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The Fallacy of the ‘Digital Native’ – New ECDL Foundation Position Paper
The term ‘Digital Native’ suggests that young people intuitively know how to use digital technology and hence have no need for digital education or training. The aim of this position paper is to…
DOCUMENTCreated: 13/01/2015Updated Date: 13/01/2015
VERVE: Vanquishing fear and apathy through E-inclusion* (VERVE)
*Full title: VERVE: Vanquishing fear and apathy through E-inclusion: Personalised and populated Realistic Virtual Environments for clinical, home and mobile platformVERVE is a research project that…
DOCUMENTCreated: 01/11/2013Updated Date: 01/11/2013
WIISEL: Wireless Insole for Independent and Safe Elderly Living (WIISEL)
WIISEL aims to develop an unobtrusive and wearable system to measure risk of falls in the elderly population, by continuously monitoring gait and fall risk and providing information to users, careers…
DOCUMENTCreated: 18/09/2013Updated Date: 18/09/2013
Crossover: Bridging Communities for Next Generation Policy-Making (Crossover)
CROSSOVER is a project, co-funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme WP-ICT-2011-2012 under the objective 5.6 "ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling". It aims to…
DOCUMENTCreated: 14/01/2013Updated Date: 14/01/2013
SOCIABLE project (SOCIABLE)
SOCIABLE introduces a radically new approach to cognitive training of elderly individuals, which emphasizes the execution of ergonomic pleasant and motivating play activities (games) over multi-touch…
DOCUMENTCreated: 25/11/2011Updated Date: 25/11/2011
EU: I2Web - Deliverable 5.1: State-of-the-art of the User, Device and Application
Description (short summary): One of the key components of the I2Web architecture is the modelling of the user, device and application interaction. This document reviews their state-of-the-art and…
DOCUMENTCreated: 31/10/2011Updated Date: 31/10/2011
EU: ICT Use in L2 Education for Adult Migrants
Description (short summary): This report presents the findings of a comparative study on Information and Communication Technologies' (ICT) use for second language (L2) acquisition by adult migrants in…
DOCUMENTCreated: 05/09/2011Updated Date: 05/09/2011
EU: Language Learning by Adult Migrants: Policy Challenges and ICT Responses
Description (short summary): The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by adult migrants for learning the host country language (or second language, L2) is a topic which crosses…
DOCUMENTCreated: 05/09/2011Updated Date: 05/09/2011
EU: I2Web Project Factsheet
Description (short summary): The Future Internet Community that will be more mainstream in people's lives will also further isolate excluded groups. I2Web will provide the tools to develop inclusive…
DOCUMENTCreated: 29/12/2010Updated Date: 29/12/2010
EU: Commission Communication - ‘European i2010 initiative on e-Inclusion - to be part of the information society’
Description (short summary): This Communication proposes a European Initiative on e-Inclusion comprising: a) an e-Inclusion campaign ‘e-Inclusion, be part of it!’ to raise awareness and connecting…
DOCUMENTCreated: 22/10/2010Updated Date: 22/10/2010
European Web Site on Integration (EWSI)
The European Web Site on Integration is the European Commission's Portal, under the responsibility of the Directorate-General Home Affairs, for information on Integration. The aim site is to help…
DOCUMENTCreated: 30/09/2010Updated Date: 30/09/2010
EU/ES: Migrations and the Net: new virtual spaces to build a cultural identity
Description (short summary):Â Â This paper presents some of the reflections, projects and results around the topics of multiculturalism and migration attained by the Educational Technology Research…
DOCUMENTCreated: 10/08/2010Updated Date: 10/08/2010