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Your Name and Title: Vinod Kumar Kanvaria, Associate Professor

School or Organization Name: University of Delhi

Co-Presenter Name(s): No Co-presenter

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: India (Asia)

Language in Which You Will Present: English / Hindi

Target Audience(s): Teachers and Teacher Educators

Short Session Description (one line): Connecting Pre-service Teachers for Co-operative and Collaborative Learning through A Blend of Web Tools and Offline Tools

Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Edmodo, Email and Google Forms are well-known web tools for making global connections and collaboration. The current presentation is aimed at sharing the experiences of applying these web tools meant for global connections and collaboration with a blend of offline tools like Presentation, Word and Adobe Acrobat for connecting learners from higher educational institutions like teacher education institutions for observing and examining local co-operative and distant collaborative learning taking place in a closed group of pre-service teachers. Here, the pre-service teachers acted as the learners, as they were enrolled in teacher education courses. The two groups of pre-service teachers were located quite far away from each other and were separated by a large distance. While the offline tools were used for creating the content, the global connectivity web tools were used for sharing the content material and establishing the connectivity among pre-service teachers. Their interaction and comments were recorded and analysed for having an insight into connecting pre-service teachers for local co-operative and distant collaborative learning through a blend of web tools and offline tools. The study has implications for local cooperation as well as global collaboration with respect to teaching and learning of pre-service teachers. 

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: www.doe.du.ac.in, www.edmodo.com, www.google.com