The design and implementation of eLearning professional development project for Greek Teachers: τhe pedagogical use of Web 2.0 applications in teacher training, with emphasis on the development of collaborative creativity


Published: Dec 21, 2017
Keywords:
Web 2.0 teacher training creativity
Παναγιώτης Σπύρος Αναστασιάδης
Κωνσταντίνος Μιχαήλ Κωτσίδης
Abstract

The new social reality leads to the need to cultivate high level skills, so that citizens can have access to multi – dimensional problems and give solutions, using creativity, abstract thinking and alternative view of thinks. The elearning Lab of the of the Dept of Education of the University of Crete, corresponding to the modern training needs of teachers, has been implementing, since 2013, distance training programs on “The Use of Web 2.0 in Modern School – From Theory to Practice Focusing on Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking”. The purpose of this study is to explore the way Web 2.0. applications are used in teacher training with emphasis on developing the creativity of trainees.

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Παναγιώτης Σπύρος Αναστασιάδης, ΠΑνεπιστήμιο Κρήτης
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Κωνσταντίνος Μιχαήλ Κωτσίδης, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης
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