Author: Koen

Attended the NL Tech Week: Teacher professional development – What does the teacher need regarding AI?

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In the context of June ‘AI in Education month’ we attended the event on Teacher professional development – What does the teacher need regarding AI? As the event was organised by SURF in collaboration with SIG AIED, NLAIC, NOLAI, Kennisnet it also offered an opportunity to be informed about the key players in the NL AI in education Read more about Attended the NL Tech Week: Teacher professional development – What does the teacher need regarding AI?[…]

TELLConsult joined the OECD Schools+ Network

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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[…]

Focus on AI in EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and Learning 2023 Edition

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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[…]

EU project proposal submitted

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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[…]

TELLConsult and partners to submit a KA2 Erasmus+ project proposal

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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[…]

Attended the EU Project EDINA final Multiplier Event

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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[…]

TandemMOOC: Interesting (and free!) opportunity for English and Spanish learners to practice their oral skills

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Passing on this announcement from Christine Appel on the start of a new edition of tandemMOOC! The tandemMOOC Project, aims to bring together learners of English and Spanish in order to practice their oral skills. This is a free course that takes place over a period of six weeks, starting on the 26th of October Read more about TandemMOOC: Interesting (and free!) opportunity for English and Spanish learners to practice their oral skills[…]

TELLConsult’s 2023 course offer updated

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Our 2023 course offer has been updated. Thanks to new tutor team members https://www.tellconsult.eu/course-tutors/ 15 evidence-informed courses are now available also including new course topics and venues. https://www.tellconsult.eu/2023-courses/ Looking forward to the migration of our offer on the course catalogue at the EU School Education Gateway website to the new location at School Education ec Read more about TELLConsult’s 2023 course offer updated[…]

Template project dissemination activities (summer 2022)

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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)[…]

Final Event VirtuLApp Project

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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[…]