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P2P – Policy and Practice Peer to Peer
Author: Anja Balanskat

P2P (Peer Reviews and Observatory on Policy and Practice in ICT) is a project in response to the eLearning Call for Proposals, Directorate Education and Culture. The two year project (January 2004 to April 2006) aims both to monitor and to stimulate change in ICT policies and practice at European, national, regional and school level and builds on results of the Ernist project.

The project is organised in strands of policy, practice and inspections, each of which engages in peer reviews throughout the project.

In three policy peer reviews, that respectively take place in the ministries of education of Northern Ireland, France and Finland,  the projects develops a closer dialogue between senior officials working on elearning policy. Partners from the Suisse centre for Education, (CTIE self funded) and the Nottingham University provide the framework for the reviews and produce analytical review reports looking into the transfer and scalability of discussed policy examples.

16 schools from Northern Ireland, Finland, France and The Netherlands are involved in peer visits. They are supported and coordinated by their ministry of education. Researchers from the University of Helsinki, The Open University, UK and the centre for international education studies in France provide the methodological framework or input for the mutual peer learning experience.
 
Under the lead of the Dutch inspectorate  national inspectorates  from 5 countries Scotland, France England, Sweden, Ireland are working together to review each other's approaches to ICT assessment.

The project will conclude with a closing conference to take place in April 2006. 

EUN is responsible for project management, impacting (Knowledge management and
dissemination) and provides input into policy analysis and best practices. 

Outputs of the project include peer policy and practice review reports, school portraits, a common framework for evaluation, a study on assessment schemes for teachers ICT competence, analytical studies and collections of good practice in policy and practice.



 

Project website:
http://p2p.eun.org
http://insight.eun.org 

Contact:
Roger Blamire

P2P reports are online:
http://insight.eun.org/...
/peer_reviews/p2preports_ni_finland.htm