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ALADIN Online Alert 29

The ALADIN Online Alert is a joint ALADIN initiative, produced bimonthly by the UIL Library and CDÉACF, with input from additional ALADIN members from all over the world. Its goal is to share recent online and full-text information and documents in the area of adult and lifelong learning.

The eLearning Africa Report 2019

We are very pleased to launch the eLearning Africa Report 2019 just ahead of eLearning Africa opening its doors this week in Abidjan:

Synagogues and pedagogues: rethinking educational priorities

Derivations of words throw up some significant curiosities.  I knew that a pedagogue was originally someone who led a child around, including to school.  The term then took a professional turn, to refer to the specialised function of instructing children. But I had never noticed the – to me now rather obvious – etymological similarity between pedagogue and synagogue.

Summary of EMA-PASCAL Meeting: In recognition of museums development

From 19-21 September colleagues from 20 countries across Europe gathered in Ljubljana to celebrate the European Museum Academy (EMA) annual awards ceremony and conference (2019), which included talks by celebrated winners of the prestigious awards for best practice. Twenty-six museums were nominated this year, and the winner of the Micheletti award for work of excellence in social and industrial history was the Astra Museum complex in Transylvania, Romania - first time ever a winner from that country. The winner of the DASA award for excellent work in learning and education in museums was the Workers Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

PASCAL Briefing Paper 19 - SDGs and Education

The 17 SDGs adopted by the United Nations in 2015 constitute a significant step up in scale and ambition in that they apply to all nations, whether developed or developing. Actions to achieve the Goals are demanding and education is seen as central.

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