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Building a European Research Area in the field technology-enhanced learning

Two Networks of Excellence were launched at the start of FP6, with the aim to establish a coherent and strong European Research Area for technology-enhanced learning. The two FP7 Networks of Excellence, one of them focusing on serious games research, will set a new and critical foresight agenda and address the various challenges and degrees of fragmentation that remain in the area. Bringing together experts from many disciplines, the networks integrate cutting-edge research in the fields of educational, social, cognitive and computational sciences and emerging technologies.

The support action TEL-Map targets roadmapping and consensus-building among stakeholders.

Projects

GaLA - Game and Learning Alliance

This Network of Excellence will shape the scientific community concerned with game-based learning and build a European virtual research centre aimed at gathering, integrating, harmonising and coordinating research on serious games for education and training. An important project activity will be the dissemination of knowledge, best practices and tools and the establishment of a reference point at international level. Two other key areas are the support to deployment in actual educational and training settings and the fostering of innovation and knowledge transfer through research-business dialogue.

Fact sheet - Project website

KALEIDOSCOPE - Concepts and Methods for Exploring the Future of Learning with Digital Technologies

KALEIDOSCOPE set out to establish a coherent and strong European Research Area for technology-enhanced learning. Bringing together experts from many disciplines, the network integrated cutting-edge research in the fields of educational, social, cognitive and computational sciences and emerging technologies. Among the project's activities were sharing of knowledge and tools, training of researchers, and exploring innovation and commercialisation of research.

Fact sheet - Project website

PROLEARN - Network of Excellence Professional Learning

The PROLEARN Network of Excellence has integrated the key areas of research most relevant to professional learning in SMEs and larger companies. One focus of work was on bridging the gap between research and education at universities and learning at the workplace.

Fact sheet - Project web site

STELLAR – Sustaining Technology Enhanced Learning Large-scale Multidisciplinary Research

The Network of Excellence STELLAR sets out to strengthen the capacity in technology-enhanced learning research across Europe. It will set a new and critical foresight agenda and address the various challenges and degrees of fragmentation that remain in the area.

Fact sheet- Project website

TEL-Map - Future gazing TEL: the roadmap for the unknown Learning landscape

This support action aims to develop a multi-perspective dynamic roadmap for technology-enhanced learning in order to track, anticipate and manage knowledge about new forms of education and training activities and their impact. Using state of the art knowledge management tools and methods, TEL-Map will gather information on the current, desired and emerging position of technology-enhanced learning and on awareness and appropriation (by educators and SMEs) of RTD results. The project outcomes include recommendations for innovation for technology-enhanced learning and education and training activities, plus a platform and a sustainable dynamic process that will foster collaboration and consensus-building across stakeholder groups.

Fact sheet - Project website