In today's fast-paced world, the need for continuous learning among adults is more important than ever, particularly during times of crisis. This is a sentiment that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) emphasised already 50 years ago,...
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Basic Skills Teachers
EBSN Professional Development Series: registration is open to new online courses for teachers of basic skills
3 new online courses will be started on 29 March and 10 April 2023 which aim to provide new opportunities for the professional development of basic skills teachers. The courses are 8-week long self-paced online courses supplemented with tutorial support and 3 live...
EBSN Professional Development Series: registration is open to new online courses for teachers of basic skills
3 online courses will be started on 13 February 2022 which aim to provide new opportunities for the professional development of basic skills teachers. The courses are 8-week long self-paced online courses supplemented with tutorial support and 3 live webinars and...
EBSN-PDS Pilot MOOCs are available
From June till July four pilot MOOCs will be available for those professionals who get involved and are asked to give feedback on our work. As a result of the testing process, we will update our course materials (OERs and MOOCs) based on the feedback to provide the...
EBSN PDS for basic skills teachers
The EBSN Professional Development Series Project aims to strengthen EBSN, and especially its members – who are adult education providers – in several ways. Firstly, the project poses an innovative target, one that is often overlooked i.e., training basic skills...
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.
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...
Description of Teachers´ Competence
What is required of a professional teacher of initial and functional literacies to adults whose mother tongue is not a Nordic language? The Nordic Adult Literacy Network, Alfarådet, has drawn up a description of the competencies required for this complex task. Go to...
The EBSN Academy
Good news are beginning to drip in! The two Norwegian proposals for the EBSN Academy have been accepted! Read more about the EBSN Academy