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CAFE MONDIAL - Communication Applications For Education, Multi-User Open Network Design, Infrastructure and Logistics - is a joint European project funded by the EC within the 4th Framework Telematics Applications Programme. The project aims at setting-up a competence network providing European citizens with affordable teleservices for information, communication, telelearning, and teleworking.
Following a user needs analysis a European FirstClass network was set up linking universities, colleges of adult education, private enterprises, and individual users. Furthermore, telematics centres were established providing inexpensive access to state-of-the art information technology to citizens.
The network was used to co-author and design multimedia training courses to be later delivered via the network. Parallely, CAFE MONDIAL WWW administration tools were developed by University of Sunderland to enable automatic registration, billing, assessment, accreditation, course and student administration via WWW with links to FirstClass servers.
Two courses were developed: "Renewable Energy", authored by Open University, UK with contributions by East Clare Telecottage, Eire and Zukunftswerkstatt, Germany and "Lifestyles and Nutrition" authored by the European Institute of Women's Health, Eire and Norrhäl-singsland Utvecklingscenter, Sweden. The modules were then turned into a multimedia application by Integrated Information Systems ,Greece.
The courses are now validated at different European sites. Students receive a CD-ROM, which contains the basic training materials and tasks. To carry out the tasks, to solve issues, and to process the information, students will have to access further databases on WWW and FirstClass servers, and will be moderated by experts via the FirstClass network.
Following the results of the verification phase the course modules and the pedagogical design have been optimised and further courses and the WWW tools are being tested with a large user base across Europe. Institutions, colleges, enterprises and universities have joined the CAFE MONDIAL network as franchising partners.

The wide range of courses on offer include Health Care, Animal Health, Business Studies, Languages, IT and Multimedia.

and, open since October 1997, a full project site:
http://www.cafe-mondial.de. This site also has abstracts, deliverables, and link to other sites.

For further information on how to join the CAFE MONDIAL network, contact:

The CAFE MONDIAL project starting in January 1996 now comes to an end.With 14 partners from six European countries we set up a network linkinguniversities, institutions, enterprises, and individual citizens from allover the world to work together, learn together, communicate and exchangeinformation.We also set up centres mainly in rural areas, where people ofall age groups can come and use the tools of the information societycreatively, with pedagogical support where needed. In the demonstrationphase we had about 1000 users from all over Europe and the USA to study inour virtual college _languages, health care and nutrition, business andengineering courses. We also developed an infrastructure for onlineshopping, consultancy, and conferencing services.

In the next 4 weeks we will still have the following activities:

Cybershop

A Solar Cybershop (Hotlink direct zum Cybershop) designed byZukunftswerkstatt e.V., an Associate Partner and Youandi GmbH.You are invited to visit and evaluate the cybershop. If you complete theevaluation form you will automatically take part in a prize draw to win aSolar Radio.

Online Workshop

Moderating Skills _ The CAFE MONDIAL Method (Hotlink zur KursinfoModerating Skills), an online workshop on moderating, facilitation, andcoaching Skills. This workshop is intended for CAFE MONDIAL partners orinstitutions who plan to run online courses using computer-mediatedcommunication techniques. The course is free of charge for CAFE MONDIALmembers. Course participants, who successfully complete the workshop, areinvited to a free membership and can deliver their courses via the CAFEMONDIAL infrastructure.

GMK Forum `98

Media Society _ New Class Society? was the topic of the annual forum ofthe German Asscciation of Media Culture, which took place in Stuttgartfrom November 19 to 21.You are invited to join the online forum on theCAFE MONDIAL home page and contribute with case studies and experiences toworkshops on Media Literacy, Knowledge Gap, Radio-, Video- and WebProjects or simply share your experience in your country whether the_media society" will widen the knowledge gab or lead to a new class society.

AWARD for Visitor No. 20.000

Since 1st of March we had more than 19,000 visitors to our web page http://www.cafe-mondial.de, which was designed by our artists and ITexperts Iris Schlemmer, Katja Frank, and Michael Sauer. Many of the topicswere suggested by CAFE MONDIAL members and users. You are welcome tovisit our homepage and we are happy about any comments and suggestions forfurther topics and links. For our Guest No. 20.000 we have a SpecialAward: Free CAFE MONDIAL individual membership with a homepage in ourMembers' Gallery, a free course, access to our closed Forum, and many morebenefits. If you are visitor no. 20.000 make a Screenshot and send yourname and email to Michael: msauer@cafe-mondial.de.

CAFE MONDIAL will end as a project on January 1st, 1999. It will continueas an international organisation, CAFE MONDIAL INTERNATIONAL S.A. withheadquarters in Luxemburg and offices and centres in several Europeanstates. The mission is to help members to develop thematic and regionalnetworks and telematics resource centres for information, communication,telelearning, and telecooperation.

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