Networks and Online Communities
A number of networks and online communities work in the field of ICT and education, either as work platforms for their members or as networks for educational purposes.
CCN
CCN is a multifunctional project of the European Commission. It offers users opportunities for collaboration among schools, teachers, researchers, teacher training providers.
engage learning
engage learning is as European portal for game based learning. It aims at teachers and animators who like to introduce new didactical methods and tools - mainly on video games.
eTwinning
eTwinning is the main action of the European Union's eLearning programme. It is being coordinated by the European Schoolnet EUN. Teachers and students use the Internet to work together across national and language boarders.
EUN Community
EUN community is a virtual work place of the European Schoolnet for communication, exchange of files and articles, discussion in online forums, publication of websites and for the exchange of experience.
GLOBE
In 1995 the US government launched the international non-profit school project GLOBE. Today, more than 17'000 schools from 107 countries cooperate in GLOBE. Its target is science education in primary and secondary schools.
Insafe
Insafe is the EU network of 17 national safer Internet awareness nodes, coordinated by European Schoolnet.The mission of the Insafe cooperation network is to empower citizens to use ICT safely and effectively.
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope is a European Union funded network that supports the building and maintenance of a comprehensive and strong European Research Area for Technology Enhanced Learning with a world-wide perspective.
Merlot
MERLOT is a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy.
Science Tweets
Born out of e-KNOWNET, Science Tweets aims to develop a viable mechanism enabled by ICT, able to facilitate the flow of new scientific knowledge from the research laboratory to larger, non-expert segments of society, in forms suitable for non-formal learning.
Pan-EU Youth
The Portal Pan-EU Youth addresses european Teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 and encourages them to participate in discussions, blogs, and video productions on the topic of European citizenship.
scientix.eu
scientix.eu is a platform of the European Schoolnet for communities of teachers and researchers in the education of science area. It aims at assembling the learning resources created in European projects.
te@ch.us
teach.us is a web community for teachers interested in integrating Web 2.0 in classes at school. teach.us wants to support Web 2.0 projects at schools and motivate teachers to use modern internet technologies in classes.
Schweizer Mitarbeit in europäischen Projekten
| Network | Objectif | Swiss partner | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBE | Environment & ICT | Foundation of environmental education Switzerland | 1998 - |
| Kaleidoscope | Creation of European Research Area for Technology Enhanced Learning | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 2004 - |
| eTwinning | The community for schools in Europe | Swiss Competence Centre for Exchange and Mobility of the ch Foundation | 2011 - |
