NBPortal.pl

NBPportal is an education portal run by Polish National Bank. It aims at improving economic knowledge of Polish society through the use of free-of-cost online courses, glossaries, educational games and discussion forums. Pedagogical model used is based on adult educational practices, particularly on Janina E. Karney methods.

Tools used at NBPortal.pl:

• Decision games based on real life situations as case study and games activities.

• General discussion forum and specialized ones, moderated by experts as well chat sessions (frequently with recognized experts, policy makers) are facilitating online discussions and brainstorming.µ

E-learning contents are carefully developed by subject matter experts, not infrequently by well known experts and policy makers. Developers paid a lot of attention to make courses interactive and with easy navigation. As a result this initiative in the first year of existence attracted 700 thousands of unique users, with 30 thousands active participants of e-learning courses.