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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The need for professionalising adult basic skills teachers in Europe
As the European Agenda for Adult Learning (EAAL) moves forward into a new decade, it has set an ambitious target: at least 60% of adults aged 25-64 should participate in learning by 2030. To achieve this goal, the participation of low-qualified...
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 in Online Courses on Workplace Basic Skills and Family Literacy
In their joint Capacity Building Series framework EBSN and EPALE launched two additional online courses, one in the field of workplace basic skills, and another in family literacy. The courses were based on the respective open education resources that were published...
Online courses (MOOCs)
The Capacity Building Series of EBSN provides support for policy-makers and other adult learning professionals by publishing up-to-date content by experts on EPALE in the field to help the implementation of the Upskilling Pathways recommendation in the Member States....
Open Education Resources (OERs)
EBSN’s Capacity Building Series was launched to contribute to the successful implementation of the Upskilling Pathways recommendation. One of the main pillars of CBS is a sequence of open education resources (OERs) that aim at collecting relevant resources that are...