Digital Competences of European Citizens

Eurostat published a statistic about the digital skills of European Citizens (covering the age between 16 and 74 years old). The result – split to European countries – is interesting: The average in Europe is approximately 56 % – this means that 44 % of the European citizens lack digital competences. It is important to Read More …

Flipped Classroom and Flipped Learning

The two terms “Flipped Classroom” and “Flipped Learning” are often mixed up and seen as the same item. But this is not true – especially if you care about “Flipped Learning 3.0” (the topic we will address in this project). Flipped Classroom If you search on the internet you will find many similar descriptions of flipped classrooms. Read More …

Sustained Learning – The CorkScrew Experiment

Today’s learning often is mixed up with information procurement, especially when it is done with smartphones: Someone is searching for some information, takes the smartphone, checks “oncle Google” and finds the requested information. Now he thinks he has learned something. Short time later (that can be even minutes) he has forgotten, what he had found. Read More …

Why do we use frameworks in education?

A framework is a particular set of rules, ideas, or beliefs which you use in order to deal with problems or to decide what to do[1].   Typical problems in education are quality enhancement, needs and preconditions of learners, pedagogical concepts, structure of lessons (or courses) and others. Teaching and learning frameworks are research-informed models Read More …