Author : Gunther Pany

COVID-19 as a motor of digitalization  EKT seeks share insights with thematically related projects in other education sectors. The project C19 d-Response (https://covid19digitalresponse.eu/), for instance, addresses the challenge many VET providers faced at the outbreak of the pandemic when all of a sudden their educational offers had to be turned into online learning. C19 d-Response […]

GROOVE Toolkit for Digitalization  EKT supports the interaction of student teachers, mentors and teachers in school placements. But digitalization is of course also a hot topic in other education sector. The Erasmus+ project GROOVE (https://grooveproject.eu/) has just released a toolkit for VET providers and trainers to advance their professional practices towards digitalization. It is now […]

Support students and teachers in reflection processes. In his recent article Nicolas Ducoulombier of EKT project partner BeezNest presents an portfolio tool integrated in the Chamilo learning management system. It helps structuring joint self-reflection of students and teachers. Read whole article  

Our EKT platform Effective communication between teacher educators, mentors and teacher students during school placements: Have a look how this can be done on our EKT platform: https://fb.watch/eZU94ccpeu/  

A lot of classes, meetings and event to be scheduled… Have a look at this video which shows how the Calendar Tool on the EKT platform can make life easier for teacher students, their pupils, mentors and teacher trainers: https://fb.watch/eZU94ccpeu/  

‘We are not in this alone’ – Teachers form Reflective Circles to combat stress   Not an advert for a new sci-fi movie, but an interesting study, reported recently in The Conversation by AnneSouthall, Fiona Gardner and Lindy Baxter of LaTrobe University in Victoria, Australia. They report the results of a three-yeartrial in which teachers […]

Learn more about our EKT platform for improving initial teacher training through a cloud-based IT solution. A tutorial explains how to work collaboratively in a document, using the EKT Documents Tool: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3105083189714342

Why did we choose to use xAPI in the EKT Project ? What is xAPI ? Tin Can API (or Experience API, or xAPI) is a standard intended to facilitate the transmission of data from educational activities to a training management platform. xAPI (for eXperience API) is the name adopted for this standard which will […]

EKT Study Results Presented at SITE 201 Conference Academic project partners from Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Austria presented the results of the EKT study at the distinguished international SITE 2021 Conference, March 29-Apr 2, 2021. The study explored the need to innovate in Initial Teacher Education to support pre-service teachers during their school […]