The 6th meeting

• Date
  9-12 October, 2005

• Venue
  Heraklion, Greece

• Participants

  Brink, Anton	Holland, Fontys PTH
  Dirckx, Paul	Holland , Fontys PTH
  Frazăo, Lorenco	Portugal , New University of Lisbon
  Gubán, Gyula	Hungary, Dunaújváros College
  Kadocsa, László	Hungary, Dunaújváros College
  Kaliakatsos, Yiannis	Greece, TEI of Crete
  Kalogiannakis, Michail	Greece, TEI of Crete
  Liodakis, George	Greece, TEI of Crete
  Lord, David	UK, University of Huddersfield
  Ludik, Péter	Hungary, Dunaújváros College
  Manni, Eeva	Finland , Tampere Polytechnic
  Oliveira,Teresa	Portugal , New University of Lisbon
  Papoutsakis, Haris	Greece , TEI of Crete
  Pascoal, Alcino	Portugal , New University of Lisbon
  Pearson, Matthew	UK , University of Huddersfield
  Pentelényi, Pál	Hungary , Budapest Polytechnic
  Psarros, Michail	Greece, TEI of Crete
  Suplicz Sándor	Hungary, Budapest Polytechnic
  Torp, Hanna	Finland , Tampere Polytechnic
  Tóth, Ádam Balázs	Hungary, Struktura Ltd.
  Tóth, Ágnes	Hungary , Budapest Polytechnic
  Tóth, Péter	Hungary, Budapest Polytechnic
  Vassilakis, Kostas	Greece, TEI of Crete
  Viola, Attila	Hungary, Budapest Polytechnic

The reason and the purpose of the meeting

• Participation at the conference (2nd dissemination event)
• Overview of the work packages (evaluation and further tasks)
• Planning the final phase of the project
• Preparation for the Final Report

 

Main results of the meeting

1. The VELVITT Conference was held at Technological Educational Institute of Crete. The first part of the conference mainly served as a dissemination of the project results for the time being, while the second half contained papers giving a wider background and special aspects of the topic. The entire conference was simultaneously video-transmitted, via FONTYS in the Netherlands, to all the participating higher education institutions in England, Finland, Hungary, Portugal and TEI branches in Crete.
2. As a result of the overview and evaluation of the work packages, task division among partners for the final period of the project was completed. The conference proceedings will be edited by Dunaujvaros Polytechnic. The publication of training materials to be edited by Budapest Polytechnic will include the training materials on VLEs and the relevant methodological issues. The Tampere Polytechnic will also contribute with further aspects to the study that will be prepared on "learning strategies" by the Dunaujvaros team. New national report representing the situation at the end of the project will also be prepared by each participating country.
3. Details and deadlines of the common decisions to support the consortium in the final phase of the project:
   
   • 15 November 2005
     Deadline for sending the finalised version of conference papers
     in the conference proceedings
     (4-8 pages plus attachments to be included)
   • 30 November 2005
     Deadline for sending materials to be included in the publication
   • (Training materials on VLEs)
     
     • Dutch team: VLE choice, technical papers, inter-compatibility
     • British team: Strategies and methodology of implementation,recommendations on EU level harmonisation
     • Finnish team: Learning strategies with VLEs
     • Portuguese team: Tutors’ profile
   • 30 November 2005
     Deadline  for circulating the shortened format for country reports (British partners)
   • 15 January 2006
     Deadline for sending the new country reports
4. The most important aspects for preparation of the Final Report were also discussed.