ENTITLE: Aims and Outcomes

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ENTITLE Aims and Outcomes

• Roger Blamire
• 19/5/2009

With the support of the Lifelong Learning
Programme of the European Union
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What is EUN
Network of 31 Ministries of Education in Europe
Dedicated to
Support schools in bringing about the best use
of technology in learning
Promote the European dimension in schools and
education
Improve and raise the quality of education in
Europe
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Three areas of work
Policy, research and innovation
EUN Activities
Learning Resource Exchange and Interoperability
School services
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ENTITLE

• Lifelong Learning Programme
• Libraries and networks in 12 countries
• Extend libraries progress in supporting learning
  
• all age groups and sections of society
• across education sectors - school, higher,
  vocational
• Develop measures of impact of learning through
  libraries
• Focus on contribution of informal learning to
  lifelong learning
• combating digital illiteracy and social exclusion
• special attention to role of ICT

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Objectives

• Identify, describe and disseminate good practice
• services, tools and approaches for learning in
  libraries
• understand contribution to learning agendas
• recommendations for supporting and extending
  contribution to lifelong learning policies and
  actions
• Evidence-based framework for comparison of
  results within and between countries
• impact on learners
• potential for use in comparative research studies

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Expected results

• Guidelines and recommendations
• An impact assessment framework
• Contribution of libraries to learning
• Basis for future comparison, experience sharing
  and assessment of progress
• National meetings to promote and consult
• Disseminate at conference for policy makers
• Web site www.entitlelll.eu

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Impact assessment framework

• Design a framework for impact assessment
• quantitative and qualitative
• institutional and national or regional level
• use in future comparative studies
• Stages
• Story
• Indicators
• Data collection
• Analysis
• Using results

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Guidelines and recommendations

• Guidelines on
• Policy provisions
• Learning management
• Use of ICT
• Based on EU best practices

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Guidelines and recommendations

• Lifelong learning strategies
• Advocacy
• Landscape
• Partners, competitors
• Managing learning
• Resources, people, processes

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Guidelines and recommendations

• 4. Resourcing
• Staff, funding
• 5. Evaluation
• Inputs, outputs, impact
• 6. Learning environment
• Library as learning hub, ICT

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