Go-ahead Given for the 'ERASMUS+' Project 'VR-Intense' at Paderborn University
Paderborn (GER), November 2024 - ELearning and digital programmes are changing higher education in the long term. Virtual reality (VR) technologies are playing an increasingly important role in this.
» MOREDigital Learning Strengthens Cybersecurity Skills across the EU
Helsinki (FI), August 2024 - The Cyber Citizen Initiative, spanning from 2022 to 2024 and funded by the EU recovery instrument for a three-year period, aims to develop a common, shared model for learning cyber citizen skills across the European Union for all Europeans. Commissioned by the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, with Aalto University (Finland) as the executor, this initiative aims to bolster cyber citizenship through comprehensive educational programs and initiatives.
» MOREYoung People to Learn More about Shaping EU Democracy
Brussels (BE), June 2023 - Young people from across Europe will be able to learn how to shape the EU thanks to the toolkit for schools entitled EU Democracy in Action - Have Your Say with the European Citizens' Initiative, launched 08 June 2023.
» MOREForesight on the European OER Ecosystem 2030
Oslo (NO), May 2023 - In order to build a European OER ecosystem, the ENCORE+ project sought the assessment of experts in the field of OER to map out a probable and positive vision for OER in Europe in 2030.
» MOREThe VACCINE Project
Neumarkt an der Ybbs (GER), August 2022 - The VACCINE project is a joint initiative of four EU partners addressing the important issue of online learning during a pandemic or similar major societal shock that changes teaching from traditional methods.
» MOREAI - Jena Triangle of DLR, Max Planck Institute, and University
Jena (GER), November 2021 - Artificial intelligence will be of great benefit to people and the environment in the future. The possible applications are manifold. The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, the Institute of Data Science of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the University of Jena will jointly become part of the excellence network "European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems" (ELLIS), in which diverse theoretical and applied aspects of artificial intelligence will be brought together.
» MOREVirtual Reality App against MRI-Related Fear
Duisburg/Essen (GER), October 2021 - "You hear the noises, but they don't bother you at all". Since 2019, the "Pengunaut Trainer" has been preparing children for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations through role play. The app was developed under the leadership of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) and the Essen University Hospital (UK Essen). It can already be downloaded free of charge for many smartphones.
» MOREeCom Scotland Develops eLearning Materials
Dunfermline (SCL), June 2021 - Following the news in March that Scotland is to become the first devolved nation in the world to directly incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law, a webinar has explored the legal and service delivery implications for the implementation of this Convention into Scottish law.
» MOREThe Customs and Tax EU Learning Portal
Brussels (BE), May 2021 - Tax and customs play a vital role in their societies and in the functioning of the EU's single market by ensuring efficient revenue collection, the prosperity of businesses, and the safety and security of the EU internal market, as well as by facilitating trade relations. Customs and tax professionals and their administrations and enterprises must all respond to and anticipate change to remain effective in a constantly evolving social, political, and economic global context. Only through continuous development and strategic investment in skills and competencies of professionals and organisational innovation can they build relevant and sustainable customs and tax practices.
» MOREEducation International's Manifesto
Brussels (BE), May 2021 - The Education International's Executive Board has adopted the Manifesto on Quality Climate Change Education for All. This instrument outlines the teaching profession's vision for quality climate change education and the policy framework necessary to implement it.
» MOREEducation in Europe from Resistance to Recovery
Brussels (BE), April 2021 - On 31 March 2021, The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) held the online conference "Education in Europe from Resistance to Recovery: Public Investment, Privatisation, Reforms, and the Role of Industrial Relations". This was the final event showcasing a yearlong research project coordinated by ETUCE under the title "Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations in Education: the Challenges of Multi-level Governance and of Privatisation in Europe". More than 100 participants attended the event and engaged with a panel of expert speakers from the academic community, civil society organisations, government, and representatives of European institutions.
» MOREOpen LMS to Launch Weekly eLearning Courses
Baltimore, MA (USA), April 2021 - eCreators by Open LMS is launching weekly eLearning courses for any organization to download and integrate into their LMS.
» MOREIHP Develops Free eLearning Platform for SMEs
Frankfurt Oder (GER), March 2021 - One third of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are unable to meet the demand for digital know-how and skills and see the lack of knowledge among employees as a hurdle to digitalization. In particular, the challenge of developing IT security causes great difficulties for SMEs. New forms of industrial espionage, cyber attacks, and blackmail Trojans are forcing companies to protect their IT systems and processes against attacks from the Internet.
» MOREEU Digital Education Action Plan Announced
Brussels (B), October 2020 - The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) outlines the European Commission's vision for high-quality, inclusive, and accessible digital education in Europe. It is a call to action for stronger cooperation at the European level to learn from the COVID-19 crisis, during which technology is being used at a scale never seen before in education and training and to make education and training systems fit for the digital age.
» MOREPrestigious Grant from the European Commission
Milan (I), July 2020 - "ENHANCE - European Universities of Technology Alliance" - will receive funding from the European Commission to strategically develop its cooperation. The alliance, of which TU Berlin is the speaker, is one of the organisations in the second call of the European University Initiative to be awarded five million euros over the coming three years.
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