Fourth VISIR Seminar @ EADL Conference

The 4th VISIr Seminar will be organised in Hamburg, in the frame of the EADL  “DistancE-Learning upgrade – Move your business to a higher level” on the 6^th of June 2013. The Seminar will showcasing three microinnovation cases and will aim at discussing and getting feedback for the VISIR work. More info here. To participate please contact John Trasler.

Fifth VISIR Seminar @ EDEN Conference

The 5th VISIR Seminar will be organised with the main topic of “Open education for all – the role of ICT” during the 2013 EDEN Annual Conference in Oslo 12-15 June, in frames of a highly cooperative workshop. Two selected cases will be presented followed by a discussion about the innovative elements and the role of open education. An opening keynote will be delivered by Professor Alan Tait from the Open University, UK. More info in the EDEN site.

Sixth VISIR Seminar @ EAIE Conference

The 6th VISIR Seminar will be organised by EFMD in the frame of the EAIE Conference in Istanbul. The Seminar will be focussed on exploring how to successfully bring approaches from school education to management education. More info here. To participate pls contact Boriana Marinova.

VISIR Vision Seminar: “TEL visions, roadmaps and perspectives”

The aim of the Seminar, organised by the VISIR project in cooperation with the TEL-MAP project and with the support of the LLP Programme of the European Union, was to discuss and define a shared vision on how to exploit the full potential of ICT as a leverage for innovation and change in European lifelong learning and as a way to increase and digital and key transversal skills of European citizens. The event gathered 35 European experts from different E&T sectors (school, higher education, adult learning) and was structured along a plenary session in the morning, open to other participants, and some parallel session in the afternoon. Please download the Seminar Report.

VISIR Seminar @ EFQUEL Innovation Forum

The event focussed on the topic of “The Assessment (r)evolution” and aimed at:

• connecting successful innovators in the area of using ICT for assessment purposes
• discussing main challenges for a wider pick-up of ICT tools and up-to-date learner assessment
• Kick-starting a process of scaling-up successful practices

42 participants shared ideas and concerns ad debated questions such as: In the 21st century assessment and feedback is been enhanced with information and communication technology, but how so? What are the most innovative and promising areas of technologically-enhanced assessment? What are consequences for teachers and classrooms? What is your experience in one statement? To know more please download the Seminar report. More info at: http://eif.efquel.org/programme/the-assessment-revolution/

VISIR’s Seminar @ Media and Learning Conference

Digital media offers a large variety of possibilities to innovate the learning settings in the European classrooms. Not only do they offer a more learner-centred learning approach and environment but they also strengthen learners’ ability to think critically as well as to work more collaboratively and independently with colleagues and peers. So far, flexible learning scenarios are still not very common in Europe. The VISIR project has identified several best practices in its partner regions which will be demonstrated within a workshop session during the Media & Learning Conference in November and which will outline the positive effect on the students’ learning ability and their creative thinking when using flexible learning scenarios through the use of digital media. In an off- and online follow-up discussion the VISIR consortium wants to identify the main important political and societal changes which have to be carried out that learning innovation and new open learning styles will become a reality in all European regions.

VISIR Seminar "Learning and the Future Workplace" @ Online Educa Berlin

The Seminar "Learning and the Future Workplace" was organised within Online Educa Berlin, gathering some 60 participants. Our understanding of a workplace is undergoing a rapid development. Mobile, remote and home working and ubiquitous connectivity via different smart devices allow work from many sites and places. Related trends are virtualization of work teams easily spanning multiple geographies as well as an increasing organization of knowledge work in multiple concurring projects. The seminar examines these trends towards the Future Workplace and highlighted innovative European micro cases on how learning has been introduced in this context. To know more, please download the Seminar report.

European Forum on Learning Futures and Innovation

Venue: Committee of Regions, Brussels Organised by: the TELMAP, VISIR, ODS projects With the support of: the European Commission (DG CONNECT and DG EAC) and the Committee of Regions During this two day event, more than 80 participants worked to find ways to mainstream existing e-learning grassroots innovation practices, increasing awareness about opportunities for community building and roadmapping. Further, a number of e-learning perspectives and visions to foster innovation management, scalability and mainstreaming were shared and discussed. The event was be organised through a first day of Unconference-type discussion and dissemination and a second day of sector-based strategy and innovation workshops. Presentations can be downloaded here. The Forum Report can be downloaded here.