Cedefop releases country reports on VET teacher training
The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Education and Training (Cedefop) has recently produced a series of country reports (EU countries, Norway and Iceland). The reports showcase the importance of high-quality, up-to-date and continuous professional development of teachers and trainers in the VET sector.
IAT holds conference on Education in the Light of IT
The Informatics Association of Turkey (IAT) organised the “Education in the Light of Information Technologies Conference and Exhibition, BTIE’22” on June 20-21, 2022 in Ankara, Turkey. The main aim of the conference was to train qualified human resources and to discover how the latest developments in ICT can relate to education and thus increase youth employment by equipping young people with relevant digital skills.
CIS SIN holds mini conference on informatics teacher education
The Computing in Schools (CIS) SIN and the Slovak Society for Computer Science (SSCS) held the event ‘Strategies for Informatics Teachers Education’ on 21 June in Bratislava. It was organised by CEPIS and SSCS in cooperation with the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
New report supports informatics as a fundamental discipline
The ‘Informatics for All’ coalition has released the ‘Informatics Reference Framework for Schools’. This new report describes and promotes informatics as a fundamental discipline for the 21st century, also linking it with innovation and renewal of other key disciplines.
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The European project TrainDL, coordinated by the German Informatics Society and with partner organisations from Germany, Austria and Lithuania, is researching and testing how educators of different subjects can teach skills on topics such as artificial intelligence and data.
EU Code Week breaks record of activities in 2021
Last month, the results of the most recent EU Code Week were announced. They show that in 2021, EU Code Week set a record with more than 78,000 activities organised worldwide.
Commission releases Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2022
The European Commission has published the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for 2022.
Cypriot Hackers’ success at the European Cybersecurity Competition
The Cyprus Cybersecurity Team ranked 6th at the European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC) held in Prague, from September 28 to October 1, 2021. The result is considered very encouraging for the “Cypriot hackers” since Cyprus counts only its fourth participation in the event.
‘STEAMonEdu’ launched to increase adoption of STE(A)M education
The STEAMonEdu project is a joint research initiative aimed at increasing the adoption and impact of STE(A)M education. The main outcome will be a STEAM education framework, which will include competences, policies, methodologies and educational objectives.
Vodafone launches new digital skills initiative
Vodafone Romania has launched the ‘School of the Future’ programme, developed to help children adapt to the evolving digital society. The programme is based on the European DigComp methodological principles, and seeks to improve the digital skills of children between the ages of six and twelve.
