A Brief Review of VELVITT Pl Pentelnyi gnes

A Brief Review of VELVITT Pál Pentelényi - Ágnes Tóth Bánki Donát Faculty of Budapest Polytechnic

A brief review of VELVITT ➲ Introduction ➲ Project aims ➲ Work packages ➲ Products (Results and dissemination) ➲ Future plans ➲ Conclusions

Introduction Life Long Learning in Technical Teacher Training (3 L in 3 T) Virtual Electronic Learning in Vocational Initial Teacher Training (VELVITT)

Project aims ➲ Assesment of institutional requirements ➲ Selection of appropriate solutions ➲ Creating staff development programmes ➲ Increasing trans-national collaboration ➲ Specific application of VLEs ➲ Comparison of various VLEs

Work packages 1) Establishing the project processes 2) Staff development – Teaching using Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) 3) Curriculum development – Vocational ITT via VLEs 4) Course implementation – Common module delivery 5) VLE Inter-compatibility – Technical forum

Products (Results and dissemination) 1. Participant evaluation and report 2. Audit of staff skills 3. Training programme for the use of VLEs 4. Paper based and electronic training material 5. Analysis of staff development needs 6. Common module delivery 7. Recommendations on EU harmonisation 8. Electronic learning strategy 9. Publication of training materials

2003 SITE* Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Matthew Pearson – David Lord: The Use of Virtual Learning Environments and Multimedia in Vocational Initial Teacher Education * Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education

2004 VELVITT* Seminar, Budapest Polytechnic, Hungary Matthew Pearson: Analysis of Training Needs * Virtual Electronic Learning in Vocational Initial Teacher Training

WCCEE* in Tokyo, Japan, 2004 Ágnes Tóth – Pál Pentelényi: Virtual Electronic Learning in Continuing Technical Teacher Training * World Conference of Continuing Engineering Education

1 st CEIMVR* Conference in Veszprém, Hungary, 2004 Ágnes Tóth – Pál Pentelényi – Péter Tóth: Preparing for Being Ready to Make Good Use of VLE Possibilities * Central European International Multimedia and Virtual Reality

Szakoktatás, 55. évfolyam, 2005. 4. szám Tóth Béláné – Pentelényi Pál: Virtuális tanulási környezetek alkalmazása a szakmai tanárképzésben

Common Module Delivery Module: “Basic teaching skills” “Computer mediated skills” Guidance: VLE: Huddersfield University Blackboard Tampere Polytechnic Moodle

Future plans Further opportunities in VLEs Combined use of e-learning materials and VLE facilities Influence of applied teaching methods in vocational training

Conclusions ➲ Networked learning offers the opportunity to deliver training programmes in a flexible and learner-centred way ➲ The European collaboration provides the opportunity to investigate the possibilities of VLEs ➲ Enhancing pan-European dialogue in vocational teacher retraining

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