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announces its 2022 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to
initiatives educating the workforce for the digital
transformation.
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/education/education-award.html">Best
Practices in Education Award</a></b><br>
<b>2022 Edition: "Educating the Workforce for the Digital
Transformation"</b></p>
<p>Presented by Informatics Europe<br>
Sponsored by Microsoft<br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/education/education-award/call-for-submissions-22.html">Now
Open for Submissions</a></b><br>
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<p>The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award
recognises outstanding European educational initiatives
that improve the quality of informatics teaching and the
attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and
extended beyond their institutions of origin.<br>
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The Award will reward a successful teaching effort in
Europe that:<br>
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<li>has made a measurable difference in informatics
education;</li>
<li>is widely applicable and useful for the teaching
community;</li>
<li>has made a measurable impact in its original
institution(s) and beyond.</li>
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<p>Examples of impact include course results, traditional
and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks,
professional development, and influence on the curriculum
of other institutions/countries.<br>
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<b>The 2022 Education Award Theme is educating the
workforce for the digital transformation.</b> The winner
will be an outstanding European informatics educational
initiative that prepares the workforce for the digital
transformation in the classroom or beyond, at school or
university level, or outside of institutions. Educational
initiatives may be technology-based (for example, using
instructional technologies, MOOCs, learning analytics,
etc.) or pedagogical. Experiences in this area, as well as
new educational approaches with some evidence of their
effectiveness, are welcomed.<br>
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<b>The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize
of EUR 5,000.</b><br>
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The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To
be eligible, participants must be located in one of the
member or candidate member countries of the Council of
Europe (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.coe.int/">www.coe.int</a>), or Israel.
Members of the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/education/informatics-in-schools.html">Informatics
Europe Education Task Force</a> and of the Award
Committee are not eligible.<br>
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The Award Committee will review and evaluate each
proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between
at most two different proposals (individuals or teams).
Moreover, noteworthy runners-up may also be included as
exemplars of best practice in future Informatics Europe
publications.<br>
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<b>Proposals should be submitted only at:</b><br>
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href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iebpea2022"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iebpea2022</a></p>
<p>They must be in English, in pdf format and at least
11-point font with reasonable margins.<br>
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<b>The proposal should include:</b><br>
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<ul>
<li>Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;</li>
<li>Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of
an individual or a group;</li>
<li>Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);</li>
<li>Evidence of availability of the outcomes of the
initiative to the teaching community (max 2 pages);</li>
<li>Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);</li>
<li>A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting
material);</li>
<li>One or two letters of support. The letters of support
may come for example from school or university
management, associations, or colleagues in the same or
another institution.</li>
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<p><b>Deadlines:</b><br>
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<li>Proposal: <b>1 June 2022</b></li>
<li>Notification of winner(s): <b>August 2022</b></li>
</ul>
<p>The Award will be presented at the <a
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href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/home.html">18th
European Computer Science Summit</a> (ECSS), which will
be held between 24 and 26 October 2022 in Hamburg where a
representative of the winning institution(s) will be
invited to give a talk on their achievements.<br>
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<b>Award Committee:</b><br>
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<li>Ismael García-Varea, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha,
Spain (Chair)</li>
<li>Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway</li>
<li>Jean-Marc Jézéquel, IRISA / University of Rennes,
France</li>
<li>Kim Mens, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium</li>
<li>Lili Nemec Zlatolas, University of Maribor, Slovenia</li>
<li>Violetta Lonati, University of Milan, Italy</li>
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<p><b>Further inquiries:</b><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:education-award@informatics-europe.org"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">education-award@informatics-europe.org
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