The Spanish
Confederation of
Education and Training
Centres (CECE) is a
non-profit employers´
and professional
organization founded in
1977. It represents a
wide educational sector
in Spain from nursery
school to university
level. It has more than
5.000 Education and
training centres among
its members.
CECE realizes its
activities in four
areas: (1) assistance in
the implementation of
the EFQM Excellence
Model in its member
institutions; (2)
organization of
continuing training
courses for teachers;
(3) implementation of
technological innovation
in its members; (4)
internationalization of
the members.
CECE will coordinate the
project and ensure a
quality transfer of the
POOLS project results to
three new countries.
CECE main
responsibilities are
management, quality
control and monitoring,
exploitation of results,
and peer-reviewing the
other project teams in
the adaptation and
implementation phases of
the POOLS project
results.
We will provide
experienced teacher
trainers, who have been
running the pools
courses, for the
coaching workshop
followed by the
peer-reviewed period,
which is part of the
action learning
approach.
CECE will through our
extensive national
network ensure further
dissemination of the
project results across
Spain and through our
position in EfVET (EfVET
secretary and member of
the EfVET executive
team).
The European Forum for
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training (EFVET)(constituted
under Dutch and Belgian
law) is a network of
practitioner VET
institutions throughout
the European Member
States, Candidate and
Pre-Accession countries.
Its primary purpose is
twofold: a) To promote
European wide
co-operation and a
sharing of good examples
of practice amongst
Vocational Education and
Training institutions.
b) Works closely with
the European Commission
at a strategic policy
level as part of the
Single Transparency
Framework currently
being developed. EfVET
is represented on the EC
Objectives working
groups as part of the
EUCIS Platform for
Lifelong Learningin
association with EVTA
and other European
Organisations. In
addition it provides a
service to individual
institutions across
Europe such as
newsletters web site
links, information
services and project
dissemination
opportunities through
its annual conference.
Role in project
EfVET’s role in this
project will be as a
dissemination partner in
order to raise awareness
of the project and its
final products and
results. EfVET will
co-lead on this work
package and use its
communication channels.
Website – www.efvet.org,
newsletters and annual
conferences to be held
in October each year.
Progress reports and
development activity
including the
promotional material
will be distributed
across the EfVET network
of 1500 VET institutions
throughout Europe. The
website receives some
60,000 hits per year
from members and
stakeholders.
‘Intercollege’ is the
largest private VET
institution in Cyprus,
with over 1700 students,
offering a wide range of
VET programs. It
provides coaching and
training in leadership,
change management,
communication skills,
service excellence,
corporate
responsibility, personal
development and
information technology
to businesses, non
profit organizations and
individuals. VET
subjects have been
offered since 1980.
Annually, more than 500
people take part in the
seminars, courses and
workshops that are
offered on all aspects
of the Cyprus VET
industry. The mission of
the institution is to
assist local and
international
organizations to achieve
improved effectiveness
and productivity in an
increasingly competitive
environment by focusing
on current/future
business issues and
training needs; by
designing and providing
high quality training
programs based on these
needs, and by offering
available practical
tools for
implementation. Its aims
are to develop the VET
system in Cyprus and
Europe
Role in Project
Intercollege will adapt
and translate the
project materials into
Greek, recruit
participants and run the
pilot courses in Cyprus
for VET language
teachers.
We will actively peer
review the other
partners, our main focus
is to review and give
feed-back to the MT
partner. We will through
our networks in Cyprus
ensure national
dissemination and
exploitation of the
project results and
findings.
We will have an active
role in the adaptation
process of the course
book and the course
content manual and we
are responsible for the
final edits and
compilation of these.
SDE is one of the
largest technical
colleges in Denmark. The
college has 5,000 FTE
students and the number
of staff is about 830.
The college consists of
a vocational school, a
senior high school and
an academy of higher
education. The
vocational school covers
nine branches
(production, IT,
transport, logistics,
construction, media,
health, service and
service industry). The
students of the
VET-school have a
diverse cultural and
educational background
due to an allocation of
different nationalities,
ethnic minorities,
different cultures, in
the area.
SDE has already done
a lot in order to
integrate students with
different backgrounds
into vocational
education e.g. mentor
arrangements, flexible
training models,
cooperation with other
schools, parents,
enterprises and social
partners. Further, the
college has carried out
comprehensive competence
development of teachers
and managers.
Since 1992, the college
has participated in a
large number of national
and international
projects.
Role and tasks in
the project
SDE will exploit key
technical development
competencies of
computing and teaching
staff in the college for
assisting with the
technical transfer and
edit of manuals and
video subtitles. SDE
teacher trainers
experienced in action
learning principles and
computer assisted
language learning will
together with ITE-CECE
coach and peer review
the teachers in CY, MT,
and PT.
SDE will through our
network ensure national
dissemination of the
project results and
findings and will make
use of our international
dissemination networks,
e.g. EuroCall.
SDE is responsible for
the Do It Yourself
videos with subtitles in
the project languages,
dissemination of results
outside the partnership,
overall dissemination,
website, promotion
material, compiling and
editing newsletters,
brochures, graphical
layout, and print of
DVDs.
FTZ currently enrolls
a staff of eight
full-time workers.
Based at the University
of Malta, the
Fondazzjoni Temi Zammit
(FTZ) is Malta’s leading
local development
agency. Established in
2004, it teams up
several municipalities
and key stakeholders
together with the
University itself to act
as a collaborative
network for the
implementation of local
and international
projects of benefit to
the Maltese community.
Areas of Specific
Expertise:
1. ICT-Assisted
Education
2. Research and
Innovation
3. Culture and the Arts
4. Environment
5. Social and European
Issues
Competence in proposed
project:
FTZ operates national
centre/agencies for
e-learning and research
mobility. Through
Avicenna Knowledge
Centre, FTZ produces and
shares e-Learning
modules with partners
from more than forty
countries. FTZ has also
established (in
conjunction with Senglea
Local Council) and
operates a Community
Technological Learning
Centre.
Role and tasks in
project
FTZ will strive to
gear up the application
of ICT tools in the
didactics of Foreign
Languages. Malta is
undergoing an
Educational reform from
its roots, and this
project will serve as a
boost for Maltese
educators to commit
themselves in the
promotion of ICT tools
when addressing the
pedagogy of Art
subjects.
FTZ will adapt and
translate the project
materials into Maltese,
recruit participants and
run the pilot courses in
Malta for VET language
teachers. We will based
on our experience with
teacher courses and ICT
expertise head the
process of adaptation of
the course book and
ensure the content is
updated with units on
social spaces. Teacher
training is one of our
main tasks so we will
also the lead the work
of applying and testing
the in-service pilot
courses.
We will actively peer
review the other
partners, our main focus
is to review and give
feed-back to the
Portuguese partner.
We will through our
networks across Malta
ensure dissemination and
exploitation of pools 2
outcomes.
The University of Évora
is commited with the
development of Alentejo,
one of the poorest
regions in Europe. The
University offers
degrees in a great
domain of subjects from
Arts to Science and
Technology. It is also
offering VET training at
Level IV from the
European
Union. It offers Masters
in Science and PHD. It
is national and
international partner
for many scientific and
region development
projects. Works together
with VET Schools and
other regional partners
like Instituto de
Emprego e Formação
Profissional (IEFP).
It's Languages
Department is
responsible for
Languages teaching to
all students of the
University and offers
many courses open to the
community.
Role and tasks in
project
UE will adapt and
translate the project
materials into
Portuguese, recruit
participants and run the
pilot courses in
Portugal for VET and
other language teachers.
We will based on our
experience with
in‐service teacher
courses head the work
with updating and
adapting the course
content manual and in
this process cooperate
with the other partners
to ensure that the
manual is valid for all
three countries. We will
actively peer review the
other partners, our main
focus is to review and
give feed-back to the
Cyprus partner.
We will through our
networks of VET
institutions and
universities across
Portugal ensure national
dissemination of the
project results and
findings.
SMO, as Scotland’s
Gaelic college, has a
specific and unique role
in relation to that
language. This includes
teaching of and through
Gaelic at both FE and HE
levels, but encompasses
a wide range of
additional development
and cultural roles and
responsibilities. The
college is a member of
the UHI Millennium
Institute, which is
heading for full
university status and
includes a federal
network of other FE and
HE bodies spread around
the Highlands and
Islands region of
Scotland. Partnership
working is therefore key
to the college’s
existing modus operandi
and aspirations for
future growth.
SMO was the promoter of
the preceding POOLS
project, and worked
closely both with
transnational and local
community partners to
successfully overtake
all the project
outcomes. At local level
this entailed
collaboration with
training providers
involved in both Gaelic
and ESOL provision. One
result was the 2007
European Award for
Languages for the
bilingual “Scottish
Island Voices” online
video package, produced
as part of POOLS. The
college has specific
competence in online
materials development
and computer-assisted
language learning in a
collaborative setting.
Role and tasks in
project
SMO will provide
expertise in video
recording and editing
and will lead work
package eight, i.e.
coach the teams from CY,
MT, and PT in video
techniques during the
video workshop in March
2010. Following the
workshop SMO will
peer‐review the teams
while they
produce the planned
content videos. SMO will
act as quality
controller on content to
ensure the outputs match
the quality of the
original pools project.
Contact person
Gordon Wells,
Department of Lifelong
Learning,
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig,
Teanga, Sleat,
Isle of Skye,
Scotland
UK IV44 8RQ
The Distance Learning
University Switzerland
was founded on 1st
January 2005 and is a
university-level
institution supported by
the Swiss Confederation.
It is the only
university institute
dedicated to distance
learning in Switzerland.
1’700 students are
currently studying on
Bachelor’s or Master’s
degrees.
The Distance Learning
University Switzerland
proposes its own degree
courses in Psychology,
Law and Economics
(double diploma Swiss
Bachelor and French
licence). In partnership
with French, German as
well as Canadian
Distance Learning
Universities six other
programs like Education,
Literature,
Communication, History,
Mathematics and Computer
Technology are offered.
Most of the students are
part-time students and
in full-time employment.
Some of them are
sponsored by their
employers for their
studies. The
institution’s style of
learning is called
‘blended learning’ with
a mix between
face-to-face (20%) and
online (80%) courses
where
(computer-supported)
peer collaboration and
tutoring hold a
prominent place.
At the teaching level,
the Distance Learning
University Switzerland
aims to provide and
support innovative and
high-quality university
courses. At the research
level, the main
objective for is to
serve as an expert
source of theoretical
and practical knowledge
of distance learning.
Finally, the Distance
Learning University
Switzerland aims to
develop and maintain
national and
international
partnerships at both the
teaching and the
research level.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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