Communication channels and target groups

The research within LinCS is relevant for broad groups of users with very different ranges of interests:

• researchers in the field of learning and education more generally
• teachers, headmasters and other professionals in the entire educational system
• practitioners in the field of distance education and technology enhanced learning
• in-service training agencies in the education sector
• the context of trade organizations, labour unions and similar organizations
• private industry
• national and local institutions responsible for development and surveillance of schools
• politicians and the media
• the wider public

Most of the members of the LinCS team participate in a range of conferences, in-service training activities and similar events. The in-flow of such offers by far exceeds what we can cope with. Within the LinCS consortium we intend to systematize and professionalize these activities by designating the responsibility for external contacts to a specialist who will serve as our external relations office. The person, who will perform this duty on a part-time basis, will see to it that the outcomes of LinCS are made visible to relevant target groups. This implies having an overview over the various venues and events where we should participate and securing that the most suitable representative of LinCS will participate.

Some of the yearly activities, where the University exposes its research, serve as important information platforms to communicate results and findings. The LinCS team will take an active part in these activities as well as in using all other communication channels available.