TENCompetence Open Workshop 2008

STIMULATING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING

Location: Bulgaria, Sofia

Venue: Inter Expo Centre, Sofia

Cost: 100 euros per person

Start: October 30th, 2008, 09:00 hrs

End: October 31st, 2008, 17:00 hrs

For practical information on accommodation and travel click here.

In addition to the information below visit:

• creation, sharing, discovery and use of knowledge resources, learning activities and learning paths by individuals, teams or organisations
• development, use, monitoring and maintenance of competence frameworks for different professions or domains of knowledge
•  assessment of competences
• registration, use and sharing of personal data (profiles,portfolios, etc.)
• discovery of suitable learning resources that are adapted to the users needs and profile
• support of users to navigate through all available learning resources to build specific competences
• support for users to learn in new fields and for the people who provide the support (e.g. by providing monitoring services, help by email handling, etc.)

• Learning design for formal and informal lifelong learning and   competence development.
• Knowledge management issues related to competence development,lifelong learning or HRM.
• Competence description frameworks for professions.
• Monitoring (changes in) competences in professions.
• Competence assessment and learner positioning.
• Methods and tools for learner support in distributed environments.
• Methods and tools to support peer tutoring, teaching, mentoring,  coaching, etc.
• Personal data, profiles, and portable ePortfolios for competence  registration.
• Technologies for the discovery of suitable learning resources.
• Collaborative filtering technologies, recommender systems for  learning.
• Use of language technologies to support learning processes.
• Navigational support to users in a learning network.
• Authoring, discovery, advise and/or exchange of knowledge resources.
• Authoring, discovery, advise and/or exchange of learning activities   or units of learning.
• Open standards and specifications usable for learning networks.
• Social software usable for lifelong competence development.
• New social theories and practices which have implications for the  competence development.
• Models and tools supporting work-based learning.
• Personalised and collaborative trails using knowledge resources or   learning activities.
• Mobile support for lifelong competence development.
• The Semantic Web and lifelong competence development.

Venue

INTER EXPO CENTRE

1784, Sofia,

147 "Tsarigradsko shaussee" blv.

Tel: (02) 965 52 20
Fax: (02) 965 52 31
E-mail: iec@bulgarreklama.com

How to get there

114 - Stadium "V. Levski" - Orlov most - Pliska - INTER EXPO CENTRE
Bus 1, 5 and 6 - District Hospital of Sofia - Metro - INTER EXPO CENTRE

or
by Taxi
If you need a map location of the INTER EXPO CENTRE, please click here and type in the address. (http://bgmaps.com/home.asp?sid=a0cbb9f815c11c55e480bf8ab40e696f&lang=en)

TRANSPORT From the AIRPORT to the City Centre
(http://www.sofia-airport.bg/pages/content.aspx?lm01=51&lm02=59&lm03=70)

 
By Bus
The regular No 84 Bus line covers the route Sofia Airport - Sofia University. The bus stop is located near to the Arrival Hall of Terminal 1. Bus services are available from 05.00 a.m. - to 11.00 p.m, all year round.

 The regular No 284 Bus line covers the route Sofia Airport - Sofia University. The bus stop is located near to the Arrival Hall of Terminal 2. Bus services are available from 05.00 a.m. - to 11.00 p.m, all year round.

The price of a ticket is 1 BGN (around 0.50 EURO). Tickets can be bought from the pavilion, at the bus stop. 

If you carry luggage larger than 60x60x40 cm, you are expected to buy a separate ticket for it. The ticket price for a piece of luggage is also 1 BGN (approximately 0.50 EURO).
Please, remember to buy a ticket for your luggage as well.

Please click here (http://www.sofia-airport.bg/pages/content.aspx?lm01=51&lm02=59&lm03=69) to see a map of the public transport in Sofia.

By Taxi
From Terminal 1 you can make a request for the service at the office of: "OK Supertrans" (+359 2) 973 21 21 http://www.oktaxi.net The office is located in Arrivals Hall – Terminal 1. You can also take a taxi directly at the taxi stands, located in front of the western exit of the building of the Terminal 1. 
from Terminal 2

You can make a request for the service at the offices of:

"OK Supertrans" (+359 2) 973 21 21 http://www.oktaxi.net

"Taxi S Express" (+359 2) 9 12 80 http://www.taxi91280.net

The offices are located at Arrivals Hall – Terminal 2. You can also take a taxi directly at the taxi stands, located in front of the western exit of the building of the Terminal 2.

Accommodation

IMPORTANT: To book you should send via email or fax the filled reservation form to the booking company BUTIK TRAVEL.