FORESTUR How to work… …with this training platform? …with this methodology?

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How to work…

…with this training platform?

…with this methodology?

Index• Training platform structure

– Organization– Access & user profile– Navigation

• Edition / translation– Tools, resources and tasks.

• Methodology.– Advantages and danger.– Tips and advices– Proposals

• Course structure– Module section– Unit section– Activities

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Access to training platform I http://campus.forestur.nethttp://www.forestur.net

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Access to training platform II

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Organization

• Important optionsCountries and courses

Language

User

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User profile

• Personal profile: Click on your name

– Editable data, personal tools

• Different views:– Trainee, trainer, Others

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Navigation• Address bar

• Tools column

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Navigation: Tools column

• Trainer functions– Links to a summary data about:

• Participants, active forums and resources (Same as trainees)

– Edit, config course contents.– Modify, group trainees.– Backup, restore, import and reset course– Statistics and questionnaire data– Trainer files area– Grades summary– Switch role to student (How will trainees view?)

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Settings and Roles

• Course settings– General info about the

course

• Roles– Other trainers– New trainees– Guests

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Course info and roles

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Index• Training platform structure

– Organization– Access & user profile– Navigation

• Edition / translation– Tools, resources and tasks.

• Methodology.– Advantages and danger.– Tips and advices– Proposals

• Course structure– Module section– Unit section– Activities

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Starting edition

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Edition mode

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Edition mode tools

• Move

• Indent left

• Indent right

• Modify

• Delete

• Hide / Show

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Main objects

• Label

• Link to file or web

• Web or text page

• Forum

• Upload a single file

• Upload several files

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LABEL creation/modification

• As you see as you get.

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Main objects

• Label

• Link to file or web

• Web or text page

• Forum

• Upload a single file

• Upload several files

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Link to file I

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Link to file II

• Organize your files (create folder)

• Upload file

• Choose the file to be linked

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• Link to file or web

• Web or text page

• Forum

• Upload a single file

• Upload several files

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Link to a web site

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Main objects

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• Link to file or web

• Web or text page

• Forum

• Upload a single file

• Upload several files

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Compose a web page

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• Web or text page

• Forum

• Upload a single file

• Upload several files

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Forum • Name• Type• Description• Subscription• Tracking• ….• Others

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Forum types • A single simple discussion - is just a single topic, all on one

page. Useful for short, focused discussions.• Standard forum for general use - is an open forum where any

one can start a new topic at any time. This is the best general-purpose forum.

• Each person posts one discussion - Each person can post exactly one new discussion topic (everyone can reply to them though). This is useful when you want each trainee to start a discussion about, say, their reflections on the week's topic, and everyone else responds to these.

• Q And A Forum - The Q & A forum requires trainees to post their perspectives before viewing other trainees' postings. After the initial posting, trainees can view and respond to others' postings. This feature allows equal initial posting opportunity among all trainees, thus encouraging original and independent thinking

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Forum options

• Subscription– If active, the user will receive an email by every

post to the forum.

• Tracking– The trainees could easily know which comment

he has already read, and which not.– Trainer could know the same by any trainee.

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Main objects

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• Web or text page

• Forum

• Upload a single file

• Upload several files

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Upload single file Late submissionResubmissionGradeAlerts

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Main objects

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• Web or text page

• Forum

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• Upload several files

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Upload files advanced

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Index• Training platform structure

– Organization– Access & user profile– Navigation

• Edition / translation– Tools, resources and tasks.

• Methodology.– Advantages and danger.– Tips and advices– Proposals

• Course structure– Module section– Unit section– Activities

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Online learning

• Advantages– Asynchronous communication.

• Trainees could choose its time table

– Journey is not required– Large time to reply, thinking time increase.

• Conclusions would be deeper

• Danger– Motivation

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Motivation• Group feeling

– They are part of the class

• Presence feeling– Not to feel isolation

• Framework known– Why are we doing anything?

• Tracking– Their actions should receive a reply from us or the class– Their participations should be commented.

• Utile matters for day to day work– Objectives and activities oriented to their necessities

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Some tips: Session 0• Present the group

– Trainer to trainees and trainees to trainees• Present the training platform

– The tools to interact with the trainees will not be a problem anymore

• Present the course– Objectives and capabilities they will achieve– Talk about methodology, the way to achieve the

objectives• Give some contents

– Choose a easy content that all users could participate– Don’t call this session “Presentation”: Absence danger– The should feel they are learning since the beginning.

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Some tips: Group feeling

• Friend conversations– Activities based on conversation about subjects

they dominate or asking for their opinion– Work about their own anecdotes– Mark relationship between the contents theory

and their business and experiences

• Comment their participation mentioning the author– “Like Pepe had told, …..”– “What is your opinion about Inma comment?”

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Some tips: Tactics for activities • Ask for opinions and drive the conversation to your concepts• Propose two different teams, and a discussion about a subject:

– Pro and contras about an action or …

– Advantages of different methods

• Ask for a definition of a concept (important knowledge for trainer).– Finally, give the correct definition, as a resource or as a comment.

• Comment reading by teams, and later comment the comments of other teams.

• Propose activities to correct, like in a classroom – Important the work in the guide, resources and trainer interaction

– Explain the exercise to other teams (without guide, resources, trainer)

• Develop an exercise, part by part– Increasing difficulty. Exposing solutions.

– Resources could be: videos, similar solved cases, manuals

– Generate little doubts and wait for them to ask for the solution

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Prop.: face2face vs online sessions

They should be prepared in a different way:• Resources:

– Video, reads, solved example, cases, trainer interaction, …

• Type of activities– Face to face:

• Simulations: Interaction where time is important.• Basics of instrumental tools• Preparatory to online activities

– Online• Conversations, debates, cooperations

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Proposals: Blended strategy

• Face to face– Basic contents & explanation of online activities– Work on required feelings and motivation– Direct interactions with trainer and other

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• Online– Work on attractive (and/or utile) activities– Adapt activities to trainee problems– Take profit from flexibility, enlarged thinking

time and deeper conclusions

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Index• Training platform structure

– Organization– Access & user profile– Navigation

• Edition / translation– Tools, resources and tasks.

• Methodology.– Advantages and danger.– Tips and advices– Proposals

• Course structure– Module section– Unit section– Activities

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Course structure

• Module:– Guide– Resources– Tools

• Didactic Unit– Guide– Resources

• Activities– Guide – Tools– Resources

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Module guide I

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Module guide II

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Module resources and tools

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• Matters and references (resources):– Links– Documents

• General tools:– Global Forum

• Here will be treated course global or academic questions

– Social Forum• Trainee will talk about their own subjects, trainer doesn’t do

anything there.

Course structure

• Module:– Guide– Resources– Tools

• Didactic Unit– Guide– Resources

• Activities– Guide – Tools– Resources

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Didactic Unit Guide I

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Didactic Unit Guide II

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Course structure

• Module:– Guide– Resources– Tools

• Didactic Unit– Guide– Resources

• Activities– Guide – Tools– Resources

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Activity Guide I

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Activity Guide II

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