The document summarizes key activities and initiatives under the Lifelong Learning Programme between 2007-2013. It discusses the objectives and structure of the Programme, including its sectoral and transversal programs. Specifically, it outlines several projects funded by Key Activity 3 on ICT, which aimed to foster innovative ICT-based learning approaches. It also describes two projects selected under the 2012 European Cooperation in Education and Training call that focused on areas like creative classrooms and ePortfolios.

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ICT and Education: Lessons learned from
the Lifelong Learning Programme and
future European initiatives
Peter BIRCH
Eva BIRINYI
European Commission,
Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency

2. Lifelong Learning Programme – LLP (2007-2013)
• Main objective: to foster interchange, cooperation and
mobility between education and training systems within
the Community so that they become a world quality
reference.
Structure:
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Sectorial Programmes
Comenius (school education)
Erasmus (higher education)
Leonardo da Vinci (vocational
education and training)
Grundtvig (adult education)
Transversal Programmes
(Key Activities)
KA1: Policy Cooperation &
Innovation
KA2: Languages
KA3: ICT
KA4: Dissemination and
exploitation of results

3. Key Activity 3 : ICT
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4. Key Activity 3– ICT
Objective
co-operation on innovative ICT-based learning approaches covering
lifelong and life wide learning
Typology of projects
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Multilateral projects (MP)
Product oriented
Testing/piloting innovative
solutions
Building on experience
Providing evidence
Impact on people/organisations/
stakeholders
Networks (NW)
Process oriented
Mobilising stakeholders
Collecting evidence
Building communities
Disseminating/mainstreaming
Impact on
stakeholders/educational
systems

5. Key Activity 3– ICT
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Evolution of KA3 - ICT
demand and offer

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Aim
Foster digital competence, reasoning skills
and creativity
Approach
Learning by doing and Game-based learning
Pedagogical strategy
Students collaborate in groups to create
serious games
contact
magical@itd.cnr.it.
http://www.magical-project.net/
Outputs
Authoring environment for learning and
educators
a prototype course on collaborative game
creation
a practical toolkit for developing similar
training courses in different contexts
Library of game building tools
http://amc.pori.tut.fi/game-building-tool
Pedagogical planner
SEN study
KA3-ICT MP

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Aim
Develop soft skills
Approach
Collaborative learning
Pedagogical strategy
Students use wikis to train their negotiation,
leadership, conflict resolution, and collective
decision making skills
contact
https://twitter.com/wikiskills
http://wikiskills.net/
Outputs
Guidelines booklet for teachers
Wiki tools
Best practices video and a guidebook
Training courses
“face-to-face” (f-2-f) for national
audiences, and moderated online courses
to reach a wide international audience
KA3-ICT MP

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Aim
Implement and test “open” approaches to
educational provision
Approach
Open participatory learning
Pedagogical strategy
participatory learning experiences: practical
‘hands-on' sessions where participants'
learning activities and the things they
create will become learning resources
themselves.
contact
http://www.open-ed.eu/index.php
https://twitter.com/OpenED_Course
Outputs
The openED framework
Learning Resource Framework
Learner Support Framework
Technical Framework
Open ED pilots
KA3-ICT MP

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Aim
•Support open educational practices
•Enhance quality of OER
•Support and guide Institutional policies
•Build an easy-to-use, dynamic and viable
quality framework for OEP
contact
http://www.oer-quality.org/
ulf-ehlers@web.de
Outputs
OEP guide
OEP best practice clearinghouse
OEP Register
OPAL Awards
KA3-ICT MP

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Aims
Research on European and non-
European OER initiatives
Development of evidence-based policy
recommendations on developing OER
Recommendations for successful and
sustainable OER communities
Outputs
Policy papers
Country reports
Case studies
Dissemination and exploitation
KA3-ICT NW
contact
paul.bacsich@sero.co.uk
http://www.poerup.info/index.html
http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Main_Page

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Aim
Develop training paths and resources to
allow language teachers to develop their
Personal Learning Networks (PLN)
Approach
Informal peer-to-peer learning
contact
http://www.aplanet-project.eu/index.php
Ning
http://aplanet-project.org/
Outputs
Mentor toolkit
Teacher toolkit
Language Resource Filtering Application
Community building
KA2-Languages MP

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Fostering creativity and innovation
Curricula: too much content
Pedagogy: chalk and talk!
Assessment: the bastion of traditional
learning
Teacher training: the 21st century
educators
ICT and digital media: digital
competence for all
Educational culture and leadership:
change the environment
Cachia (2010)
Report on the place of creativity and
innovation in EU27 education systems

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Innovating Learning: Key Elements for Developing
Creative Classrooms in Europe
Creative Classrooms are innovative learning
environments that fully embed the potential
of ICT to innovate and modernise learning
and teaching practices
Bocconi et al. (2012)

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From Rethinking Education to Opening-up Education
Rethinking Education
Communication November 2012
Building skills for the 21st century
Stimulating open and flexible
learning
ICT and Open Educational
Resources for learning
Supporting Europe's teachers
Promoting a collaborative effort
Opening-up Education
Forthcoming communication
Up-scale creation, use, reuse
and sharing of quality digital
resources
Improve and update digital
infrastructures
Stimulate and support new
learning, teaching and
assessment practices
Enhance coordination of
national initiatives and stimulate
EU leadership for online learning

15. Key Activity 1 :
Policy cooperation &
Innovation
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16. Key Activity 1
Support of policy development and cooperation, notably in
the context of the Lisbon process and the Education and
Training 2020 strategic framework
Objectives
-achieve comparative analyses of educational systems
-supporting lifelong learning policy development, as well as
the monitoring of progress
-help also to identify areas requiring particular attention
-support actions developing lifelong learning measures and
cooperation networks
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17. Key Activity 1
Structure :
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Open calls for proposals
Under the General call:
KA1 Policy Networks
Studies and comparative research
Roma MP and networks
Specific calls:
European Qualifications
Framework (EQF)
European Cooperation in
Education and Training (ECET)
Restrictive calls
(established European
networks)
Europass
Euroguidance
Eurydice
Naric
&
Indicators

18. Key Activity 1 - EQF
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European Qualifications Framework
To promote student and workers mobility and facilitate
lifelong learning
 Aims to relate different countries' national qualifications
systems to a common European reference framework
 Preparatory phase (testing)
2006 – 2009 : pilot projects
 Implementation phase
2010- 2013: support to National Coordination
Points

19. Key Activity 1 – ET 2020
European Cooperation in Education and Training
'EU 2020 strategy' & 'ET 2020' Strategic Framework
Specific call to promote the implementation of the four
strategic objectives of the ET 2020
 supporting European countries in the implementation of
the Lifelong learning programme (awareness raising about
actions and initiatives at national level)
 supporting transnational cooperation to define and
disseminate best practices of LLP implementation and
enhance lifelong learning across Europe
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20. Key Activity 1 – ET 2020
European Cooperation in Education and Training
2012: New initiatives
•supporting awareness-raising and institutional
commitment at national level (with focus on preventing and
reducing youth unemployment)
•supporting trans-national co-operation (policy
experimentation, joint policy development, exchange of
good practice and innovation) with a focus on 'Creative
Classrooms'.
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21. ET 2020 Call 2012
European Cooperation in Education and Training
Two projects selected in 2012
• Creative Classrooms Lab
(EUN Partnership – BE)
• EU Classroom ePortfolios
(Department of Education and Skills – IE)
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Aim
Pan-European, controlled
experimentation involving 45
classrooms in nine countries on
the use of tablets in secondary
schools
Methodology
Pedagogical Scenario
Development
School Pilots
Documentation of Innovative
Practices
Mainstreaming and Capacity
Development
Contact
anja.balanskat@eun.org
http://www.eun.org
Outputs
Innovative teaching-learning
scenarios
 Guidelines on policy
experimentation
Peer Exchange Workshops for
Teachers
Reports on organisation of
pilots
Webinar materials, newsletters,
videos
Mainstreaming Workshops
Guidelines & examples of good
practices for policy makers
ET 2020 Call 2012 – Creative Classrooms Lab

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Aim
Design and test innovative
ePortfolio models in support of the
implementation of innovative
learning environments using ICT
Methodology
Policy and Practice review
 Pilot design and implementation
 Peer to Peer Networking
 Direct involvement of target
groups (teachers, policy makers,
Ministries)
Contact
rita_sexton@education.gov.ie
http://www.education.gov.ie
Outputs
Report on existing ePortfolio
Policies and Practices
Eufolio Process Specification
 School Case Studies
 Transnational online network
for pilot participants
 Open Source & Microsoft based
ePortfolio Platforms
 Eufolio Policymakers’ Manuel
 Eufolio Conference
ET 2020 Call 2012 – EU Classroom ePortfolios

24. ET 2020 Call 2013
European Cooperation in Education and Training
Open call for proposals – Selection 2013
"Implementation of the European strategic objectives
in Education and Training (ET 2020)"
Deadline: 16/09/2013
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2013/call_ecet_2013
_en.php
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25. Further information:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/index_en.php
(Call for proposals, compendia, project results)
Contact:
• eva.birinyi@ec.europa.eu
• peter.birch@ec.europa.eu
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