The Belgian DP "DÉCLIC" regularly releases the newsletters with the actual information and useful links to the relevant organizations and activities focused on e-learning and distance learning. These newletters are prepared for the transnational partners from TCA REAL, however you can gain the information and experience as well.
The transnational partnership TCA REAL cooperates in the field of e-learning development and induction throught the common meetings and worshops. The next action was realized within the partners meetiong in Dijon at the end of the year 2006. It was lead by the DP DÉCLIC like usually, the workhop was this time focused on communities of practice as a tool for sharing the information and experiences.
As Etinenne Wenger said, "communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly" (1998).
These communities of practice allow to share sphere of interest, to form relationships, elaborate a catalogue of resources.
The participants of this workshop were from four different countries, with different kind of experiences and different stands. They exchanged the opinions on the mentioned tool and discussed the main characteristics, common points of communities of practice, their advantages and disadvanages and possible difficulties in using the community of practice as a tool of e-learning.
Induction to e-learning and the range of their activities by the Declic DP. Co-ordinator:French DP.
Participants Belgian DP, Czech Republic DP.
Timetable –May 2005-Dec. 2006.
The DP Declic will share their expertise in e-learning with partners, informing transnational partners about different training and induction activities in e-learning that they undertake in the course of their day-to-day work. Partners wishing to participate in this activity will need to make arrangements with the Declic DP but will be responsible for their own travel arrangements. We draw your attention to the fact that the majority of these activities will take place in French. The Declic DP will not be providing translation. The Declic DP will keep partners informed about the conditions for accessing their training and induction activities.
