EDUCATION HIGHWAYInnovationcenter for School and New Technology Ltd.
Presentation of Upper Austria
General Information
• Upper Austria is one of the nine states of Austria (third larges).
• Capital: Linz • Area:11,980 km2 • Inhabitants: 1.3 million • Upper Austria borders on Germany and the
Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg
Administration
• Administrative divisions– Upper Austria is traditionally divided into four
regions: Hausruckviertel, Innviertel, Mühlviertel, and Traunviertel.
– Administratively, the state is divided into 15 districts, and three Statutarstädte.
Economy
• 16,28% of the overall Austrian gross domestic product (GDP)
• Strongly international in its orientation:Upper Austria is the leading export location within Austria. Approx. 25% of the Austrian goods exported are produced here:– particularly exports in the direction of the EU– in addition, exports to the economies of Central and
Eastern Europe.
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Economy
Fundamental structure: synergy between several large companies and numerous small and medium-sized enterprises .
Manufacturing is the dominating factor in the Upper Austrian economy. Branches: steelmaking, chemicals, mechanical engineering, automotive products and general metalworking (60% of the of the Upper Austrian production value and employ)
Agriculture and forestry represent an important basis for numerous processing companies (important pulp and paper sector)
48,5% of the Region is farmland, which directly or indirectly supports 312,000 inhabitants.
Tourism represents an additional source of employment and foreign exchange.
EDUCATION HIGHWAYInnovationcenter for School and New Technology Ltd.
On the interface between technology and pedagogy
Strategic objectives
• Management of education highway • Research and development in the fields of new
technologies and new media in education• Information and educational events • Promotion of education and matters of education policy • Delivery of research and development outcomes to
economy and educational systems inland as well as abroad
4 Layers
Infrastructure
Content
Support & Training
Research & Development
Research & Development
IICC Austria – Ill and Isolated Children Connected
– Pupils in hospital stay interactively connected with their class with the help of ICT
Research & Development
eduMEDIACENTER – classroom in the future– eduMEDIASERVICE
Media-on-Demand solution for educational media
– eduACADEMYvirtual, interactive classroom software
– eduMEDIABOXintelligent distribution of educational media in bigger networks
International Cooperations
EU-Projects
eStreamIncreasing the use of Streaming technology in school education in Europe
Active Citizenship through interpersonal value-related Education
International Cooperations
EU-Projects
Free Your River
Schools in Belgium, Italy, Austria and France write on a „book of the river“, a portrait of their rivers in words, pictures, analyses and reports...
SeedSchool development through environmental education
EDUCATION HIGHWAYInnovationcenter for School and New Technology Ltd.
Hafenstraße 47-51A-4020 LinzTel: +43 (0) 732 7880 78Fax: +43 (0) 732 7880 7888E-Mail: [email protected]
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