Life expectancy is growing. So there is an equally growing need to fully integrate senior citizens in the Knowledge Society where ICT tools play a crucial role. UISEL website. More...

The AEMA Network, consisting of 12 organisations from 11 European countries, intends to improve access to adult education by developing a shared network and quality framework on accessibility issues in adult education provision. More...

INTERJOB4YOUTH is a project to promote the improvement of the labour market and to increase the employability of those seeking employment abroad, encouraging mobility of workers and promoting integration. More...

Pearson Learning has published a short report on Open Badges, focusing on how such badges are challenging the status quo of formal qualifications and how higher education institutions are responding. Report: Open Badges for Higher Education. More...

Authors now have a second (and final) chance to submit an abstract for the upcoming workshop Can MOOCs save Europe's unemployed youth?
Startup Europe's MOOCS for Web Talent Network will address this question at a full-day workshop in at the EC TEL 2014 conference in September. The workshop will also examine the initial findings of the network's research and critically examine the assumptions behind its activities. MOOCs workshop. More...

The 4th International Workshop “Teaching Robotics & Teaching with Robotics” (TRTWR) and the International Conference “Robotics in Education” (RiE) joined forces in 2014. The joint event took place on 18 July 2014 and the full proceedings are now openly available online. More...

Open educational resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials which are freely available and openly licensed. Repositories of OER (ROER) are platforms that host and facilitate access to these resources. questions-quality-repositories-OER-article.pdf. More...

El proyecto “Mi móvil al servicio de la comunidad: aprender y compartir” es una iniciativa impulsada por Fundación Telefónica en colaboración con Fundación Itinerarium y el Grupo de investigación Consolidado EMA (Entornos y Materiales para el Aprendizaje) de la Universidad de Barcelona, en su línea de Laboratorios Sociales. Laboratorio-mLearning_informe-investigacion_def.pdf. More...

Three key characteristics are revealed: varied definitions of openness, barriers to persistence, and a distinct structure that takes the form as one of two pedagogical approaches. The concept of openness shifts among different MOOCs, models, researchers, and facilitators. The high dropout rates show that the barriers to learning are a significant challenge. Research has focused on engagement, motivation, and presence to mitigate risks of learner isolation. Characteristics-massive-online-courses-MOOCs.pdf. More...

Do teachers innovate? Do they try different pedagogical approaches? Are practices within classrooms and educational organisations changing? And to what extent can change be linked to improvements? Read it for free on Keepeek. More...