This year’s event will be organised in Vienna, on 8-9-10 June and is organized in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and the Association of Austrian Adult Education Centres.
The title of the conference is Learning from the past - preparing for the future Basic skills for adults in 2030.
More info coming soon on this website!
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NALA launched its improved online learning platform
The Irish National Adult Literacy Agency has launched its new online platform for learning that is freely available to anyone. The platform offers a range of new opportunities including online courses and tutor training.
Watch the short introductory video below and visit the website to find out more!
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New project website for Swiss workplace training program Einfach besser!
A new platform informing about the Swiss program “Einfach besser! … am Arbeitsplatz” has been launched recently. The platform aims at drawing attention to the subject through the dissemination of personal narratives about experiences of companies. The stories are designed to convince companies that short-term workplace-oriented courses (i.e. the GO Model) are of great value for them.
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EBSN Annual Conference 2021
We are glad to announce that the registration for the EBSN Annual Conference 2021 has been opened! This year’s event will be organised in Malta, on 28-29 October and is organized in cooperation with the Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and Employability (DRLLE) from the Ministry for Education, MFED in Malta.
Register now on the conference page here.
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Save the dates! Updates about EBSN annual conference in 2021
We are informing our members and partners about the latest updates regarding the organisation of the annual conference in 2021. At this stage, we would like to make a preliminary announcement, as some details of the event are still to be confirmed. The EBSN Secretariat, the network's Executive Committee, and our co-organiser, the Maltese Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and Employabilit...
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Expert panel about health literacy with EuroHealthNet, COVID-HL and NALA
As a consequence of COVID-19, health, financial literacy and resilience have all become significant themes in the discussion of how adult learning should reflect on our current challenges and prepare learners to become more resilient to disruptive change. Health literacy plays a significant role in equipping citizens with the necessary skills to make sense of health-related information and to...
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UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning’s annual report for 2020 published
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, one of EBSN’s member organisation, has recently published its annual report for 2020. In general, the report presents a wide scope on how lifelong learning policy and practice contributed to the promotion of SDG goal 4 i.e. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
In the opening, Daniel Baril, Ch...
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EBSN project to contribute to teacher training courses of basic skills teachers in preparation
One of EBSN’s initiatives, a 3-year long Erasmus+ KA3 project was launched this year. The project aims to strengthen transnational networks of adult education providers by means of capacity building.
As its title suggests, EBSN Professional Development Series for Basic Skills Teachers is focusing on the establishment of an innovative tool for continuing professional development of practitioners i...
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Microcredentials & Modular Learning: The Future of Adult Education?
EBSN’s member organisation, the Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and Employability in Malta organised an interesting online event on the role of microcredentials and modular learning to demystify the notion of open badges, and digital credentials on 8 April.
The program and the theme were introduced by the Directorate’s experts by outlining the underlying considerations and some detail...
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EBSN’s OER collection and MOOC: Ensuring Outreach, Motivation and Persistence on EPALE
We are glad to announce that our OER collections and MOOC on Outreach, Motivation and Persistence made in collaboration with EPALE are also available. The online course addresses the issues of outreach initiatives, and learner motivation & persistence in adult basic skills programs and it gives an opportunity to participants to get to know the materials presented in the respective collec...
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