WKTO VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF 1200 STUDENTS MARCH 2004 WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING The project involves 1200 students from 25 schools in 16 countries : Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, the United States of America, Spain and Sweden. 10 classes, 250 students take part in the project in Lycée l’Oiselet, that is 15% of the students in the school. The students are supervised by 45 teachers all around the world and are divided into 100 virtual classes.

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THE AIM Will the virtual learning environments be used to turn books and school material into electronic online material or will they allow teachers to teach differently, to improve their work quality and to organize new activities ?

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WHAT ARE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ? At the heart of the system lies software on a server allowing students to get access to online services. The system is composed of a directory and a virtual office. As the project develops, students will have an e-mail address, a log book, storage space for their documents, a working area enabling them to organize their work group activities and tutorship help. The regular use of e-material allows different teaching methods, liaised with the national curriculum, personal homework and collaborative students’ work.

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VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

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THE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS OF WKTO. September 1999 : Mr Claude Desroche, the head of the school, gave his agreement September 2000 : First partnership with Japan : M Atsushi Hirano May 2001 : Quickplace Lotus is set up at the C.R.D.P. of Grenoble November 2001 : Les Nets d’Or @ l’Ecole Paris May 2002 : The Cartable Electronique September 2002 : Mrs Roseline Espié, the head of the school, gave her agreement May 2003 : Multilingual Learner Award Stockholm January 2004 : 1200 students WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 6

WKTO’S DEVELOPMENT. - 193 students from September 1999 to May 2001, - 328 students from September 2001 to May 2002, - 523 students from September 2002 to May 2003, - 1200 students in January 2004.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSES.

Each class in the school is divided into 8 to 10 groups of 2 to 4 students. They are mixed with other students (2 from Italy, Romania, Sweden, the USA, Japan) in a multilingual virtual class. They communicate and work together using the virtual learning environments. WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 8

ALYTUS COLLEGE LITHUANIA - CONVITTO NAZIONALE "P. DIACONO" ITALY - FRIA GYMNASIESKOLAN I HANINGE SWEDEN - GADSTRUP SKOLE DENMARK - GP305 BRAZIL GYMNASIUM WOLFEN STADT GERMANY - HEDBERGSKA SKOLAN SWEDEN - I.E.S. SANTA MARIA D´EIVISSA SPAIN - I LICEUM OGOLNOKSZTALCACE POLAND - IPSIA GALILEO FERRARIS ITALY - ISTITUTO DI ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE CORRIDONI-CAMPANA ITALY - INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ITIS STANISLAO CANNIZZARO ITALY - KDC NETHERLANDS - LICEUL SPORTIV ROMANIA - LYCÉE L'OISELET FRANCE - LYCEE PASTEUR BRAZIL - LYCEUM 10 RUSSIA - MENNTASKOLINN VIÐ HAMRAHLIÐ ICELAND - NATIONAL LICEAL ZINCA GOLESCU ROMANIA - NTI GYMNASIET SWEDEN - ONZE-LIEVE-VROUW PRESENTATIE HANDELSSCHOOL BELGIUM - RADVILISKIO LITHUANIA - SHIBA COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL JAPAN XLII LICEUM OGOLNOKSZTALCACE POLAND - ZESPOL SZKOL EKONOMICZNYCH W ZIELONEJ GORZE POLAND WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 9

THE 4 BASIC STRUCTURES. INTERNATIONAL UNILINGUAL COLLABORATIVE WORK : Students from different countries work together in English, which is for none of them their native language. INTERNATIONAL BILINGUAL COLLABORATIVE WORK : French students write in English+French, American students reply in English+French. SUPERVISED WORK : Students are supervised while their work is in progress. CLASS SYSTEM P+OL : Establishing a multimedia channel for presentation and online use. WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 10

EXAMPLE : THE PROJECT E20 : SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL SURVEY 6 major steps are followed : -1- The teacher translates the Good Conduct Charter into the pupils' own language and asks them to agree to it. -2- Students get acquainted with the digital workspaces and do a test entry on the training page. -3- Each student submits a short text to introduce himself/herself. -4- Students are invited to work together on subjects decided by the teachers. Their texts may be accompanied by photos. -5- Finally, the results of these activities are recorded on the internet page of each virtual class. -6- Students say good bye to their partners.

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THE PROJECT E20 : SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Here is the questionnaire used for the survey on an international scale in its version in the Japanese language. WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 12

9 PROJECTS OF THE YEAR 2003-2004. Mary Vernet, François Ducreux, Bernard Garcin : Project E20 : English : BTS NRC classes. Murielle Rialt, Mary Vernet : Project FE15 : French English : the literary classes, Middle and Upper Sixth form. Katy Duperner : Project E15 : English : Lower Sixth form European class. Catherine Malcotti, Monique Despreaux : Project FI15 French Italian : mixed Middle Sixth form classes. Christèle Costa-Bauer : Project FD15 : French German : mixed Lower Sixth form classes. Jean-Claude Orsoni : Project D15 : German : Lower Sixth form European class. Asuncion Cosentino : Project S15 : Spanish : Middle Sixth form, business class. Bernard Garcin : Project followed by real time assignments: form : BTS NRC classes. Project WKTO-P+OL : “ Presentation + On Line ” : A usable course system in presentation and on-line forms. Creation and use of slideshows, class coaching and programmed exercises. WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 13

ADVANTAGES OF VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND COMPUTER. As already mentioned, virtual learning environments allow users to improve work quality, use written material and approach learning differently. It enables pupils to reactivate skills gained in their leisure activities, (electronic games). Such previously impossible tasks as online work at an international level can now be achieved via virtual learning environments. Furthermore it generates enthusiasm amongst the learners, a continuity for tasks in a new but extended pedagogical context and it encourages creativity in the user teaching teams. All this can be achieved without any constraints of location.

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THE VISIBILITY OF THE ACTIVITY WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING.

The WKTO project has been the object of numerous articles on education sites in France, in Europe and Japan. It is visible on French and foreign research engines such as Yahoo, Google, Altavista, Lycos or Alltheweb.

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THE VISIBILITY OF THE ACTIVITY WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING. THE NETS D’OR @ L’ECOLE : The WKTO website won first prize in the High School category of the Nets d’Or @ l’Ecole. France Télécom organizes the contest to reward and publicize the best teaching applications of Internet achieved by schools. THE MULTILINGUAL LEARNER AWARD : The Swedish National Agency for School Improvement has awarded the website WKTO mobile collaborative learning the Multilingual Learner award ! The Multilingual Learner Award is the first international honours for achievements in web based multilingual educational creativity. WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 16

PAGES ON THE INTERNET : EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET

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PAGES ON THE INTERNET : MENNTASKOLINN VIÐ HAMRAHLIÐ REYKJAVIK

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THE FUTURE : PROJECT WKTO-P+OL The WKTO-P+OL project consists in building usable courses in presentation form and making them accessible online with software such as Flash or Hot Potatoes to deposit them in our numerical work spaces. It is as possible to associate foreign teachers to build a complete course together. WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 19

THE FUTURE : PROJECT WKTO-P+OL. We can observe the drop in price of laptop computers and the birth of a new generation of machines that are going to allow us to have all of our documents at our disposal, to remain connected and to work differently in presentation form and online in digital workspaces within the framework of the WKTO-P+OL project.

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CONCLUSION. We are moving towards a school that functions in an international network with pupils from a number of cultures doing a part of their learning together. We will pass from the international to the multicultural, that is to say allow foreign teachers to conceive and to animate projects so that they can influence our teaching and bring methods and techniques from different cultures. We are going to imagine, develop, test, improve models and to create scenarios of collaborative activities that will pave the way for online relationships in the working world of tomorrow. WKTO is a project that functions well. Since September 2003, international teaching teams have been working together in a more dynamic way. The situation has changed radically, the experimentation has taken on a new and greater dimension, with even more participants which will ultimately force us to revise our organization and to reconsider our development.

Bernard Garcin Coordonnateur

Mary Vernet Staff member

Roseline Espié Directrice de la publication

The pedagogical team : Adilson Pinto, Anda Perju, Astrid Mammen, Asuncion Cosentino, Atsushi Hirano, Barbara Dieu, Bernard Garcin, Brigitta Uvsten, Carmen Carpintero, Catherine Maes, Catherine Malcotti, Christèle Costa Bauer, Cornelia Azamfire, Daniela Ianni, Danuta Mironska, François Ducreux, Giuliana Giuliani, Georgeta Andronache, Ida Gomez, Iena Wierts, Inga Savicanskaite, Ingvor Dahlqvist, Ilse Fich, Jean-Claude Orsoni, Jim Murphy, Katy Duperrier, Kiki Blixt, Laura Badicianu, Loredana di Marco, Ludmila Vladimirova, Magdalena Kostrzewska, Marguerite Pawelczak, Marioara Popa, Marta Melis, Mary Vernet, Monique Despreaux, Murielle Rialt, Nijole Vitiene, Raluca Costineanu, Rita Jasmontiene, Rodica Cotar, Sigríður Anna Guðbrandsdóttir, Silviu Nenciulescu, Suzanne Jenner, Vala Bragadóttir, Yvonne Olsson. WKTO MOBILE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING - ESPACES NUMERIQUES DE TRAVAIL - VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 22

You are invited to visit our virtual learning environments. click on : http://www.ac-grenoble.fr/wkto

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