Minerva

The Minerva Action seeks to promote European co-operation in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in education.

The Minerva has three main objectives, (1) to promote understanding among teachers, learners, decision-makers and the public at large of the implications of the use of ICT in education, as well as the critical and responsible use of ICT for educational purposes; (2) to ensure that pedagogical considerations are given proper weight in the development of ICT and multimedia-based educational products and services; and (3) to promote access to improved methods and educational resources as well as to results and best practices in this field.

Further information on the Action in English is available on the websites of the European Commission and the Socrates, Leonardo and Youth Technical Assistance Office:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/minerva/ind1a_en.html

http://www3.socleoyouth.be/static/en/overview/minerva_overview.htm

Socrates project database - Minerva:

http://www.isoc.siu.no/isocii.nsf/searchprojects?SearchView&Query=FIELD+Gen_code+CONTAINS+MINERVA&count=20&searchmax=0&start=1

Socrates partner finding database:

http://www.siu.no/socpart

Information on past projects:

The Compendium is a series of documents containing a description of all the projects by selection round.  It includes a brief summary of the activities and the contact details of the participants. 

The  ISOC database (Socrates projects database) is an interactive database containing all the projects selected in the past.  It is updated by the project coordinators directly.

Minerva – Document Library

http://www3.socleoyouth.be/static/en/odl/document.htm

The eLearning initiative of the European Commission

seeks to mobilise the educational and cultural communities, as well as the economic and social players in Europe, in order to speed up changes in the education and training systems for Europe's move to a knowledge-based society.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/elearning/index_en.html