ePrep News
The ePrep initiative, launched in 2001, aims at enhancing international and social access to the "grandes écoles" by the use of information and communication technologies.
This Web page presents ePrep News since January 1, 2009. The latest news item is at the top of the list.
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Representatives of eight countries in the SILLAGES Editorial Committee
July 4, 2010
The SILLAGES Editorial Committee, formed by ePrep, one of the SILLAGES partners with Ecole polytechnique / ParisTech and ESSEC, counts representatives of France and of seven French-speaking countries: Cambodia (ITC), Canada (Teluq), Côte d'Ivoire (INP-HB), Lebanon (ESIB), Senegal (ESMT), Switzerland (EPFL) and Tunisia (EPAM).
The SILLAGES Website is online !
June 16, 2010
The SILLAGES Website - Resources for enhancing SocIaI and International Access to the "Grandes EcoleS" - having Ecole polytechnique / ParisTech, ESSEC and ePrep for partners is online. The SILLAGES initiative will be officially launched at the French Senate, on November 17, 2001, in the framework of the ePrep Seminar on the theme "Sustainable Education". The Francophone Platform is renamed the SILLAGES Platform and the Wikiprépas Website is renamed the SILLAGES Wiki. A Call for contributions is open for the two Websites untill September 15, 2010. An award ceremony will take place for the best contributions during the closing session of the Seminar.
An Editorial Committee for the Francophone Platform and Wikiprépas
May 27, 2010
An Editorial Committee is set up for developing the
Francophone Platform and Wikiprépas, two projects for enhancing international and social access to the "Grandes écoles", under the guidance of Ecole polytechnique / ParisTech, ESSEC and ePrep. This committee, chaired by the General Delegate of the Conférence des grandes écoles, gathers representatives from "Classes préparatoires", "Grandes écoles", universities, research institutes, institutional organisations and other organisations, from France and French-speaking countries. To date, this Committee counts 26 members.
ePrep is a partner of Online Educa Berlin 2010
May 11, 2010
The 16th edition of the Online Educa Berlin Conference and Exhibition, set to be the key event for the international technology-supported learning and training actors, will be held in Berlin (Germany), from December 1 to 3. On the theme "Learning for all", Online Educa Berlin 2010 will secure an excellent line-up of top international experts, who will cover a range of key topics, bringing together their knowledge and experience from various backgrounds. As a partner of this event, ePrep can provide its members with special prices.
2010 ePrep Seminar: programme and registration form online
May 6, 2010
The 2010 ePrep International Seminar, on the theme "Sustainable Education", will be held at the Sénat, Paris, on November 17, 2010. This seminar, organised by ePrep with the support of the Conférence des grandes écoles and INRIA, will include the official launch of the Francophone Platform and of Wikiprépas, two projects jointly developed by Ecole polytechnique / ParisTech, ESSEC and ePrep. The programme of the seminar and a registration form are available online.
UNISCIEL and ePrep cooperate for a better access to their online resources
April 21, 2010
On April 21, 2010, Monique Vindevoghel, General Secretary of UNISCIEL, the Online Thematic University for sciences, and Nathalie Van de Wiele, director of ePrep, initiative launched in 2001 for enhancing international and social access to the "grandes écoles" by the use of ICTEs (Information and communication technologies for education), announce the cooperation of the two organisations for a better access to their online resources.
Thanks to the both parts, the scientific resources available on the Francophone platform (project launched in 2006 by ePrep and now developed in association with Ecole polytechnique / ParisTech, ESSEC and ePrep) are indexed by UNISCIEL according to the SupLOMFR standard to be brought in its data base.
Up to date, the whole collection of courses and exercises available on the Francophone platform (88 courses et 47 series of exercises) are already accessible via UNISCIEL.
The cooperation will be extended to practical modules and will be updated as and when news resources will be uploaded on the Francophone platform
Monique Vindevoghel and Nathalie Van de Wiele are happy with this interesting cooperation for a free access to scientific resources in respect with standards.
Account of two Orme 2.10 sessions
April 6, 2010
In the framework of the 15th Rencontres de l'Orme, Orme 2.10, ePrep attended two sessions on March 31, the first one about computer sciences programmes for high schools, the second one about the place of ICTEs (information and communication technologies for education) in the new high schools programmes. An account of these events is available on this Web site (in French).
2010 ePrep International Thematic Seminar , Sénat, November 17, 2010
March 25, 2010
The 2010 ePrep International thematic Seminar, on the theme "Sustainable Education", will be held at Sénat, on November 17, 2010. This siminar will include the official launch of two projects jointly developed by Ecole Polytechnique / ParisTech, ESSEC and ePrep: the Francophone platform and Wikiprépas. Detailed information available on this Web site.
Indexation by Unisciel of the Francophone platform resources
March 4, 2010
In the framework of a cooperation with
Unisciel, the indexation of the Francophone platform resources, according to the LOMFR / SupLOMFR standard common to the French Digital thematic universities, has been decided. Thanks to this cooperation, the Francophone platform resources will be soon available through Unisciel.
Development of the Francophone platform and of the Wikiprépas Web site
January 27, 2010
On the occasion of an ePrep CoP meeting, it has been decided that the Francophone platform (hosted by ParisTech) and the Wikiprépas Web site (hosted by ESSEC), two projects developed successfully by ePrep CoP members in an exploratory way, will be now developed in an operational way, under the guidance of Ecole Polytechnique / ParisTech, ESSEC and ePrep. In this framework, a first Editorial Committee has been created.
A publication about ePrep in the Qualitique magazine
January 11, 2010
In its December edition, the Qualitique magazine, "The managerial culture of the XXI century, Business ethics", has published an article about ePrep. Entitled "ePrep, a Community of practice for ICT", this four page article has been presented in the section Formation and Gestion of Competencies of the magazine. Read the article (in French).
Synthesis of the 2009 ePrep activities
December 17, 2009
ePrep has published the synthesis of its 2009 activities: watch activities, studies and researches, development of the ePrep CoP and of its projects, organisation of the fourth ePrep International Thematic Seminar, management of the ePrep website... The synthesis of the 2009 ePrep activities is available here (in French).
fuscia and ePrep will cooperate to better answer your questions
December 9, 2009
fuscia, an online programme for training in computer sciences and applied mathematics initiated by INRIA, opens its welcome desk (in French) to ePrep. From now on, when clicking on "Contact" on the ePrep Web site (French part), you will be directed, for all your questions about research in ICT, computer sciences and applied mathematics, to the fuscia welcome desk.
The strong dynamic of the last ePrep Seminar
November 23, 2009
The ePrep Community of Practice (ePrep CoP) is starting a new phase, confirmed at the last ePrep Seminar: consolidation and openness of the Community. This new phase is well appropriated to the further developments of the CoP projects. To take benefit of this strong dynamic, ePrep has produced two documents: a mapping of its CoP, and a Web page to present the studies and proposals coordinated by ePrep for designing ways for p Communitythese developments.
2009 ePrep International Thematic Seminar Proceedings
October 30, 2009
Organised with the support of the Conférence des grandes écoles, the 2009 ePrep International Thematic Seminar held at Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, on October 26. This seminar brought together 30 participants from five countries (Côte d'Ivoire, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Tunisia) to work on the theme "ePrep: an open platform at the service of its community ". Complete proceedings in English at this Web page.
Account of the Serious Games Workshop organised on September 30, 2009
October 22, 2009
The Serious Games Workshop, organised by the Serious Games Institute (United Kingdom) in conjunction with EC-TEL 2009 on September 30 in Nice (France), allowed to have an overview of the research in this domain: Serious Games for past, present and future, from Storytelling to Serious Games... ePrep attended this event and presents an account on its Website (in French).
ePrep is a partner of Online Educa Berlin 2009
October 15, 2009
The 15th edition of the Online Educa Berlin Conference and Exhibition, set to be the key event for the international technology-supported learning and training actors, will be held in Berlin (Germany), on December 3 and 4. With a day of Pre-Conference Workshops and Forums on December 2, Online Educa Berlin 2009 will secure an excellent line-up of top international experts, who will cover a range of key topics, bringing together their knowledge and experience from various backgrounds. As a partner of this event, ePrep can provide its members with special prices.
The 2009 ePrep Seminar is supported by the Conférence des grandes écoles
October 12, 2009
The Conférence des grandes écoles supports the 2009 ePrep International Thematic Seminar (Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, October 26, 2009). This event, following 4 workshops (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) and 3 thematic seminars (2006, 2007, 2008) on the general theme of ICT for enhancing international and social access to the "grandes écoles", has for specific theme: "ePrep: an open platform at the service of its community". Detailed information available on this Web site.
ePrep attended two workshops organised in conjunction with EC-TEL 2009
September 30, 2009
ePrep attended TEL-CoPs'09 and Serious Games, two workshops organised in conjunction with EC-TEL 2009 (fourth European Conference on Technology-enhanced Learning, Nice, France, September 29 - October 2), and had the opportunity to present a scientific paper at TEL-CoPs'09: "Emergence of a Community of Practice: a Case Study" (Daele, Van de Wiele, Charlier, Kueng, 2009).
ePrep CoP visio-conference meeting
September 15, 2009
Members of the ePrep Community of Practice (ePrep CoP) held a visio-conference meeting on September 15, 2009. This meeting was dedicated to the preparation of the fourth ePrep international seminar to be held at Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, on October 26, 2009, on the theme "ePrep : an open platform at the service of its community".
Preparation of a scientific paper about the ePrep CoP at TEL-CoPs'09
September 8, 2009
A scientific paper on the observation and analysis of the emergence of the ePrep Community of Practice (ePrep CoP) aiming at highlighting propitious conditions for CoPs to emerge will be presented by the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and ePrep at TEL-CoPs'09, a workshop organised in the framework of EC-TEL 2009, on September 29, 2009.
A study about the development of the ePrep CoP is launched
July 2, 2009
ePrep and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) launch a study about the development of the ePrep Community of Pratice (ePrep CoP). This study, based on the ePrep CoP Monography produced in 2008 by the University of Fribourg in the framework of the PALETTE European project, will be presented at the next ePrep Thematic Seminar (Paris, October 26, 2009).
ePrep is usingTwitter !
June 25, 2009
In order to enlarge the diffusion of its information, ePrep is now using Twitter. Its account, named ePrepNews, allows ePrep to send its information (in French) in a concise form and to follow efficiently the information posted by other Twitter users (AEF, Educnet, UPMC...).
2009 International ePrep Thematic Seminar , October 26 , Paris
June 16, 2009
On the theme “ePrep: an open platform at the service of its community”, the fourth International ePrep Thematic Seminar will be held on October 26, 2009, at the Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France. A call for paper is open untill October 5, 2009. The registration is free and has to be done online. Detailed information available on this Web site.
Proposal for the 17th Call of the "Fonds francophone des inforoutes"
May 25, 2009
ePrep has coordinated the proposal OFGE (Francophone Openess of Grandes Ecoles) in response to the 17th Call of the Fonds francophone des inforoutes. The OFGE project has for partners ePrep, ESSEC, Omeric, ParisTech (France), ESMT (Senegal), INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire), ESIB (Lebanon), EPAM and IPEST (Tunisia). The project is supported by Conférence des grandes écoles, CNED, INRIA and EDHEC. The results of the Call will be announced in Ocober 2009.
ePrep CoP meeting, Paris
May 18, 2009
Members of the ePrep Community of Practice (ePrep CoP) held a meeting on May 18, 2009, at the Henri Poincaré Institute, in Paris. The agenda was: the coordination of the response to the 17th Call of the"Fonds francophone des inforoutes", the preparation of the 2009 ePrep Thematic Seminar (to be held in Paris, on October 26, 2009), the opportunities offered by the European projects.
An editorial about ePrep in the Espace Prépas magazine
April 21, 2009
In its number 140, Espace Prépas, the CPGE magazine for commercial studies by Hobsons, edits an article describing the new learning methods in "Grandes écoles": "eLearning - New experiences of the distance". You can read, in the framework of this arcticle, an editorial about ePrep entitled "And for CPGEs ?" (in French - pdf 404 kB).
PALETTE final review meeting, Lausanne
April 3, 2009
The final review meeting of the PALETTE European project
has been organised by the European Commission at EPFL, on April 2 & 3, 2009. Christine Vanoirbeek (EPFL), project scientific coordinator, Karen Marcahe (ERCIM), administrative coordinator, Bernadette Charlier (Université de Fribourg), deputy scientific coordinator, and the representatives of the consortium, among them ePrep, have presented the final results of the project. After deliberation, European representatives have congratulated the consortium for the work performed. More about PALETTE ...
ePrep participation in the TeLearn Info Day, Luxembourg
March 24, 2009
European Commission Unit E3 (Cultural Heritage and Technology-enhanced Learning) has organised an information day about FP7 Call 5 Challenge 4 - Objective 2 : Technology-enhanced Learning (TeLearn). ePrep attended this Info Day and proposes minutes online (in French).
The ePrep involvement in the PALETTE European project: a success story
February 20, 2009
Two documents produced by ePrep illustrate the success story of its involvement in the PALETTE European project (February 2006 - January 2009): a two page document (pdf 76 kB) for the Final PALETTE Project Report about the Participative Design developed within the ePrep Community of Practice, and a 90 s video for the project Web site describing the PALETTE services proposed to this Community. A French version of this video is proposed at the PALETTE page of this Web site, this page presenting the whole ePrep results in the framework of the PALETTE project.
ePrep CoP meeting, Paris
January 19, 2009
Members of the ePrep Community of Practice (ePrep CoP) held a meeting on January 19, 2009, at the Multimedia Production Centre of Paris 6, in Paris. The agenda was: the synthesis of the 2008 ePrep Thematic Seminar, the opportunities to be involved in European Projets (TeLearn, FP7 Call 5), and the activities planed for the CoP in 2009.
Synthesis of the 2008 ePrep activities
January 8, 2009
ePrep has published the synthesis of its 2008 activities: organisation of the fourth ePrep International Workshop, organisation of the third ePrep Tematic Seminar, follow-up of the contribution to the PALETTE European project, coordination of the development of the ePrep Community of Practice and of its activities, participation in the French ministerial reports "L'Université numérique" and "eEduc", watch activities... The synthesis of the 2008 ePrep activities is available here (in French).
Cooperation agreement between ePrep and Omeric
January 3, 2009
In the framework of its Francophone Platform project, ePrep signed a cooperation aggreement with Omeric on January 1, 2009. According to this agreement, ePrep will develop its project through the Intersession platform, developed by Omeric, under a CeCILL free license.
