This article describes the European TransRouter project which produced a prototype application designed to help users identify the best possible way to translate a particular project. As a typical knowledge society application, it is designed to facilitate easy and almost instant access to knowledge by evaluating highly complex information based on user-definable criteria. The interest shown by...

Workers in the Knowledge Society need to think creatively, solve problems, and make decisions as a team. Therefore, the development and enhancement of skills for teamwork through collaborative learning is one of the main goals of nowadays education. The term “collaborative learning" refers to an instructional approach in which students work together in groups toward a common goal. The present r...

This study is focused on core competencies for lifelong learning for the knowledge society, especially on the digital competence. The aim of study is twofold. First, to examine the level of the digital competence in sample of graduate university students. Second, to give a proposal of procedure for measuring the level of competence in construction company. The results of research concerning the...

This research combines recent discussions in the cross-disciplinary areas of e-learning, social software, and training motivation. On the one hand, e-learning with its role in a fast paced knowledge society, its potential to revolutionize education and the gap between research and practitioners is already in discussion for years. Discussions are becoming more intense with the rise of social sof...

Learning plays a key role in ageing societies as it can help to address many of the related challenges and opportunities. Opportunities to learn should be given to senior citizens through appropriate local lifelong learning programmes. There is a need to improve research and development on learning tools and approaches designed to meet the different needs of older people. ICT has an important r...

eStart, is an EU-funded project dedicated to the establishment of a Europe-wide network of experts and key stakeholders aimed at providing a communication base for understanding, supporting and promoting Digital Literacy in Primary & Lower Secondary Education across the EU. The first step in this project is the formation of a partnership to negotiate an operative, shared definition of digital l...