A Partnership for Youth Employability

22 November 2017Digital NewsCEDEFOP, education, European Pact for Youth, Job, NEET, VET, VETweek2017Maurane Populo

The European Pact for Youth will present its results tomorrow, November 23rd, in Brussels, on the occasion of the second edition of the VET Week. In Europe there are 7 millions of NEET (Not engaged in Employment, Education and Training) plus 4 millions which leave school early. This is the very important reason why a lot of companies READ MORE >

Quality Blended Learning: Boosting Educator’s Competences to do Quality Blended Learning

1 February 2017European projectsblended learning, digital divide, digital skills, education, eu projectsMaurane Populo

The project Boosting Educator’s Competences to do Quality Blended Learning will equip educators with a quality handbook about blended learning and an interactive learning platform (Blended Learning Gym). The handbook will be based on an in – depth analysis of the target group’s (=educators) needs and will present a guide in the development process of READ MORE >

Are MOOCs still at the edge of distance learning?

15 July 2016Digital NewsCoursera, digital learning, distance learning, education, ICT in education, lifelong learning, MOOC, Open Education EuropaMaurane Populo

A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course aiming to unlimited participation and open access via the web. The added value of a MOOC, apart being online, free and accessible everywhere is to provide interactive user forums to support community interactions among students, professors, and teaching assistants. MOOCs have a recent history: introduced at first READ MORE >