Applying the Theory: Construction of Learning Objects

Pre-Activity

Before the face to face week workshop in Pesaro participants are asked to do a little bit of theoretic and reflexive thinking on the Discussion Forum.

The motto for this pre-session is around the topic Building Learning Objects in the 21st Century. A basic reading to support the joint reflection is available here.

Objectives

By the end of this session participants will have:

• been presented to different authoring tools (according to the participants' needs and requirements)
• explored different features of the tools
• reflected how they can be used in their practice
• created an activity using one or more tool, and shared it with the group
• webmail
  

Activities

Activities will be built around one theme: Using Web tools to create content 

Pre-Task

Partiipants negotiated amng themselves and decide which tools they are going to explore during the day

• Options:   
• The entire class works togeher on the same tools
• The class is devide into small groups accourding to individuals' interests and they work together on the tools they find more appropriate for their daily practice.     

Task 1

1. Joint exploration of the features of the tools' features (Please refer to tools section)
2. Brainstorm on how it can be applied in the participants' teaching reality.

Task 2

1. Create one chunk of content ( It might focus, for instance, on one of the following skills/elements: reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, etc.)
2. Share it with the rest of the participants.

Tools for:

Creation of static content:

• eXe Authoring tool 

Development of user-generated content and enhancement of the learning activity