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INTERACT Europe 100

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 23:25:23 +0200

INTERACT Europe 100 (funded via the EU Health Programme by the European Commission), December 2023 – November 2026, Budget: 8.75 Mio EUR (331,579.52 EUR acquired for own institution)

The INTERACT-EUROPE100 project aims at implementing the Inter-specialty Cancer Training (ISCT) curriculum developed under the INTERACT-EUROPE project. The objective of the ISCT programme is to foster a patient-centric approach to quality cancer care through the promotion of multidisciplinary and multi-professional teams working across Europe. The project will critically review the current state of inter-specialty training resources, identify existing quality learning materials and produce innovative learning resources to meet the requirements of the ISCT curriculum and ensure the needs of oncology patients across Europe are addressed. In the framework of the project, two new modules focusing on paediatric oncology and the specific needs of Ukrainian displaced healthcare professionals and people in care will be developed. A dedicated digital learning management system adapted to the needs of oncology professionals will be established to support the decentralised implementation of the ISCT programme for trainers and trainees at the national level. The activities linked to the training of trainers will target experts in the fields of clinical oncology, surgery, radiation oncology, cancer nursing and other specialised staff from at least 100 cancer centres in Europe and will ensure the future sustainability of the ISCT programme in EU Members States. Local and international events for trainers will facilitate the exchange of best learning practices and establish an EU network of inter-specialty cancer trainers to achieve best patient outcomes.

TRANSITION

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:25:23 +0200

TRANSITION - Digital Transition and digital resilience in oncology (Funded via European Commission, 01.03.2023 - 28.02.2025), Budget: 2.299 541 EUR (53 928 EUR acquired for own institution, Role: partner)

TRANSITION is an 24-month project (March 2023 - February 2025) co-funded by the EU under the EU4Health programme 2021-2027. Digital health presents great potential across the whole spectrum of the cancer patient trajectory. . However, there are many challenges to its full deployment. A crucial challenge is to provide continuous professional development and training for the cancer healthcare workforce and the non-clinical professionals, which poses an essential barrier to the uptake, safe, and effective use of digital health solutions across the cancer continuum. The TRANSiTION proposal contributes to creating a new state-of-the-art education and training programme for healthcare professionals and non-clinical professionals that will enable the acquisition of digital skills and competencies for current and future needs that the integration of digital solutions generates. TRANSiTION brings together an interdisciplinary consortium of 27 partners from 15-member states with extensive expertise in the development, assessment, and successful implementation of continuous professional development and training programmes in health.

INTERACT Europe

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 23:25:23 +0200

INTERACT EUROPE: Innovative collaboration for Inter-specialty cancer training across Europe(funded via the EU Health Programme by the European Commission), July 2022 – November 2023, Budget: 2.6 Mio EUR (170,826.80 EUR acquired for own institution)

INTERACT-EUROPE is an 18-month project (July 2022 - November 2023) co-funded by the EU under the EU4Health programme 2021-2027 as part of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. INTERACT-EUROPE brings together 33 partners from 17 countries aiming at developing a European inter-specialty cancer training programme involving all main oncology disciplines and professions, cancer centres and patient groups, based on relevant needs assessments.

Related Publications

Kulaksız, T., Steinbacher, J., Ganz, M., Klein, M., & Kalz, M. (2026). E-learning acceptance among oncology healthcare professionals in Europe. Journal of Cancer Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-026-02862-9

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Kulaksız, T., Steinbacher, J., & Kalz, M. (2026). Innovation in learning design within the zone of proximal implementation: Developing technology-enhanced learning scenarios for cancer professionals. Technol. Knowl. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-023-02329-1

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Steinbacher, J., Kulaksız, T., & Kalz, M. (2025). Exploring the Current Use of Educational Technologies in the Oncology Domain Across Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Cancer Education, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-025-02703-1

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Benstead, K., Brandl, A., Brouwers, T., Civera, J., Collen, S., Csaba, D. L., De Munter, J., Dewitte, M., de Los Rios, C. D., Dodlek, N., & others. (2023). An inter-specialty cancer training programme curriculum for Europe. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 49(9), 106989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2023.106989

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Kulaksız, T., Steinbacher, J., & Kalz, M. (2023). Technology-Enhanced Learning in the Education of Oncology Medical Professionals: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Cancer Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-023-02329-1

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OLCOS

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 14:00:32 +0200

Transversal Action funded by the European Comission under the eLearning programme between January 2006 – December 2007), Budget: 373.263 €, 80 000 EUR for own institution:

Presently the benefits and characteristics of open source software in education is apparent and widely acknowledged, this is not the case with respect to the concept of digital open content that may particularly benefit flexible and open learning models (e.g. collaborative knowledge and skills building) in schools, higher educational institutions and vocational training.

OpenScout

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 14:00:05 +0200

Targeted Project funded under the eContentplus programme from September 2009 – October 2012), Budget: 5,6 Mio EUR (202 776 EUR for own institution, Role: partner)

OpenScout stands for “Skill based scouting of open user-generated and community-improved content for management education and training”. OpenScout is a project co-funded by the European Commission within the eContentplus Programme as a Targeted Project in the area of Educational Content (Grant ECP 2008 EDU 428016). OpenScout started in September 2009 and has a duration of three years. OpenScout aims at providing an education service in the internet that enables users to easily find, access, use and exchange open content for management education and training.

The management education market is largely diversified, training topics range from general management and leadership to very specific issues like managing risks in banking industry. Despite the resulting growing need for management education and content the potential of already existing open learning materials is hardly exploited, neither in the business sector nor in SMEs where the need for lifelong learning is even greater. Within its portal OpenScout offers easy-to-use competence-based federated search and retrieval web services, provides an openly accessible tool library for improvement and re-publishing of open contents and establishes an open user community that opens up their content and adopts OpenScout web services in real contexts of use.

Additionally, OpenScout provides a number of extensions and plug-ins that allow users to seamlessly integrate OpenScout search functionalities in their favourite learning environment like Learning Management Systems, Social Networks or mobile devices. In partnership with the European Association of Technology Enhanced Learning (EATEL) the OpenScout project has created the Special Interest Group (SIG) Open Content for Business and Management in September 2012. The main goal of the SIG is to drive and promote Open Education for the Business and Management domain also after the project’s formal end. The SIG maintains and extends the successful portal, user community and services of OpenScout and aims at being the single access point for people engaged in this field.

Related Publications

Kalz, M., Klemke, R., Ternier, S., & Specht, M. (2010). Infrastrukturen zur Verwaltung von Metadaten für Offene Bildungsressourcen. Zeitschrift Für E-Learning, 5(3).

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EMuRgency

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:59:57 +0200

Funded via INTERREG IVa, September 2011 – August 2014), Budget: 3,53 Mio EUR (605 000 EUR acquired for own institution, Role: Coordinator)

The EMuRgency project was funded under the INTERREG IVa programe which is partially financed through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Co-financing comes from several regions of the Euregio Rhine-Meuse and partners of the EMuRgency consortium.

In the EMR region every year there are about 2.500 cases of cardiac arrest. In case of a cardiac arrest serious brain damage can occur after three minutes. The emergency services seldom manage to arrive within three minutes. Therefore heart massage, also called cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by layman, bystanders, can mean the difference between life and death. But in the Euregio in about 75% of the cases of cardiac arrest CPR has not been started when the ambulance arrives. Mostly because those present do not know what to do. The EMuRgency project wants to change that through a combination of activities. A cross-border alarm system, a learning programme to teach people how to give CPR and a roadshow to train college students and to make them and their surroundings aware of their reponsibility.

The project piloted an alerting system in the whole region. In case of a cardiac arrest citizens who know how to give CPR are alerted and sent to the patient. Experiences from projects as SMS-Retter in Aachen (Germany), AED-Alert and Hart voor Limburg will be used in this activity. The 112 centre will find (spotting) and alert the nearest available persons skilled in CPR using their mobile phones. This system will function cross-borders. The project will raise awareness about the need to know about CPR. The project will develop a range of edcuational products. Apart from ‘classic’ e-learning content, innovative learning scenarios will be developed using mobile devices and game patterns. The schooling will be organised for different target groups (children/teenagers/adults, non-professional and professional relief workers).

Related Publications

Kalz, M., Lenssen, N., Felzen, M., Rossaint, R., Tabuenca, B., Specht, M., & Skorning, M. (2014). Smartphone apps for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and real incident support: a mixed-methods evaluation study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 16(3), e2951. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2951

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DeTEL

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:59:50 +0200

Doctoral Education for Technology-Enhanced Learning (DE-TEL) project will establish and deepen a strategic partnership for doctoral education in Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL). DE-TEL brings together 9 internationally renowned universities and the to reflect their expertise in doctoral education into a new internationally validated program in TEL, extended with rich and professionally produced Open Educational Resources. The project grounds the design of the new program in the best practices in TEL doctoral education across Europe as well as institutional and national requirements.

DE-TEL will create a new offer in an area of research that finds practical application across Europe as digitalisation of education is in an increasing demand to solve multiple challenges.

Doctoral education in TEL aims to develop expertise in doctoral candidates, provide knowledge from multiple relevant perspectives and allows taking empirically-based decisions in implementing TEL solutions in practice. The goal of DE-TEL is to bring doctoral education in TEL to a new level with high-quality resources and a new internationally designed program to support better curricular integration and avoid fragmentation of the digitalisation agenda in Europe.

Related Publications

Pammer-Schindler, V., Wild, F., Fominykh, M., Ley, T., Perifanou, M., Soule, M. V., Hernández-Leo, D., Kalz, M., Klamma, R., Pedro, L., Santos, C., Glahn, C., Economides, A. A., Parmaxi, A., Prasolova-Førland, E., Gillet, D., & Maillet, K. (2020). Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Technology-Enhanced Learning in Europe. Frontiers in Education, 5, 150.

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EMMA

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:26:00 +0200

EMMA: European Multiple MOOC Aggregator (funded via Policy Support Program by the European Commission), February 2014 – August 2016, Budget: 4,95 Mio EUR (191.000 EUR acquired for own institution, Role: partner)

EMMA stands for European Multiple MOOC Aggregator. EMMA combines and refines a series of existing components to pilot a web-learning environment where users can access multi-media courseware, translation services, personal learning environments and learning communities. The EMMA platform enables users to access MOOCs in a new, customised way, harvesting content from different courses in their own language. The project seeks to redress the balance between learning communities and individual learning, enabling EMMA users to create their own paths by selecting and integrating different learning objects from other courses along with authoritative resources on the web.

ENTER_EdTech

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:25:23 +0200

ENTER_EdTech: Entering the EdTech Entrepreneurship World (funded via Erasmus Plus by the European Commission), Januar 2021 – December 2024, Budget: 924 050 EUR (128.250 EUR acquired for own institution)

The project aim is to train aspiring EdTech-preneurs, start-up founders, spin-offs and small SMEs in enhancing their market knowledge, improving their business processes, becoming more competitive and improving the quality of their products and services.