The Precise Project

Our Leonardo Project started on 1st October, 2007 and has a duration of 24 months. Six partners will work with the management of SZAMALK Post-Secondary Vocational School.

Our objective is to produce on online course for practicing- or future IT teachers that will provide the resources and structure in an online environment to enrich, improve and evaluate their English skills. We intend to concentrate on those vocation-specific language skills and competences without which they cannot meet the requirements of their professional career.
Our other aim is to improve and profit from those experiences and outcomes that we have gained from a previous Leonardo project, in which we developed and tested two evaluation methods, electronic and portfolio.

The tangible outcomes of the project are the following:
- an interactive electronic online English course developed in Moodle environment with the content suitable for individual study and using novel methodological approaches (portfolio and electronic evaluation, collaborative online work etc.)
- Online evaluation system (based on the software developed in the previous Leonardo project) that will assess individual progress and serve as a basis for issuing certificates
- Guide and Toolbox that will serve not only as a manual for the individual user but provide supplementary exercises and a list of recommended resources and external links
- A shortened Tutors ‘ course for potential online tutors with an insight into the course and methodology recommendations
- Essay based on the needs analysis that will not only analyze the needs and give recommendations for the developers but will offer pedagogic recommendations regarding portfolio assessment, collaborative course building and self evaluation methodology.

The intangible outcome and the impact will be an online flexible tool for the IT trainers and teachers to enable them to join the EU way of life with its exciting new potentials and thus to make them find their work more satisfactory. By training the trainers and teachers we can influence their trainees as well to make them accept and appreciate the idea of Life Long Learning.