SPUTNIC

Project: Seminars Promoting the Use of Technologies for Networking and International Collaboration

Duration: 12 Months (1 January 2007 - 31 December 2007)

Coordinator: EuroPACE ivzw

Partners: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, AVNet (BE) - ICWE, International Conferences Workshops and Exhibitions GmbH (DE) - BEST, Board of European Students of Technology (FR) - EDEN, European Distance and E-learning Network (UK) - Helsinki University of Technology, TKK Dipoli (FI)

Role EuroPACE: EuroPACE is responsible for the overall project coordination (management and adminstration, evaluation and dissemination). EuroPACE also contributes to the content development and delivery of the seminars as well as the design and usability testing of the online training website.

Summary: SPUTNIC aims at raising awareness about the beneficial impact of the (pedagogically sound) implementation of new educational technologies that enhance international networking and collaboration for an institution, its staff and its students. By spreading know-how in those educational technologies from successful Minerva and other Socrates projects that boost international cooperation and by providing a theoretical background as well as practical models and hands-on experience, SPUTNIC wishes to stimulate teaching staff to engage in initiatives on international mobility and international cooperation. As for activities SPUTNIC aims at targeted dissemination of existing training materials, guest presentations and best-practise demonstrations from current and passed Socrates projects as well as training materials available at the partner institutions through face-to-face and highly practical training activities supported by a public, interactive training website. The training activities consist of a series of seminars, workshops and a student symposium. The topics cover (1) the creation and pedagogical use of digital and streaming video in inter-university cooperation programmes, (2) of videoconferencing in teaching, of the application of groupware, (3) Wiki's and Blogs in inter-university cooperation programmes, and (4) of international virtual work and of learning environment.

URL: http://sputnic.europace.org - brochure

Supported by: EC, DG Education and Culture, Socrates Programme, Accompanying Measures