The Learning Teacher
PROJECT COORDINATOR - Magnus Persson,
BARN- OCH UNGDOMSFÖRVALTNINGEN, Sweden
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Comenius Network

DAF Südost
PROJECT COORDINATOR - Dagmar Schäffer,
ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI, Greece
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Comenius Network

 DAF Südost is an internet-based virtual community for teachers of German as a foreign language in German language schools in Central and Eastern Europe.

THE GOLDEN 5:
an educational intervention

PROJECT COORDINATOR - María José Lera,
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Comenius Multilateral Project

 The Golden 5 is a successful example of how teachers can help increase motivation in the classroom, particularly for pupils at risk of social exclusion.

 Compulsory schooling confronts teachers with the challenge of integrating those pupils who see no purpose in attending. The Golden 5 project offers real support. It helps teachers raise pupils' motivation by creating an inspirational atmosphere in the classroom. The project is based on teachers' own classroom practice and on the improvements they have brought to the learning environment for all pupils. It provides working tools, resources, a lively network and has provided training courses since 2005.

 

Università della Calabria
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Erasmus Mobility

 The University of Calabria fights unemployment with student placements.

 The University of Calabria and the partners in the "Academic Student Placement in Europe" project have enthusiastically embraced work placements. The International Relations Unit at the University has worked hard to promote and assist work placements, against the background of youth unemployment in the region of Calabria, which is over fifty per cent. The project's database of European enterprises, organisations and other intermediaries will help many more young people obtain quality placements.

Akdeniz University, Turkey

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Zeynep Tugce Ciftcibasi,
Akdeniz Üniversitesi
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Erasmus Mobility

 Akdeniz University became involved in Erasmus in 2003-2004 as one of 15 Turkish pilot universities.

 The University has made 180 agreements under Erasmus, offers Turkish language courses, and takes care of accommodation, reception, registration, cultural events and links with student clubs through an international relations office. It also draws on experience from students who have taken part in the European Volunteers Service, and coordination between the two programmes has brought an additional European perspective to the university as well as to the students' everyday life.

 

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Tania Garcia Espinel,
DROMKOTAR MESTIPEN  BARCELONA, Spain
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 Our societies have generated social inequalities with regard to class, gender and ethnicity. The Roma project tries to eradicate inequality in the Roma society, in particular inequality to women.

 Social inequalities persist in our societies, whether they are based on class, gender or ethnic background. Roma, and especially Roma women, are all too often denied access to education. The EducaRom project has recognised the value of education in overcoming inequality and exclusion. The project must be credited for the first ever tailor-made learning materials for Roma adults, designed and produced by Roma from organisations in three EU member states. By providing a space for exchange and dialogue it has in particular helped giving a stronger voice to women.

"eHospital: e-learning while in hospital"

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Holger Bienzle,
die Berater  Unternehmensberatungs GmbH Wien, Austria
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 This project is addressing adult educators, e-learning facilitators as well as health managers who want to develop learning activities for hospital patients.

 If we want to be serious about lifelong - and also lifewide learning we need to recognise that in the midst of society there is a group of people that have so far been denied the benefits of learning. "e-learning while in Hospital" wants to give this opportunity to patients who are forced to spend a long period at hospital because of severe or chronic illness. The project set out to support adult educators, e-learning facilitators and health managers who want to develop learning activities for hospital patients. Such activities can help cope with isolation, open a window to the outside world and ease reintegration into normal life: all in all one of the sweeter pills to swallow!  

EMMA - European (Network) for Motivational Mathematics for Adults

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Graciela Sbertoli,
VOX - Nasjonalt Senter for Læring I Arbeidslive, Oslo, Norway
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 There are many situations in our daily lives - and not just at work - where we need to rely on our mathematical skills. Numeracy is the word for this, and we find that too many adults in Europe still lack some of the very basics. 

 The EMMA project - or European Network for Motivational Mathematics for Adults - has made a valuable contribution to tackling this problem. Besides raising awareness of the issue, it has given researchers, experts and policy makers a platform to meet and discuss and to find the best strategies of improving adult numeracy in Europe. Think about it when you count your change in a shop next time!

European Network for Pedagogical
Exchanges of the European Federation of
Vocational Circus Schools

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Tim Roberts,
FEDEC - Réseau d'échanges pédagogiques européens de la Fédération européenne des écoles de cirque professionnelles,
Belgium
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 The last 20 years have witnessed a radical evolution with a wide spread of new forms of circus arts, and the opening of training schools in many countries. Through this Leonardo da Vinci project, a European-level series of workshops has been organised for numerous circus specialists and their students. Exchanges of good practices were collated and edited into a remarkable manual of seven modules and two DVDs. This new reference material for teachers of circus arts greatly enhances quality and safety in a fast developing training field.

 

POOLS (Producing Open Online Learning
Systems)

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Ms. Alison Dix,
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, UK 
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 Language training in vocational education and training has benefited from this project. Its innovative teaching material can be downloaded from the internet and also opens a window to less-widely-used European languages.

 The Pools project has created an internet-based virtual community for language teachers in vocational education and training, providing creative and innovative ICT-based teaching material, especially for less widely used languages. The material on the website is freely accessible without any copyright restrictions and facilitates cross-fertilisation and experimentation, so that material can be tailored to individual needs and new teaching tools can inspire others.

 

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Consulting and Training Network
(Smectra.net)

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Dr. Dietmar Treichel,
Overpar Solutions Est., Liechtenstein
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 Smectra.net is a Leonardo da Vinci pilot project that developed and put into practice a valuable six-steps concept for implementing e-learning in smaller firms.

 The Smectra.net project meets the urgent need to develop simple conceptual models for enhancing e-learning in small and medium sized enterprises. The innovation and creativity of the project lies in the usability and practical value of the six-steps concept. The product's practical approach provides the target group with an opportunity for solid use of technology for learning. The project is an excellent example of how simple solutions can create a sustainable impact on strategically important target groups and sectors.

Barrier-Free Language Learning:
a Methodology to Teach Foreign Languages to Adults with Learning Disabilities

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Raija Hiivala,
Sverigefinska folkhögskolan, Sweden
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This project has developed a way of teaching English as a foreign language to adults with intellectual disabilities or learning difficulties. Its innovative support provides genuinely useful language for a wide range of learners. "English without Frontiers" works for people who want to learn English for a job, just for fun, or so they can communicate when they are on holiday or on an exchange programme abroad. It is a very flexible course with plenty of repetition, small steps and ready-made responses to everyday situations. It makes it possible to have real conversations about everyday topics.

Mission Europe - online immersion in other
cultures

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Lidwien van Dixhoorn,
Mission Europe, Radio France Internationale, France 
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 The project offers a chance for full immersion in the world of languages with three exciting Mission Europe adventures in France, Poland and Germany. This is a novel creative approach to language learning in which the student is invited to identify with a computer player who carries out joint operations with virtual heroines. Languages are presented within the wider framework of cultures in an interactive, vivid way, suitable for a wide range of users. "Mission Europe" is an excellent example of how technology can help to foster cultural awareness and linguistic diversity. It is not just a linguistic tool; it is also an insight into a country, its language and its culture.

An educational dimension of conflict
resolution through cultural production

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Eeva-Liisa Antikainen,
Humak University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
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 The project applied an innovative approach to learning about Boal's techniques through distance-learning technologies. A virtual online learning platform integrated video-conferences and teaching material based on theatre performances. The project combined the knowledge of teachers from arts faculties and expert ICT technicians, testing their competences and learning new ways of using them. The outputs have been produced in nine languages.

EU-HOU - Hands-on Universe, Europe.
Bringing frontline interactive astronomy to the classroom 

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Anne-Laure Melchior,
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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 EU-HOU aims to re-awaken interest in science among young people by demonstrating the excitement of astronomy via new technologies.

 Teaching science through astronomy and ICT! Hands-on tools for studying universe to awaken interest in maths and science! The project managed to make formulas and computations attractive to young pupils. Thanks to this project, and to the collaboration between teachers and researchers that made it possible, pupils now have the possibility to experience the thrill of discovery by using webcam systems, radio telescopes and a world-wide network of optical telescopes available through the Internet.

E-vocal: e-learning for vocal ⁄ song
education

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Jens Waldig,
Waldig, Winterbacher Operasvoice OEG Geschäftsleitung, Austria
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 If you've ever wondered what ICT could do for music learning, e-Vocal is the definitive answer. This highly creative project provided multimedia learning aids that offer new solutions for students in vocal ⁄ song education.

 With e-Vocal, music students can download a video file of an aria, showing a conductor, a piano accompanist and an imaginary vocalist. It simulates a live rehearsal, in which the student sings according to the interpretation and the timing of the conductor. It offers the opportunity to practice, at home or at school, interaction with the conductor and beat technique, and to work out arias both musically and phonetically.