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WBT WORLD Project

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E-Learning in Europe

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The WBT project aims at creating the premises for improving the quality of the Internet-based courses through developing powerful tools for web-based trainers’ competence improvement on both the technical (how to better use the new technologies to build web-based courses) and pedagogical (how to better design, deliver and evaluate web-based courses, using specific pedagogical approaches and methods available to a web-trainer) skills. Two course packages, comprised in the platform, are designed for the WBT specific needs.

The interactive training section of the WBT site contains 16 on-line training courses in interactive system based on new technologies, a self-evaluation on-line questionnaire concerning the WBT competencies (respectively for technical and pedagogical skills), and other useful information and tools for WBT professionals.

WBT e-learning platform	internet platform built in the frame of the project for supporting the WBT courses developed by the project partners.
On-line courses	2 course packages (16 titles), implemented on the WBT e-learning platform, covering 2 set of competences: technical (aiming at developing skills for using Internet as a pedagogical tool) and pedagogical (aiming at developing skills for using best pedagogical approaches and methods for web-based courses).
Course outline	pdf format presentation (title, authors, objectives, level, number of modules, competencies to be developed, and table of content) of the 16 WBT courses.
Competences self-evaluation questionnaire for WBT	meant to help the WBT to evaluate their competencies, to discover their strengths and weaknesses, and to act consequently; several courses will be recommended in order to satisfy the specific needs.
Course Demo	free access interactive course “*How to build a course on web*”, using the instruments and the facilities of the WBT platform, as a model for building and implementation of other training courses.

Course outline

1.	Introduction to ODL
	General Foundation of the Valladolid University, Spain, Elite Training and Development Ltd., Romania
2.	Information Technology in Education
	Fundacion ECCA Spain
3.	Learning in Adult Education
	Infinity Ltd. Hungary, WITEC Finland, General Foundation of the Valladolid University Spain
4.	Adult Learners
	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
5.	Pedagogy for e-Learning. Fundamentals of Instructional Design
	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
6.	Pedagogy for e-Learning. Fundamentals of Training and Evaluation
	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, WITEC, Finland
7.	Tutorial Action
	Fundacion ECCA, Spain
8.	Pedagogy of Communication in Formation
	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
9.	Adults with Special Education Needs
	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
10.	PC Basics
	Tempo Training & Consulting, Czech Republic
11.	Using the Internet and Web Site Management
	General Foundation of the Valladolid University, Spain, Ionian Technologies Ltd., Greece, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
12.	Web Designing and Use of Web Page Tools
	Ionian Technologies Ltd., Greece
13.	Graphic and Animation Tools
	Ionian Technologies Ltd., Greece
14.	Introduction to Streaming Technology
	Visiolink Ltd., Finland
15.	Educational software
	Elite Training and Development Ltd., Romania
16.	Web-based course's Lifecycle
	Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

E-Courses

Workshop
December 16, 2005
Bucharest, Romania

News

WBT dissemination event

WBT Courses evaluation with users

WBT Final Meeting

Events

ICICTE 2006 - International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education, Rhodes Island, 6-8 July 2006

ICL 2006 - Interactive Computer Aided Learning, Villach, Austria, 27-29 September 2006

10-th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, Alicante, Spain, 17-22 September 2006