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EPICT in Brazil

At a recent meeting in Copenhagen, Eduardo Vidal and Jorge Vidal, President and Vice-President of interdidática, and Dorte Olesen, managing director of UNI•C, signed an agreement between interdidática and the EPICT Group.

We are looking very much forward to working with staff from interdidática and we expect to have a close collaboration over the coming years to ensure the best possible implementation of EPICT in Brazil.

The new EPICT Group

The EPICT Group has been restructured to include a number of new partners. The main reason for this is to strengthen the international presence of EPICT and ensure continued development through a strong international collaboration. The partners are:

• EPICT Australia
• EPICT Ireland
• EPICT Italy
• EPICT UK
• IPICT Lanka
• Menon network, Belgium
• UNI-C, Denmark

Currently we are discussing how to establish and organize work in our international Editorial Board. We hope to be able to provide further information on this shortly.

We see this as a clear strengthening of the EPICT concept, and we feel that the partners of the new EPICT Group cement the position of EPICT as a key player internationally in the area of teachers continued professional development.

Recent activities

EPICT is still experiencing a great interest from wide parts of the world. We hope to be able to provide a list of new EPICT-related activities and developments around the world.

Samoa

EPICT Australia has just been presenting the EPICT concept and trained the first group of facilitators in Samoa. Congratulations to the new Samoan facilitators! For further information on this, contact Peter Crosbie of EPICT Australia.

Austria

EPICT in Austria is currently being evaluated. Dipl. Päd. Gerda Kysela-Schirmer is putting the finishing touches to a 300-page evaluation of EPICT in Austria – and a very positive one at that! For further information contact Thomas Narosy of EPICT Austria.

Maldives

NIIT/EPICT India is planning the training of 1000 teachers in the Maldives using the EPICT concept. For further information on this, contact Jaya Chakravarti of NIIT/EPICT India.

Uganda

The EPICT Group is currently trying to set up a new APICT (African Pedagogical ICT) structure in Uganda. We are discussing with Education Africa and our existing partner how we can involve all the major universities in providing EPICT training to Ugandan teachers.

Kuwait and the Middle East

EPICT UK representatives are working with the Ministry of Education in Kuwait assisting them with their national ICT and learning strategy. EPICT had a prominent position at a conference in the Middle East. Check the conference website for more information.

Latest international facilitators' seminars

In January 2011 Peter Crosbie and Jan Clarke of EPICT Australia trained a group of teachers in Samoa.

Read more about it here - and see some of the pictures from the seminar.