The second meeting

• Date
  8 - 12 September, 2003

• Venue
  Tampere, Finland

• Participants
  

  László Kadocsa	Hungary
  Pál Pentelényi	Hungary
  Péter Tóth	Hungary
  David Lord	Great Britain
  Matthew Pearson	Great Britain
  Anton van den Brink	Netherlands
  Paul Dirckx	Netherlands
  Alcino Pascoal	Portugal
  Eeva Manni	Finland

The reason and the purpose of the meeting

The meeting was organised according to the original project plan and the detailed plans made in the opening meeting in Huddersfield in May 2003.
The main goal of the meeting was to present and to discuss the work done after the meeting in Huddersfield and to arrange the tasks to be done during the academic year 2003 - 2004 (WP 2 and WP3).

Main results of the meeting

1. Partners presented their initial national/institutional reports of virtual learning environment (VLE) usage, and the features and development of VLE usage was discussed.
2. Work package 2
   The focus in WP2 is in staff development. The UK partners prepare a questionnaire for staff skills and deliver it via email soon after the meeting. Each partner collects questionnaires among the teacher training staff (about 10 persons) and prepares initial analysis of staff needs. Overall summary document will be produced.
   
3. Work package 3
   The deliverables in WP3 are:

   • ITT curriculum reform proposals
   • Module specifications for European collaboration module and adapted ITT modules
   • Validation support documents from institutions
   • Materials for electronic learning strategy

   
   The European collaboration will be a common module. The UK partners will draft the module and circulate it for comment and amendments in November. The comments will be given by December and the module will be revised and finished by February 2004.
   The templates for ITT adaptation will be circulated by November and completed by January 2004. The documentation relating to validation and accreditation at institutes will be done in April 2004.
   
4. The meeting in Hungary in April 2004 will include project meeting in Budapest and a visit to the Pécs University.
   The interim report must be discussed during the meeting. The co-ordinator will send forms and tasks to the partners to support individual preparation before the meeting.
   
5. The www-sites of the project will be in the address http://velvitt.banki.hu.
   
6. The participants became acquainted with the Finnish projects concerning e-learning and e-government:

   • Comparison of VLEs
   • eTampere programme
   • e-learning and e-government at Tampere Polytechnic