Audio-visual information base services for small and medium sized enterprises

The new audio-visual information base services, to be completed in the fall of 2007, offer the European educational society model recommendations for pedagogical use, as well as adaptation and effective integration of audio-visual communication and collaboration services for transfer of training, competence and knowledge to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME). This includes technical advices based on expert knowledge, good practices based on collective end-user knowledge, train-the-trainer courses for teaching personnel, and best practises containing examples offering improved learning experiences through audio-visual communication. The services aim at the creation and fostering of a community within distance education for the sharing of information related to the integration of audio and video technology within pedagogical methodologies. Blended learning methodologies are given special attention.