_MeC MAP

_ Project date:
2003-2006

_DESCRIPTION

The MeCMAP project highlights the potential contribution of e-learning to vocational training within the EU.
Beyond small businesses and their workforce, the project target audiences include e-learning and web developers, training providers and public administrators, as well as many other private sector organisations.
The project is partly funded by the Leonardo program and looks at multicultural elearning provision for small businesses, supported by the establishment of five online databases:
- Collation and analysis of e-learning project results and initiatives that have addressed multicultural aspects, particularly in small businesses. This includes case studies to illustrate good practice
– European ‘roadmap’ of organisations to introduce and promote multilingual and multicultural elearning competencies and standards, together with a description of current and relevant national or regional policies
– Common framework of reference for the competencies and qualifications of vocational teachers, trainers and technical specialist trainers working with small businesses in a multicultural context
– Resource pool of guides and reference material useful to trainers and developers working in multicultural e-learning environments
– Linguistic, social, technical, educational, economic, and geographical information. This will help visualize European multicultural elearning contexts by utilizing a clickable map interface to link to the databases and highlights themes such as social exclusion and the digital divide in work based learning.
Of interest for academic audiences is the development of an analytical rationale including a range of definitions of multiculturalism to frame the various resources compiled in the
MeCMAP databases.

_CLIENTS

. Leonardo DaVinci Program