10. All programs give certificates.
13%
13%
7%
47%
20%
Certificate
Certification from the Ministry of Education
Certification from the institute
University degree
Certification from the University
Certification from the local authority
* Some private institutes give the opportunity to their students, after the end
of the 2/3 courses to enter the 2nd year of some UK universities
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11. cost for the trainee
The cost for trainees is either for free or it
ranges from 150 € to 700 €, depending
on the duration of the program
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12. The free of charge programs are those in which all people involved (eg
the trainers) participate voluntarily.
31%
50%
19%
financing
European Union
self-financing
free
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13. Universities are the main providers of these programs
53%
18%
29% University
Secondary education
training institution
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18. The trainings concern people from all over Greece, while the percentage
of islanders must be noted. The islands face significant commuting
problems and these trainings offer a solution for them.
6%
25%
69%
Come from…
islands of Southern Aegean
Cyclades island group
Greece
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19. Some programs target both graduates of secondary and tertiary education
Some programs target both teachers of primary and secondary education
28%
16%
24%
4%
12%
16%
Trainees
graduates of secondary education
ICT teachers
graduates of tertiary education
people that work with educational
tools design
secondary education teachers
primary education teachers
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20. Evaluation
All programs include some assessment,
while Panhellenic School Network is
self-assessed
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21. To our knowledge, only one
program does not contain
any f2f meetings or by
teleconference and few
programs include both types
of meetings.
56%
44%
Meetings f2f
Yes
No
75%
25%
Meetings by teleconference
Yes
No
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22. e-mail and telephone are the main forms of communication
44%
26%
11%
15%
4%
communication
email
telephone
forum
moodle platform
Blackboard Collaboration platform
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23. Many programs combine weekly short assignments, and a final
dissertation or an on-line final test.
When an educational platform is used, it is divided into weeks,
therefore assignments are weekly.
61%
11%
22%
6%
assignments
weekly small assignments
assignments per module
final dissertation
several activities
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24. Assessment
Test every 2 months
Exams at the end of the program or at
the end of the module
final project
all activities contribute to the final grade
1 mid-term & 1 final exam
final on-line test
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25. Educational Techniques
individual activities
group work
discussions
presentations
role play
brainstorming
watching video
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26. Duration
The duration of the courses varies from a few
hours up to four years
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27. The main platform which dominates is that of moodle and a
small percentage (12%) using no platform is noted.
12%
70%
6%
6%
6%
Platform
No
moodle
blackboard collaboration
opensim
elluminate
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29. REFERENCES
Robert M. Bernard, Beatriz Rojo de Rubakava and Denise St-
Pierre(2000). Collaborative online distance learning: Issues for
future, practice and research. Distance Education,2000 Vol 21,no
2, pp 260-267.
Belanger, F., & Jordan, D.H. (2000). Evaluation and
implementation of distance learning: Technologies, tools and
techniques. Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing Group
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