Conference ICL2010 September 15 -17, 2010 Hasselt, Belgium Empowering the adult educator through PAVE: “Using Audio, Video and Media Processes”. Kris Steenhaut 1,2 , Jan.Driesen 1 , Jean Bauwens 1 , Sven Vilain 1 , David Micallef 3 1 Erasmushogeschool Brussel, 2 Vrije Universiteit Brussel - ETRO, 3 Latina Pictures Malta Key words: Audio Visual Education, Integration Abstract: The role of video in Education has been very limited till now, but this could change rapidly thanks to the availability of an improved ICT infrastructure together with initiatives such as YouTube, Nibipedia etc. In the context the European Grundtvig project PAVE, Erasmushogeschool Brussel and Latina Pictures designed a module on the making of a video and its use in adult education. The module gives an overall view on the process of filmmaking. The educators learn how to produce a didactical video and to integrate it in their pedagogical context and/or e-learning environment. In order to reach this goal, we extract the knowledge from film industry and film school and we transferred this knowledge to an adult educational context. Hand-on sessions in combination with face to face technical instruction, together with an artistic / cine- matographic perspective proved to be a successful approach for empowering the diverse group of adult educators with new skills, methodologies and insights. 1 Introduction PAVE stands for Promoting Audio-Visual Education. Although visual culture is overrated in our modern society, there is an underrating of the use of images and video in education. Education must go along with the modern form of communication which implies that more attention to visual education must be the general evolution of didactics [1]. PAVE comes to this need and brings together several experts from different EU countries, being active in various areas of Educational Technology [3] . The role of these experts was to design a set of course materials, together with a one week workshop aiming at increasing the competence of adult educators in integrating audio visuals in their daily practice. From November 2007 till now, three editions of the PAVE workshop have been delivered to mixed groups of adult educators. The five days workshop has converged to a set of six modules covering the topics shown in table1. Module 1 outlines the main pedagogical principles and design rules underpinning the whole course. The design process is linked to the e-portfolio concept so that adult educators experience the learning path to be followed by their learners – reflect upon plan, execute, record and evaluate a learning experience that integrates audio-visual resources and ICT. Module 2 familiarises the adult tutors with free on-line tools that promote the design and development of course content enriched with audio-visual resources. The google environment is proposed as a dynamic on line desktop environment that provides a range of tools for developing, storing, communicating and sharing course materials. Module 3 focuses on the use of Virtual Learning Environments. The ultimate objective is to develop the skill in designing and developing a course for on line or blended learning. Module 4 demonstrates how images can be manipulated to communicate specific messages. 1(10) ICL 2010 Proceedings – Page 888