Furl http://www.furl.net/ http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.furl.net/member/insight.rss Furl archive. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:42:29 GMT http://www.furl.net/item/41030475/forward http://www.furl.net/item/41030475 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:33:53 GMT indicators assessment Life-long learning and promoting new skills such as media and ICT literacy will be key if Europe is to become a world leader in education and training by 2010, argues a European Parliament report approved yesterday (18 December). 3 http://www.furl.net/item/40351050/forward http://www.furl.net/item/40351050 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:18:47 GMT indicators assessment The basic findings of the paper are: * The impact of ICT on education and training is visible, but not as great as it could be. The extent to which businesses and public services have been transformed through ICT is not yet reflected in educational systems; * Embedding ICT in education and training systems requires changes across the pedagogical, technological and organisational settings; * The potential for ICT to help develop a 'learning continuum' between formal, informal and workplace learning is clear and has to be built upon. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/40112064/forward http://www.furl.net/item/40112064 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:44:00 GMT Mobile Learning games social networks Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/39994870/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39994870 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:30 GMT e-learning standard insight innovation Country reports This report uses a rigorous imagining approach to develop an alternative way of organizing learning in Europe whereby the traditional school system no longer plays a significant role. This study shows that, on the basis of phenomena already present in Europe today, it is possible to invent a discontinuous model of how people learn and how what they learn is used in everyday life. At the core of this model is a carefully elaborated idea of learning spaces that encompass new ways of ensuring that people have the capacity to control, direct, share and deepen their knowledge throughout their lives. These multi-dimensional learning spaces are imagined as operating in a systemically different economic and social context. One where non-technocratic, non-hierarchical learning is central to the production of local well-being and community based identity. “School’s Over” is meant to challenge both the functional and organizational assumptions that currently dominate, often implicitly, the choices being made today. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/39815548/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39815548 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:50:30 GMT e-learning standard insight indicators innovation Country reports his book summarizes and discusses key findings from the learning sciences, shedding light on the cognitive and social processes that can be used to redesign classrooms to make them highly effective learning environments. It explores concrete examples in OECD countries, from alternative schools to specific cases in Mexico, in which the actors are seeking to break the mould and realise the principles emerging from learning science research. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/39512569/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39512569 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:18:14 GMT e-learning standard insight interoperability Country reports infrastructure content To make it easier for teachers and students to find the best relevant learning resources, authorities and/or companies in many countries have launched web based educational repositories. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/38341213/forward http://www.furl.net/item/38341213 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:54:27 GMT e-learning Open Source social networks This issue of eLearning Papers is dedicated to the thriving work around Open Educational Resources (OER) by committed individuals, institutions and user communities. Five selected papers by the guest editors investigate the organisational, social, cultural, pedagogical and technical aspects of implementing OER 3 http://www.furl.net/item/38341167/forward http://www.furl.net/item/38341167 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:52:58 GMT e-learning social networks Web 2.0 helps to encourage student engagement and increase participation – particularly among quieter pupils, who can use it to work collaboratively online, without the anxiety of having to raise questions in front of peers in class – or by enabling expression through less traditional media such as video. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/38299232/forward http://www.furl.net/item/38299232 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:28:06 GMT e-learning indicators internet safety social networks Europe's main industry leaders have launched an initiative to develop cooperation between schools and businesses to renew interest in maths, science and technology (MST) in a bid to avoid shortages of skilled engineers in future. EU hails leadership in exploring universe's origins Commission to revamp EU ICT research strategy in 2009 "Europe needs more highly skilled, qualified and motivated individuals to push back the technological frontier in order to improve economic growth and employment," said Commission President José Manuel Barroso, welcoming the European Round Table of Industrialists' (ERT) initiative on 2 October. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/38152839/forward http://www.furl.net/item/38152839 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:43:59 GMT e-learning Inclusion internet safety infrastructure social networks Portugal's government on Sept. 23 began rolling out 500,000 ultra-cheap laptops for school children in a program that could be extended to Venezuela, Reuters reports. The computers, called "Magellan" after the 16th-century Portuguese explorer, will use Intel processors and will be offered to schools at a subsidized price of 50 euros. The Portuguese government hopes the devices will boost the computer literacy of school children aged 6 to 11, it said in a statement. 3