Policy+valorisation+(WP4)

=Policy Valorisation (WP4)=

This WP4 valorises the P2P policy peer reviewing methodology with new partner ministries. The focus of WP4 is three peer reviewing visits between ministries of education, applying the methodology of P2P in a new set of countries that are part of European Schoolnet’s policy and innovation committee (PIC). The host country offers a focus topic or issue related to one or more of the three topics.

Lithuania visit: Vilnius, 18-20 June 2007
The issue presented by the Lithuanian hosts was how to increase the reusability of pedagogical material and pedagogical scenarios. The discussions and examples focused particularly on the following: IMS LD-compliant Units of Learning (UoL) and Microsoft’s Virtual Classroom Tour.The rationale behind promoting the reusability of learning resources is that sharing digital resources across Europe supports the development or eLearning as well as is a cost effective solution to increase supply of LO and Learning resources. This is why the Lithuanian Ministry of Education is currently looking at the best ways to build a Lithuanian Digital Library of Educational Resources which will be connected to major European repositories of learning resources including European Schoolnet’s Learning Resources for Europe (LRE). The use of UoL and efficient templates could be a way to tackle a changing educational and pedagogical environment.

Catalonia visit: Barcelona, 20-22 February 2008
Agenda [|BCN_working_and_meals_plan-v0002.rtf] Catalonia is currently facing a number of major challenges related to immigration, cultural identity, transformations in economic activities and changes in social structures, especially the family. School is seen as a key player in responding to these changes. However, a number of studies indicate that performance of the Catalonian school system in terms of exam results is insufficient and there is considerable concern amongst the general public about the efficiency of schools. Methodological changes are needed if schools are to respond to these challenges. Such innovative changes include fostering collaborative working, developing flexibility and supporting creativity. The Catalonian issue to be worked on during the P2V seminar in February 2008 is *to create the right conditions to support and spread pedagogical and managerial innovation in schools using ICT*. Two aspects are singled out. First the need to find ways and means to encourage innovation on the part of teachers. And second, the need to foster a whole school approach to innovation, particularly in secondary schools (12 - 16 year olds). Annotated links: [|http://groups.diigo.com/groups/P2V-innovation.]

France visit: Paris, 15-17 September 2008
The last peer learning visit of the P2V project took place on 15-17 September 2008 in Paris. The meeting focused on Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), a key priority for the French Ministry of Education which hosted the event at the International Centre of Pedagogical Studies (CIEP) of Sevrès. A school VLE, which in French is called ‘Espace numérique de Travail (ENT)’, is one of the priority actions of the French Ministry of Education for the coming years: the French partners showed the P2V visit participants general policies and pilot projects already in place in this field. ENT is a unifying concept for the whole French educational system: it consists of a personalised workspace with login and password, which can be accessed by teachers, pupils, parents and head teachers.

Deliverables
D4.1: Lithuania visit report: [|D4.1 Lithuania visit.doc] Lithuania visit news item: []; Lithuania report: [|Lithuanian-report-final.pdf] (see also [|Summary (P2V topic).doc] [|Article_IVUS_Kurilovas_final.doc] [|P2V visit participants.doc] [|P2V Vilnius visit agenda.doc] and Lithuania country report in WP2)

D4.2: Catalonia visit report: [|D4.2 Catalonia visit.doc] News item: [] (see also [|Catalan contribution] in WP2); Barcelona WP4 report: [|Barcelona-Report-final.pdf]

D4.3: France visit report: [|D4.3 France visit.doc] News item: [] Full report: []

D4.4: Policy peer reviewing methodology: [|D4.4 Methodology for policy-making peer learning.doc] PDF version: [|Overall_method-final.pdf]