ICoTeL and ELefANTS Projects – Bringing Help and New Skills

1. ICoTeL and ELefANTS Projects – Bringing Help and New Skills Jaromír Hrad, Tomáš Zeman Czech Technical University in Prague {hrad,zeman}@fel.cvut.cz http://www.comtel.cz

2. ICoTeL – Main Ideas • Information and Communication Technologies in Lifelong Learning • Create an integrated virtual training/consultancy system based on application of up-to-date information and communication technologies (ICT) and ICT network platforms • Contribute to the improvement of the ICT knowledge in selected areas • Develop training courses ICEE 2005, Gliwice

3. The ICoTeL Partnership • Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (SK) • Association of the Electrotechnical Industry of the Slovak Republic (Bratislava, SK) • Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, ES) • Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ) • Society of Life-Long Learning (Bratislava, SK) • Alcatel Slovakia,a.s. (Liptovský Hrádok, SK) • Orange Slovakia (Bratislava, SK) • Siemes PSE s.r.o. (Bratislava, SK) • Alcatel SEL A.G. Stuttgart (DE) • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR) • University of Hradec Králové (CZ) • KENTEQ International (Nijkerk, NL) • Bitmedia E-learning Solution GmbH & CoKG (Graz, A) • National Agency for the Development of SMEs (Bratislava, SK) ICEE 2005, Gliwice

4. ICoTeL Target Groups • Managers, marketing and administrative staff of various companies, institutions and SMEs; technical and engineering staff, staff of software companies; staff of ICT companies • Disabled people; lectors, trainers, tutors and designers of training materials for e-learning • Addressing primarily the engineering and educational sectors ICEE 2005, Gliwice

5. ICoTeL Training Courses • “Skills in Application of ICT – SAICT” • Developed integrated virtual training/consultancy system ICEE 2005, Gliwice

6. ICoTeL Expected Results • Training centers conception based on application of new generation of ICT technologies, integrated multimedia networks and software platforms • New innovative methodology of the training system provisioning and administration • 1st training module “ICT in Company Management and Marketing” (application of ICT in the work of managers and marketing staff in SMEs) • 2nd training module “Selected Applications of ICT in Enterprises, Institutions and SMEs” (application of ICT in the work of technical staff, operational staff and production staff ICEE 2005, Gliwice

7. ELefANTS – Main Ideas • E-Learning for Acquiring New Types of Skills • Help people with limited mobility when entering (or re-entering) into the job market • Re-qualification for employees in industry and ICT (focused mainly on industrial automation) • Employment of distance education methods • Prepare suitable courses for both target groups (Internet-based, CD-ROM, optionally printed) ICEE 2005, Gliwice

8. The ELefANTS Partnership • Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ) • Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (SK) • University of Maribor (SI) • Poznań University of Technology (PL) • Alcatel Czech, Ltd. (Praha, CZ) • ISEP Paris (FR) • Society of Life-Long Learning (Bratislava, SK) • CELN – Czech E-Learning Network (Praha, CZ) • Charta 77 Foundation (Praha, CZ) • University of Central Lancashire (UK) • Kybertec, Ltd. (Chrudim, CZ) • Alcatel SEL A.G. Stuttgart (DE) ICEE 2005, Gliwice

9. ELefANTS Target Groups • Handicapped or disabled persons, persons with limited mobility (due to excessive distance or costs, or lack of public transportation), parents taking care of little children, persons in household and those who cannot keep in touch with their employer on regular basis • Employees in industry and ICT who need lifelong learning and re-qualification in order to keep and improve their position in the job market ICEE 2005, Gliwice

10. ELefANTS Distance Learning Courses • Course #1:“Fundamentals of Teleworking for Disadvantaged Persons” • Course #2:“Teleinformatics in Industrial Automation” ICEE 2005, Gliwice

11. ELefANTS Course #1 Outline • Working with a personal computer • Networking I – Basic operations • Networking II – Common applications • Teleworking I – Basic concept • Teleworking II – Specific applications • Teleworking III – Managing the work • Contact with customers I – Business Communication and Telemarketing • Contact with customers II – CRM • Summary and review ICEE 2005, Gliwice

12. ELefANTS Course #2 Outline • Contemporary automation technology • Control systems • Digital transmission principles • Principles of projection using PLC • Logical systems • Numerical algorithms,digital systems, controllers and filters • Simulation and modeling of real processes • Fuzzy logic and fuzzy control and intelligent systems • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in automation • Technological Diagnostics and Security • Expected Development and Trends ICEE 2005, Gliwice

13. ELefANTS Planned Activities • Development phase (courses in 7 languages) • Pilot run of both courses (beginning of 2006;the total of 300 trainees in 7 countries) • Evaluation of the results (effectiveness, impact on the professional career of trainees) • Evaluation of the applied methodology • Final versions of printed and electronic materials • Summarized experience and comments • Multilingual multimedia dictionary ICEE 2005, Gliwice

14. Thank You (see also: “http://icotel.ktl.elf.stuba.sk/”& “http://elefants.comtel.cz/”) ? ICEE 2005, Gliwice