The 7th REVEAL conference focusing on competence oriented learning and validation of non-formal and informal learning highlighted the interface between business and academia and in innovative blended learning arrangements that are supported by state-of-the-art learning technologies that facilitate the validation on institutional and individual levels.
Parallel to the conference there was a poster exhibition of the sub-projects carried out in PROMOTE and IMPACT for the winner projects and for OWL.
For more detailed information about the conference refer here.
As a great example of successful cooperation between businesses and academia, PROMOTE project partners will present their projects in a separate poster session in Thessaloniki dissemination conference on Competence oriented learning and validation of non-formal and informal learning. Do not miss out!
Don’t miss on Competence Oriented Learning and Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning conference, which will take place on 22nd and 23rd of September 2016 in Thessaloniki, Greece. We expect experts from science and practice from more than 15 European member states attending the conference. Participants will have an opportunity to see the presentations of informal learning project examples, listen to live discussions between scientists, politicians and business representatives. There will be space for workshops, where new collaboration ideas will be developed. For more information please contact me directly.
For more information see Thessaloniki 2016 and if you wish to attend please register here.
Competence validation system of PROMOTE project was presented by project partner Materahub to organizations working on supporting young entrepreneurs and SMEs in Europe (Public – Private). Presentation took place during the workshop on aftercare services for young entrepreneurs in the EYE program in Brussels on 29th of February.
The importance of transversal competences and proposed validation method, LEVEL5, was explained in Peniche, Portugal, on the 24th of February. The meeting was organized by IPLeiria, partner in PROMOTE knowledge alliance project and attracted 20 motivated persons, among them teachers, pedagogic council members and administrative staff. Some of the participants will help in the application of the level 5 methodology during the implementation phase of the project this way extending IPLeiria’s team. Next meetings will be organized in a smaller team setting to prepare the following steps on the PROMOTE project.
The PROMOTE project will be presented by Dr. Tim Scholze, blinc eG, Germany, in the Thematic University-Business Forum as a good example of collaboration between businesses and universities while addressing real-life business issues. This forum looks at how to bridge the gap between education and business. In this context Tim’s presentation will overview the innovative learning approaches developed to promote entrepreneurial competences.
Find out more about the event: www.ubforum-lithuania.eu
This questionnaire will become part of the broader PROMOTE survey, which will employ qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the awareness about existing methods as well as demand for validation of entrepreneurship, civic and learning to learn competences gained during mobility. This multiple-choice questionnaire should not take more than 10 minutes to complete.
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Promoting and Validating Key Competences in Mobility and Traineeships in Europe
