Development of a European Clearing-House to facilitate Cross-country Exchange of Open and Distance Learning Materials and Components - A project supported by DG XXII of the European Commission Leonardo PROGRAMMEOLPASS aims to provide services which can help publishers improve the distribution of their multimedia training products throughout Europe, and further afield.
OLPASS works through a network of national centres to provide information and services to meet this aim.
The centres in the OLPASS network support suppliers, distributors, experts and users in various aspects of international marketing, e.g. analysis of available products, search for partners, market analysis, standard contracts. The centres also cooperate with sectoral and professional associations and with official agencies concerned with the export of training schemes and multimedia products.
In addition, the OLPASS centres have access to information and specialist documents, including national market profiles, directories, and guides on copyright.
| OLPASS Services | |
| Enables publishers to put brief details of their products on the OLPASS website free of charge, or to support the entry with promotional literature or examples of pages or screens for which a fee is charged | |
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enables publishers to have their promotional literature translated into other languages for a fee
(The Service is not yet activated) |
| Will enable users to find products in which they are interested and either ask for more information or order the product/s completing an on-line form | |
| Will enable publishers to identify products for which they want to acquire the rights; here also they can indicate their interest by completing an on-line form | |
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FIM - Psychologie (Germany):
Institute linked to the University of Erlangen which has been studying issues related to the implementation of learning technologies for several years. It is also a consultant for Länder and German Ministries.
GUILDFORD EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (United Kingdom):
Private company. Provides information on training and contributes to the export of British know-how in this field to a number of countries including: Russia and Hungary.
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT (Finland): private company dealing with open and distance learning. Particularly interested in cultural adaptation of educational and training products.
ORAVEP (France): French Observatory of multimedia products. Carries out information and awareness activities for training public administrations, users, providers and service companies.
SCIENTER (Italy): project co-ordinator. Has been working for several years in the European training market carrying out surveys and analyses and encouraging innovation in training systems, in particular in open and distance learning and learning at the work place.
FIM - Psychologie |
GUILDFORD EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (GES) |
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT |
ORAVEP |
SCIENTER - Project Co-ordinator |