Description (short summary):
This edition of the eLearning Papers investigates on the connections between eLearning and eInclusion in Europe, covering policy-driven initiatives and those occurring in the education field.
The first paper by Kerstin Junge and Kari Hadjivassiliou offers a landscape mapping of initiatives implemented at EU and Member State level in the pursuit of the Riga Declaration objective of halving the digital literacy gap between the average population and groups at risk by 2010.
The second paper, by David Casacuberta, analyses a set of best practices as they emerged from the EU-funded E-learning 4 E-inclusion (EL4EI) project.
The paper by Kirsti Ala-Mutka and Yves Punie focuses on ways in which new models for lifelong learning can support challenges related to ageing.
Vincenza Benigno, Stefania Bocconi and Michela Ott devoted their paper to use of ICTs for reducing discrimination among students, in the context universal access to education.
Finally, the paper by Per Arne Godejord examines the potential of blended eLearning for the development of ethical awareness in students.
 eLearning Papers are a series published by the elearningeuropa.info portal, an initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture that promotes the use of ICT for lifelong learning.
Number of pages: 7
ISBN Number: 1887-1542
Nature of documentation: Independent reports and studies