eLearning
- Minerva: 27 projects to get the best out of the new educational technologies
The Minerva action, named after the Roman goddess of wisdom, aims to promote European cooperation in the use of information and communication technologies in education. It is part of the EU’s wide-ranging education and training programme, Socrates. The European Commission announced today that it has earmarked € 6 million to support 27 new European cooperation projects starting in 2005. The projects will run between two and three years and will help ensure that new teaching technologies are exploited more effectively in a wide range of subjects, including languages, business studies and mathematics.
The EU Council has recently approved the 2004-2006 eLearning Programme. Some 44 million euros will be invested in providing incentives for the twinning of schools, the development of virtual campuses and the promotion of digital literacy.
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On October 2003 the new white paper, created by the OCLC E-learning Task Force. "Libraries and the Enhancement of E-learning", has been published. It provides an incisive look at how college coursework is being enhanced electronically and online. And it details the critical role of library cooperation as campuses expand and enhance the instructional technology environment.
Learning today is no longer confined to institutions such as schools, colleges or training centres. The Learning Citizen Cluster (LCC) projects develop solutions that offer all members of society easier access to information and better opportunites for lifelong learning.
- Commission adopts proposal for new e-learning programme
The Commission has adopted a proposal for a programme that promotes the use of new information society technologies (NICT) to improve e-learning tools. The programme will receive 36 million euro of funding over three years, and comes in response to calls made at the Lisbon, Stockholm and Barcelona Councils to better integrate NICT into education and training systems.
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