Lately, I have been reading some of the European Comission reports of the current educational situation. Similar conclusions have been drawn from all the studies I have been reading. The recent European studies reveal that Innovation in learning through ICT is still not sufficiently present as part of the European Educational Systems, despite the fact that bigger budgets have been available, and that many institutions are already embracing the new technologies...Netheless...this effort has not always been successful.

The main findings that support this statement say that the Educational systems are still struggling to keep up with the real-life business and public services’ models, which have embraced the use of information and communication technologies in a more pragmatic, and thus efficient way.

The integration of ICT in Education requires changes at the pedagogical, technological and organizational settings, and this isn’t allegedly fully embedded in the organizations’ strategy. Finally, these studies recognize the importance of ICT in bridging between formal, informal and workplace learning; hence supporting lifelong learning in a more meaningful way.

I would also like to stress the fact that the EU has declared 2009 the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, which ties in well with the the IPTS policy brief on ICT for Learning, Innovation and Creativity ‘s recommendations (http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC48707.TN.pdf )

I would really like to know more about our points of views concerning this. Probably some examples too. It's important we share what we are doing in this field - how we are innovating learning, and consequently teaching/and training to make it more appealing to our learner audience.