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ClipFlair Project OverviewWorkpackages, partner roles and work plan

Kick-off meetingPatra, 8-9 December 2011

Stavroula SokoliProject coordination teamUPF

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Needs

The project aims to address:• (a) the insufficient quantity of online educational

materials for lesser used languages and their promotion; • (b) the need for new educational tools and ideas for

foreign language learning, • (c) the stagnancy of research for new methodologies in

FLL, and • (d) the little awareness of accessibility issues when it

comes to audiovisuals and FLL

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Aims and objectives

• to establish a methodological framework for FLL through the interaction of text (written and spoken), image (still or moving) and sound

• to develop educational materials for FL learning by covering the four skills (reading, listening , writing and speaking) and reinforcing cultural awareness

• to create a web community, with the use of appropriate web 2.0 tools that will give learners and instructors the opportunity to cooperate with other users and provide their own input to the process

• to disseminate and exploit the project products

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Main outputs

• A web platform through which the users will be able to create, upload and access the revoicing and captioning activities. It will also support social-networking, offering Web 2.0 features (blogs, wikis, tags) that will enable users to share their work, form groups, cooperate, interact and rate activities

• A library of resources containing over 300 activities for all CEFR levels of the 15 languages targeted, accompanied by corresponding lesson plans and relevant metadata

• Guidelines for activity creation and evaluation criteria• An online community of over 2,000 learners, teachers and activity

authors.

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Partner roles

• Project Coordinator: UPF • ICT & Educational Technology Expert: CTI• Domain Expert (for designing the pedagogical methodology):

All project partners • Activity Developer: all project partners• Local coordinator: UPF, UAB, ICL and NUI have established

connections with the Associate Partners involved and will guide them through the piloting task

• Evaluator: University of Deusto.• The summative evaluation is the responsibility of Joselia Neves

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Some numbers in brief

•duration: 30 months (01 Dec 11 – 31 May 14)• total budget: 532.578€

▫ LLP grant: 399.433€▫Own contribution: 133.145€

• three funding phases:▫advance payment 40%▫ interim report 30-40%▫final report 20-30%

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Work Packages WP1. Project Management

WP2. Framework-Specifications

WP3. Web platform design and development

WP4. Development of FLL activities

WP5. Pilot use of the activities

WP6. Quality Assurance and Evaluation

WP7. Dissemination

WP8. Exploitation

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Work plan11 2012 2013 2014

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WP1. Project Management 11 2012 2013 2014

Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May

a b c d

a) Kick-off meeting▫ action plan▫ conceptual framework, theoretical issues, terminology▫ design lesson plan template▫ specify metadata to include in each activity

b) Second meeting▫ evaluate beta version▫ prepare progress report

• Dissemination and exploitation to be discussed in all meetings

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WP1. Project Management 11 2012 2013 2014

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a b c d

c) Third meeting▫ improve beta version▫ update criteria for selection of material & activity

development▫ pilot use issues▫ adapt or suggest new target groups

c) Final meeting after ClipFlair conference▫ prepare final report▫ discuss project results, future perspectives

• WP leader: UPF

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WP2. Framework-Specifications11 2012 2013 2014

Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May

a b

a) Conceptual framework and pedagogical methodology (first release)

▫ fundamental principles involved in FLL and video awareness

▫ synthesis of specialized literature and relevant projects▫ definitions of terms▫ educational specifications for the revoicing and the

captioning tools leading to functional specifications and the design of the web platform

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WP2. Framework-Specifications11 2012 2013 2014

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a b

b) Conceptual framework and pedagogical methodology (final release)

▫ activity templates, samples, materials and guidelines▫ lesson-plan templates and samples▫ clip selection criteria, ideas and instructions for developing

activities▫ assessment methods and sample tests

• WP leader: UPF

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WP3. Web platform design & development 11 2012 2013 2014

Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May

a b c d

a) System specification and design document▫ based on the educational specifications as described in the first

release of the Conceptual Frameworkb) Alpha version of the Web platform

▫ containing tools for activity authorsc) Beta version (accompanied by user manual)

▫ fully functionald) Final version

▫ incorporating feedback from the system testing report, the piloting results, and the final evaluation report

• WP leader: CTI

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WP4. Development of FLL activities11 2012 2013 2014

Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov Dec-Feb Mar-May

a b c

a) First release of revoicing & captioning activities An activity is a learning object consisting of multimedia files,

instructions, other reference material, pre- or post-activity exercises

It is accompanied by metadata and a lesson plan

b) Second release incorporating peer evaluation

c) At least 300 activities for 15 languages

• WP leader: NUIG

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WP4. Minimum number of activitiesPartner Activities

P1. UPF 12 Greek, 12 English, 12 Spanish. Total 36

P3. UAB 12 Catalan, 12 Chinese, 12 Arabic, 12 Portuguese. Total 49

P4. ICL 10 Spanish, 8 Chinese, 4 Arabic, 4 Portuguese, 12 Japanese. Total 38

P5. UBB 24 Romanian, 20 Spanish, 4 Russian, 12 Catalan, 18 English, 4 Ukranian. Total: 82

P6. UD 10 Basque. Total: 10

P7. TLU 22 Estonian. Total: 22

P8. UW 18 Polish, 15 English. Total: 33

P9. UALG 8 Portuguese. Total: 8

P10. NUIG

16 Irish, 6 English. Total: 22

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WP5. Pilot use of the activities 11 2012 2013 2014

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a) Two cycles in the piloting phase. b) Peer evaluation (social features of the web

platform)c) More than 2,000 users:

1,200 partner university students 800 adult and secondary learners from associate partners 40 teachers

• WP leader: UAB

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WP6. Quality Assurance and Evaluation11 2012 2013 2014

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a b c b d

a) Quality Management Plan. Evaluation Plan

b) Project Progress Evaluation Reports

c) System Testing Report

d) Summative Evaluation Report (Joselia Neves, external evaluator)

• WP leader: UD

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WP7. Dissemination 11 2012 2013 2014

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a b c d

a) Dissemination plan (ICL – all partners) educators, policy and decision makers in the field of

education target group organisations and support groups interested parties, the general public, stakeholders

b) Promotional leaflet. Project portal (CTI)c) Demonstration video (CTI)d) Final conference. Publications (all partners)

• WP leader: ICL

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WP7. Dissemination 1 of 3Dissemination activities are horizontal with the aim to promote the project products through:• a) project dissemination deliverables: the dissemination plan, web

portal, project leaflet, demonstration video and final conference.• b) official sites dedicated to the promotion of LWUT languages, e.g. the

Official Catalan Government, Department of Linguistic Policy web site.• c) specialised language learning blogs, newsgroups, mailing lists, forums,

RSS feeds.• d) raising awareness and support through facebook, twitter and YouTube• e) participation in thematic monitoring seminars with a view to

exchanging experiences on the project and on valorisation activities, with project promoters working in the same area.

• f) links with other projects & networks, such as EduTubePlus.info

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WP7. Dissemination 2 of 3g) publications in journals and participation in conferences such as: • - Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC) 2012 in

Turkey.• - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2012,

2013, 2014 in USA.• - British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) 2012 in

Southampton and 2013 in Edinburgh - Media for All 5, Croatia, September 2013

• - the European Second Language Association annual conference• -“ICT in Language Learning” in Florence, Italy:• - IATIS conference, 2013 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK • - ESIST conference, Berlin 2012

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WP7. Dissemination 3 of 3

The following indicators of achievement will be used. Number of:• visitors to the portal• publications (papers, newsletters, articles)• events at various levels (local, regional, national, international)• meetings with stakeholders at various levels (local, regional,

national, international)• piloters etc. reached• participations in conferences• target users reached through all the above-stated activities,

events & publications.

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WP8. Exploitation of results11 2012 2013 2014

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a) Multiplication Spreading the use of the tool in educational communities Short term target groups are the first users of the pilot phase: 2,000

b) Mainstreaming integration of the project results in the curriculum of the universities,

secondary schools and adult education providers involved meetings organised by the partners in each country with national and

regional education authorities and policy makersc) Connections with other projects, joining European Networks d) WP leader: UAB