Overview E-Learning tools

This overview has become - as far as I am able to watch - a "should know about " in the global E-Learning community. Indeed, it provides much-needed guidance in a complex and extremely dynamic E-Learning market Furthermore, I like:
* a lot of solutions do support Russian langauge
* google is a main provider of cost-free and highly efficient E-Learning solution (thus the seminar as offered of the project on Online cooperation and communication). Communities like Kazakhstan, which do not generate much income from ads, do benefit from them.
* Work and learning is more and more integrated.
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The experience of EU8 countries in reforming VET

This article "Fiscal reform and Vocational Education in the EU8 countries" is about the experience of the EU 8 accession state in VET modernization. These 8 states do have a favourable сlimate for change in VET due to the EU accession process and the competitive pressure of neighboring rich EU-countries. Kazakhstan has the advantage of huge financial ressources and the experience of those countries. This waz, learning from the experience from EU8 countries might be a valuable lesson.
The strategic implication as researched in the article are about the convergence between general and vocational education. In general, Kazakhstan, moving to a 12 year school system, is in line with this. However, when modernizing VET, the focus might be on general skills - including the use of information and communication technology - in order to be cost-efficient and improve career potential of students.

Economic efficiency of further education

A landmark study into the economic impact of further education colleges has revealed that the contribution of past and present learners who have studied at the colleges over the past 15 years was approximately £28 billion in added income to the national economy in 2006/07 alone.
Highlights are:

• Learners who invest time and money in a Further Education College receive, on average, a 10% return on investment - better than the stock market
• The total socio-economic benefits and savings associated with the colleges yield an average of 8% return on investment to the UK government
• Compared to those with no formal education, workers with a Level 3 qualification receive 6,400 more in annul earnings, or about 196,400 pounds over the course of their career

These consideration should be taken into account for Kazakh VET as well. It is a benchmark, both for the necessary investment in order to create a modern VET system and its economic and social efficiency