EUCLUSTER:Clustering Workshop on Competence Development in SMEs, 17 - 19 March 2004

The clustering workshop on
Competence Development (ComDev) in SMEs
Time: March 17 – 19, 2004
Venue: Gut Gremmelin, Germany (http://www.gutgremmelin.de/)


Following the Florence clustering event the e-Compete consortium would like to invite the innovation community in Europe to a three-day workshop on Competence Development in European SMEs.

Some of the key issues addressed during the group meetings in Florence will be elaborated in Gremmelin, i.e.

- Networking and open sourcing innovation tools
- Combining global thinking with local learning processes
- Innovation through open learning processes
- Regional perspective in the context of innovation systems, and SMEs involvement

Furthermore the participants will have the opportunity to validate a course developed within the Innovation project e-COMPETE on e-learning management, implementing e-learning in an organization, which has been adapted for the European community. The onsite workshop is followed by a 2-week online course moderated by the e-compete team.


Maximum number of participants: 60

Accommodation incl. all meals: 159 € per person per day (excl. drinks)

Gut Gremmelin has state-of-the-art conferencing facilities and guestrooms. There is Internet access via wireless lan and Ethernet.

e-Learning management: Implementing e-learning in an organization

Introduction

e-Learning – the skills to assess e-learning offerings, to access knowledge on the net, to learn. to share knowledge, to collaborate, efficiently, creatively, and critically via electronic neworks, and to integrate e-learning into the company’s work flow are key competencies to stimulate innovation processes in enterprises.

This course will give a general introduction into what e-learning is and what its potential is for SMEs, and provides the learners with tools and skills to evaluate e-learning, to collaborate online, to integrate e-learning into the daily work process.


Target groups

learners in European SMEs – from one person consultancy enterprises to companies up-to 400 employess.
decision-makers in European SMEs
trainers and decision-makers in education and training institutions providing training for SMEs
decision-makers in SME umbrella and representative organisations
entrepreneurs in start-up companies and unemployed people, who plan to start-up a new company

Topics and contents

- Introduction to e-learning
o Definition of e-learning, developments, opportunities, limits

- Self-paced learning and learning strategies
o Background, learning cultures, types of learners, e-learning approaches, learning in organisation

- Learning psychology and motivation
o Introduction to learning theories – behaviourism, cognitivism, constructionism, and their implications for e-learning

- Media-literacy
o How to learn efficiently, problem-oriented, the importance of creative and critical thinking for innovation and change in organisations

- Implementing e-learning in the enterprise
o Arguments for or against e-learning, making an e-learning strategy, evaluating the e-learning market, benchmarking e-learning products, cost-benefit analysis

- Practice/Assessment
o Developing concepts for the implementation of e-learning in the enterprise


Programme onsite-workshop


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Registration


I would like to register for the EUCLUSTER workshop from March 17 – 19, 2004 in Gremmelin.


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Tuesday, March 16, 2004 q single room q double room

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 q single room q double room

Thursday, March 18, 2004 q single room q double room

Friday, March 19, 2004 q single room q double room

Saturday, March 20, 2004 q single room q double room


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Please send or fax to or register via www.ecompete.net

Gut Gremmelin
ed-lab GmbH
Claudia Schaffhausen
Tel. 0049 38452 5123
Fax:0049 38452 5128
Further informationen: Jolande Leinenbach
leinenbach@ed-lab.net