Title: Training of Teachers and Trainers in the eLearning Action Plan
1Training of Teachers and Trainers in the
eLearning Action Plan TTnet Conference,CEDEFOP,
13 December 2001 Brian Holmes Multimedia for
Education, Training and CultureDG Education and
CultureEuropean Commission
2Training of Teachers and Trainers in the
eLearning Action Plan
- Political imperative
- eLearning Initiative and Action Plan
- eLearning Call for Proposals
- eLearning implementation
- Teacher/Tutor training
- Future directions
3The Political ImperativeTowards a Knowledge
Society
Europe should become . European
Council Lisbon March 2000
the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based
economy in the world, capable of sustainable
economic growth with more and better jobs and
greater social cohesion
4The Political ImperativeThe role of eLearning
"eEurope is a roadmap to modernise our economy.
At the same time, through its eLearning
component, it offers everyone, but particularly
young people, the skills and tools they need to
succeed in the new knowledge based economy."
Romano Prodi President of the European Commission
5The Political ImperativeThe role of eLearning
- The Lisbon Summit placed education at the top of
the political agenda, and called for the
adaptation of education and training systems to
the knowledge society - eLearning helps to answer this request by
fostering the integration of ICT in education as
a lever for change, and as an opportunity for
increased quality and diversity
6The eLearning Initiative
To mobilise the educational and cultural
communities, as well as the economic and social
players in Europe.
.. in order to co-ordinate community actions
concerned with e-learning, such as those in
eEurope, in the Employment Guidelines, in the
research programmes, etc
7The eLearning Action Plan2001-2004
- Four action lines
- Infrastructures and equipment
- Training at all levels
- Quality contents and services
- Co-operation and dialogue
- Developed in ten key actions, chosen for
- their capacity to federate different actors
8eLearning Implementation
- Implementation measures include
- Tender for strategic studies covering schools,
universities and links to cultural institutions - Working groups with national experts on ICT
indicators, ICT skills, women and ICT, special
needs - Support for the eLearning standards programme in
co-operation with CEDEFOP - Joint action on public learning centres
- Co-operation in the follow-up to the Report on
the objectives of education systems - Co-operation with the IST programme for research,
with the European Investment Bank for financial
instruments and with Eurostat for statistics.
9eLearning Call for ProposalsPreparatory and
innovative actions
Call launched 9 June 2001 First closing date
17 August 2001 Second closing date 16
November
- Themes
- eLearning European information services
- European laboratory for innovation in eLearning
- New learning environments
- Virtual models of education and training
- Teachers and trainers on use of ICT for learning
- eLearning demonstrators for key areas (science,
technology, art, culture, languages and
citizenship).
Refer to http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/elear
ning/call.html
10eLearning Call for ProposalsResults after first
deadline
- For the closing date of 17 August 2001
- 65 proposals received, 4 ineligible, 61
evaluated - Standard was high (well focused, many
actors,global co-operation, etc) - 11 being considered for funding (total funding
around 5 Million ) - Good coverage of themes
- Two selected proposals address training of
teachers/trainers U-LEARN, ILAB
11eLearning Call for ProposalsProjects on
teacher/tutor training
- U-LEARN
- Design a model for lifelong learning systems for
ICT in Education - Definition of a common syllabus for ICT skills
- Implementation of a pilot system on ICT in
Education - System to ensure transferability and scalability
- ILAB
- Establish a virtual laboratory and a network of
at least 96 participants from the eight
countries involved in the project. - Develop recommendations for national policy
makers and guidelines for teacher training
institutions in two key areas - teacher training
- evaluation of e-learning and e-learning materials
12Eurobarometer Report Interesting figures
- 9 out of 10 teachers confident with ICT
- 7 out of 10 have internet connection at home
- Older teachers level with younger ones
- Females tend to use e-learning lessthan male
colleagues (more than 2/3rds of primary school
teachers are women)
13Ongoing Dialogue
- DG EAC has established a focus group onteacher
training. Important issues have already been
mentioned - the need for support and maintenance
- the need for incentives
- the need for appropriate training
- Networking of teachers is as important
astraining - Several initiatives already underway to
supportteacher networking training - European Schoolnet (EUN)
- eSchola
14Future DirectionsImportant challenges ahead
Interest in eLearning is increasing - from
politicians, academia and industry - and
expectations are high.
However ...
- Learners need to see the tangible benefits and
added-value
- Decision makers need appropriate benchmarks and
indicators
- Emphasis must now be placed on quality, standards
and pedagogy
- Organisational issues and teacher/tutor training
need greater consideration
- Evaluation methodologies need to be developed for
these new learningparadigms
- Research must be strengthened with increased
emphasis on sharingexperience and best practice
- Public-Private-Partnerships need to be explored
and the market for eLearning content needs to be
developed
15Future DirectionseLearning - realising the
potential
As we move towards the Knowledge Society, Europe
- with its excellent Education and Training
Systems - is well placed to take advantage of the
revolution in learning
eLearning is now at the top of the political
agenda, but many key issues still need to be
addressed if the potential is to be realised
By mobilising and co-ordinating Europes efforts,
the eLearning Initiative is playing an important
role in helping Europe to realise its potential
to be the world leader in learning products and
services.
16Thank you for your attention !
For more information Directorate-General for
Education and Culture Unit Multimedia -
Education, Training, Culture (B100 3/7) B-1049
Brussels e-mail eLearning_at_cec.eu.int http//eur
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