Coventry (UK)/Leipzig (GER), December 2010 - After the second round of live training workshops offered to VETPROS in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, iEducate is preparing for the next workshop session - to be held in January 2011 in Leipzig, Germany. This time the thematic areas "Disabilities and Special Needs" and "Self-employment and Entrepreneurship" will be covered.
The first workshop will deal with ICT for disabled students. It addresses VETPROS who work with visually impaired people. The workshop will consist of an introduction to ICT and people with disabilities problems and tools and will practically introduce the T3 technology. The T3 is a touch sensitive, multi-sensory device that provides instant audio feedback from tactile images.
This combination of sound and touch transforms the way in which people with or without disabilities can access graphical information.
The second workshop will concentrate on Internet technologies and strategies for entrepreneurs. The target audience will be lecturers delivering vocational education in IT or business-related courses to self-employed, entrepreneurs, and micro and small-business owners. Topics include the tools and services available via the Internet that can help small business deliver sustainable competitive advantage and the technologies that self-employed and small businesses can use to make improvements in their performance and profitability.
This workshop also looks at some of the key issues faced in the teaching and learning of entrepreneurship and business development, given the rapid changes and large range of alternative technologies now available.
For those who cannot come to Leipzig, portions of the workshops will be streamed on the Second Life iEducate island and be made available on the website as video as well. To participate, it is necessary to register.
