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EU PROJECTS
REPOSITORIES AND CONTENT POOLS
• CALIBRATE Calibrating eLearning in Schools: http://calibrate.eun.org/ brings together eight
Ministries of Education (including six new member states) which carry out a multi-level project designed to
support the collaborative use and exchange of teaching resources in schools.
• MELT - Metadata Ecology for Learning and Teaching: http://melt-project.eun.org is a "Content-
Brockerage-System" of existing digital teaching resources
• INSPIRE - Innovative Science Pedagogy in Research and Education: gives schools access to the newest educational
technologies and methods.
• iClass - Intelligent Distributed Cognitive-based Open Learning System for Schools:
http://iclass.wikispaces.com/
VIS-FUTURE LAB
• InLot – In the Lab of Tomorrow - Lab of Tomorrow: http://lot.virtuelleschule.at - aims at investigating
the feasibility of successful and innovative services for science teaching and learning as a business
case.
• COLLAGE – is an innovative, mobile learning application for the syllabus of medium and higher-level secondary schools. Platform for
students and teachers using games for learning various topics: http://www.virtuelleschule.at/collage: Mobile Learning.
• DISCOVERY DAYS: http://www.virtuelleschule.at/discovery-day
State-of-the-art technology meets Science and Culture: Using state-of-the art technological applications to
improve visitors’ experience in museums, science centres and theme parks
• COSMOS - An Advanced Scientific Repository for Science, Teaching and Learning
• Organic.Edunet - A Multilingual Federation of Learning Repositories with Quality Content for the
Awareness and Education of European Youth about Organic Agriculture and Agreocology
STRUCTURE FONDS: INTERREG III/A UND EUREGIO
• BILDUNG ONLINE – contribute (Tirol – Bayern) http://www.bildungonline.at
• NetMusic (Niederösterreich – Slowakei) http://www.i-music.at
• Wirtschaftliche Brücke durch Sprachenvielfalt im Grenzgebiet (Niederösterreich – Ungarn)
• Burgen und Schlösser und ihre Virtuelle Geschichte (Salzburg – Bayern)
http://wissen.virtuelleschule.at/abz-stjosef/
COOPERATIONS
• ECO MEDIA (COMENIUS) http://www.ecomedia-europe.net/
The main focus of the network is the strategic development of ICT and media based education
in the field of Comenius
• Learning from Mozart (KULTUR 2000), http://mozarthausvienna.at
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire (KULTUR 2000), http://www.romanfrontiers.org
• P2V – Peer to Peer networking for Valorisation, http://p2v.eun.org
• EdReNe - Education Repository Network, http://www.edrene.org
• LRE Associate Partners
Federal Ministry of Education, the Arts and Culture
Department V/3, IT-Systems for Education
elisabeth.zistler@bmukk.gv.at, 0043 (1) 53120 - 35 39
reinhold.hawle@bmukk.gv.at, 0043 (1) 53120 - 3538
karl.lehner@bmukk.gv.at, 0043 (1) 531 20 - 3524
michaela.schaller@bmukk.gv.at, 0043 (1) 53120 – 3527
Virtuelle Schule Österreich: http://www.virtuelleschule.at
The Austrian VIRTUAL SCHOOL
The Network for Innovation in Schools in Austria
ViS.AT
www.virtuelleschule.at
Origins
As an intermediary (interface) between Austria and the European Schoolnet (EUN), the
pages of the Virtual School (bm:ukk dept. V/3) were set up on a national level initially to
present on the Internet an overview of the Austrian educational contribution and ICT
projects in 1997.
ViS:AT is divided into the following areas:
National subject orientated portals and ICT projects
• The portal provides subject orientated educational information for teachers in schools
• Each portal is led by a specialist teacher of the subject or school type
• The portal heads are responsible for the content and didactical quality of the information

• The websites of the individual departments are integrated into the Austrian Educational Servers:
- eduhi – Education Highway Upper Austria: http://www.schule.at/gegenstand
- Tibs – Tiroler Bildungsserver / Education Server Tyrol: http://www.contake.at
- Bildungsportal: http://bildungspool.bildung.at
- eTeaching Austria (Services für Laptopklassen): http://www.e-teaching-austria.at
The subject related portals refer to the edict “ Electronic Content for Austrian Schools -
Creation, Distribution and Maintenance“ from July 2003-2006 and to the e-Content
initiative of the Ministry of Education.
Special projects
In special projects, teachers and students, together with specialists from different institutions,
can create or adapt multimedia and interactive learning material for use in schools and open
learning environments, for example Robotics -„First Lego League“, MigrantInnen, Mobile
Classroom, Virtual School for children, ...
”IT-Einsatz im Unterricht – Film”: These films show how to use Notebooks in different
subjects. Lessons were filmed for documentary reasons to demonstrate possible fields of IT
applications in the classroom. (http://www.virtuelleschule.at/film)
ViS:AT wants to encourage projects about the impact of ICT on society, culture and
educational policy.
Cooperations
ViS:AT supports international ICT initiatives with activities at national level
and actively cooperates on diverse projects, for example:
• European Schoolnet: http://www.eun.org
• eSchola (2001 – 2003); The main objective of eSchola was to identify examples of good
practice and promote the innovative use of new technologies on all levels of school
education. http://eschola.eduhi.at
• Valnet – Lab of Tomorrow: Lab of Tomorrow develops the pedagogical framework for
the successful application of emerging technologies in teaching science. http://www.virtuellschule.at/lot
• European Netdays (since 1997): projects and events about the aspects of creativity, ICT
and young people http://www.netdays.at
ViS:AT also helps teachers in applying for EU funding for ICT activities.
Business cooperation
Interested companies are offered the possibilty to cooperate with
educational organisations:
• Exchange of experience and information in order to integrate ICT into everyday
school life.
• Development of eLearning examples including practical use in class.
Presentation events
• Interpädagogica - Educational fair for teachers (Graz, Salzburg, Wien, Linz)
ViS:AT supports and organises the bm:ukk booth as well as numerous project presentations.
• BildungOnline, Hall in Tirol: yearly educational fair: ViS:AT organises and supports
school groups with their project presentations. http://www.bildungonline.at
• Netdays Austria – Festival: Workshops, Competitions for young people, students and
teachers. http://www.netdays.at
• eLearning Conference: Eisenstadt, yearly educational conference
http://www.virtuelleschule.at/elearning-conference
Outlook and further development of ViS:AT
• ViS:AT is a center for cross-country and interdisciplinary IT projects by
disseminating respective information about EU initiatives and possible cooperation
partners.
• ViS:AT furthermore contributes to the e-content development and classification and takes
an active role in the development of the Austrian educational content pool.
• ViS:AT aims at presenting examples of useful IT applications in education and
initiates and enables projects with a thematic focus. These projects are designed to show
how interdisciplinary teaching with the use of ICT can be implemented in class as well as in open
learning environments.
Competitions
• Schulhomepageaward: http://schulhomepageaward.bmukk.gv.at
• Computer Contest: http://www.contestsinternational.eu
• eTwinning: http://www.etwinning.at
• etc.

Subject Oriented Portals (in German): http://www.schule.at/gegenstand
1. BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFTSLEHRE: Mag. Prof. Gerhard Pflügelmayr (OÖ)
2. BEWEGUNG UND SPORT: Mag. Dr. Thomas Rotkopf (PH Diözese Linz, OÖ)
3. BILDNERISCHE ERZIEHUNG: Mag. Hartwig Michelitsch (GRG 21 "Bertha von Suttner" - Schulschiff, W)
4. Biologie und Umweltkunde: Mag. Veronika Kunnert-Wernhart, Mag. Christian Wurzer (BG/BRG Mödling,
NÖ)
5. CHEMIE: Mag. Stefan Schönhacker (Wien), Dr. Elisabeth Kulnigg (Goethegymnasium Wien)
6. DEUTSCH: Mag. Richard Dech (BG BRG Schwechat, NÖ), Mag. Michael Komarek
7. ENGLISCH: Mag. Walter Steinkogler (Abendgym Salzburg), Prof. Mag. Georg Hellmayr (Schottengym Wien),
Dr. Maria Wiesinger (Tourismusschule Bad Hofgastein, S), Mag. Michael Krebs (HTL Wiener Neustadt,
NÖ), Mag. Dr. Susanne Pratscher (HAK III Schoenborngasse, W)
8. ERNÄHRUNG UND HAUSHALT & EKS: Team unter der Leitung von FI Katharina Ortner (LSR OÖ)
9. FRANZÖSISCH: Valérie Maret (Wien)
10. GENDER & BILDUNG: Mag. Evelin Langenecker (Abt. für geschlechtsspezifische Bildungsfragen / Gender
Mainstreaming BM:UKK), Mag. Ruth Mayr, Karl Rieder, MSc (KMS Hainburger Str., Wien)
11. GEOGRAPHIE UND WIRTSCHAFTSKUNDE: Team Mag. Alfons Koller (PH Diözese Linz, OÖ)
12. GEOMETRIE: Mag. Werner Gems (HTBLA Saalfelden), Mag. Alois Kastenberger (GRG Wien 15),
Mag Dr. Thomas Müller (KPH Wien), Marion Pfeifer, Prof. Mag. Klaus Scheiber
13. GESCHICHTE: MMag. Peter Leitl (Schigymnasium Stams, T)
14. GRIECHISCH: Mag. Viktor Streicher (BG 9 Wien), Mag. Martin Schöffberger (Schottengymnasium Wien)
15. IKT: FI Prof. Mag. Günther Schwarz (BRG Schloss Wagrain, OÖ)
16. INFORMATIONS- UND OFFICEMANAGEMENT: Dipl.-Päd. Claudia Schürz
17. ITALIENISCH: FI Mag. Dr. Ingeborg Kanz + Team (LSR Burgenland)
18. LATEIN: Mag. Peter Glatz (Stiftsgymn. Wilhering, OÖ), Mag. Dr. Andreas Thiel (ORG Diöz. LInz Stifterstr.,OÖ)
19. MATHEMATIK: Mag. Herbert Arzt (BG BRG Wels Dr. Schauer-Str., OÖ), Mag. Karin Schachner (BG BRG Wels Dr.
Schauer-Str., OÖ)
20. MUSIKERZIEHUNG: Georg Merza, MSc (HS Max Winter Platz, W), Walter Gahr, MSc (HS II Wolkersdorf, NÖ)
21. PHYSIK: Mag. Andrea Mayer (GRG XII Rosasgasse, Wien)
22. POLITISCHE BILDUNG: Mag. Sigrid Steininger, Abteilung Politische Bildung, Umweltbildung und
VerbraucherInnenbildung, Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur
23. PSYCHOLOGIE UND PHILOSOPHIE: Mag. Franz Pöll (Poppersch., Wien), Mag. Dagmar Simon (BG/BRG Mödling, NÖ)
24. RECHNUNGSWESEN: Mag. Helmut Bauer (BHAK BHAS I Salzburg)
25. RELIGION: Dipl.-Päd. Christoph Gstaltmeyr (HS Strasshof, NÖ)
26. SONDERPÄDAGOGIK: Erwin Brenner (SPZ Wilhelmsburg, NÖ), Wolfgang Sieberer (ASO Kufstein, T)
27. SPANISCH: FI Mag. Dr. Ingeborg Kanz + Team (LSR Burgenland)
28. WERKEN TECHNISCH: Mag. Johannes Lhotka (BG BRG Gmünd, NÖ), Mag. Eckhard Malota (BG BRG Baden, NÖ)
29. WERKEN TEXTIL / KREATIVES GESTALTEN: Team der WTX/KG unter der Leitung von FI Katharina Ortner (LSR OÖ)
30. WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK: MMag. Ulrike Wiedersich (HAK HAS Mödling, NÖ), Mag. Helmut Bauer
(BHAK BHAS I Salzburg)
31. POLYTECHNISCHE SCHULE: Bundesweiter PTS-Arbeitskreis
32. VOLKSSCHULE: EDUCATION HIGHWAY Redaktion mit Monika Wegerer (GTVS 12 Wien), Sabine Ofner (VS
Ternitz) und Babette Kohlross
33. MULTIMEDIALE SCHULBIBLIOTHEK: Mag. Werner Schöggl (BG Wien XXI), Mag. Gabriele Fenkart (BRG Viktring, W)
Mag. Stephan Hofer (Gymnasium der Zisterzienser, V) , Mag. Michael Sporer (BG BRG Sillgasse, T)
34. INFORMATIKSERVER: Dir. Mag. Hans ADAM (BORG Monsbergergasse, Stmk), Dir. Rainer Blaschke (HS Feldkirchen
bei Graz, Stmk)
Read by Claudia Patsch
July 2008