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About
WIFO Gateway
to research on education in Europe
[WIFO
Gate]
Contact
Sabine
Manning (CV)
10th
anniversary of the WIFO Gateway
A
review of its collaborative research activities has just appeared in the
European Educational Research Journal:
Sabine
Manning.
Linking
Educational Research Activities across Europe:
A
review of the WIFO Gateway to Research on Education in Europe
In:
EERJ Vol. 6 (2007) No 4, pages 446-450
Go to
original/personal manuscript on web page
Download
original/personal manuscript file in PDF
Go
to article in EERJ (on-line)
WIFO
Gateway
This
website has emerged in the context of European research projects carried
out by the Research Forum WIFO. It is an information service, free of charge,
provided by researchers for researchers. From its beginning in 1997, the
WIFO site has collected resources in the field of European education, with
a focus on vocational education, more recently also including human resource
development. Major sections of the WIFO site have benefited from developing
a web based European Research Overview (ERO)
as part of the CEDEFOP Research Arena (CEDRA).
The stimulating collaboration in this context, above all with Barry Nyhan,
is particularly acknowledged.
Work
for the WIFO Gateway has been guided by the following principles:
-
active
collaboration: resources have been compiled in the course of partnership
work for EU projects and as part of networking activities, with intensive
communication via ordinary means (email, phone and face-to-face);
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interesting
content: the key is to provide information that researchers both need
and produce in their ordinary work process; the challenge is to find a
professional way, based on information processing, of producing this content;
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continuous
updating: while research activities are subject to permanent change
- new projects, schemes and websites all the time - the gateway wants to
offer continuity of services, right up to the latest information available;
-
simple
design: the web pages have been created without any programming skills,
just by using Netscape Composer; yet care is taken to ensure easy navigation,
quick orientation and a pleasant look.
Collaboration
with related networks and websites has been highly valued (see links).
The WIFO Gateway is part of the envisaged European Research Area in Education.
Address
Dr
Sabine Manning, Research Forum WIFO, Neue Blumenstrasse 1, D-10179 Berlin,
Tel./Fax: *49-30-2421273
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