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Remote Schools

The project “Remote Schools” aims to connect interested schools in the Southeastern European region and, with the Goethe-Institute’s support, enable school boards as well as German teachers to try out models for goal-oriented and motivated German teaching in remote mode. The aim is to discuss the procedures and methods tested at pilot schools with education partners in a concluding symposium and to convert them into long-term local educational structures.

The project “Remote Schools” aims to connect interested schools in the Southeastern European region and, with the Goethe-Institute’s support, enable school boards as well as German teachers to try out models for goal-oriented and motivated German teaching in remote mode. The aim is to discuss the procedures and methods tested at pilot schools with education partners in a concluding symposium and to convert them into long-term local educational structures.

Frau an einem Schreibtisch © Raycho Stanev

About the project

В документалния филм към проекта трима от участниците споделят гледната си точка за ученето от дистанция.

Remote Schools © © Goethe-Institut Remote School © Goethe-Institut
  The Covid-19-crisis and the resulting closing of schools and home-schooling situation has met not only teachers and students with extraordinary challenges, but also the school administration and the ministries of education: How can standard classroom communication be transferred to a child’s room in their own home? How much “online”-behavior can and should you expect from students? How is educational content taught digitally and how can goals be reached in spite of a change in format? And most of all: How can I, as a teacher, motivate my students to learn (German) independently?
 
Successful socially distanced learning and teaching requires a functional interplay of organization, people, and technology: Schools and teachers must succeed in organizing and creating socially distanced learning; Students and parents need structures for lessons at home, and digital solutions are needed in order to make educational content and exercises available at home and to enable a socially distanced exchange.

Remote Schools brochure(PDF, 4 MB)

Even though the Covid-19-pandemic represents a temporary, exceptional situation: Concepts and materials for home-schooling, independent e-learning and digital forms of communication with students and parents will be of great importance for everyone involved, even after the crisis.

The project ”Remote Schools” aims to connect interested schools in the Southeastern European region and, with the Goethe-Institute’s support, enable school boards as well as German teachers to try out models for goal-oriented and motivated German teaching in remote mode. The aim is to discuss the procedures and methods tested at pilot schools with education partners in a concluding symposium and to convert them into long-term local educational structures.

Please download the German-English brochure on the project with interesting articles and interviews on the subject of distance learning!

Teaching and Learning Prospects after the Pandemic

At the bilingual online conference (German, English) you can share your experiences in distance teaching and learning with other participants and receive new didactic ideas for the digital change at your school.

Distanzlernen © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Program for teachers

Zitat von Tanya Mihaylova (Englisch) © Zitat von Tanya Mihaylova (Englisch)

Program for school directors

RReferents

  • Natallia Baliuk

    “What we are currently experiencing is often not digital teaching, but digitalized classroom teaching (offline). Teachers try to organize their online lessons with the resources available to them, without having the necessary knowledge and skills.  Sustainable and consistent promotion of digital skills is necessary to prevent this development.”

    Natallia Baliuk © Natallia Baliuk © Natallia Baliuk

  • Yvonne Bansmann

    “Everyone is talking about the coming normality. We want to take off beyond the norm. Digitalization in the hands of well prepared schools can be transformational and can take us off beyond the norm.”

    Yvonne Bansmann © Yvonne Bansmann © Yvonne Bansmann

  • Christiane Bolte-Costabiei

    “I think that good distance teaching can be a good alternative to achieve the learning goals.
    We have to rethink a bit and be brave to try new things.”

    Christiane Bolte-Costabiei © Christiane Bolte-Costabiei © Christiane Bolte-Costabiei

  • Stefan Häring

    “Just as my everyday life is digital, for me, learning is always digital learning. For me as a trainer and teacher, this means above all a lot of creativity, rethinking and experimenting - and having the courage to think and do things completely differently - even if it can go wrong.”

    Stefan Häring © Stefan Häring © Stefan Häring

  • Björn Nölte

    “We can think of the nicest things for the learning process, learners will always ask which exams are waiting for them at the end.”

    Björn Nölte © Björn Nölte © Björn Nölte

  • Anne Sass

    “Just as in face-to-face courses, learners in digital learning formats need time and space to develop conducive relations: only when this works out well can learners handle the subject matter in a cooperative and interactive way. Especially in digital formats, building relations requires special attention from teachers:”

    Anne Sass © Anne Sass © Anne Sass

  • Annegret Schmidjell

    “Active and interactive online learning enriches all of our learning processes and will be part of a successful educational landscape in the future.”

    Annegret Schmidjell © Annegret Schmidjell © Annegret Schmidjell

  • Julia Soeffner

    „Right now it’s easy to focus on all the challenges and problems – however, some things are positive an encouraging: increasing digital knowledge among teachers and students, closer relations between parents, teachers and students and an enourmous amount of creativity and engagement to prepare the kids for their future. There is no better motivation for me!“

    Julia Soeffner © Julia Soeffner © Julia Soeffner

  • Prof. Dr. Nicola Würffel

    “Teaching digital skills is no more important today than it was before the pandemic - it was insufficient before and still is. What has increased in a wide range (among teachers, learners and parents) is the willingness to recognize the need to develop digital skills for the professional world of tomorrow and to demand that they be imparted in training and school. This opportunity should be used!”

    Nicola Würffel © Swen Reichhold © Swen Reichhold

Interviews

  • Elif Ayhan Mahmud

    11th grade, language school “Hristo Botev”-Kardzhali, Bulgaria
     

    Elif Ayhan Mahmud ¸© Elif Ayhan Mahmud ¸© Elif Ayhan Mahmud

  • Maria Melina Laina

    Maria Melina Laina, MA, MEd, PhD Student at the University of Athens and Teacher of German at the Third Secondary School of Vyronas, Athens, Greece
     

    Maria Melina Laina © Maria Melina Laina © Maria Melina Laina

  • Josip Jukić

    Josip Jukić, director primary School “Mladost” Osijek, Croatia

    Josip Jukić © Josip Jukić © Josip Jukić

  • Daniela Nanu-Sbiera

    Daniela Nanu-Sbiera, German teacher at the High School „Bogdan Voda“ in Radauti, Romania

    Daniela Nanu-Sbiera © Daniela Nanu-Sbiera © Daniela Nanu-Sbiera

  • Narin Mehmed

    12th grade, language school “Hristo Botev“-Kardzhali, Bulgaria
     

    Narin Mehmed © Narin Mehmed © Narin Mehmed

  • Eleonora Rira

    Nehemiah School, Albania

    Eleonora Rira © Eleonora Rira © Eleonora Rira

  • Deniz Özgan

    Deniz Özgan, German teacher at ÖDTÜ GVO Özel Izmir Okullar school, Turkey

    Deniz Özgan © Deniz Özgan © Deniz Özgan

  • Eleni Mouzoura

    Dr Eleni Mouzoura, Experimental High School of the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
     

    Eleni Mouzoura © Eleni Mouzoura © Eleni Mouzoura

  • Panagiotis Giatras

    Panagiotis Giatras, German teacher at the 12. High School „Kosmas o Aitolos“ in Athen, Greece

    Panagiotis Giatras © Panagiotis Giatras © Panagiotis Giatras

Articles

  • Remote schooling during and after the coronavirus pandemic

    The remote schooling has released a lot of potential in the schools of Southeast Europe in recent months, which is worth pursuing and developing further even after the pandemic.

    Remote schooling © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

  • Digital Skills for Teachers– more important than ever!

    The main task of teachers is teaching and supporting the learning of learners. They should therefor (also) have skills to allow them to design their teaching using digital media, i.e., digitalise their teaching.

    Digital Skills for Teachers– more important than ever! © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

  • School Education in the Beginning of the 2020s

    Profiting from globalized and individually adjustable digital preforms for educational content, able to transform the way children learn and develop skills, the school can preserve its socializing function, strengthen it and even turn it into its raison d'être.

    School Education in the Beginning of the 2020s © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

  • Projects and Blended Learning as Cornerstones of Future-Orientated Learning Culture

    The period of digitally supported distance learning has shown, despite all their limitations, the pedagogical potential of digital systems, if they are orchestrated in asynchronous teaching settings so that learning can be increasingly personalised.

    School Education in the Beginning of the 2020s © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Remote Schools: Contact

Your contact person for all questions about the project:
Susanne Wunderlich, Goethe-Institut Bulgarien
remote-schools@goethe.de

Teaching with digital media

With the digital offers of Goethe-Institut you can get well prepared for your online classes. In our webinars and online training courses you will find key information, suggestions and methods on topics such as online tutoring, online moderation, and some practical tips for teaching German.

#Ersatzprogramm

Are you getting bored staying home? Here we present a collection of exciting, free-of-charge content for children and youths that can be discovered from the comfort of your own couch. Play, listen, read, and test your knowledge – there is a little bit of everything!

Illustration of a child and a young adult infront of a computer Illustration: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut Illustration: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

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