{"id":1036,"date":"2009-10-26T16:26:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T14:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/OEB_Newsportal\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2011-09-05T16:34:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T14:34:43","slug":"ict-to-empower-learning-creativity-innovation-in-europe-european-commission-presents-ict-for-learning-activities-at-oeb-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/ict-to-empower-learning-creativity-innovation-in-europe-european-commission-presents-ict-for-learning-activities-at-oeb-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT to Empower Learning, Creativity & Innovation in Europe: European Commission Presents ICT for Learning Activities at OEB 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Computers and the Internet have arrived in European schools. Virtually all primary schools use computers for learning purposes, and some have even started to move away from dedicated computer labs to the use in class. But what motivates teachers to use technology in the classroom? Does it really affect children’s learning? What are outstanding best practices? STEPS, a comparative study into the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in primary schools in the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, was undertaken to scrutinise the pedagogical use of technology in the classroom and its impact on learning.<\/p>\n

Results will be presented \u2013 for the first time \u2013 at this year’s OEB. The study is one of the activities encouraged by the European Commission as part of its Lifelong Learning Programme (LLL). In a full-day workshop and a conference session, Commission representatives will give an overview of the EC’s key activities related to ICT for learning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Economic, technological, business and social innovation is increasingly based on, and supported by, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In all these major areas, ICT tools have become a key lever for change. It is time for education and training to go the same way.<\/p>\n

Yet, studies show that ICT has not yet had as significant an impact on education as expected. Effective integration of ICT into education must go beyond simply replacing, streamlining or accelerating current practices.<\/p>\n

A recent communication by the European Commission on the ‘Updated Strategic Framework on European cooperation in education and training’ stresses the importance of enhancing innovation and creativity at all levels of education and training. It is crucial that our youngsters develop their sense of creativity and their capacities to innovate, the document says.

ICT for learning \u2013 Key Activity under the Lifelong Learning Programme<\/DIV>
With an ambitious budget of nearly seven billion euros, the new Lifelong Learning Programme (2007-2013) is made up of four sectoral programmes \u2013 Comenius (schools), Erasmus (higher education), Leonardo da Vinci (vocational training), and Grundtvig (adult education) \u2013 as well as a transversal programme that focuses on policy cooperation, languages, information and communication technology (ICT), and dissemination. The Jean Monnet Programme aims to stimulate teaching, reflection and debate on the European integration process at higher education institutions worldwide.<\/p>\n

Key Activity 3 ICT seeks to harness the power of technology to develop innovative education and training practices, improve access to lifelong learning, and help develop advanced management systems. Priorities are set annually and the initiatives are open to any organisation or institution working directly or indirectly in those fields.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Key Activity 3 on ICT:
\nhttp:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/lifelong-learning-programme\/doc96_en.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Taking stock of Minerva and eLearning programme:
\nhttp:\/\/eacea.ec.europa.eu\/static\/en\/elearning\/[…]<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/eacea.ec.europa.eu\/static\/en\/overview\/[…]<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/eacea.ec.europa.eu\/static\/Bots\/docbots\/[…]<\/a><\/p>\n

Information on the Education Policy around ICT for learning:
\nhttp:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/lifelong[…]<\/a><\/p>\n

Compendium of Good Practice Cases of e-learning:
\nhttp:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/lifelong[…]<\/a><\/p>\n

Results of ICT in Lifelong Learning in Europe:
\nhttp:\/\/elearningeuropa.info<\/a><\/p>\n

JRC IPTS Research on ICT and Learning<\/a><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s society, with changing jobs and skills needs, more and more voices are pleading for reforms in education and training as a response to rapid societal, technological and economic changes. There is a need to create a vision of what learning in the future knowledge-based society in Europe will be, and what kind of skills and competences need to be learned for the new jobs of the future.<\/p>\n

EC Focuses on ICT for Learning<\/h3>\n

The promotion of ‘ICT for learning’ is an integral part of the European Commission\u2019s Lifelong Learning Programme (LLL), both of the four sub-programmes Comenius, Erasmus, Grundtvig and Leonardo and one of the four key activities of the Transversal Programme (see info box).<\/p>\n

A full-day pre-conference workshop on “Learning, Creativity and Innovation, and ICT”, organised by the European Commission, DG Education and Culture and its Executive Agency, will bring together various e-learning and Minerva projects, as well as best-practice examples from the Lifelong Learning programme that exploit the full potential of ICT for enhancing creativity and innovation.
\nThe projects are excellent examples of how the European Commission promotes ICT for learning, the steady progress in the use of ICT for education and training across Europe, and the supporting role ICT plays for enhancing creativity and innovation in learning.<\/p>\n

Four themes will be introduced by internationally recognised speakers involved in the LLL programme: impact, digital competencies, on-line communities, as well as ICT and creativity and innovation.
\nAn open debate with the audience will address the future avenues and provide valuable input into future European policy making and programming.<\/p>\n

The workshop Learning, Innovation and ICT will take place on December 2, 2009 from 10:00 – 17:30.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Session Learning to Innovate \u2013 Innovate to Learn<\/h3>\n

In a session within the main conference, Learning to Innovate \u2013 Innovate to Learn: European Perspectives, representatives of the European Commission will provide a coherent overview of activities around “Learning and ICT” carried out under the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009, as well as the projects launched under the LLL programme. It will be closely related to the upcoming “Manifesto” of the Ambassadors of the European Year. The session will also look at research on ICT as an enabler of learning and innovation and will provide information based on ongoing studies.<\/p>\n

Considerable time will be given to discussion with the audience. This year’s conference input offered by the EC will contend that it is both timely and of the utmost importance to look upon ICT as an enabler of learning, not from the sidelines but from within educational and training strategies. In fact, one should not talk any longer about e-learning, i-learning, flexible and distant learning, etc., but just about ‘learning’.<\/p>\n

The session Learn to Innovate \u2013 Innovate to Learn: European Perspectives with Lieve Van den Brande, Peter Birch and Yves Punie from the European Commission will take place on December 3, 2009 from 11:45 – 13:00.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Computers and the Internet have arrived in European schools. Virtually all primary schools use computers for learning purposes, and some have even started to move away from dedicated computer labs to the use in class. But what motivates teachers to use technology in the classroom? Does it really affect children’s learning? What are outstanding best […]<\/p>\n

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