1 / 19

2 nd Management Meeting Project Overview & Progress EUN, Brussels, 30 September 2010

2 nd Management Meeting Project Overview & Progress EUN, Brussels, 30 September 2010. Caroline Kearney Knowledge-Building Team. Linked Logo & Meaning. PRACTICE. RESEARCH. POLICY. LINKED L everaging I nnovation for a N etwork of K nowledge on E ducation

nolan-prince
Download Presentation

2 nd Management Meeting Project Overview & Progress EUN, Brussels, 30 September 2010

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 2nd Management MeetingProject Overview & ProgressEUN, Brussels, 30 September 2010 Caroline Kearney Knowledge-Building Team

  2. Linked Logo & Meaning PRACTICE RESEARCH POLICY

  3. LINKED LeveragingInnovation for a Network ofKnowledge onEducation 1 year project (Feb 2010 – Jan 2011) funded under the EC’s Lifelong Learning Programme to develop a dynamic online brokerage platform on digital skills & digital games for policy makers and practitioners www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

  4. ISSUES ADDRESSED Digital skills Teachers Learners Digital games in school www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

  5. THE PARTNERS PRACTICE RESEARCH POLICY Tiger Leap Foundation, Estonia European Schoolnet Ministerodell’istruzioneItaly MinisteriodaEducaçaoPortugal Centre for Information Technologies in Education (CITE/ITC), Lithuania Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education (NCIE) – University of Oslo, Norway University of Helsinki Finland www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

  6. LINKED partners EUN - Coordinator (Leader of WPs 1,4 & 6) NCIE, NO (Leader of WP 2) Uni. of Helsinki, FI (Leader of WP 3) ANSAS, IT (Leader of WP 5) DGIDC, PT TigerLeapFoundation, EE CITE, LT

  7. Overview of work packages 1-6

  8. WP 2: Testing & blueprint (NCIE, NO) Blueprint for LINKED brokerageplatform Analysis of feedback (NCIE, NO) LiteratureReview (NCIE, NO) Task to test brokerageplatforms (EUN) Feedback (all partners)

  9. WP 3: Formulating questions Formulation of Questions Translate theminto ‘elaborate’ research questions, sub-questions & framing (Helsinki Uni. & EUN) Collection of authentic questions (all partners) Selection of 7 questions on digital skills & 7 on games (Helsinki Uni. & EUN) Analysis of questions throughcategorymapping& partner consultation (Helsinki Uni.)

  10. WP 3: Category map for digital skills questions

  11. WP 3: Formulating answers Formulation of Answers On this basis creatingother user-friendly formats for bothtarget groups (e.g. PowerPoints, videos and conceptualmaps) Use of EBSCO & ERIC searchdatabases Selection of articles by consulting criteria & abstracts, monitoring search Formulation of long answers (includingmethodology & references) & short answers

  12. WP 4: Technical development (EUN) • Development of technical specifications based on input from WPs 2 & 3 (i.e. literature review, testing & feedback, user needs) • Features of brokerage platform: • Search tool (by keywords, country, language, type of content etc.) • Document/resource library (upload/download relevant docs) • Videos (existing ones & new ones to be produced) • RSS aggregator (from national sources & brokerage systems) • Community of practice (link to Games in Schools NING: gamesinschools.ning.com)

  13. Linked brokerage platform

  14. WP 5: Debriefing & evaluation (ANSAS) • 2 aspects to be evaluated: The quality of: - consortium management - brokerage mechanisms • Through formative and summative peer assessment • Quality plan was produced in April for internal project processes & outcomes • Final evaluation report January 2011

  15. WP 6: Dissemination & sustainability (EUN) • Communication plan at European & national level: • EUN/national web portals (promote through news & events) • EUN/national newsletters to policy makers & teachers • Press releases • Reports • Videos • Training workshop on platform for policy makers & teachers: a face to face brokerage event (Eminent November 2010) • Final dissemination & sustainability plan January 2011

  16. Next steps … • First test of the question & answer process to take place with an audience of policy makers (PIC & Digital Skills Working Group) at end of September, to be followed up by the Eminent training workshop in November. • Finalize development of brokerage platform & its content. • Design a strategy for the platform’s sustainability beyond the lifetime of the project. • Implement an ongoing evaluation process to ensure we are meeting the needs of our various end users. • Long but interesting process (applying to the Commission for an extension)

  17. Next Steps Thank you for your attention. We look forward to linking up with you in the future on our Linked brokerage platform! POLICY RESEARCH PRACTICE

  18. Discussion on platform: Homepage

  19. Discussion on platform: Policy page

More Related