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Workshop on Skills for Employability - Leveraging the Power of eLearning

The third EU eLearning Conference is getting close, but the pre-conference workshop organised by the eLearning Industry Group eLIG in collaboration with NoE Prolearn is even closer. The workshop will take place in Espoo Finland and is hosted by Lifelong Learning institute Dipoli, at the same place where the main conference will be opened by Commissioner Figel on Tuesday July 4th.

All key stakeholders are invited to join the workshop: European Commission, Member States representatives, Employment Agencies, Public and Private Education Providers, Industry representatives from the corporate and SME sectors and academia. Already more than 130 participants have registered.

The workshop will discuss 11 case studies and European R&D roadmap for Technology Enhanced Professional Learning.

In particular the workshop will focus on:
- What training & education strategies including, upskilling, lifelong learning, competency driven education, portfolios, open educational resources etc should be promoted by the Commission and adopted by the member states?
- How can the ICT and Content industry contribute and what types of partnerships are needed to drive adoption further?
- What kind of R & D in Technology Enhanced Professional Learning is required to contribute to employability and competitiveness in Europe?

The conclusions and recommendations of the workshop will be presented during the EU eLearning Conference 2006.

On the main conference Web-site you will find the basic information about the workshop.
The workshop is also presented on eLIG Web-site.

All that said I am inviting you to go to our workshop Wiki where
- you can find most up to date information
- all registered users can post comments about the workshop
- you will find the workshop agenda with links to presentations

Join the discussion!