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WIKI-SKILLS : Empowering and fostering social, professional, cultural and civic skills though pedagogical use of Wiki technologies and methodologies.
Start date: Jan 1, 2012,

REASON : worlds of work and education are increasingly using collaborative platforms to develop cooperation. This includes the use of Wikis, which have been part of the enterprise scene longer than blogs. This is probably because they are not individual tools, but are usually set up for a team of community of people working together. According to study of Netstrategy JMC on global internet trends for 2011, about 33% of organizations leader in their domain use wikis for internal collaboration, and 18% of enterprises worldwide. Wikis are not only used into Wikipedia, but as collaborative tools for projects in public administration, training bodies and private enterprises. In fact Wiki, being the simplest database that could possibly work, is one of the most innovative pedagogical tools in knowledge society, for all 4 LLP sub-programmes. The project aims at: 1- Developing collaborative leadership skills, collective decision making skills, conflict resolution skills, governance skills, etc., whilst participating to the growth of a learning and working community 2- Improving skills on collaborating with others to edit and develop texts 3- Valorising existing cultural patrimony 4- Acquisition of digital fluency basic knowledge This wiki culture corresponds to European priorities of promoting creativity, competitiveness, employability and entrepreneurial spirit, equity, social cohesion and active citizenship. Main OUTPUTS: 1) Inventory of existing needs and training opportunities 2) Feasibility study on ECVET-based certification process 3) Wiki-based diagnostic tool to customize training modules 4) elearning platform 5) Guidelines booklet for teachers 6) Wiki tools and skills training experiment for educational bodies 7) Best practices video and a guidebook. IMPACT: This contextualized collaboration process will impact on participant's development of transversal social, professional, cultural and civic skills through project-based wiki learning processes.
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  • Education and training\Life long learning (2007-2013)\DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE ICT-BASED CONTENT, SERVICES, PEDAGOGIES AND PRACTICE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING (KEY ACTIVITY 3)\Multilateral projects
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