WP7

Dissemination
This WP is led by P4 ATiT. It and others have wide experience in dissemination of large-scale projects through organising events, developing websites/wikis, building pervasive social networks, and creating newsletters and PR materials.

VISCED's results demand a very broad dissemination approach as its outputs are aimed at the whole European secondary and post-secondary area. To ensure a broad impact the WP will take a layered approach: first involving the partners in the network, then those to whom the partners have direct links (including IAC, agencies, ministries, European networks etc) and finally, through publications, presentations and participation in events, to the broader educational world across Europe - and beyond.

Dissemination will start at once so that a community of interest can be built up as soon as possible. There will be material to disseminate initially because several partners are now involved in relevant projects and consortia - such as Learnovation, Re.ViCa, UK home nation studies (for Becta and for Scotland and Wales) and various smaller-scale studies of ICT in colleges and Virtual Schools.

Outputs include:
 * 1) An attractive web site including the wiki
 * 2) A printed Handbook (500 copies) in compact format (A5), with an identical layout downloadable to e-book readers
 * 3) A printed newsletter every two months, from two months after the project starts
 * 4) RSS feeds
 * 5) A low-traffic mail list for important announcements (senior staff dislike too frequent emails)
 * 6) Active community building via social networks (including a blogging aspect) where project staff ensure that they are "embedded" in the networks – these networks to be not just for policy-level and managerial staff
 * 7) Large-audience presentations at events where key names in consortium members are involved, including LATWF 2011 and 2012, ICDE, EDEN, EMINENT (EUN)
 * 8) Interactive workshops at more specialist events to get feedback and updates from delegates - e.g. at quality workshops.

P4 ATiT

 * To lead the Dissemination WP.


 * To develop relevant information design, search and reporting functions of wiki (in association with Sero).


 * To edit Newsletter.


 * To handle dissemination in Belgium (Flanders).

P1 LRF

 * To handle disssemination in Greece.


 * To assist with dissemination beyond Greece.

P2 Sero

 * To develop relevant information design, search and reporting functions of wiki (in association with ATiT).


 * To handle dissemination in UK (all home nations).


 * To assist with dissemination beyond UK.


 * To assist with dissemination via wiki.


 * To run a dissemination blog.

P3 EFQUEL

 * To handle international dissemination of Success Factors.

P5 MENON

 * To assist with Europe-wide dissemination, especially but not only via the MENON network.


 * To assist with other international dissemination.

P7 EITF

 * To handle dissemination in Estonia.


 * To assist international dissemination beyond Estonia, especially in Baltic region and Eastern Europe.

P8 Tensta

 * To assist with international dissemination especially to teachers.


 * To handle dissemination in Sweden and also assisting in Scandinavia.

P9 Aarhus

 * To assist with international dissemination especially to researchers.


 * To handle dissemination in Denmark.

P10 TIEKE

 * To assist with international dissemination especially to policy-makers and/or ministerial-level conferences.


 * To handle dissemination in Finland.

Explanation of workpackage expenditures
Experience shows that dissemination requires a coordinated approach at European and national level, and thus must involve the majority of partners, leveraging on their existing contacts and networks. It also shows (in particular from Re.ViCa) that for issues of interest mainly to leaders and policy levels, a higher level of dissemination is needed than to practitioners. This leads to what might otherwise be thought to be a high level of work in this workpackage.

Technical staff are required in order to ensure that best use is made of wiki interworking, mash-ups, RSS syndication and feeds (including from the wiki) and graphical reporting.

Handbook printing costs are covered in the "Other Costs" sheet of the detailed budget. There is also an allowance for other printing costs for flyers, etc.

We allocated "Travel costs" for 2 dissemination seminars. In "Other costs" each partner (except for the Evaluator) has an allowance for conference fees, prioritised to partners with greater international dissemination roles, with 2000 euros for the most active partners. Most international conference fees are around 500-900 euros - thus the most active partners have a fee to present VISCED at 3 international events, less active at 1 or 2. We did not allocate travel for all events (only two), because we want partners to combine the dissemination activity or conference presentation with partner meetings, IAC Meetings or other events so that VISCED only needs to pay the conference fee for the dissemination activity and thus get best value for its expenditure.

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