Awards

The quality of a school’s eTwinning activities is recognised by the National and European Quality Labels. The Quality Labels are tangible recognition to teachers, pupils and their schools for the high standard of their activities. For the pupils, it provides a boost to their efforts, and for the school in general, a public recognition of quality in a European partnership.

National Quality Label

The National Quality Label is awarded to eTwinning projects that have achieved a high level of quality by meeting a set of criteria set by the Central Support Service (CSS).

The application is made online and evaluated by Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong Learning Programmes -IDEP (CY NSO) in October each year following a relevant circular. Once the application has been accepted or rejected, you will be notified by e-mail.

5 requirements to obtain the National Quality Label:

  • The project must have common objectives and a plan.
  • It must be completed or in its final stage.
  • The teacher submitting the application must have made a significant contribution to the project and this contribution must be clearly demonstrated.
  • A certain degree of cooperation must be shown.
  • The results of the project must be visible.

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European Quality Label

The European Quality Label does not require an application. It is a second label of excellence awarded by the Central Support Service (CSS) to schools that:

  1. They have been nominated for the European Quality Label by at least one National Support Service (NSO), following the selection process.
  2. At least two partners from two different countries have already received the National Quality Label.

The European Quality Label is awarded only once a year, is presented on the eTwinning Portal and is a prerequisite for a project to be considered for the European competition for the annual eTwinning Awards.

Quality Label Evaluation Criteria

If the above 5 conditions are met, projects are evaluated on the basis of:

The project should be innovative in terms of:

  • the approach to the project material
  • the means of implementing the plan
  • the methods of cooperation
  • the pedagogical approach
  • the use of ICT and other means of communication

Projects in which students are the driving force (e.g. conducting research, deciding on project activities, giving feedback and self-assessing their knowledge) receive higher scores.

The National Quality Label is awarded to eTwinning projects that have achieved a high level of quality by meeting a set of criteria set by the Central Support Service (CSS).

The application is made online and evaluated by the Lifelong Learning Institute (CY NSO) in October each year following a relevant circular. Once the application is accepted or rejected, a notification is sent by e-mail to the teacher.              

The project should show how teachers, students and working groups communicate and exchange information. Whether individual activities or small group work, this criterion looks at the quality of communication developed between schools on project issues.

Teachers have the opportunity to use the forums for exchanging views, photos/video of teleconferences organised, voting or filling in questionnaires for decision-making on the project

Project activities should extend beyond communication and the simple exchange of material with partners. It is important to have a clear description of the work process, clearly indicating the division of work between partners and collaborators to produce joint outputs. It should be clear how the final products of the project will be implemented by the students.

Projects in which students work in mixed groups with students from other countries and projects that produce joint final products of their collaboration (e.g. collaborative stories/fairy tales/magazines/newspapers/newspapers/comics/videos/poems/panels etc.) receive higher marks.

This criterion does not simply consider the variety of tools used, but how the technology was used, primarily by students and secondarily by partners, to carry out the project, improve communication and collaboration and achieve the desired pedagogical objectives of the course.

This criterion looks at the visible results of the collaboration and how these are presented online, as well as the impact the project has had on teachers, pupils, the school and the wider local community.

We recommend that the activities listed in Twinspace are “Public” rather than “Public pages“, where possible, for better dissemination of the project.

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