eLene4Life – Learning and Interacting to Foster Employability
eLene4Life is an Erasmus+ KA2 project (2018-2021) supporting curriculum innovation in higher education through the development of active learning approaches for soft skills, with the ultimate aim of improving students’ employability.
The main objectives of eLene4Life are to:
- develop new innovative curricula and educational methods integrating active learning, at the same time addressing commonly encountered barriers such as large class sizes and physical spaces,
- improve the relevance of HE curricula in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world, through a focus on soft skills.
Available Outputs
Dissemination of project results
Dynamic Toolkit
Help your students to develop soft skills by using a variety of innovative teaching and learning activities and methods during your classes! Get inspired by visiting our Dynamic Toolkit.
Takeaways for eLene4Life
eLene4Life project identified 10 takeaways for active learning and softs skill development for higher education and corporate sector.
Discussion-based MOOC for teachers
A free, online course to guide you in rethink elements of your course, integrating active learning methodologies which put students at the centre of the learning experience and support them in fostering both their soft and digital skills.
Pilot Projects
The Pilot Projects involve testing a variety of innovative teaching/training activities based on concrete examples described in the Dynamic Toolkit. Pilots were run in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK.
Lessons Learned Kit 2
The eLene4Life Lessons Learned Kit No.2 draws together the results of students’ and teachers’ experiences supported by the Dynamic Toolkit and Pilot Projects.
Bonus micro-learning course
The eLene4Life micro-learning course draws on lessons learned from active learning for soft skills development in higher education and contextualises them for use in professional training contexts.
Transnational Report - HE
This output takes the form of transnational research to analyse the state-of-the-art of innovative methodologies and activities which foster the acquisition of transversal skills in Higher Education.
Lessons Learned Kit 1
View the synthesis of the first two Outputs of the eLene4Life project.
The Lessons Learned Kit takes the form of three attractive multimedia publications based on the project outputs.
Transnational Report - Corporate
This output explores and verifies the transferability to the HE system of innovative learning and teaching activities implemented by companies to support the development of soft skills/ essential skills in new or senior employees.
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Mini-Barcamp-Session hosted by one of the German pilots on the experience with the peer feedback method
On June 21, 2021, Till Rümenapp (media didacticist at ZMML) offered a mini barcamp session for the...
French Multiplier Event – Soft skills: the keystone to recruitment and professional development?
On Tuesday June 15th 2021, the HR webinar AUNEGe / eLene4Life brought together nearly fifty...
Dundee Multiplier Event – eLene4life Knowledge Exchange: Enhancing soft skills through active learning for education and employment
eLene4life held its final multiplier event which was the project conference on the 27th May 2021....
About us
eLene4Life supports curriculum innovation in higher education (HE) through the development of active learning approaches for transversal skills, with the ultimate aim of improving students’ employability.
According to the 2018 World Economic Forum Report ‘Towards a Reskilling Revolution: A Future of Jobs for All’, the rise of artificial intelligence, robotics and other digital developments is upending the primacy of human expertise in the economy. The individuals who will succeed in the economy of the future will be those who can complement the work done by mechanical or algorithmic technologies, and ‘work with the machines’. The 2018 European Commission Proposal on Key Competences also draws attention to these disruptions affecting European societies and economies, stating that “Skills such as creativity, critical thinking, taking initiative and problem solving play an important role in coping with complexity and change in today’s society.”
Our Project Objective
eLene4Life supports curriculum innovation in higher education (HE) through the development of active learning approaches for transversal skills, with the ultimate aim of improving students’ employability.
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This project has been funded by Erasmus + programme of the European Union.
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The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
This project No. 2018-1-FR01-KA203-047829 has been funded by Erasmus + programme of the European Union.
