EcoMedia Metal Congress AustriaWolfsberg 2016

7th – 11th November 2016Next standards in education in vocational school

11th Thematic ecoMEDIA Conference RomaniaCity of Iasi 2016

28th Nov – 2nd Dec, 2016Innovative strategies in educational activities

Co-hosts in Romania will be:

• Ministry of National Education Street Gen. Berthelot nr 28-30, Sector 1, Bucharest; www.edu.ro

• L. I. Cuza,Universität Iasi Faculty of Computer Science. – www.uaic.ro• College Costache Negruzzi.• School Inspectorate of Neamt County• County School Inspectorate of Iasi , www.isjiasi.ro

The conference will be held in Iasi, Romania, known as the Cultural Capital of Romania. The city is also a candidate to become, in 2021, the European Capital of Culture.

All Information: www.ecomedia-europe.net

Dear friends of European educational cooperationThe European educational network “EcoMedia Europe”has been working on themes like digital learning, “new information- and communication techniques” (ICT) in the field of education with focus on the new European school since 10 years.

The cooperation between different educational institutions such as universities, pedagogical academies, school authorities and schools has turned out to be a massive success. The exchange of know-how with national partners of 26 countries and the cooperation with 5.000 schools as associated partners in Europe functions with the help of international EcoMedia events where the focus lies on teacher trainings. In 2013, the EcoMedia Metal Congress for CNC technology took place at Wolfsberg (AT). There, particular attention was paid to vocational training and dual education.

The Austrian duo “Education Lavanttal”, who is responsible for the project management, together with “Da-nube University of Krems” near Vienna has been a very successful “tandem” since many years. The change of the EU mobility programme to ERASMUS+, the aims of the European Union in the field of education are supported.

Herbert Eile, EcoMedia-Projectcoordinatorwww.ecomedia-europe.net

ecoMedia Congress SwitzerlandRorschach 2016

“Digital Media in kindergarten and preschool”

16th – 19th October 2016PHSG in Rorschach, Hochschulgebäude Stella Maris

Target group: preschool & kindergarten teachers, media educators, education authorities of par-ticipation countries, ecoMedia members; PHSG-Students (Diplomtyp A), preschool & kindergarten teachers, media educators of Switzerland

Information: www.ecomediaswitzerland.com

What are the aims of ERASMUS+ in the school sector?

ERASMUS+ supports the aims of the EU2020 strategy for growth, more jobs, social justice and inte-gration. The most important aims in the school sector are as following:

• Reducing the rates of early school leaving below 10% • Improvement of key competences necessary for job market and society• Strengthening of professional competences of teaching staff and school principals• Participation and improvement of quality of early childhood care and education

These requirements will be discussed among educational specialists from 26 countries at the The-matic EcoMedia Conference. There best practise examples from European countries will be pre-sented as well as international know-how exchange will be happening. Website: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus_en

Erasmus plus KA1 Teacher-training application deadline: 2th February 2016

Location Year Local Organizer Topic Wolfsberg, AT 2006 Schulgemeindeverband Wolfsberg Educational Challenges by Media and ICT in Europa

ecoMEDIA-europe Opening Conference

Katowice, PL 2007 Serce Szkole Lifelong Learning - ePortfolios and Open Content

Riga, LV 2008 Educational Board of Saldus District Strategies, Media and Technologies in European Education Systems

Limburg, BE 2009 Catholic University College The New European School - Digital Literacy inside?

Kalamata, GR 2010 Kalamata Second Chance School & KANE, Social Youth Development

ICT and Lifelong Learning in all types of Education: Does this promote Cultural Diversity?

Kranjska Gora, SI 2011 Ministrstvo za Izobrazevanje, Znanost, Kulturo in Sport

Enabling Education and Research with ICT

Sintra, PT 2012 Associação de Professores de Sintra eEducation - Social and Technological Challenges

Antalya, TR 2013 Azize Kahraman Halk Eğitim Merkezi & National Education Directorate of Muratpasa

eCompetence - Needs and Demands of Innovative Education

Hamar, NO 2014 Hedmark University College The Future of Education - Chalkboards and Gamification in a Digital Society

Zagreb, HR 2015 Ministry of Education of the Republic of Croatia

Education and ICT - Where do Teachers go

Conferences overview

ecoMEDIAeurope is an educational networkThe main thematic areas of the network are focusing on the strategic development of ICT and new media in education.

MAIN OBJECTIVES - Building up specific know-how about the different European

ICT strategies in education on all levels as the use of ICT for training and teaching varies widely.

- Exchange of experiences as European education methodo-logy in combination with ICT use is quite varied. Exchange of experience will mainly be gained at international conferen-ces and workshops.

- Taylor cut transfer of knowledge to balance lack of know-how and different standards in various countries, requirement of ICT use for education and training is significant.

- Promotion of all forms of innovation in the ICT based school education. The objective is to render available contents for ICT based education and to create a learning community for teachers and students.

MAIN ACTIVITIES and TYPE of ACTIVITIES - development of “good practices projects” related to ICT Co-

menius projects - research on the state of art within the thematic network area

via three working groups - improvement of educational systems (strategic develop-

ment with new concept and measures) - to act as European information point and development of

new co-operations - improving standards of educational policies as well as skills

and knowledge of educational staff

EXPECTED IMPACTFor the on-going changes of media areas we need modern and modified strategic measures for further development and trai-ning on a European level. Presently there are no realistic con-cepts for a European visible strategy, all strategies are based on pilot projects and individual initiatives. EcoMedia-Europe should lead to:

- experience from previous projects should be used effecti-vely, EcoMedia Europe would like and has the knowledge to develop a common strategy of various measures and indivi-dual initiatives

- try to keep costs to a minimum for schools in the expensive IT sector with new developed concepts and strategies

- improving the standard of current and future COMENIUS pro-jects within the thematic area

- more teacher are to motivated to use ICT tools in education, qualitative use of ICT is to be increased (for example, langua-ge learning via ICT, eLearning in various subjects)

- teachers and students are to be familiarized with opportuni-ties to use SchoolNets

- intercultural dialogue between schools should be fostered and a balanced diversity of languages should be promoted

ecoMEDIAeurope is excited about the implications of digital learning. Since we started our pioneering engagement ten years ago e-learning has become an important part of society today. What excites us about technology in education is it‘s huge poten-tial and great possibilities to move learning beyond the tradi-tional walls of the classroom and the lecture hall. We are still curious about the result while our networking events provide all of us with valuable insights and challenging ideas. One thing is certain: changes in the field of education are upon us. Policy makers, teachers and students are confronted with dramatically changing boundary conditions. ecoMEDIAeurope strives for supporting the needs of all educational stakeholders by pro-viding opportunities for sharing experiences, collaborating in projects and funding mobilities.

Danube University Krems, E-Learning Center, ATErwin BRATENGEYER, Scientific Project Coordinator

„Bei empirischen Bildungsnetzwerken ist die Evalu-ierung alle zwei Jahre entscheidend. Mit den neuen Partnern aus der Türkei, Norwegen und der Schweiz wird das Bildungsnetzwerk weiter aufgewertet. „

Education-Association for International Cooperation, Lavanttal, ATHerbert EILE, Chairman, Project Coordinator

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