European Initiative for Education

The „European Initiative for Education“ (EIE) is an international (European) private Non-Profit education and training organization in Austria (legal status: association). There are offices in Wiener Neustadt / Austria, Adeje/Spain, and in Athens/Greece.

Course in the modern computer lab of the EBI/EIE
Image: Course in the modern computer lab of the EBI/EIE (© Peter Mazohl, with the authorization of the presented trainees).

Mission

EIE’s mission is to endorse an innovative approach to education, training, and culture; this is done by using the method of „Blended Learning“ as an advanced technique of education and training. A new challenge for us is the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Community.

The EIE is integrated into a network of similar institutions in Europe; there are training organizations, educational establishments, research and development centers, public authorities, specialists etc.

The scope of courses is focused on Technology Enhanced Learning  (formerly called e-learning) with the learning platforms Moodle, Blended Learning; Multimedia (Interactivity and Multimedia Content), Content Management Systems, Presentation Techniques, and Project Management.

The EBI/EIE is not only a training association but also involved in research. The research team of the EBI publishes regularly the current research results and is involved as a speaker at international conferences, for example, the ICERI (in Seville).

Projects

We are actively involved in the Erasmus+ Programme and offer:

  • Training in the Frame of KA 1 projects (training for teachers, trainers, and adult learners)
  • Strategic Partnerships – KA 2 projects

Since the autumn 2013, the EBI/EIE is involved in European Projects or coordinates one. In 2015, the EBI/EIE and other partners from the BladEdu founded the European Foundation for Quality in Blended Learning, EFQBL, as a dissemination tool for Blended Learning. In consequence, the EBI/EIE cooperates regularly with this organization.

 

  • VTT-Box (School Education)
    This project has been finished in November 2019.
  • TIBL-Project (EFQUBL)
    This project has been finished in November 2019.
  • Flipped Adult Education (Adult Education)
    This project has been started in 2018 and finished finally in August 2021 (Prolonged due to COVID-19)
  • DigiComPass (Adult Education)
    This project aims to develop a course package to increase digital competencies of adults (following the DigComp 2.1 Framework)
  • BonJour! (Adult Education)
    The project aims to enhance media literacy among older individuals through journalism and digital skills training, fostering social activism and bridging generational digital divides by establishing a pool of media educators tailored for the elderly, supported by a methodology, professional profile identification, training curriculum, and an e-learning platform.

 

  • CICERO (Adult Education)
    This project was dealing with digital competencies and digital photography. It was started with the Kickoff Meeting in Wiener Neustadt and finished with a final meeting at the University of Stockholm.
    The project was awarded as a “Project of Good Practice” by the Swedish National Agency.
  • TEST (School Education)
    This school project focusing on the development of multimedia-based learning tools for science subjects started in the autumn of 2018 and has been finished in 2021.
  • CONNECT (Higher Education)
    The project cares about the development of an innovative multidisciplinary and cross-sectional curriculum for students from the computer and information, health, and social sciences background.
  • InterMedia (Adult Education)
    This project cares about multimedia and interactivity in learning.

 

Here you will find an overview of all our ERASMUS+ Projects.

Research

The research unit of the organisation is led by Peter Mazohl and Harald Makl. Here you will find the overview of the EBI/EIE’s research work.