"Distance Learning Gateway"

Our world has been hit by coronavirus pandemic for more than a year. Because of this pandemic, many things have changed in our lives. Sometimes we are under lockdown and as teachers we have to arrange our lessons online. As we are used to having most of our lessons face to face, we have difficulty in having our lessons online. This situation makes it difficult for both teachers and students. As teachers, we must use different methods and digital tools so as to make the lessons clear and understandable and increase the students' attention and motivation. On the other hand, the students should also adapt to this transformation and use digital technology in a positive way. At the beginning of the academic year, we held general management and teachers' meeting, during which school needs and students’ situations have been carefully examined. Many teachers, especially language teachers, expressed that both teachers' and students' digital skills should be developed and the school project team agreed that a project about developing ıct skills is in need.

We wanted to achieve collaboration among partners about innovative practices in distance, virtual, flipped, blended learning processes. - gaining new digital competencies - having and actualizing knowledge of ICT and new Technologies - contributing to digital education of the partner schools -Using web 2 tools effectively - contributing to distance learning process - raising awareness of rapid technological and digital change in the world - developing teaching profiles of educators - improving foreign language skills

Learning Session: Overview of Content Development in Digital Media -Technology, Production, Change -Digital Content Creation Process ; Visuals in Digital Content Development -Preparing and editing cartoons -Preparing and editing digital concept maps; Animations / Effective Presentations in Digital Content Development -Prepare and organize effective presentations -Prepare and edit animation; Assessment and Evaluation Activities in Digital Content Development - workshops about using ICT tools and applications for the creation of digital lessons/presentations, alternatives to PowerPoint (e.g. Powtoon – Animation Presentation Software)

The conctrete outputs of our projects were: -the collaboration among partners about innovative practices in distance, virtual, flipped, blended learning processes -having gained new digital competencies -having and actualizing knowledge of ICT and new technologies -having contributed to digital education -having used web 2 tools effectively -having contributed to distance learning process -having raised awareness of rapid technological and digital changes in the world and the importance of actualizing ourselves -having produced innovative practices see website: ka2gateway.wixsite.com/distance-learning