Luxembourg EDUcation-Interviews | 1) The Luxembourg EDU-System

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The Luxembourg EDU-System

As on April 11^th 2016 I had an interview with M. Serge LINCKELS from the Ministry of EDUcation in Luxembourg (SCRIPT) on the site of « eduPôle », the building from the Ministry of EDUcation regrouping different services such as :

• IFEN 

• SCRIPT 

• CGIE 

• Restopolis

• CPP

• ANEFORE

• MENJE

I hereby thank a lot M. Serge LINCKELS for the heartily welcome and ALL the possible information which he was allowed to share with me. The interview was about 1h:10 minutes, positively surprised about to have that much opportunity, thank You M. LINCKELS 😉 WE were ALSO talking a bit about my past, the WHAT I did in EDUcation to know BETTER each other… Well, that was at least one educator, teacher WHO was able to listen, a quality which MOST people have forgotten! He was ALSO SO friendly to give me the necessary contact information for questions which are NOT in his resorts, OTHER hierarchy…

Well, THAT ISN’T a problem (there are ONLY solutions anyway…), and I am feeling VERY HAPPY  about that one of my major questions was answered very positively. It is about inviting OTHER educators, teachers for visiting Luxembourg to find out about the  “LUX-EDU-System“! YES, it is possible, WE will discuss it in the question section 😉

Concerning the questions and answers WE will use initials such as:

• [GM] for Gust MEES
• [SL] for Serge LINCKELS

Questions:

• Concerning the  Lux-EDU-System: Is there an infographic available which explains visually?
  • [GM] I found this one on the official website <===> http://www.digital4education.lu/

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Click the above image please to access the website

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• [SL] The Lux-EDU-SYSTEM is actually NOT NEW, there is NOW ALSO the “strategy to promote media literacy” as shown in above image.
• [GM] Hierarchy of the system; e.g. WHO is doing WHAT: Script, CGIE, etc.
  • I have these infographics, are there any more?
  • http://www.men.public.lu/catalogue-publications/systeme-educatif/statistiques-analyses/enseignement-chiffres/2014-2015-depliant/en.pdf
  • http://www.men.public.lu/fr/index.html
  • [SL] M. LINCKELS showed me the following links and gave me also the name of another contact person to find out if there is anything available for the public (there is a lot of internal stuff which is NOT available for the public…):
  • http://www.men.public.lu/fr/annuaire/index.php
  • http://www.men.public.lu/fr/index.html
  • [GM] I got an very quick answer (in 3 hours time) per eMail from the contacted person, M. Michel LANNERS:
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    SCRIPT is among other missions in charge of developing pedagogical content in the IT area whereas the mission of CGIE is to assure the hardware support and to finance the equipment of the hardware but also to enable the connectivity solutions. Both departments cooperate intensively.
  • [GM] Update, interview with PAPERJAM on 29-09-2016:
    • L’éducation doit refléter la société qui l’entoure

• [GM] There is a MASTER in Secondary EDUcation, WHAT about a MASTER for Primary TEACHers!? Is this foreseen, necessary?
  • http://www.men.public.lu/fr/actualites/articles/communiques-conference-presse/2016/03/16-master/index.html
  • [SL] M. LINCKELS gave me the name of a contact person from the “University of Luxembourg“, which I will contact for further information…
• [GM] Does the “Lux-EDU-System” ALSO include the communication with parents?
  • [SL] There are parent meetings and some schools are using ALSO Apps to communicate with the parents, else the communication from EDU is organized through SMS and eMail.
• [GM] Update on 14-06-2016: Check ALSO <===> http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=Orientierung
• [GM] Do the iPads, Laptops stay in school OR can the learners, students take them at home also?
  • [SL] Mostly they stay at school, but apparently some schools allow also the learners, students to bring their own devices.
• [GM] Is it possible for anyone to visit the “Makerspaces” OR are they ONLY available from persons of EDU (Educators, teachers, students, learners)?
  • [SL] The Makerspaces, there are actually (April 2016) six (6) Makerspaces which are run by BEECREATIVE, are ONLY available for EDU.
  • [GM] Please check ALSO my blog post about MakerSpaces.
  • [GM] Update (23-05-2016): Makerspaces NOW ALSO OPEN to public by special events…

    • Next Girls in Tech Event to Explore Creative Programming and a Maker Space (31-05-2016)

• [GM] Is it possible for some of my followers from Twitter, who are Educators, Teachers from France and Germany to visit You for discovering about the NEW “Lux-EDU-System”?
  • [SL] YES, as long as You don’t bring me a whole train in 😉 [GM] A bit humor was possible also 🙂

Check ALSO the video below please from the official opening of <===> eduSphere. It’s in Luxembourgish and German.

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WHAT’S NEW, Updates

Update as on 21-04-2016: CGIE published his first quarterly magazine, official text on Facebook (in French) <===>  CGIE Mag – Le premier magazine trimestriel du CGIE.
Un meilleur enseignement par plus de productivité !
Au vu le succès de nos articles sur internet nous avons décidé de publier trimestriellement une sélection regroupant les articles et informations les plus lues. D’ici là, n’hésitez pas à nous écrire pour nous soumettre vos idées pour nos prochains numéros.

• http://portal.education.lu/Portals/3/CGIE_MAG01.pdf

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. The Luxembourg Education introduces up from September 2017 a NEW school system approach for LEARNing about ICT, sciences and mathematics, called “FutureHUB”. Read more about: http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Future+Hub

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Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

• http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=Digital+L%C3%ABtzebuerg
• http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Future+Hub
• http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Luxembourg+Tech+School+pilot+project
• http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Digital+4+EDUcation

 

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[GM] The interview happened at 15h:00 (03:00 pm) and finished by 16h:10 (04:10 pm), 1h:10 minutes which was very constructive and pleasant. I got a lot of other information which I will use in other blog posts and interviews; foreseen are:

• Technology in EDUcation
• THE NEW Pedagogy
• Professional Development for Teachers, BTW: In “Lux-EDU-System” it is called “Teacher Training”.
• Makerspaces in Luxembourg Interview made on 25-07-2016 and published on 28-07-2016.

Stay tuned for next blog posts 😉

 

L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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The author Serge LINCKELS  is the head of the “Media and Informational Literacy” (MIL) team at the Ministry of Education of Luxembourg. He represents Luxembourg at the working group on Digital Skills and Competencies (DSC) of the European Commission DG Education and Culture (EAC). He has been a computer-science teacher at the Lycée Technique d’Esch/Alzette, a technical school in Luxembourg for 20 years. Serge holds a Ph.D. in Internet technologies and -systems from the Hasso-Plattner–Institut (HPI) in Potsdam, Germany. His team is currently developing the new online learning and teaching environment of the Ministry of Education of Luxembourg “eduSphere” (http://www.edusphere.lu/) and coordinates BEE CREATIVE – makerspaces.

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