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To Have the Skills or Not: A New Digital Divide?

July 19, 2010

OECD Observer: A new digital divide?: According to European Union data, around 20% of jobs in Europe are either in the information and communication technology sector or require skills in that field. How prepared are today’s students for living and working in a digital world? The OECD’s New Millennium Learners project explores what drives students [...]

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How to Keep Students Motivated and Attentive

February 15, 2008

ICT Results: Attention please! Next-generation e-learning is here. ‘Take an e-learning platform, mix in a large dose of social networking, sprinkle liberally with intelligent software agents to stimulate users and, according to a team of European researchers, you have a recipe to keep students’ attention even during the most testing training courses. Recent trials of [...]

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PLOTEUS – Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout Europe

August 19, 2007

PLOTEUS – Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout Europe. ‘PLOTEUS was set upon order to respond to the conclusions of the Lisbon and Stockholm European Councils (March 2000 and March 2001), which invited the European Commission and Member States to create a Europe-wide service providing information on jobs and learning opportunities. The purpose of PLOTEUS, just [...]

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CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) Project

July 1, 2007

CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) Project: Learning Resources for Schools. ‘CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) is a 30-month project (October 2005 – March 2008) co-ordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN) and supported by the European Commission’s Information Society Technologies Programme (IST). The key aim of the project is to support the collaborative use and exchange of [...]

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EIfEL Position Paper on ePortfolio

June 7, 2007

EIfEL (European Institute for E-Learning) Position Paper on ePortfolio. EIfEL has released a postion paper on ePortfolio to trigger a discussion on future ePortfolio development and standards. In his final conclusion, Serge Ravet, the author, of this paper states that the ePortfolio community needs to revise its position regarding standards: We have to face the [...]

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Insight – Observatory for New Technologies and Education

March 29, 2007

Insight – Observatory for New Technologies and Education. ‘Insight is a service focusing on e-learning in schools in Europe. It is provided by European Schoolnet (EUN) in collaboration with its consortium members. We publish news and analysis on e-learning policies, school innovation and information communication technology (ICT) in education. Insight is for national, regional and [...]

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Articles and Reports about Quality in e-Learning

March 27, 2007

Exploring the Mechanisms for Assuring Quality of e-Learning Courses in UK Higher Education Institutions, Magdalena Jara and Harvey Mellar, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning (EURODL), March, 2007. Abstract: This paper reports on a research study aimed at understanding how dual mode higher education institutions in the UK approach the application of their internal [...]

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blinc – Blended Learning Institutions’ Cooperative

March 27, 2007

blinc – Blended Learning Institutions’ Cooperative. ‘blinc is the umbrella organisation of a transnational network for developers, experts and users of Blended Learning products and services (e.g. courses, modules, learning objects). The blinc cooperative has been developed in the framework of the “eL3″ project funded by the EU. blinc is an exchange instrument for producers [...]

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