Research

CEFcult

Posted Fri, 05/02/2010 - 12:06 by krg

 
project start: 
1 Nov 2009
project end: 
1 Nov 2011

The CEFcult project aims at online CEF-based assessment of oral language proficiency for intercultural professional communication.

Product(s): 

The project intends to develop several concrete outputs, including:

  • a modular, customizable web-environment that allows for self-, peer-, and expert- assessment, integrating CEF-scales with other rating scales for language and intercultural competence
  • a set of authentic communication tasks (scenarios) through which learners can assess their speaking skills for intercultural professional purposes in different European languages
  • training materials for self-, peer- and expert assessment in education and enterprises
  • research-supported guidelines for foreign language teaching and educational policy based on observed international inter-rater differences.
  • viable and tested model(s) for collaborative assessment among higher education institutes, enterprises, and various partnership brokers.

The environment can be used by:

  • employees
  • those about to (re-)enter the workplace
  • language teachers
  • in-company trainers.

 

contact name: 
Kamakshi Rajagopal
contact email: 
Kamakshi.Rajagopal@ou.nl
Collaboration partners/project team: 

The coordinator of the CEFcult project is Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).

Financing: 

The project will be funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme of the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (key activity 2: Languages).

Vacancy: Post doctoral researcher in Educational Science

Posted Thu, 28/01/2010 - 13:18 by win

 

CELSTEC's Learning and Cognition programme is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to carry out the research project :

Sex differences in navigation through hypertext learning environments.

The project focuses on the interaction between the graphic-organisers used as navigation techniques in hypertext learning environments and sex differences. It will provide insight and guidelines for optimally tailoring the navigation within hypertext environments of boys and girls.

This research project is financed by the FES-Learning programme.

Location: 

Heerlen

Requirements: 

We are looking for a PhD in a relevant field (e.g., educational sciences, learning sciences, educational technology, educational psychology, cognitive psychology, workplace learning, cognitive neuroscience, AI/Agent technology) with good organisational and communication skills (Dutch and English).
The contract is for 0,8 fte for a period of two years.

Tasks: 

The researcher will carry out the research project Sex differences in navigation through hypertext learning environments.

Contact: 

The full text of this vacancy is published on Academic transfer.

Salary: 

 

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