CNR-ITD

Issues

Procopius research work concerned strategies and methodologies for online teacher training which implied collaborative online experiences.

The proposed training module for teachers of Italian language schools in Alto Adige, a bilingual area of the Trentino Alto Adige Region consists in a two-year programme of activities:

• First year - Distance training of teachers on design and delivery methodologies of learning modules based on online collaboration;
• Second year - Implementation (assisted at a distance) of online learning experiences designed in the first year of the project.

The key concept of Procopius concerns the contextual theoretical-methodological and familiarization online activities and the classroom experimentation of knowledge acquired by teachers

Outcomes

The major ones are the following:

• design and implementation of a blended approach for in-service teacher training based on the learning-on-the-job principle;
• development of a specific learning programme on online collaborative education centred on the above approach and focusing on research-action activities that involved both student-teachers and their classes.