Thursday, 22nd September

09:30-09:45

Opening and welcome

Georgios K. Zarifis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Sabine Wiemann
BUPNET, Göttingen (Moderation)

09:45-10:00

Introduction in the conference

Implementing validation of informal and non-formal learning in Europe

Tim Scholze
REVEAL, Göttingen, Germany

10:00-11:30

Panel discussion and Inputs to validation of informal and non-formal learning:

State of play, trends and practical implementation

 

State of validation of informal and non-formal learning in 2016 in the EU

Ernesto Villalba-Garcia
CEDEFOP Thessaloniki, Greece

 

The IMPACT report – demands of European educational professionals regarding VINFL

Georgios K. Zarifis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

 

Integrating validation in a large scale continuing professional development project for adult educators in Germany

Carmen Biel
German Institute for Adult Education, Bonn, Germany

 

Validation and Continuing Professional Development in Human Resource Management

Olga Mineva
CATRO Sofia, Bulgaria

11:30-12:00

Coffee Break

 

12:00-13:00

Presentations of the three host projects

 

Promote – Validation of mobility learning in a business academia Knowledge Alliance

Ausra Razgune
Vilnius University, Lithuania

 

Promoting validation with learning
techno­logies - The IMPACT approach

Davide Taibi,
Institute for Educational Technologies at CNR, Palermo, Italy

 

OWL - Open Web-based Learning Space for Professional Development for Adult Educators

Kolja P. Debus
German Institute for Adult Education, Bonn, Germany

13:00-13:30

Project Workshops Round 1

 

PROMOTE

How to introduce validation in innovative mobility learning settings -> in a graduate course in tourism

Roberto Gamboa

IMPACT

How to embed validation in an open learning space

 

Julia Busche, Jens-Michael Lohse

OWL

How to plan and implement competence based and situative learning for a large learning community

Kolja P. Debus

IMPACT#2

How to convert a COL approach for professionals to EQF levels (INHERIT)

Guy Tilkin

13:30-14:30

Sandwich Lunch

14:30-15:30

Project Workshops Round 2

 

PROMOTE

How to introduce validation in innovative mobility learning settings in an incoming refugee learning context

Jenny Giambalvo Rode, Sarah E. Wild

IMPACT

How to embed validation in an open learning space

Julia Busche, Jens-Michael Lohse

OWL

How to plan and implement competence based and situative learning for a large learning community

Kolja P. Debus

IMPACT#2

How to convert COL and validation in teachers training (CPD for storytelling competences

Guy Tilkin

15:30-16:00

Presentation of the workshop findings and recommendations

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-18:00

Award winners presentations and ceremony

           

During day 1 there is an accompanying poster exhibition and a permanent stand for demonstration of the learning technologies and the KA1 course portal.

Evening Programme: Joint Dinner

 

Friday, 23rd of September

09:30-10:00

REVEAL: European Networking

The Valorisation Concept

 

Tim Scholze
REVEAL, Göttingen, Germany

10:00-11:00

Workshop ideas - Brainstorming

 

 

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

 

11: 30-13:00

Workshop sessions on collaborative projects

 

         Collaborative projects on COL and Validation for disadvantaged target groups

 

         Collaborative projects in the Tourism Sector

 

         Collaborative projects on Cultural Heritage

 

         Collaborative projects on Anti-Racism Communication

13:00-13:30

Presentations of the project ideas

Closure of the conference

13:30

Sandwich lunch; end of the core programme

14:00-16:00

Start-up workshop related to innovative learning and validation