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Video conferencing within a frame of innovative learning infrastructures. Libor Štěpánek, Alena Hradilová, Hana Katrňáková, John Morgan, Janice de Haaff, Jo Eastlake Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & University of Wales Aberystwyth. Outline. Course typology
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Video conferencing within a frame of innovative learning infrastructures Libor Štěpánek, Alena Hradilová, Hana Katrňáková, John Morgan, Janice de Haaff, Jo Eastlake Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & University of Wales Aberystwyth
Outline • Course typology • Traditional lectures/seminars • Experimental sessions • Transversal sessions • INVITE materials • Organisation skills • Technical skills • Social/Cultural Skills • Language Skills
Coursetypology • “Traditional“ interactive VC lectures/seminars • Experimental sessions (e.g. design-centred, asymetric) • Transversal VC sessions
“Traditional“ VCs • Teacher-Students (Students-Students) • Lectures/Seminars/Presentations +Discussions
Experimental sessions • Students-Students • Team work/Project work • Combination of synchronic and asynchronic(blog/email/web pages) student communication • http://mu-uwa-secondterm.blogspot.com/ • http://www.diychartshow.com/InviteForum/viewtopic.php?t=12 • FREQUENCY: > 2 per term < every week • ACTIVITIES: structured, sequenced interactive tasks
Transversal VC sessions • Professionals –Students • Project work / Team work • INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS • SPECIFIC TOPICS
SKILL LEVELS • Level 1 • Input of theoretical rules/principles • Basic practice • Level 2 • Discussing typical or/and difficult situations, style and content • Practice based on theoretical pressumptions • Level 3 • Experience based practice • Critical analysis of negotiated practice
LANGUAGE SKILLS • Presentations-formality (L1) Watch three examples of presentation introductions and order them according to the level of their formality:
LANGUAGE SKILLS • Presentations-BL (L1)
LANGUAGE SKILLS Level 2
ORGANISATION SKILLS • Students´ Design (L3)
TECHNICAL SKILLS • Level 1
TECHNICAL SKILLS • Level 3
SOCIO/CULTURAL SKILLS • SOCIAL SITUATIONS (L2)
SOCIO/CULTURAL SKILLS • CULTURAL SITUATIONS (L3)
VIDEO CONFERENCING LITERACIES communication theories teaching theories ICT skills learning theories project research
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