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Belgian Education Authority Launches Adult e-Learning

....The Belgium Flemish Minister of Education, Marleen Vanderpoorten officially launched BIS Online (www.bisonline.be) on the 21st of October 2003. BIS Online is the e-learning project for adult learners sponsored by the Education Department of the Ministry of the Flemish Community. (“BIS” = Begeleid Individueel Studeren.) .... BIS Online combines distance learning presented in a virtual classroom with communication as in a traditional classroom. The constructivist courses are "web based", interactive and use several media styles such as text, sound and video. Content is created in Flemmish within local universities using specialist tools. BIS Online has many practical subjects for adult learners and has launched with foreign language courses. Students subscribe and pay monthly for access. They are assigned a mentor and can create their own lesson plan to suit their needs.


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