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ELearning in German Prisons
Lustmühle (CH), November 2017 - Language is a vital part of human life. Not only do language skills allow people to get involved with their community, but they are also necessary for engaging with educational programmes and vocational-training schemes. Thus, it should come as no surprise that a large part of the prison population in countries like Germany is comprised of young immigrants and unaccompanied child refugees. Poor language and social skills often leave members of these groups with few prospects within German society.
» MOREFacilitating Refugees’ Access to Language Training
Munich (GER), September 2017 - Speexx, a global specialist in online corporate language training, is supporting NetHope’s Project Reconnect with a donation of Speexx language courses for refugee users, valued at €30,000. Project Reconnect aims to help refugees in Germany rebuild their lives by facilitating access to education and information resources on the web.
» MOREEUROSTARS Fund IMPACHS Project
Copenhagen (DK), July 2017 - IMPACHS, which stands for IMProving Availability and Cost-effectiveness of Mental Healthcare for Schizophrenia through mHealth, is a research project funded by Eureka/Eurostars and the Innovation Fund in Demark. Its task is to design, develop, and provide clinical evidence for the use of smartphone-based intervention technology, with the goal of improviming availability and cost-effectiveness of mental healthcare for outpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia.
» MOREFinal Call for Global MOOC Survey
Heerlen (NL), April 2017 - The first Global Survey on the Quality of MOOCs is coming to an end: Several hundred people have already contributed, but all opinions are needed. Therefore, the MOOQ Alliance kindly requests all MOOC learners, designers, and facilitators to complete the Global MOOC Survey today.
The Continuation of the Go-Lab Success Story
Saarbrücken (GER), February 2017 - Within the framework of the Go-Lab project, which started in November 2012 and ended in October 2016, a web portal for online laboratories and learning applications was developed to promote inquiry-based science teaching and learning in schools in fifteen European countries. The project targeted students aged from 10 to 18 and aimed to wake their interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects, inspire them to learn, and motivate them to start a scientific career in the future.
» MOREDigital Skills for Employability and Social Inclusion
Thessaly (GR), November 2016 - Olivier Heidmann is lead developer and designer in serious-games projects, responsible for designing and creating virtual experiment demonstrators at the Institute for Research and Technology Thessaly (IRETETH), Greece. He has a Master’s Degree in Parallel Computing from the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France and has taught computer science, mathematics, and management for seven years to students ranging from fourteen years of age to adults. Since 2004, he has participated in more than a dozen EC-funded projects, using ICT and web-based solutions to enhance teaching and learning methodologies and tools. At OEB 2016 he will speak about "Serious Games for Developing Digital Skills for Emplyment" in the session "Digital Skills for Unemployed Youth" on Thursday, 1 December 2016 from 12:00 to 13:15.
InDigiTrain: on Digital Media in Professional Training
Friedrichsdorf (GER), August 2016 - InDigiTrain stands for "integrated digital training", viewed as a motor for making the continuing education and training structures of speech therapists and hygiene professionals more flexible. The collaborative project promoted by the Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union’s European Social Fund (ESF) started 01 June 2016. The German company M.I.T is a cooperation partner in the collaborative project, together with the Workers’ Welfare Association (AWO) chapter in Ennepe/Ruhr, and Bildungsinstitut im Gesundheitswesen (BiG - Training Institute for Health Services). The Open University in Hagen is the project coordinator.
» MOREKIC InnoEnergy Seeks Fresh Ideas in Education
Eindhoven (NL), July 2016 - KIC InnoEnergy, an innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe, has launched its call for professional MOOCs. The Europe-wide call is looking for applications from universities, research institutes, or companies that have ideas for educational products or services relating to sustainable energy but need funding and a network of partners to develop and commercialise them.
» MOREInternational Research Project DEVELOP for Career Planning
Saarbrücken (GER), June 2016 - Today, careers are influenced strongly by changing labour markets with reduced job security, longer career paths, and growing demand for adaptable workers with nearly unlimited mobility. Additionally, employees who are actively developing their careers usually lack sufficient career guidance and support.
» MOREChildren’s Vulnerability to Online Games
Barcelona (E), June 2016 - Children are increasingly spending time online, abandoning the TV to seek out information and fun on the internet. Now that the internet has surpassed television as an advertising medium in Europe, children are even more exposed to online marketing strategies. A EU-funded study performed by the UOC's Open Evidence, along with the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Block de Ideas warns of the vulnerability of children to online games and reveals that the majority of the 25 most popular ones contain advertisements that could have a negative impact on children's behaviour.
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