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Purpose
The purpose of the wiki is to provide a virtual learning environment for educators to collaborate and share information that is relevant to integrating technology in the face-to-face and online distance learning environments and to other topics of interest.
About IT4ALL
Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL) is a non-profit educational organization led by a team of educators who volunteer their time (until IT4ALL gets funding) because they are passionate about instruction and learning. IT4ALL offers free or low cost professional development workshops on how to integrate technology for active lifelong learners (IT4ALL) via blended (BL) and blended online learning (BOL) courses, workshops, communities of learning, international collaborative projects, online conferences and live online events.
What does IT4ALL provide?
IT4ALL provides Virtual Learning Environments:
- Moodle and Professional development via workshops, courses, community of learners, projects, and live online events in areas related to health & self-care, education, technology, social networks, languages, and the arts for active life-long learning via blended (BL) and blended online learning (BOL) courses and workshops.
- Social Network with global exchange platform for developing e-Communities of Learning
- e-Conferences with Connecting Online Live Conferences on Information, Internet, telecommunications, and educational technologies on sharing experiences on how integrate technology for instruction and learning such as CO09, CO10, CO11, and Moodlemoot face-to-face conferences.
- Hosting & Consulting
- MoodleMoot face-to-face conferences around the world.
- Mahara Professional and Personal e-Portfolios
People Involved in IT4ALL?
A team of dedicated educators, facilitators and teachers who are passionate about learning, believe our experiences as learners are very valuable to our professional development as teachers, and wish to help others learn.
Values
- Every person regardless of age, gender, affiliations, or background, has a right to free education (see article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ).
- Every educator has a right to a fee for providing free learning courses (see article 23 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights ).
- Making mistakes is a learning strategy.
Vision
To provide learners with an open and flexible learning environment that would engage them in active life-long learning
- The development of community of educators who value and wish to contribute to free e-learning in developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries
- Free e-learning worldwide.
- Promote and provide professional development workshops for the improvement of instruction and learning
- Effective e-learning workshops
- Learner-driven instruction
- Positive invitational education
- Well-prepared educators to teach online
Mission
- Provide exciting free e-learning workshops courses on how to improve instruction and learning consultation,
- Provide coaching, and technical support on Moodle,
- Organize conferences,
- Compile articles and books.
Appropriate Behavior
When writing your messages, please use the same courtesy that you would show when speaking face-to-face with someone. Insults, personal attacks, sarcasm, and inappropriate language will not be tolerated. It's fine to disagree strongly about someone's opinions, ideas, or facts, but it should always be carried out with respect for the other person. Please make sure capital letters are off as this is interpreted as shouting.
Administrators and facilitators reserve the right to monitor the content and remove any objectionable material at any time In extreme cases, participants that have shown disrespect will be un-enrolled from the workshops.
Please email one of the facilitators if you feel that a participant on IT4ALL has used inappropriate language in the forums, chats, wikis, emails, or instant messages.
Virtual Online Learning Environments
IT4ALL Moodle
IT4ALL Global Exchange
IT4ALL Forum
IT4ALL Wiki
IT4ALL Connecting Online Conferences
IT4ALL MoodleMoot Face-to-Face Conferences
IT4ALL MoodleMoot Face-to-Face Conferences
IT4ALL Personal & Professional e-Portfolios
IT4ALL Personal & Professional e-Portfolios
Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights as developed by the General Assembly res. 217A (III), 10 December 1948.
- Human Rights as a Way of Life as developed by PDHRE, The People's Movement for Human Rights Learning
Mission vs. Vision Statements
- Please notice the difference between Mission & Vision Statements.
- Let's make improvements using SWOT analysis.
