Updates on the

School Education Gateway & introducing the Teacher Academy

www.schooleducationgateway.eu

IST conference, 16 June 2016, Cologne (DE) Elina Jokisalo, European Schoolnet

Today’s agenda

• Overview: what’s new at the School Education Gateway

• Introducing Teacher Academy

• Course catalogue: development and current status

Stats: June 2016

• 13.320 registered members (80 countries)

• 250.000 unique visitors

• 500.000 sessions

• 3M page views

• 4970 training courses

• 265 Mobility Opportunities

• 351 Strategic Partnerships

Countries of most visitors

What’s new?

• New content: • European Toolkit for Schools

• Entrepreneuship and schools

• Events calendar

• Theme pages

• ‘Education Talks’ interviews

• Quick polls

• Online courses and ‘Teacher Academy’

New home page & structure

Home page

Tools is now “Erasmus+ Opportunities”

Course catalogue: direct access from the home page, and via E+ Opportunities and Teacher Academy

New structure

News Practices Events

Expert blog Polls Interviews

European Toolkit for Schools Entrepreneurship and schools Publications (ex. Policy) Tutorials

Course Catalogue Mobility Opportunities Strategic Partnerships Support materials eTwinning

Course Catalogue (online and on-site courses) Teaching materials

www.schooleducationgateway.eu/erasmusplus

• Access to all three tools

• Examples of listings

• Support material

• Links to further information on KA1 and KA2

Erasmus+ opportunities

Course catalogue: Updates in 2015 1st update (August 2015)

• List view (instead of grid view)

• Search results sorted by course date by default

• Creation of multiple sessions of one course (i.e. different dates)

• Ratings and reviews

• Rating of one’s own courses is disabled

2nd update (December 2015)

• PIC number validation

• Multiple language selection

• “Confirmed” and “Full”

• Course price information (more details possible)

• Course providers can reply to a review

In 2016: two updates coming up (July & December)

www.schooleducationgateway.eu/teacheracademy

Course Catalogue

Online courses

Courses in 2016:

• Project-Based Learning – 6 June http://bit.ly/pblcourse

• Diversity in Classrooms – September

• Competences for 21st Century Schools – September

• Maths 2.0 – October

• Supporting Newly Arrived Migrant Children in Schools – November

3226

Classroom Videos

Screencasts of Tools

Teacher & Student Interviews

Lesson Plans Concept Animations

Expert Webinars

Crowdsourcing activities

Quizzes Learning diaries

Peer review Sharing & discussion with peers

Q&A with experts

Certification • Digital Badges and Certificates

• Compatible with the Mozilla Badge Backpack

Social media #EUteacherAcademy

Collaborative Spaces for clusters of Strategic Partnership projects

• To support the dissemination of project experiences and outcomes

• To make outputs evolve with cross-border collaboration

• Private online group for ± 8 – 10 weeks • Participants: project leaders of matching

Strategic Partnership projects • Chaired by facilitators: one or several of the

project leaders • Pilot-project 2016: two themes

• ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION (± Sept – Nov 2016) • QUALITY IMPROVEMENT METHODS (± Oct – Dec 2016)

How NA can help? • Dissemination and

promotion • Nomination of

ambassadors by 24 June 2016 (see NAconnECt)

• Invitation of participants in July/August

Register and join the School Education Gateway today!

www.schooleducationgateway.eu

support@schooleducationgateway.eu

/EUErasmusPlusProgramme

#EdGateway / @EUErasmusPlus

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