TRANSIt TRANSversal key competences for lifelong learning: TraIning teachers in competence based education – TRANSIt Website: http://www.transit-project.eu Runtime: 11.2012 – 10.2014 Supported / co-funded by: Lifelong Learning Programme, COMENIUS Multilateral projects Partners: Ellinogermaniki Agogi, EL; NHL University of Applied Sciences, NL; Universal Learning Systems, IE; University of Barcelona, ES; Association de Préfiguration de Internet of Subjects, FR; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Frauen, AT; Computer Technology Institute & Press “Diophantus”, EL. Project representative to be contacted for further info: Katerina Riviou (kriviou@ea.gr) The project aims to have a positive impact on the development of students’ key competencies through building teachers capacity on competence oriented education. To achieve this, a pilot teachers training methodology will be developed on the didactics and e-assessment of key transversal competences, which could be adopted by interested stakeholders promoting educational change. The methods of the project are founded on a holistic view of students learning, personal and social development, going beyond subject boundaries and finding application in a wide spectrum of curriculum subjects. The TRANSIt approach aims to contribute to the development of creativity, adaptation to the rapidly changing circumstances, intercultural and multilingual competences, social development, “learning to learn” competences and an improved perception of one’s own capacity to solve problems. TRANSIt aims to improve: a) teachers’ awareness of key competences and b) teachers’ professional skills regarding the didactics and e-assessment of the key competences with the use of ePortfolios, supporting them to bring European and national policies into practice. Through a series of demonstrations of best practices the TRANSIt will try to raise the participating teachers’ awareness on how they can take benefit from developing their own competences and organising/assessing learning resources in eportfolios, as well as how to exchange resources and competence driven strategies with other teachers around Europe. Main target groups of the project: Teachers (in-service, pre-service), Teacher trainers, School leaders, Curriculum developers, Educational Policy Makers, ICT support/technical staff Significant public results: The first TRANSIt Summer School (http://transit.ea.gr/) has been completed. In the context of the summer school, the community "TraIning teachers in competence based education" has been created and is available here (http://odsportal-dev.intrasoft-intl.com/beta/community/training-teachers-competence-based-educationtransit-crete-summerschool-2013-1167). The description of the activities/workshops that took place, as well as the presentations/content delivered during the Summer School are available here (http://ods-portal-dev.intrasoft-intl.com/beta/activities/1167). Participants worked individually and/or in small teams and designed and uploaded competence-based cross-curricular scenarios that apply to Social Sciences, Arts & a combination of other subject fields such as Mathematics & ICT. They are available here (http://ods-portal-dev.intrasoft-intl.com/beta/community/training-teachers-competence-basededucationtransit-crete-summer-school-2013-1167) In the context of the TRANSIt winter school 2014, a dedicated community has been created and is available here (http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/beta/community/training-teachers-competence-based-educationtransit-vilniuswinter-school-2014-568584). The description of the activities/workshops that took place, as well as the presentations delivered during the course are available in the Activities (http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/beta/activities/568584) area of the community. Participants' 'initial ideas' are uploaded as Educational Objects (http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/beta/el/educational-objects/568584), as well as their transformation to Learning Scenarios (http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/beta/el/educational-scenarios/568584) that were developed with use of the ODS Authoring Tool. Please feel free to join/register the TRANSIt communities and send us your feedback! • TRANSIt online training resources are available here: http://transit.cti.gr/moodle/ • Project brochures: http://www.transit-project.eu/content/publicity-brochure-0 (EN, EL, FR, ES, CAT, NL, DE) • Publications:
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