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Education

The act or process of teaching or learning.

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alternance training

Education; Professional training

Education or training combining periods in an educational institution or training centre and in the workplace. The alternance scheme can take place on a weekly, monthly or yearly ...

apprenticeship

Education; Professional training

Systematic, long-term training alternating periods at the workplace and in an educational institution or training centre. The apprentice is contractually linked to the employer ...

digital divide / digital gap

Education; Professional training

Within populations, the gap between those who can access and use information and communication technologies (ICT) effectively, and those who cannot.

learning by doing

Education; Professional training

Learning acquired by repeated practice of a task, with or without prior instruction.

learning by using

Education; Professional training

Learning acquired by repeated use of tools or facilities, with or without prior instruction.

basic information and communication technology (ICT) skills

Education; Professional training

The skills needed to use efficiently the elementary functions of information and communication technologies (essentially word/image/data processing, Internet and e-mail). Some ...

key skills

Education; Professional training

The sum of skills (basic and new basic skills) needed to live in contemporary knowledge society. In its Recommendation on key competences for lifelong learning, the European ...