Looking for EL DORADO

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Looking for EL DORADO or how to promote ICT for
learning as key to REGIONAL development
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This is not new...

• There is now at least a ten-year history
• of European regional planners and policy makers
• attempting to make use of ICT
• to enhance the socio-economic development
• of EU REGIONS.

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Potential?

• Existing literature also shows the HIGH POTENTIAL
  of INNOVATIVE USE OF ICT FOR LEARNING to
  accompany MAJOR REGIONAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
  
• to support economic, social and e-
  development, particularly towards achieving a
  knowledge society .

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Our approach place the key stakeholders in the
front

• RD policy-makers and senior officers
  policy-level decision-makers and senior officers
  involved in the processes of RD policy definition
  
• RDAs RD professionals working at regional and
  local level planning and implementing policy
  priorities set by RD policy-makers and senior
  officers.

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Understand Regional development as a process
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8 EU countries involved
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What to look at? --gt the integration of ICT LLL
in the regional development plan  
Through the creation of a EUROPEAN LEARNING
COMMUNITY FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT for senior
staff and agents, in order to address the main
regional focuses, their main leanings needs and
familiarize them with the use of ICT for
learning.
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HOW?

• COLLABORATIVE LEARNING refers to an instruction
  method in which learners at various performance
  levels work together in small groups toward a
  common goal.

Key to success 1.- A good learning structure,
animation and eModeration (Salmon, 2004) 2.-
the link of the collaborative learning activities
to the context of the participants and to their
working environments. The acquisition of new
competencies are proven to be linked to the
resolution of given conflicts.
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The structure of the work being carried out is
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Learning community project based
October 2007 First face-to-face session in
Palma to present the methodology to the
participants (2 per institution), create links
with the tutors proposed and among group
participants, review some key concepts and begin
project proposal exercises. Individual tutored
period. 1 tutor per country to guide the learning
exercise actively moderating the debate after the
RD projects proposed by the RDAs. September
2008 Second face-to-face session in Palma. Once
the RDAs have their projects ready, they meet
again sharing with the group some key concepts
and working in group with appointed European RD
experts. A formative evaluation session will also
be held.
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For more info

• barenas_at_scienter.es
• or
• www.eldorado-project.eu