On 26 mars 2013, at 10:52, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > I met a former colleague in the bus to Chemnitz, and he is at least > knowledgeable about EU research programmes. Do people here have ideas > about possible institutions who could be made to participate? I think > the conditions are institutions from at least three EU countries, and > monetary participation of at least 25%. So we need some institution > with a reasonable interest of its own to get to some LilyPond-related > goals. > > Objective ICT-2013.8.2 Technology-enhanced learning > > Target Outcomes > Research under this objective targets tailored, scaled and tested R&D > for stimulating the take-up of learning technologies in different > learning contexts, reinforces the evidence-base of effectiveness of > learning technologies and encourages their innovative use. > > a) ICT-enabled learning environments: joint pre-commercial procurement > (PCP) of innovative solutions for teaching national curricular topic(s) > in primary and/or secondary education, based on latest advances in > pedagogical, cognitive and other relevant scientific disciplines. > > These solutions should: > • combine, and operate across different digital media and devices and > stretch the boundaries of place, time, type and styles of active > learning in the digital age; > • include rich and intuitive interfaces for teachers and students and > simulations and representations for teaching, learning and communicating > about the topic; > • adapt to different teaching practices and learning methods (e.g. > collaborative, inquiry-based and personalised learning and 1:1 tutoring) > and provide efficient support for the teacher in planning, monitoring, > assessment and in the management of classroom activities. > > The participatory design of the systems should involve all key > stakeholders in the value chain, e.g. public authorities, researchers, > developers and end-users, through iterative processes and take into > account contextual variables that affect learning in particular contexts > (e.g. local, regional and/or national situations, learner and teacher > profiles, types and styles of learning). The proposed solutions should > aim for wide adoption at local, regional or national level and their > relevance and effectiveness for learning should be demonstrated by > appropriate evaluation methods and benchmarking. > > PCPs shall be implemented according to the conditions outlined in > objective 11.1 and Appendix 6 and cover the full PCP life-cycle > encompassing solution design, prototyping, and original development of a > limited volume of products/services in the form of a validated test > series. They should seek to contribute to standards in digital > educational solutions. > > ... > > Expected Impact > • Broaden use of ICT in education in at least one curricular topic > leading to wider take up by end-users; > • Effective public-private partnerships for providing digital learning > solutions in Europe; > • Stronger growth of the European ICT-enabled learning markets; > • More efficient use of ICT for learning through the exploitation of > learning analytics tools; > • More timely and effective acquisition of skills/competences through > learning technologies, in public administrations, indicated a.o. through > % of decrease in time to proven competency and in time to carry out the > tasks, and % of savings in study time; > • Increased awareness on the benefit of the adoption of learning > technologies. > > Funding Schemes > a) CP-CSA, b) STREP, CSA, c) IP/STREP d) CSA (CA only). > Indicative budget distribution > > CP-CSA, IP/STREP: EUR 22 million, of which a minimum of 25% allocated to > CP-CSA (max 25% for the CSA part), a minimum of 40% to IPs and 30% to > STREPs; > > For outcome b) : 1-2 STREPS to be funded > CSA: EUR 3 million > > Call: > FP7-ICT-2013-11 >
This is the exact sorta thing I've been looking for. I work with a group in France that'd be perfect for this (the Grame) - I'll ask them. I also have some contacts to the Sibelius Academy in Finland... Will keep you posted. Cheers, MS _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel