Parallel Workshops

Facilitators:  Andrea Ghoneim, Danube University (Austria) & Nicolas Kanaris, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Cyprus)

Overview:  Research in a variety of contexts supports the pedagogical potential of ePortfolios. This is supported through the ATS2020 Learning Model and this workshop will focus on two potential ePortfolio platforms Mahara and Office 365/OneNote Class Notebook which were used by schools in the ATS2020 pilot implementation.

Aims:  Participants will reflect on the potential of ePortfolios and discuss how to choose and create an ePortfolio platform as a learning companion, a platform for collaboration and a space for students to document and share their learning and learning.

Suggested Audience: Policy makers, Principals, Teachers, School Inspectors, Students

Facilitator: Glenn Vermeiren, Teacher GO!CVO Antwerpen (Belgium)

Overview:  Developing transversal skills can be challenging but digital tools can be used in the classroom to support the development of these skills as technology presents many opportunities for a range of skills.

Aims:  This workshop will focus on how we can use digital tools to foster and enhance the 21st century skills of learners. As part of this hands-on and practical workshop, participants will have an opportunity to experiment with a number of digital tools that can be used to support learning.

Suggested Audience: Teachers

Special Requirements:  Potential participants should bring their own laptop/tablet.

Max. 25 participants

Facilitator Borut Čampelj, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Slovenia)

Overview: This workshop will present the first draft of the Guidelines for Practitioners and Policymakers emerging from the ATS2020 project and will focus on how the findings of the project can be built upon across our education systems.

Aims: The workshop will focus on the important contribution of policy makers in the ATS2020 project and present some examples of activities undertaken throughout the project by policy makers and school leaders. The workshop will feature a group discussion on future activities and priorities for policy makers and school leaders with a view to disseminating and promoting the ATS2020 project's results within the participating countries and at EU level.

Suggested Audience: Policy Makers and Principals

Facilitator Sinéad Tuohy, Junior Cycle for Teachers (Ireland)

Overview: Reflection is key to the development of independent life-long learners, plays a key role throughout the learning process and was a cornerstone of the ATS2020 implementation in piloting countries. This workshop will focus on how teachers and students can use reflection to support teaching, assessment and learning in our classrooms.

Aims: Drawing on research and the practical experiences of our schools in the ATS2020 project, the workshop will explore using reflection and metacognition to support and improve student learning. The workshop will include strategies to support students in identifying strengths and weaknesses, setting appropriate learning goals, monitoring progress, evaluating performance and reflecting on what worked and what could be improved upon.

Suggested Audience: Teachers, Principals, Students, School Inspectors

Facilitator: Špela Frantar, Gymnasium Bežigrad (Slovenia)

Overview ePortfolios offer studeets a flexible personal learning environment that visualisation of the learning process. Students have an opportunity  to create workspace that fosters the development of a range of key skills including supporting the student in reflecting on their own personal experience.

Aims: This workshop will address the importance of the role of the teacher in supporting students to create their ePortfolios. It will focus on the practical experiences of the  ATS 2020 leanrning model from both the teachers'and students' point of view. The worksop will give an insight into a case study school . The key transversal skills of collaboration and communication will be the primary  competences explored in this case study.

Suggested Audience: Teachers

Facilitators:  Milagros Trigo, María Luz Ares, María Pazos, Xunta Galicia (Spain)

Overview: When we decide to use an ePortfolio approach in teaching, assessment and learning, the role the teacher  changes, from being the transmitter of knowledge to becoming a facilitator supporting students in the construction of their own learning where they are at the centre of the learning experience.

Aims: This workshop will present an approach to designing learning cycles (focusing on micro- and macro- designs) with a view to assessing students’ knowledge and transversal skills through the use of an ePortfolio. Participants will have an opportunity to view some exemplar ePortfolios and tasks developed and piloted in the classroom by experienced teachers and their students in the Spanish context. The workshop will also explore key factors such as the supportive role of the school and the need for adequate teacher CPD on integrating the ATS2020 approach into the curricula to enhance to process of teaching and learning. Audience interaction will be facilitated through through posing questions and opportunities for feedback.

Suggested Audience: Teachers, Principals, Policy makers

Facilitator: Maria Constantinou, Panayiota Hadjittofi, Nikolina Markidou and Afroditi Stefanou, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Cyprus)

Overview:The ATS2020 model was designed and piloted in schools across the ten piloting countries in the project. This workshop will focus on the key elements of ATS2020 learning model, and explore the steps involved in the implementation of the model.

Aims: Participants will be taken through a step by step guide on how to implement ATS2020, and at the same time, they will be introduced to the critical elements of ATS2020 learning model. During the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to go through the ATS2020 TOOLKIT- How to implement the ATS2020 learning model in your school and your classroom and have hands-on activities providing a hands-on experience of some of the key features of the model, such as My Learning Journal, ePortfolio on o365 OneNote Class Notebook, Formative Assessment Scaffolding Tools as well as the preparation of Learning Designs.

Suggested Audience: Teachers and School Leaders who wish to implement the ATS2020 learning model in their schools/classrooms

Special Requirements:  Potential participants should bring their own laptop/tablet Max.25 participants

Facilitator: Glenn Vermeiren, Teacher GO!CVO Antwerpen (Belgium)

Overview: Nowadays everyone is always talking about digital tools and digital skills. But, what can you do if you want to start working on transversal skills and you don't have any access to an ICT room or one to one devices? This workshop will explore some practice approaches that do not require technology.

Aims: In this workshop we'll be looking at ways to support and develop transversal skills the analogue way! Participants will experience approaches to teaching, assessment and learning that foster transversal skills in the classroom, supporting students in developing a range of 21^st Century skills that are of benefit in education, training and the world of work.

Suggested Audience: Teachers

Max. 25 participants

Facilitator:  ATS2020 students, Middenschool Geraardsbergen (Belgium)

Overview: A guided tour through the ATS2020 teacher stands