Tel est le thème de la conférence organisée le 11 juin prochain  par Cides-Chorum en partenariat avec l’Aract, la Fehap, Générations mutualistes, Oeth et Unifaf.
Au cours de cette rencontre seront commentés les résultats des actions menées, pendant ces deux dernières années, en lien avec de nombreux établissements sur la thématique de la prévention des risques  professionnels en Ehpad.
À cette occasion sera également présenté un guide réalisé par tous les partenaires en fonction des différents travaux et à destination des professionnels de ces établissements.
> Programme et inscription

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Untrusted
Alex Nisnevich, Games with Purpose, May 29, 2014
This is an interesting concept in learning games. The player is presented with a maze. So the idea is to escape. But to do so, you have to go into the Javascript that defines the maze and edit the code. "With a strong emphasis on reading unfamiliar code and modifying it through the creative use of a limited set of commands, the game helps budding coders to develop the core problem solving skills." I'm currently pondering level 4. Here's a direct link to the game,Untrusted. Via theoret.ca. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Designing Learning Tools — Introduction to Some Methodological Thoughts
Teemu Leinonen, FLOSSE Posse, May 29, 2014
Alex Hayes asked for my comments on this post following my digital research methodologies talk. Here's what I said about it back in 2010. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. DRM and the Challenge of Serving Users
Mitchell, Mozilla Blog, May 29, 2014
One of the reason content companies have been creating their own browsers is to be able to implement in-browser digital rights management (DRM) instead of relying on plug-ins like Flash and Silverlight. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Three Trends Worth Watching for Continuing Education Leaders
Cathy Sandeen, Higher Education Today, May 29, 2014
All three of these trends are very likely, I think. Here's the list:

• Tiered service models at universities
• Analytics and data-driven management
• Alternative credentials

To a certain degree, all of these are already present in institutions or in learning technology; what we will probably see over the next few years is widespread adoption. More...

Venue: Graz, Austria
Dates:

• 12 June 2014, 9-12 hours: Session for ECML Nominating Authorities
• 12 June 2014, 14.30 hours to 13 June 2014, 17.30 hours: ECML National nominating authorities and ECML National contact points             

Project working languages: English and German
Project term: 2013-2015
Project team: Oliver Meyer, Do Coyle, Ana Halbach, Kevin Schuck,Teresa Ting

What is it about?
The project aims to develop CLIL approaches, which teachers can use in the classroom, with a special focus on providing support for academic literacies in secondary education. A guide for transforming CLIL practice will be developed, evaluated, adapted and disseminated by practitioners.

 see flyer

Target audience involved in project activities

Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria 
Dates: 25-27 June 2014
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, to be nominated by the national nominating authorities
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Deadline for nomination: 23 April 2014
Project website: www.ecml.at/Community

Experience, competences required

Expected involvement/tasks

The European Language Portfolio is a personal document of a learner. In this document learners of all ages can record their language learning and cultural experiences at school or outside school. 
There is not a single ELP portfolio - there's a huge variety of different portfolios made for different languages and different target and age groups. Have a look at all the portfolios available in the ELP database. 
On this site, the USING THE ELP WEBSITE, you will find: read more.
On the DEVELOPING AND REGISTERING AN ELP WEBSITE you will find: read more.
UNDERSTANDING THE PORTFOLIO
What is a Portfolio?
How does it work?
Why was the ELP introduced?
Who is it for?
Why use the ELP with your students?
What are the benefits of using the portfolio? More...