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About
WIFO Gateway
to research on education in Europe
[WIFO
Gate]
Contact
Sabine
Manning (CV)
WIFO
Gateway
This
website came about in the context of European research projects carried
out by the Research Forum Education and Society (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
resulted from contract work for Cedefop and also from collaboration with
the European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
and the University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD).
Work
for the WIFO Gateway has been guided by the following principles:
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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;
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simple
design: the web pages are created by using simple tools, yet care is
taken to ensure easy navigation, quick orientation and a pleasant look.
Closely
related to maintaining the WIFO Gateway, recent activities have focused
on supporting various communities of researchers, via WIFO mailing lists,
in sharing information on vocational education and human resource development
across Europe.
Address
Dr
Sabine Manning, Research Forum WIFO, Neue Blumenstrasse 1, D-10179 Berlin,
Tel./Fax: *49-30-2421273
*)
Wissenschaftsforum Bildung und Gesellschaft e.V. (registered non-profit-making
association)
A review
of collaborative research activities supported by the WIFO Gateway 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)
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