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Train2Cert project presents ICT certificates
Schwarmstedt (GER), November 2008 - At Online Educa, Train2Cert project will present and offer ICT certificates and training to commercial partners for joint exploitation. On Friday, December 5, Dr. Piotr Zwierzykowski from the Poznan University of Technology in Poland will present vocational training solutions for certification in the most current ICT skill areas. In the 2.30 p.m. session of the "Teaching and Training Skills for the 21st Century" conference track, he will showcase blended and technology-based training formats for certificates on currently sought-after ICT skills. » MORE
Fostering Innovation with Web 2.0
Seville (E), November 2008 - Web 2.0 technologies and approaches have a highly stimulating impact on education and training, providing the impetus for a re-appraisal of traditional roles and practices. Dr. Christine Redecker of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), one of seven scientific institutes of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Spain, described the way students and staff are using Web 2.0 to CHECK.point eLearning. » MORE
The European Award for Languages 2008
New York, NY (USA)/Cambridge (UK), October 2008 - The European Commission has honored the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) with the European Award for Languages for their French-language simulation program "The Creation and Everyday Running of a French SME [small-to-medium enterprise]". » MORE
So Far less Effective for Micro-enterprises
Thessaloniki (GR), October 2008 - A Cedefop workshop held in Thessaloniki on 25-26 September 2008 showed that the sectoral training funds set up in fifteen European countries are increasingly important means of financing and delivering targeted training, as well as for providing guidance, advice, and forecasts on training needs. However, these funds have so far been less efficient in providing such services to employees of smaller companies, especially of micro-enterprises (>10 employees). » MORE
Project on Strategic Competencies Successfully Completed
Kaunas (LT), September 2008 - The European Project "Development of Strategic Individual Competencies" was recently successfully completed. It resulted in a cross-nationally and cross-organizationally applicable catalogue of strategic individual competencies, a methodology of strategic individual competencies development, and an interactive self-assessment tool. All are now available online in six different languages. » MORE
European eLearning platform for Senior Citizens (55+)
Barcelona (ES), September 2008 - A simple and easy-to-use eLearning platform recently went online that is specifically designed for senior citizens (55+). The project SeniorLearning is supported by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Grundtvig Programme. It offers free access to practical, structured, and easy-to-follow online courses that enable senior citizens to learn how to use the Internet and benefit from its services. » MORE
Establishment of IT Colleges in Kurdistan
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Graz (A), July 2008 - The Ministry of Education of the Kurdish regional government in Iraq has commissioned bit media eLearning solution GmbH with the establishment of IT colleges in three cities in Kurdistan. The project comprises general consulting, development of curricula, development and delivery of learning material, and teacher education. It was started in March 2006 and is ongoing. This article summarizes impressions of bit media's experts. » MORE
Norway Sets Examples in eLearning Activities
Stavanger (NO), July 2008 - The University of Finance and Management in Bialystok, Poland, is currently in discussions with the Norwegian RKK concerning possible collaboration on the transfer of Norwegian eLearning models to Poland. A system for covering management training programs for the Republic of Kazakhstan is also in planning. » MORE
Presentation of the DAD project on 5th June in Vienna
Vienna (A), May 2008 - Webducation has extended an open invitation to the international conference on "How fathers-to-be discover parenting" and the presentation of the DAD project to be made there. Speakers from Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Sweden will give an international perspective on topics such as motivating fathers to engage in baby care and the influence and acceptance of paternity leave. » MORE
Online Survey Seeks Participants
Athens (GR), April 2008 - Organic.Edunet is a European initiative that aims to raise awareness about organic agriculture and agroecology in agricultural universities and schools around Europe. Organic.Edunet wants to facilitate access, usage, and exploitation of digital educational content for teaching relevant topics. In this context, an online survey has been launched. » MORE
