"We saw a spectacular growth of teachers' ICT skills. What normally can be achieved in 5 to 6 years, we have reached in the Netherlands in about 7 months", Eric Welp, Kennisnet.

Online courses and seminars can be a beneficial form of continuous professional development (CPD) for teachers, according to further analysis of the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey TALIS data. Yet only 34% of teachers in the European Union have participated in online training in the past year according to the TALIS survey, suggesting a significant untapped potential for online professional learning.

The ARETE project aims to implement Augmented Reality (AR) technologies in education. Over three different primary school education pilots, ARETE aims to enable disruptive innovation of AR for interactions, access, and distribution of content to enhance European innovation in the field of education.

In this era of innovation in education, new learning environments such as makerspaces are gaining popularity in school communities in Europe and all over the world. More and more school leaders are investing in transforming their traditional school spaces in pursuit of creating new and creative ways of learning.

IMPACT EdTech, the European Incubator-Accelerator that helps EdTech start-ups and SMEs turn ideas into market-ready products, has announced the names of the 15 selected start-ups entering the incubation stage of the programme and the 10 pre-selected companies that will be fast-tracked to acceleration.

The ARETE project aims to implement Augmented Reality (AR) technologies in education Over three different primary school education pilots, ARETE aims to enable disruptive innovation of AR for interactions, access, and distribution of content to enhance European innovation in the field of education.

Since 1994, 5 October marks the World Teachers' Day, a day that commemorates their relentless efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. The theme of this year is: "Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future".

The European Film Factory invites anyone with an interest in film education to join the online event "Welcome to the European Film Factory - Cinema Is The New School" on 13 October at 16:00 to 18:00 CEST.

The European Schoolnet Academy released its new course catalogue for Autumn. A new set of five courses are available for teachers and other education professionals from September 2020.

European Schoolnet Academy, Scientix and STE(A)M IT have joined forces to launch the first STEM MOOCs package with a unique special certificate to obtain from European Schoolnet Academy!

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