On 22 May 2023, we joined the official launch event of the first global community ‘Schools as drivers of innovation‘. This ‘network of networks’ (Schools+) will bring together education experts, school leaders and teachers from across the globe to respond to common challenges and inspire advances in classrooms, schools and policies. Issues that were explored included: As Read more about TELLConsult joined the OECD Schools+ Network[…]
2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and Learning Edition “Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, with new AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT opening up new opportunities in higher education for content creation, communication, and learning, while also raising new concerns about the misuses and overreach of technology” Used the report as content for Read more about Focus on AI in EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and Learning 2023 Edition[…]
Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps As more initiators of EU Erasmusplus project ideas will have experienced the actual proposals submission process was rather unpleasant this year, to say the least, due to constant technical hiccups of the platform. Nationals agencies in many countries were informed about this nuisance and fortunately a delay of one to Read more about EU project proposal submitted[…]
EU project initiative offers Opportunities to Associated Schools TELLConsult succeeded in bringing together a number of international partners to collectively further develop an initial project idea.The resulting project consortium is now finalising the development of the application for an ErasmusPlus KA2 three year project.The team consists of experts on (the training of) the pedagogical use Read more about TELLConsult and partners to submit a KA2 Erasmus+ project proposal[…]
The Erasmus+ project ‘EDucation of International Newly Arrived migrant pupils‘ (EDINA) organised its final Multiplier Event at Utrecht University on Wednesday, October 19. Because of its focus on educational issues related to plurilingualism I had been following this project since TELLConsult’s involvement in the TEMPLATE project.This event provided a great opportunity to be informed about Read more about Attended the EU Project EDINA final Multiplier Event[…]
In June TELLConsult senior advisor Ton Koenraad attended the event organised by University of Applied Sciences, Hogeschool Utrecht dedicated to the start of the retirement of former colleague Maaike Hajer, lector at the lectorate ‘Plurilingualism & Education’. In her exit lecture Maaike gave an overview of her work, insights and (project) results related to her Read more about Template project dissemination activities (summer 2022)[…]
The Virtual Language App Project, in short VirtuLApp, is a European funded project with partners in Basque Country, Ireland and Belgium which develops an innovative multilingual and multididactic approach which teachers can use in the classroom to welcome pupils’ home languages. The VirtuLApp project’s final multiplier event, hosted by Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism Read more about Final Event VirtuLApp Project[…]
TELLConsult senior staff member Ton Koenraad was invited to attend the final multiplier event organised by the Holi-Frysk Project on October 5, 2021. The event took place at the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden (NL). The rationale of the project’s mission ‘multilingual secondary education for everyone’ is explained on its website: ‘Regional Read more about TELLConsult attended the final multiplier event organised by the Holi-Frysk Project ‘multilingual secondary education for everyone’[…]
From: Mercator Network Newsletter July 2021 To conclude the NRO Comenius project “Equal opportunities through multilingual primary teacher training”, the involved researchers from the research group Multilingualism & Literacy (NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences) have published a report on the project’s activities, including the integration of multilingualism and application of CLIL in initial teacher Read more about Equal opportunities through multilingual primary teacher training[…]
In the context of a hoped for return to a new normal and the recent EU publication ‘Achieving a European Education Area by 2025 and resetting education and training for the digital age’ will impact TELLConsult’s strategic plans (under development) including acquiring new management and staff to realise the transition to the selective participation in Read more about TELL transition to post Covid era[…]