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OUT-IN: Organising, Using and Transferring INnovation

 LLP-LDV/TOI/07/IT/017

THE COURSEWARE

Focus GroupManchester, 14th – 16th February 2008

Venue: Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA)

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What is ... and what for...

A Prototype of self-training courseware, and related didactic contents

To foster the development of operators’ competencies in European planning.

WHAT IS...

WHAT FOR...

In particular the courseware is addressed to:Teachers, Trainers, School Managers, Directors of Training

Centers, Administrative staff supporting training and education

actions, operators working within education and training policies

Institutions.

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What is ... and what for...

The MODEL proposed

does not pretend neither to transfer the whole of necessary knowledge,

neither to substitute experience

but

FOCUSES ON A FEW SPECIFIC LEARNING ISSUES

functional to support and promote the development of particular (sometimes technical)

abilities

that very often are held only by “professionals”, not usually known or transferred and rarely applied.

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The Structure of the Courseware

The Courseware is articulated in two macro training sessions:

Session 1 - ANSWERING TO A CALL: THE PLANNING PHASE focused on competences and learning areas related to the conceiving and writing of a proposal.

Session 2 - TO REALISE A PROJECT: THE IMPLEMENTING PHASEfocused on competences and learning areas strictly linked to the implementing process of the activities planned.

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The Structure of the Courseware

Each Session is articulated in Modules and Units.

SESSION 1 Introduction

Module 1 Introduction

Unit 1 Unit 2

Unit …

Test

Module 2

Module …

Session 1 - The Planning Phase: 7 Modules + 1 transversal and 16 UnitsSession 2 - The Implementing Phase: 6 Modules and 9 Units

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Session 1: Answering to a call - The Planning phase M1 - CONTEXT ANALYSIS

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1The EU acquis

Unit 2Information systems

to support the planning phase

M2 - GENERAL AND SPECIFIC AIMS

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1The main methodologies of shared

planning: the PCM

Unit 2The creation of Logical

Frameworks: the GOPP

Unit 3Techniques of goals and problems

visualization and synthesis: the METAPLAN

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M3 - SCOUTING

M4 - OUTCOMES/OUTPUTS

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1The opportunities research:

subjects and sources

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Basic knowledge of characteristics

and purposes of the different devices

usable to create products

Unit 2The creation of hypertexts and

multimedia materials: definition of Learning Objects

Session 1: Answering to a call - The Planning phase

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M5 - WORKPLAN

M6 - PARTNERSHIP

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Knowledge of planning tools and

methods. Techniques of visualization and graphic synthesis

Unit 2Knowledge of the main

methodologies and tools useful to work out the risk assessment and

management

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Network building

Unit 2Planning solutions to facilitate the communication among partners

Session 1: Answering to a call - The Planning phase

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M7 - DISSEMINATION/VALORISATION

MT1 (Transversal Module) - INNOVATION

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Internal/external Communication:

general principles

Unit 2New Technologies and

dissemination and Valorisation: tools and media

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Practices and techniques for

innovation transfer (benchmarking)

Session 1: Answering to a call - The Planning phase

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M1 - WORKPLAN: THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

M2 - WORKPLAN - MONITORING AND EVALUATION IN ITINERE

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1General principles of the Project

Management

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Monitoring Plan design and

examples of tools

M3 - WORKPLAN - PARTNERSHIP COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Team building

Session 2: To realise a project - The Implementing phase

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M4 - PRODUCTS REALISATION/GOALS ACHIEVEMENT

M5 - EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Techniques and tools for the quality

management

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Evaluation Plan design

Session 2: To realise a project - The Implementing phase

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M6 - MOBILITY

K BASIC K TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL

Unit 1Activities Propaedeutical to a

mobility experience

Unit 2Monitoring and tutoring abroad:

actions and professionals involved

Unit 3Evaluation and self-evaluation

Unit 4Validation and reporting

Session 2: To realise a project - The Implementing phase

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Thank you for your attention