ELene

Name of the project : eLene-TT: European collaboration (virtual campus) for improving Teacher Training

Presentation:

eLene-TT (e-Learning network for Teacher Training) is a project funded by the European Commission e-learning programme and runs from January 2005 to December 2006.

The driving idea behind eLene-TT is to improve the ability of Higher Education teachers to make pedagogical use of ICT, through the development of a Virtual Learning Resource Centre providing guidelines and resources for both teacher trainers and teachers themselves and through student-driven teacher training actions, pooling and testing tools and approaches developed by each of the partners in the wider European context.

Improved teacher training is expected to have a significant impact on the quality and efficiency of the learning process of students and of teaching staff themselves, fully integrating the notion of workplace training for teachers.

eLene-TT brings together a number of HE institutions who may be considered front-runners in the field, covering a wide range of ICT-based learning contexts from total distance e-learning to on-campus support and mobile solutions.

The following institutions, who are the core of the eLene consortium, were used as case studies by PLS Ramboll [www.ramboll.com] for the report entitled "Studies in the Context of the E-learning Initiative: Virtual Models of European Universities (Lot 1) Final Report to the EU Commission, DG Education & Culture": the initiative was adopted by the European Commission on 24 May 2000 and is part of the eEurope Action Plan, whose aim is to encourage Europe to exploit its strengths and overcome the barriers that are holding back the uptake of digital technologies.

Constitution of the consortium:

• Canege - France
• Politecnico di Milano - METID - Italy
• FVU/University of Helsinki - Finland
• Umeå University - Sweden
• Universität Bremen - Germany
• Open University of Catalonia - UOC - Catalonia-Spain
• Utrecht University - The Netherlands
• Polish Virtual University - Poland
• UK Healthcare Education Partnership - UK