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LEARNOVATION PROJECT DOCUMENTS

ICT, Lifelong Learning and Innovation Reports

Cluster 1. Learning in the life of digital natives PDF
- School education PDF
- Vocational Education and Training PDF
- e-Training of Teachers and Trainers PDF
Cluster 2. Changing relationships between working and learning PDF
- e-Learning at the Workplace PDF
- Professional Learning Networks PDF
- Inter-organisational Development through e-Learning PDF
Cluster 3. New Horizons for Higher Education PDF
- Higher education PDF
- Virtual Mobility PDF
- Evolved distance education PDF
Cluster 4. Learning Individuals and Learning Communities PDF
- Individual development through e-Learning PDF
- Communities generating learning as side effect PDF
- Non-professional learning communities PDF

Learnovation Vision Papers

Vision Paper 1: Inspiring young people to become lifelong learners in 2025
Vision Paper 2: Learning to work and working to learn in 2025
Vision Paper 3: Over and inside the ivory bridge - How Universities will become ideal places in which to learn
Vision Paper 4: Learning individuals and learning communities: informal learning in 2025

Learnovation Foresight Report

The foresight activity of Learnovation is framed within its goal of building a new vision of technology enhanced learning in Europe, by means of a consensus process which overcomes traditional borders of education and training and addresses learning in a much broader perspective, centred on its role in innovation and lifelong learning implementation, and in light of a policy advising perspective. PDF, 1Mb 

LEARNOVATION OTHER DOCUMENTS

[Jan 2010] Learnovation expert interviews. Download the video here (20 min 20 s) 

[Jul 2009] Presentation: Creativity, Innovation, People. The Regional Dimension of Creativity and Innovation. Listening to Stakeholders Roundtable. By Claudio Dondi. 8-9 July 2009, Brussels PDF

[Jun 2009] Report of the Learnovation Open Forum, held on 27 May 2009 PDF

[Feb 2008] Learnovation Manifesto PDF

LEARNOVATION PRESS RELEASES

[10 January 2010] An agenda for change in Education and Lifelong learning beyond 2010 proposed by the Learnovation project PDF

[24 December 2009] Learnovation Vision Papers published PDF

[9 December 2009]  Learnovation Policy Support Tool published PDF

[20 October 2009] Learnovation session at Online Educa 2009: “Which place for innovation and ICT in the future of European Lifelong learning?” PDF

[15 June 2009] Consultation open: the Learnovation imperatives for change in education and lifelong learning beyond 2010 PDF 

[15 June 2009] "ICT and lifelong learning for a creative and innovative Europe". A special publication by Learnovation in cooperation with the eLearning Papers to support the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. PDF

[10 June 2009] Learnovation Open Forum launches “10 imperatives for change” PDF

[20 May 2009] Last days to get registered for the Learnovation Open Forum PDF

[20 Mar 2009] Learnovation Open Forum to be held on 27 May 2009 in Brussels PDF

[24 Feb 2009] First Learnovation reports published: “ICT, Lifelong learning and Innovation” PDF

[3 Feb 2009] Learnovation National seminars hold in Greece an Hungary PDF

[13 Nov 2008] 2nd open session of the Learnovation stakeholders’ roundtable PDF

[16 Jun 2008] Learnovation workshop was held in Lisbon PDF

[30 May 2008] Learnovation workshop - Building a culture of innovation in learning PDF


OTHER DOCUMENTS

[December 2009] Manifesto for Creativity and Innovation in Europe. The "Manifesto for Creativity and Innovation in Europe" is one of the key outcomes of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. The document is the result of a collective work of the Ambassadors of the Year, who are leading European personalities from the fields of culture, science, business, education and design. With its 'Seven Commandments', the Manifesto will help shape the EU's strategy for promoting creativity and innovation for the next decade. Read more >>

[February 2009] Innovating to Learn, Learning to Innovate. This book published by the OECD summarises 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. Read more >>

[February 2009] Teacher Education in Europe. An ETUCE Policy Paper. In 2004, the ETUCE launched the Campaign Europe Needs Teachers!This Campaign has served as a platform for the ETUCE to draw attention to teacher education at EU level by recommending three main priority areas of action: Improving initial teacher education to ensure high-quality pedagogical and professional training of new teachers; Recruiting and retaining a sufficient supply of qualified teachers in order to maintain and improve the quality of the teaching profession; Ensuring that professional development is an entitlement for teachers and that it is integrated into the teaching profession. Read more >>

[January 2009] Innovative learning measures for older workers. Published by Cedefop. Devising attractive lifelong learning (LLL) measures to address the needs of mature employees, is a challenging task. The challenge has as much to do with changes in the world of work (workplaces) as the need for new policies in learning (training institutions). Read more >>

[January 2009] European Innovation Scoreboard 2008: Summary of the situation in the 27 Member States. The 2008 report improves the methodology with a revised set of indicators which give more importance to service sectors, non-technological innovation and innovation outputs. Overall innovation performance is calculated on the basis of 29 indicators covering seven dimensions of innovation. Read more >>

[December 2009] On Creativity: Towards an understanding of creativity and its measurements. This paper published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre aims at constructing a preliminary understanding of research on creativity and the possibilities of constructing a “creativity composite indicator” using large scale surveys and other existing statistical tools. The paper reviews some perspectives on creativity. Read more >>

[December 2008] New Skills for New Jobs. Adapting to change and ensuring the correct matching between labour market and supply is crucial if EU countries want to remain productive and competitive. The rapid change implies that EU countries have to become pro-active and be able to anticipate in order to be better prepared for future challenges. This is why EU Member States have asked the European Commission to report on future skills requirements in Europe up to 2020. Read more >>

[November 2008] School's Over: Learning Spaces in Europe in 2020: An Imagining Exercise on the Future of Learning. This IPTS 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. Read more >>

[November 2008] Exploratory Research on Social Computing (ERoSC). The ERoSC project has been carried out by the Information Society Unit at IPTS during 2007 – 2008. The project is part of the Joint Research Centre's exploratory research scheme which aims to build competences in strategically relevant scientific fields. The publications are:
- Social Computing: Study on the Use and Impacts of Collaborative Content
- Social Computing: Study on the Use and Impact of Online Social Networking
- An Empirical Analysis of the Creation, Use and Adoption of Social Computing Applications
- The Socio-economic Impact of Social Computing: Proceedings of a validation and policy options workshop

[November 2008] The use of ICT to support innovation and lifelong learning for all - A report on progress. The report describes how the use of e-learning has developed in Europe since 2000. It assesses the impact of ICT on school and higher education, while taking other education sectors into account. ICT are not yet sufficiently present in Europe's education systems, and reforms must be introduced to adapt them to the technological changes sweeping through our societies. This is the main conclusion of a report adopted by the European Commission. Read more >>
Press release (available in EN, FR, DE)

[October 2008] Learning 2.0: A Study on the Impact of Web 2.0 Innovations on Education and Training in Europe. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of web 2.0 trends on the field of learning and education in Europe and to see where Europe stands in terms of using web 2.0 innovations in the domain of learning. Read more >>
Database results, 217 submitted cases

[October 2008] Compendium of Good Practice Cases of e-learning. Cases selected by Members of the ICT Cluster. The cases collected in this Compendium are examples of good practice in e-learning in Europe. They were all selected by countries participating in the ICT Cluster and Peer Learning Activities managed by Directorate General Education and Culture (DG EAC). In total, 43 cases were selected and described. Read more >>

[September 2008] OECD's Final Report, Thematic Review of Tertiary Education. Tertiary education policy is increasingly important on national agendas. The widespread recognition that tertiary education is a major driver of economic competitiveness in an increasingly knowledge-driven global economy has made high quality tertiary education more important than ever before. Read more >>

[June 2008] Main outcomes of the conference "Promoting Innovation and Creativity: Schools' Response to the Challenges of Future Societies", 9 -10 April 2008, Brdo pri Kranju PDF