the Internet in order to exchange experience and adopt good practices thus enhancing knowledge, skills and competencies. SONETOR Sonetor key elements: • peer learning • Social Networking Software • moderation system PH I LO S OPHY

3. A moderation system includes the appointment of a national moderator to oversee the moderation process. The national moderator is responsible for coordinating and monitoring a national network of moderators, in our case the core users of Sonetor who in turn coordinate an end-users network.

4. SONETOR communication network PROJECT COORDINATOR 4 PARTNERS FROM EUROPE 1 PARTNER FROM GREECE NATIONAL MODERATOR CORE USERS (12) END USERS (180-200)

5. PROCEDURES The National Moderator: • Coordinates • Organizes • Bridges • Stimulates • Motivates • Encourages • Inspires • Tutors USERS • Supports • Evaluates the users • needs • Adjusts educational • material to users • needs • Applies educational • methodology

6. Tasks of the National Moderator in SONETOR include: • Close collaboration with: • the national SONETOR partner & the users of the national community • Moderation of the learning contents uploaded by the national platform users • Contribution to the peer learning episodes uploaded in the platform, either by uploading new episodes or by commenting on the existing ones • Use of the social computing tools (blogs, forums, wikis) offered by the platform • Participation in the evaluation and testing of the platform and the tools it offers • Close collaboration with the other National Moderators • Strengthen the links between the Cultural Mediators in all the European Countries and help create an official European Cultural Mediator Community by December 2013 • Contribution to the National Moderators forum in the platform • Help in expanding the national community of Cultural Mediators who use the platform • Train the new members using the schedule and material developed by the project partners • Monitor platform usage and users progress and participation • Raise awareness and public recognition about cultural mediation in Europe & Disseminate and promote the SONETOR Project and its outcomes • Contribute to discussions about project improvement and sustainability

7. CM Training SONETOR in 5 steps Step 4 Training Sessions Step 2 Evaluation & Communication NM Step 5 Work Groups (creation of content) Step 1 Applications & CVs Step 3 Grouping Criteria

8. Educational tools & methodologies • discussion on good practices • script exercises • - role plays (trainee plays tutor) information and guiding via e-mail messages • via the platform tools (chats, messages, groups etc.) • subject workgroups • handouts • sharing experience • self-teaching In person sessions Training on the platform: side by side via telephone call via Skype via BBB projection on a screen task games brainstorming debates discussion on scenarios

9. 174 applications – all approved (106 applicants from Patras - 48 applicants from Athens - 18 applicants from other Greek cities - 2 applicants from Europe) SONETOR GREECE IN NUMBERS 1 National Moderator for Greece 10 Core Users → 17 Core Users → 12 Core Users each one coordinating 14-16 end-users 487 registered users in the platform 184 applied and trained by the Greek partner

10. Applicants’ origin countries: Albania, Armenia, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Kourdistan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine. • Applicants’ occupation field: Education, Law, Health, Culture & Arts, Journalism, Architecture, Sociology, Psychology, Housing, Linguistics, NGOs, Public Services, Marketing-Management. • NGOs represented: PRAKSIS, Nostos & Iasis, Babel, Metadrasi, CLAIM-Child Law, EQUAL, EMIGRANTI, PORIA, ELIX, GEFYRA • Organizations represented: DIASTASI, ODHIR, OSCE, UNCHR, MEDECINS DU MONDE, KETHEA SONETOR DEMOGRAPHY

11. TRAINING SESSIONS ATHENS 26/10/13 16/11/13 30/11/13 01/12/13 07/12/13 14/12/13 PATRAS 02/11/13 22-23/11/13 15/12/13 TELECONFERENCE 30/11/13

12. END USER’s OBLIGATIONS FOR OBTAINING CERTIFICATION • The user has to create at least 5 episodes: • Those episodes have to be ranked by other users with minimum 3 • stars • The users has to receive at least 5 comments by other users • The user has to make 5 comments to other users’ episodes and • those comments have to be ranked with minimum 3 stars • The user has to write 1 blog entry which will be ranked with • minimum 3 stars • The user has to make 2 posts in the forum which will be ranked • with minimum 3 stars • The user has to use the additional platform’ applications in • particular: • The user has to create 1 GROUP • The user has to create 1 EVENT

14. Achievements 116 unguided scenarios created & 102 comments on Episodes 64 Forum topics & 99 comments on Forums 32 articles & 21 comments on articles 523 Blog entries & 122 comments on Blogs 224 Events created & 2 comments on Events 24 Groups 1 Meeting 5 Wiki

15. Intra-Community training of Cultural Mediators Blogs Unguided Scenarios Forums Peer Learning Comments Wiki Scenario Groups

16. CONCLUSIONS SONETOR training platform • can be used as an excellent tool in everyday practice of the cultural mediator • has great potentials to further improve and evolve • has offered a great focal point for the international community of cultural mediators to exchange and share experiences, knowledge and good practice.

17. Suggestions for sustainability and future use Groups activity Depository for access to scientific content Centre of research Centre of education To operate within the framework of an educational institution public or private In close collaboration with the National or a private organization for the certification of qualifications To call for exercises and qualification testing

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