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"Not that it matters a lot for MPs and politicians in general, but it's quite interesting that if someone "anonymously" edits a wikipedia article, wikimedia stores the IP of the editor and provides it to anyone that wants to download the wiki archives. If the IP range is known, or someone has the legal authority within a country to force an ISP to reveal the owner of an IP, it is quite easy to spot the actual person behind an "anonymous" edit. But if someone creates an account to edit wikipedia articles, wikimedia does not publish the IPs of its users, the account database is private. To get an IP of a user, one would need to take wikimedia to courts to force them to reveal that account's IP address. Since every wikipedia article edit history is available for anyone to download, one is actually "more anonymous to the public" if he/she logs in or creates a (new) account every time before editing an article, than editing the same article without an account. Unless someone is afraid that wikimedia will leak/disclose their account's IPs."

"Dual vocational training: a Swiss success story What do Sergio Ermotti and Monika Walser have in common? Not only are they CEOs of two internationally renowned Swiss companies - the banking giant UBS and iconic bag brand Freitag respectively - but they are also graduates of the Swiss dual vocational training system. Other top Swiss managers and leading professionals have also opted for the vocational route. But what is it about this system that allows it to produce a highly qualified and innovative workforce who help Switzerland maintain its position as a global economic powerhouse? swissworld.org unearths the secrets behind the success."

"The ECVET reflector study was carried on behalf of the European Commission between December 2005 and February 2007, shortly before the ECVET consultation phase. It is embedded in the general objectives of the European Commission and Parliament on enhancing mobility of apprentices (both young people and adults) within VET. The study mandate was to analyse the relationships between the characteristics of the European credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET), as proposed by the European Commission in its consultation document, and the existing regulations and practices of assessment, validation and certification as well as accumulation and transfer of learning outcomes in the national VET and qualification systems in Europe. The aims of the study include: Formulating qualified proposals as to how to design ECVET for possible subsequent implementation throughout Europe in accordance with national and regional rules and regulations; Identifying possible needs for support during ECVET implementation and application; Formulating recommendations for further actions at VET stakeholder levels in national and regional contexts."

DISCO, the European Dictionary of Skills and Competences, is an online thesaurus that currently covers more than 104,000 skills and competence terms and approximately 36,000 example phrases. Available in eleven European languages, DISCO is one of the largest collections of its kind in the education and labour market. The DISCO Thesaurus offers a multilingual and peer-reviewed terminology for the classification, description and translation of skills and competences. It is compatible with European tools such as Europass, ESCO, EQF, and ECVET, and supports the international comparability of skills and competences in applications such as personal CVs and e-portfolios, job advertisements and matching, and qualification and learning outcome descriptions.

Emergent Learning Model The ELM is an attempt to take forward the Open Context Model of Learning, which essentially are fresh ideas about how to re-conceptualise the processes of learning by taking account of the affordances of web 2.0 technologies. The Open Context Model of Learning is a way of thinking about the relationships of learning such that a (teacher) develops both a subject understanding as well as an ability in the (learner) to take forward their learning in that subject. That is often taken to mean through classroom interactions, but it doesn't have to mean only that, it could start with learner interactions; conversations, interests and collaboration.

A list of 3 eexisting ECVET studies on policies, case sudes, etc..., by : 1. MOVE IT Study of the obstacles to transnational mobility of apprentices and other young persons in initial vocational training and of how these obstacles can be surmounted 2. ECVET REFLECTOR Study on the implementation and development of an ECVET system for apprentices and other young persons in initial vocational training 3. ECVET CONNEXION Study on the feasibility of an ECVET system for apprentices and other young persons in initial vocational training (test phase)

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In Switzerland the majority of adolescents commence vocational education and training (VET) after lower-secondary education. There are VET programmes for some 230 different professions. In Switzerland, many professional qualifications are obtained in upper-secondary education, while in other countries the same qualifications are obtained in tertiary level education. The Swiss system with its dual-track VET programmes (apprenticeship) differs from most foreign systems of vocational and professional education and training. VET is predominantly based on a dual system: practical training (apprenticeship) on three to four days at a training company is supplemented by theoretical classes (vocational and general educational subjects) on one to two days at the VET school. In addition, the VET students attend inter-company courses, in which they enhance vocational practical skills. The vocational education and training (VET) can also be completed at a full-time vocational school. In the French-speaking and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland, the proportion of full-time vocational schools is higher than in German-speaking Switzerland."

"Vocational and professional education and training in Switzerland - Information films A skilled workforce is essential for Switzerland's appeal as a location for business. It is a key requirement if Switzerland is to rank among the world's leading economies. Vocational and professional education and training (VET/PET) is an integral part of this successful model. What is the basis for this success?"

When assessment is seamlessly woven into the fabric of the learning or gaming environment so that it's virtually invisible-blurring the distinction between learning and assessment-this is stealth assessment. It is intended to be invisible, ongoing, support learning, and remove (or seriously reduce) test anxiety while not sacrificing validity and consistency. A good way to describe stealth assessment is with a metaphor.

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"At Peer 2 Peer University, Badges are a form of feedback that learners give to each other in order to improve their projects. You can create a new Badge, submit a Project for a Badge, or, if you are an "Expert" and already have a Badge, award it to someone else."

What is WikiQuals? WikiQualsis self-directed post-hoc accreditation We Trust the Sqolar Transparent learning published openly Universities "bring you to book"sto read stuff WikiQuals sends you out into the world to do Being as learning Co-creating change Act in the world &document its emergence Co-creating Open Scholarshiphttp://www.slideshare.net/fredgarnett/ WikiQualsShow&Tell; http://wikiquals.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/show-and-tell/

This project sought to assist partner countries move to EQARF through transferring an online assessment tool, developed on a previous project to meet the needs of EFQM and ISO 9000, and adapting it to the requirements of national and other quality frameworks in use in these countries. By extending an already existing TQM model based on the requirements of both EFQM and EQARF, the ACES solution helps to allow a better approach to benchmarking in the VET sector across the EU. After the piloting of the solutionnacross the partner countries,a number of case studies were written up based on the findings of the testers.

"Only 6% of the adult population of Europe is engaged in a new business, compared with 13% in the US. That's why the European Commission is launching today the Watify platform together with ICT stakeholders. Its ambition? Promoting digital entrepreneurship by taking away these doubts, it's estimated that 1, 5 million additional jobs would be created in the EU Internet Economy, if the entire EU mirrors the entrepreneurship performance of the US or Sweden."

"Building a new economy One of the priority objectives of Fair.coop is to build a new global economic system based on cooperation, ethics, solidarity and justice in our economic relations. For this great goal to be possible, it is very important to have a clear strategic path which is well understood and shared by Fair.coop's members. This article explains the strategy we have considered."

A GREAT TOOLBOX TO DESIGN ECVET PROGRAMMES AND VET CREDIT, such as : 1) "ECVET Conversion Manual Project Name/Author: VET-CCS project in Malta Date Posted: 22 October 2013 Description: A Manual for the conversion of qualifications and training courses to ECVET - output of the VET-CCS project in Malta. "

In this booklet Cedefop considers the conditions and measures that Member States need to have in place by 2012 following the 2009 European ECVET recommenda - tion. It has been prepared in close cooperation with the European Commission, the members of the ECVET usersʼ group, and supporting organisations such as the ECVET secretariat and the network of European agencies for lifelong learning.

"Four years ago, intimate photographs of Danish journalist Emma Holten were posted on the web. Thousands viewed them and she still receives online harassment. The issues of revenge porn and hacked photos are part of a larger problem with our relationship to consent, she argues. So Holten decided to pose for and release a new set of pictures of her body. Here she explains why "