LaBooM – Languages for the BOOk and Media sector
www.la-boom.net
Project: 2005-A/05/B/F/LA-158.237
Duration: 1/9/2005 – 30/8/2007
LaBoom project aim is to develop a vocationally oriented, two-level language course with a special focus on intercultural learning that is geared towards people working in the book and media sector. The beginner course level is available in English, German and Italian; the level for advanced learners is provided in English only. LaBooM is designed as a blended learning course, in which open and distance-learning phases interchange.
Partnership:
►Akademie der österreichischen Buch- und Medienwirtschaft (ABW)
►Fachhochschule St. Pölten - Studiengang f. Telekommunikation und Medien (FH)
►Landesschulrat für Niederösterreich (LSR)
►Strední odborná škola (SOS)
►TEMPO Training and Consulting Ltd. (TEM)
►EDITRAIN (ET)
►Fernando Santi Basilicata (FSB)
►ARIES Formazione
►Spoleczna Wyzsza Szkola Przedsiebiorczosci i Zarzadzania w Lodzi (Academy of Management) (AM)
►Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at the Oxford Brookes University (OBU)
►Publishing Training Centre (PTC)
►The Training Partnership Ltd. (TTP)
Tempo´s role
► Being part of the Technical Working Group
► Preliminary work on the technical concept
► Taking part in five partner meetings and in group meetings
► Coordinating and fine-tuning of the concept with the Didactic Working Group
► Reporting to coordinator
► Design and setup of technical framework
► Taking part in quality safeguarding, evaluation and proof-reading process
► Finalising the online and CD-ROM versions of the course
► Taking part in promotion and dissemination of the final product.
Aims, objectives
The project aim is to develop a vocationally oriented, two-level language course with a special focus on intercultural learning that is geared towards people working in the book and media sector. The level for beginners will be available in English, German and Italian; the level for advanced learners will be provided in English only. LaBooM is designed as a blended learning course, in which open and distance learning phases interchange and will be completed and available by September 2007.
Results/Products:
► Official website www.la-boom.net
► Generator which is converting the word documents into the .html format
► On-line Units
► F2f Units
