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The aim of the paper is to give an overview of key issues involved in recognising non-formal and informal learning, ranging from the legitimacy of the learning activities in terms of the outcomes to be recognised, through the cost of the necessary assessment, and essential elements such as quality assurance, the standards used, the potential benefits and the real obstacles. The findings summarised here are based on a report that describes and analyses practices in the 22 countries that particip…
The coinage Podcast is composed of iPod and broadcast and denotes radio- or video broadcasts which can be subscribed via a free software, cost free. One can copy into an iPod, a portable MP3-Player from Apple, not only entertaining but also educational contents. »Podcasting« is the dissemination of sequences from radio- or video broadcasts, it unfolds a corresponding potential for education providers. A search in the apple-music-store has resulted in the Podcast offer concerning education and u…
The term »valorization« has gained a wide distribution by the EU support programme of vocational training (Leonardo da Vinci). The author points to the prospective that the term will soon be able to establish itself in other educational areas. Valorization can be described as a process of dissemination and utilization of project results with the aim of optimizing their value, increasing their impact and integrating them into training systems. A correlatively strategy shall be existent in projec…
Die DIE Zeitschrift hat im Dezember 2005 mit dem „Glücksheft“ still und heimlich ein Jubiläum gefeiert. Es war dies die 50. Ausgabe der 1993 gegründeten Institutszeitschrift. Da Jubliäen immer auch Gelegenheiten der Rückschau und des Ausblicks sind, könnte der Zeitpunkt für die Reflexion der Ergebnisse einer Abonnentenbefragung nicht besser sein. DIE-Redakteur Peter Brandt und Alf Scheidgen als zuständiger Analyst präsentieren im folgenden zentrale Ergebnisse der Befragung 2005 als Grundlagen f…
