Open AccessJoining the DOTS: A collaborative approach to online teacher training
Author(s) -
Ursula Stickler,
Pauline Ernest,
Martina Emke,
Aline GermainRutherford,
Regine Hampel,
Joseph Hopkins,
Mateusz–Milan Stanojević
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eurocall newsletter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1695-2618
DOI - 10.4995/eurocall.2010.16329
Subject(s) - computer science , modular design , selection (genetic algorithm) , principal (computer security) , process (computing) , online discussion , multimedia , world wide web , artificial intelligence , operating system
Developing Online Teaching Skills (DOTS) is one of 20 “Empowering language professionals” projects currently funded by the Council of Europe's European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML). Its principal aim is to develop an online platform for delivering teacher training at a distance. Once completed, this collaborative platform will contain a range of modular activities for self-training via a selection of interactive CMC tools. This paper describes the participative process involved in developing this platform and in creating bite-size introductory activities to online tools for language teaching based on the input of online learning experts and users from 25 European countries.