1. TellNet - why do some teachers get
the “eTwinning virus”
and others not?
Riina Vuorikari, EUN
Face-to-face kick-off meeting
Jan 13 2010, Brussels
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8. Questions that we were asking
Why do some teachers get the eTwinning virus and others not?
• Is eTwinning a “Learning network”?
• What are the drivers and barriers for lifelong professional
development of networked teachers?
• Can we support peer-learning
approaches within a European-wide
teacher network?
• What are the disseminating mechanisms within
and across a network?
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9. TellNet - why?
Identifying the main structures, actors, sub-networks
and communities of practices of a Lifelong learning
network will help understand
• What motivates members
• How to encage and encourage them
• How to create better ways to foster
innovation and creativity in LLL
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10. Teachers Lifelong Learning Network
• A new Lifelong Learning Programme project
under the Key activity 4 “Dissemination and
Exploitation”
• Starts on Dec 1 for 3 years
• Partners: EUN,RWTH Aachen, Open University
of the Netherlands and JRC-Institute of Prospective
Technological Studies
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11. TellNet - who and what
eTwinning as a Learning
SN Analysis and
Network - teachers
visualization of eTwinning
Professional Development,
“Giant component” (RWTH)
Social capital & Peer-support
Data! Dissemination of results within
teachers and policy-makes networks
(EUN). Project coordination.
Future oriented scenarios
based on evidence from SNA
and studies. Policy challenges
linked to technology and
society (IPTS) www.europeanschoolnet.org
12. TellNet - how?
eTwinning will be studied using
• Visualisation techniques
• Social Network Analysis (SNA)
• Scenario forecasting exercises
for Policy-makers “Learning
networks in 2020”
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