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 two [...]
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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 [...]
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 learning [...]
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 uncomfortable [...]
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 local [...]
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 [...]
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 and [...]
European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN). ‘A smart network for the professional community, a professional community for smart learning. EDEN, the European Distance and E-Learning Network, established in 1991, is an international educational association open to institutions and individuals dealing with e-learning, open and distance education. Proving versatile expertise, the Association embraces all levels of [...]
European Association for Distance Learning (EADL). ‘The EADL is the European association of schools, institutions and individuals working in correspondence and distance education. With members from over 20 European countries, the Association is a representative forum for the exchange of information and ideas on current practice and developments in the expanding field of distance learning. [...]
Collaborative Learning Project. ‘Supporting a cooperative network of teaching professionals throughout the European Union to support inclusive education and develop and disseminate accessible teaching materials in all subject areas and for all ages. The project started in 1983 and was supported by the Inner London Education Authority. It is a teacher network. Activities take time [...]
mGBL – mobile Game-Based Learning: perspectives and usage in learning and career guidance topics. ‘mGBL – mobile Game Based Learning is a research project with the aim of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of learning and guidance in the target group of young people through the development of innovative learning and guidance models based on [...]
MegaTrends in E-Learning Provision. ‘The specific aim of the MegaTrend project is to seek to identify the MegaTrends: what are the rules for achieving critical mass in e-learning; what are the rules for moving from a small scale fragile e-learning provider to a large scale permanent and successful e-learning institution.
The project’s aim is to enhance [...]
