School on the Cloud (SoC) – Connecting education to the Cloud for digital citizenship network

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Objectives

  • To develop a network of 57 European partners from a range of different education sectors to promote Cloud initiatives in the public and private sectors
  • To explore how education should respond to new ICT developments that are rapidly transforming the world of business, work and society
  • To bring the educational opportunities offered by these powerful technologies to as broad an audience as possible

Results

This report documents the state of the art concerning the Cloud in education in partner countries across Europe. It describes policy perspectives, agencies and organisations promoting the Cloud in education, initiatives, projects and developments in different countries, it offers a list of relevant events and activities taking place in Europe, as well as key publications related to the project’s scope.

  • Presentations on the impact of Cloud-based platforms, application and tools
  • Online catalogue of platforms, tools and apps for teachers, trainers and educators
  • State of the art research of tailor-made learning and the Cloud
  • Review of cloud-based futures and methodologies

Activities

  • To undertake a research about tailor-made learning and the Cloud and publish the “state of art”
  • To produce guidance resources for teachers and educators
  • To establish four work groups addressing the issues of management (transition), iTeacher (innovative teacher), tailor-made learning and Cloud-based digital features

Partners

  • Doukas School (Greece, coordinator)
  • Innovative Learning Network Ltd. (United Kingdom)
  • EURO (Belgium)
  • GO (Belgium)

The project

School on the Cloud (SoC) – Connecting education to the Cloud for digital citizenship network

Project number

Implementation date

01/01/2014 – 31/12/2016

Fundings

DG EAC, Education and Training, Lifelong Learning Programme, Information and communication technologies – ICT (KA 3)

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Info & contacts

E-mail

silvia.ciaperoni@cesie.org

Website

http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu/

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