IMAILE in EDULEARN 2017
The Finnish project partners of IMAILE had the opportunity to present the IMAILE project including results and experiences gained at the EDULEARN conference 2017 in Barcelona. The title of the presentation was: “Innovations to design personalized learning environments for STEMRead more
IMAILE on Science onstagefestival 2017 in Debrecen
Science on stage festival, the largest European educational fair for STEM teachers, is organized every two years.This time it tookplace from 29 June – 2 July 2017 in the Kölcsey Convention Centre in Debrecen, Hungary. At the festival around 450Read more
IMAILE Pilot testing in Spain – Watch the video!
First #Imaile testing has finished – watch the video and hear the feedback from teachers and students The European project Imaile to develop personal learning environments has finished the first test period. Marta Mata, Teide and Sagrada Família Primary SchoolsRead more
New approach in testing phase 2 – STEM-PLE focus groups
We will create national focus groups in all procurer countries with one teacher from the testing schools and the suppliers. One representative from the suppliers will attend 1.5 months during the testing phase 2 when the teacher is using the PLERead more
IMAILE was invited as speaker to eafip conference on innovation procurement
IMAILE’s project manager Ellinor Wallin together with IMAILE suppliers got an official invitation to be speakers at the eafip – Conference on Innovation Procurement. http://eafip.eu/events/conference_on_innovation_procurement/ 17-18 October 2017 Tallinn, Estonia The event is co-organised by the Estonian Ministry of EconomicRead more
IMAILE supply & demand meet in Berlin
On 16 May 2017 the national testing coordinators from our four countries gathered to share experiences and lessons learnt from the testing this spring. It was the first time that the suppliers were in this meeting. Follow the event summarisedRead more
Almerin Ltd was selected for Kasvu Open competition 2017
Congratulations from the entire IMAILE team! Almerin Ltd competes in so called growth-path of central Finland among 14 other companies. Kasvu Open is the largest project for sparring grow companies in Finland. Over 900 experienced managers will meet 450 mediumRead more
Almerin Ltd in the new ‘eafip’ videos – Congratulations!
‘eafip – European Assistance For Innovation Procurement’ invited Almerin Ltd with the PLE solution Yiptree to participate in the new eafip videos. The videos aim at providing knowledge about the public innovation procurement process. Almerin Ltd will represent the supplierRead more
Testing impressions – AMIGO
Amigo testing taking place at OeDG school in Magdeburg (Germany), Valhalla school in Halmstad and Halmstad University (Sweden) and in Konnevesi. Some impressions of fun testing activities!
AMIGO at Tecnolgia Educativa
Tecnolgia Educativa: Robòtica, programació i impressió 3D with Amigo
Save the date – Meet IMAILE and suppliers at eafip Workshop in Berlin
eafip Workshop for public procurers in the sectors of education, recreation, culture and religion Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin, Germany 17 May 2017 – 9.00-18.00h Programme The aim of the event will be to highlight the benefits ofRead more
IMAILE and Almerin go ITK-Päivät 2017
Almerin and IMAILE were at ITK-Päivät and presented YipTree as one of the PLE solutions developed with PCP innovative procurement methodology. ITK Days happen in Aulanko, Hämeenlinna and bring together yearly over 2000 teachers, researchers, rectors, educational technology suppliers&providers etc.Read more
IMAILE at ITE2017
Petri Lounaskorpi from Konnevesi, Finland presented IMAILE and the PCP process during a poster presentation at the Interactive Technology in Education Conference in Hämeenlinna from 5-7 April.
Ready for testing and abstract submitted to EDULEARN
YipTree and Amigo received the technical permission for testing this spring. Now they are demonstrating their systems to the IMAILE country testing coordinators, in order to proceed with activities in the selected schools. Congratulations to both suppliers! IMAILE submitted anRead more
Prototype testing in Sweden
This week, teachers and students from Halmstad in Sweden are participating in a co-design process to shape personal learning environments to meet the users demands and expectations of the future. During spring 2017 two PLE prototype solutions are being testedRead more
Connecting with STIMEY project
STIMEY project aims to bring science and society together in Europe, and consequently increase the continent’s international competitiveness, and make STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education more relatable to European youths to raise their interests and involvement in STEMRead more
New Logo for YipTree
YipTree, one of our selected solutions presents a new logo today! Join the YipTree Facebook group now! Watch the Video what it is all about: http://www.imaile.eu/public-tenders/phase-3-selection-results/
IMAILE is well on track!
After the annual review at DG CONNECT in Luxembourg the project management team and WP leaders are very happy and would like to thank all partners in the consortium as well as external cooperation partners and our suppliers for allRead more
How to do an open market consultation during a PCP? IMAILE’s input at EC event
IMAILE has been asked to share best practice on “How to do an open market consultation during a PCP?” during the concertation meeting in Brussels arranged by European Commission. ANNUAL CONCERTATION MEETING OF ON-GOING INNOVATION PROCUREMENT PROJECTS March 9th, 2017Read more
AWARD for IMAILE “Most innovative European project”
IMAILE received an award in the category “most innovative European Project” at the VII National Congress on Public Services and Innovation in Spain. Thank you to our partners in Viladecans! The Congress aims to be a forum to discuss howRead more
IMAILE is looking for procurer organisations for future proposals
IMAILE partners are planning to prepare a PPI (phase 4) after ending our project in January 2018. In order to strengthen this work we work on a proposal to the following H2020 call: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-33-2017.html (theme A). In the project weRead more
Current Imaile newsletters are out now!
The current newsletters for procurers, suppliers, education sector and general public are available now in the publication section! Find out more about: IMAILE entering phase 3 of PCP process Testing phase of prototypes Introducing the two remaining competitors Save theRead more
IMAILE project was submitted for a national award in Spain
Viladecans has submitted the IMAILE project for an award that is given within the VII National Congress on Public Services and Innovation under the categories “most innovative European Project” and “innovative public procurement”. The results will be communicated at theRead more
Highlights of the decision meeting in Viladecans
Kati Clements, IMAILE technical manager, presents the highlights of the decision meeting in Viladecans, Spain in her blog. You will have the chance to get insights in the working progress of the procurers’ group as well as in the timeRead more
Video: Introducing AMIGO PLE for STEM
AMIGO delivered a holistic ecosystem providing the next generation personal learning environment for STEM subjects including multiple different functionalities aiming at increasing the motivation of students to learn STEM and increasing the study results by adapting the learning to theRead more
2 Suppliers have been awarded to the third phase of IMAILE’s PCP!
By a decision of the 13th of January 2017, the Tendering board of the Imaile project has decided to award the following competitors for the provision of R&D services as specified in their tenders proposal. Almerin Personal Learning Environment –Read more
Public procurer survey on the interest of innovation procurements of ICT based solutions
The European Commission is collecting data from key public procurers with potential interest in procuring new innovative solutions in the coming years. The results will help the EC to prioritise these needs in the upcoming years, in view of allocatingRead more
Starting the final project year with PCP Peer learning
IMAILE is the first PCP within Education and therefore both procurers, project team and suppliers are learning. To collect the learning/ experience from the suppliers a brief survey was shared with them in December. Additionally IMAILE will present PCP lessonsRead more
Congratulations to our IMAILE project manager!
Ellinor Wallin, IMAILE Project manager, is invited by EC DG Connect as expert to “Foresight workshop on Learning technologies and research & innovation priorities for the future arranged by the EC “ in setting its future research and innovation priorities.Read more
Approaching service offers and award decisions for phase 3!
IMAILE management team (Project, Contract, Technical and Testing managers) are pleased with the dialogue between the suppliers and procurers ending phase 2. This week we had telephone conferences with the 4 suppliers: Finpeda, Almerin, AMIGO and SiWAY. We see aRead more
Sharing good practices in PCP – Imaile in Stockholm
IMAILE is invited by Swedish / Norwegian Innovation Agencies for knowledge transfer of best practice in PCP in Stockholm! Download the programme here!
That was IMAILE’s Suppliers-Procurers Demonstration meeting
From 20-22 September 2016 the first meeting between suppliers and procurers of IMAILE project took place in Magdeburg. Procurers, local experts/assessors, technical and pedagogical experts and project management team met with our 4 remaining suppliers: SiWay Almerin AMIGO Finpeda The suppliersRead more
Magdeburg – Demonstration meeting between suppliers, procurers and experts
Supplier presentations of IMAILE PLE STEM innovations in Magdeburg, Germany 20-22 September 2016 For the first time all suppliers of selected proposals entering phase 2 will meet with the buyers group and experts to present their prototypes of innovative PLERead more
Publishable summaries of the 4 selected proposals are available now!
Out of seven successful proposals in phase 1 four have been awarded to enter the next phase of IMAILE PCP when suppliers are asked to develop and present first prototypes of their solutions. Among these proposals were some submitted byRead more
Selected proposals entering phase 2 of IMAILE PCP
Congratulations to the 4 suppliers and consortia who were selected to enter the next phase after presenting their solution designs for phase 1 in IMAILE’s PCP. In phase 2 the prototype development is awarded with 1 520 000 EUR (upRead more
IMAILE at the Night of Science in Magdeburg
More than 1,000 guests visited Magdeburg’s university labs at the “Night of Science” on Saturday, May 21st. IMAILE was presented to teachers and parents in the competence center “Classroom of the Future”!
Successful decision and consortia meeting in Halmstad/Tylösand!
The IMAILE procurer group met in Sweden to discuss the assessments for phase 1 in order to select the suppliers moving on to phase 2 of the pre-commercial procurement process. Additionally an IMAILE consortia meeting was held to update workingRead more
Time for assessment
The selected suppliers for phase 1 in IMAILE PCP submitted their bids to enter phase 2 – prototype development. The evaluation panel started to work on the evaluation of educational ICT based solutions to support personal learning prototypes. Suppliers selectedRead more
Looking back on the second project year
IMAILE successfully managed the main activity in the second project year 2015: launching the call for tender and start the PCP stages by awarding and contracting selected suppliers. But also other activities were implemented and events took place. Take aRead more
First phase of PCP has started
On 30th November 2015 ended the deadline to submit proposals in the framework of the first PCP launched by the IMAILE project. This call aimed to acquire research and development services of educational ICT based solutions to support personalised learningRead more
IMAILE project was invited to take part in Smart City Expo World Congress
ACCIÓ (Agency for business competitiveness in Catalonia) invited the IMAILE project to take part in a workshop that took place in the framework of the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona. The main aim of the workshop was toRead more
Presentation of supplier information meeting Spain
The presentation of the supplier information meeting in Spain is now available for download. Presentation – pdf
CANCELED – Supplier information meeting in Halmstad
We have decided to cancel the information meeting in Halmstad the upcoming week on 19 October 2015. Upon request from several suppliers we have been asked to address the questions using mail and Q&A document uploads on the web. CallRead more
Launch of call for tender
On 1 October 2015 an international PCP call for tenders was published at TED database (online version of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union dedicated to European public procurement). The invitation to tender and the necessaryRead more
Documentation of Suppliers workshop at EC TEL
Supplier workshop at EC-TEL industry track session – 17 September 2015 Workshop description | Presentation IMAILE workshop Details about contracts Explanations on the PCP process Meeting other suppliers to network or build consortia for the call Industry Track Programme |Read more
Challenge Brief published
The IMAILE Challenge Brief was published and will provide you with all important information until the launch of call by 1 October 2015. IMAILE Challenge Brief (pdf)
Call updates for suppliers
New date of publication of challenge brief: 15 Sep 2015 IIMAILE industrial workshop 17 Sep 2015, 14.30-17.30, directly at EC TEL industry track session http://ectel2015.httc.de/index.php?id=725 in order to attend: all participants need to register for the EC TEL conferenceRead more
PIN was published and RFI II is ready for suppliers
PIN (Prior Information Notice) incl. feature list was published Link – pdf Request for Information II The second RFI of the IMAILE project aims at analysing the market in terms of available solutions and their features and functionalities. For thisRead more
Watch now the recorded IMAILE presentation for suppliers!
All details about IMAILE and the PCP call that you need to know. https://connect.jyu.fi/p3wq3be6o0d/
Launch of Call 1 Oct 2015
On 1 October 2015 an international PCP call for tenders will be published at TED database (Tenders Electronic Daily is the online version of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union dedicated to European public procurement) inRead more
Successful info session in Spain!
Viladecans organised an info session on the IMAILE Project on 22nd May for education practitioners, companies and families, The objective of the event was twofold: on the one hand to present the IMAILE project and,on the other hand, to presentRead more
New date for launching the call will be in autumn 2015
We apologise for the delay! We will publish the exact date as soon as possible here on the website and the information will also be sent via newsletter to all subscribers! If you aren’t one of them please subscribe nowRead more
!!! New date for launching the call !!!
The new date for launching the call will be published here by mid-April 2015 In the meantime please answer our request for information I – online supplier survey I and register for the IMAILE newsletters to keep up to date.
How to get girls to like STEM…
How to get girls to like STEM: Heidi Olinger at TEDxBocaRaton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qBPjneLV4
Content Creation-Personalised Learning-Flipped Classroom: Collaboration
Innovative teaching and learning with tablet The Creative Classrooms Lab project (CCL) brought together teachers and policy-makers in eight countries to design, implement and evaluate 1:1 tablet scenarios in 45 schools. The project produced learning scenarios and activities, guidelines andRead more
IMAILE brochure – now available
You always wanted to have a clear overview of IMAILE project and what it is about? Download the IMAILE brochure here or contact us directly in order to receive a printed copy of the brochure.
NEW status report on PCP at EU level
Based on the overview of existing PCP projects and initiatives already provided in 2013, this report, as second out of three iMobility Support reports on the development of PCP on European level, focused on changes in the legal framework forRead more
Using tablets at school
Watch the videoclip provided by our Spanish IMAILE partner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Ks6igVb5A
Striking interest in Pre-Commercial Procurement
An IMAILE seminar aiming to promote the project’s forthcoming pre-commercial procurement (PCP) call attracted no less than 20 participants when it was held in the city of Halmstad, Sweden on February 24th. Lead partner Halmstad municipality in cooperation with theRead more
Supplier meetings in Sweden
The seminars are open for all suppliers at the EU level but will be held in Swedish! Är ditt IT-företag redo att få utvecklingspengar? (Halmstad) 24 February 2015 Sessions: 11.30-13-30h Scandic Hallandia, Halmstad Alexandersoninstitutet i samverkan med Halmstad Kommun välkomnarRead more
Industrial workshop Finland – book your meeting now
IMAILE Industrial workshop for suppliers Finland 16 April 2015 in connection with Interactive Technology in Education conference in Hämeenlinna, Finland Location: Hotel Aulanko http://www.rantasipi.fi/hotellit/aulanko/en_GB/home/ Session from 13-15h Contact: Mr. Petri Lounaskorpi petri.lounaskorpi@konnevesi.fi
Procurers Network Final Conference
Find interesting contributions and presentations from the final conference covering the presentation of lessons learned and recommendations for innovative procurement, prepared by the C4BI Network of Procurers consortium, but also practical experiences of other innovative procurement approaches where European publicRead more
Industrial workshop in connection with CEBIT – book your meeting now!
IMAILE Industrial workshop for suppliers 19 March 2015 in connection with CEBIT in Hannover Location: Radisson Blu @Hannover Messe Room: Arts Atelier http://www.radissonblu.com/hotel-hannover Sessions from 13-15h and 15-17h Contact: Mr. Tony Christensen tony.christensen@alexandersoninstitutet.se Ms. Ellinor Wallin ellinor@euprojektkonsult.se
Book your meeting with IMAILE representatives at the BETTSHOW in London now!
Please contact Patrik Engström or Jonas Åberg from Halmstad Lead procurer for a personal meeting in London and during the BETT event patrik.engstrom@halmstad.se + 46 761062353 / jonas.aberg@halmstad.se +46 703620853
Introducing national good practices
IMAILE was represented at the national network of innovation procurement in Stockholm. The event was arranged by Vinnova on 20-21 November 2014. The network includes 4 national authorities and 11 different projects with the purpose of exchanging good practices withinRead more
IMAILE in Milan
Modernizing the public sector and boosting economic growth through Innovation Procurement 26-27 November 2014 Palazzo Pirelli – Auditorium Gaber Piazza Duca d’Aosta, Milan Eurocloud Italy with European Commission (DG Connect) and Lombardy Region co-organize the European networking event “Modernizing theRead more
IMAILE Online Survey
We kindly request your help in this online survey by answering the following questions in order to provide you with the best long term 21st Century ICT solution for your classrooms! Needs assessment of teachers in primary/secondary schools teaching STEMRead more
Meet us at ECTEL 2014!
NINTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities Graz (Austria), 16 – 19 September 2014 IMAILE is presented by project coordinator Ellinor Wallin during the industry track session on 18th September. Furthermore, IMAILE canRead more
eTwinning – new ways of teaching…
Looking for new ways of teaching? Join a virtual classroom where pupils and teachers can learn more about their counterparts and take part in interactive projects! An easy and a cost-effective way for schools to engage in international cooperation andRead more
Meet us at EDULEARN14 at 8 July 2014 in Barcelona!
6th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies Barcelona (Spain) 7-9 of July 2014 Further information: http://iated.org/edulearn/ Session details: http://iated.org/concrete3/session_detail.php?session_id=1823
PLE workshop at IMAILE meeting
The workshop was arranged in order to get a common definition of PLE and it’s benefits as part of IMAILE need analysis work among the participants. The pictures illustrate IMAILE workshop performed with the process tool Discussion carousel by PMRead more
IMAILE survey for teachers! Your opinion is needed – join in!
IMAILE online survey The sector of Education in Europe confronts several major challenges such as early drop outs, financial issues, teachers spending less time with the students due to documentation, the shift into 21st century skills both for teachers andRead more
Visualise PLEI “PLE in IMAILE Project”
Watch the short video and get the idea at a glance how Personal Learning Environments is discussed in IMAILE project! PLE progress from Markku Lang on Vimeo.
Innovation procurement brochure
“Innovation Procurement – The power of the public purse” is the brochure on EU funded projects in the ICT domain published by the European Commission – Digital Agenda for Europe Link: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/innovation-procurement-power-public-purse Download: pdf
IMAILE discuss synergies with EUN regarding PCP
European School net is a network of 30 ministries of Education in EU (coordinator of the FP7 project iTEC) Project manager Ellinor Wallin met Jim Ayre and Marc Durand (EUN) together with Liina Maria Munari (IMAILE and iTEC Project OfficerRead more
NEW – supplier poster
The poster gives you further details on the IMAILE challenge among the procurer group, your concrete benefits as supplier and important facts to know. Available for download in the media section or access it directly through the supplier portal!
Meet us!
Save the date already for upcoming events around the IMAILE challenge and topics. IMAILE will provide the opportunity to meet and interact with stakeholders at international conferences or events organised by the project consortium. Short overview of events where IMAILERead more
IMAILE on social media
Follow us on Twitter or join the IMAILE group on LinkedIN! We are looking forward to get in touch with you and share experience and ideas related to the classroom of the 21st century, innovative ICT solutions in education andRead more
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