Results of survey your etwinning profile malta2013

Your Profile on the eTwinning Desktop: How do others see you ?

Results of survey amongst all teaching grades Malta 2013 Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

Aims of the Survey: • To help eTwinners understand their activity status on the eTwinning Desktop • To make eTwinners more aware of the fact that whilst they can be ‘active’ eTwinners, they might still appear as ‘invisible’ on the Portal Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

Methodology: • Online survey link using Google Forms • Disseminated amongst all teachers via: Departmental Letter Circular, National Blog/Facebook Page & Desktop • 107 teachers responded as at 15.05.13 Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

3 introductory questions 3 dif ferent scenarios: • Yes I am registered • No I am not registered and would like to learn how • Now I am not registered and would not like to register for now

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formk Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

Are you registered on the eTwinning Desktop?

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• 39 % of respondents are registered to eTwinning • 32% of respondents are not registered but would like to learn how • 29% are not registered and do not wish to do so Teachers were then directed to different parts of the survey according to their initial answer Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

Scenario 1: Registered eTwinners (39%) were asked…

• How long has it been since you last logged on the eTwinning Desktop ?

• What are the reasons for logging/not logging on the Desktop?

• How long do you think it takes to become ‘inactive’ on the Desktop if you don’t log in?

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• How long has it been since you last logged on the eTwinning Desktop ?

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Majority of a day or two: 16% respondents a week: 6% a month: 3% log in daily or 3 months: 0% weekly (16 + 6 6 months: 2 % = 22%) a year or more: 13% Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

• Can you tell us more about why you log/do not log on the Desktop?

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Currently running a project & access TwinSpace from Desktop: 50% Currently running a project but access TwinSpace directly (like students): 2% Currently running an eTwinning Project but use other online services (blogs, wikis): 10% Looking for project partner: 5% Log in to check other teachers’ activities, LEs, Groups, Rooms: 33% Not running a project, no need to log in: 21% Registered once during a seminar, no time to log in again: 10% Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

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Majority of respondents log in because they are running an eTwinning Project (50%) A further 33% log in to view others’ activities, participate in Groups & Learning Events 10% registered during a seminar or event and do not have time to log in again – confirming results of previous Inactivity Survey (2012) Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

• How long do you think it takes for your profile to become inactive if you do not log onto your eTwinning Desktop ?

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1 month: 0% 3 months: 6% 6 months: 10% 12 months: 6% more than a year: 18%

Majority of respondents think it takes more than a year to become inactive Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

• Teachers were then presented with a short explanation of what it means to be ‘inactive’, the length of time it takes to achieve this status, and how to reverse it

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Only 8% of respondents knew that they would become inactive after a year of not logging onto the Desktop Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

Scenario 2 : Non-registered eTwinners (32%) who wished to learn more about eTwinning were presented with a short brief of the action, plus ideas of what the National Support could do to help them out.

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Overwhelmingly, training on eTwinning is the one thing that teachers would like to see more of in schools Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

• 56% requested more technical sessions on the use of eTwinning tools • 47% would like more information sessions, “What is eTwinning” • 32% prefer to have school visits from the part of the NSS • 26% requested information sessions for the school administrators – heads, assistant heads of schools and college principals Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

Scenario 3: Teachers who are not registered to eTwinning, but would not like to register for now (29%)‌

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• Teachers were presented with a short brief about the eTwinning action, with our contact details, just in case they wanted to get in touch all the same

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Some concluding points…

• We have a group of eTwinners who log in frequtenty because they are either running projects or participate in Groups/Learning Events, follow other teachers’ activities online, etc.

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• In the case of Malta at least, it seems a very small fraction bypass the Desktop and log in directly via the TwinSpace. However we will keep emphasising this point during our training sessions, because it is perhaps the easiest way to become inactive without noticing!

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• Notwithstanding the above…very few respondents were aware of actually how long it takes to become inactive or how to reverse it for that matter. At our eTwinning Helpdesk we have received calls of teachers claiming their partners aren’t finding them on the Desktop…only for us to find out it’s because they are inactive – to which they always react with surprise Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

• Teachers increasingly seek more training opportunities to learn about eTwinning. We aim to offer a larger range of seminars, more information about online training opportunities (both our own, and those organised by the CSS or other NSS) and more concrete examples of eTwinning projects in action – which in turn increases eTwinning’s visibility in schools Curriculum Management and eLearning Department Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education Ministry for Education and Employment

Thank you for your attention ď Š

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