26. Points out that basic literacy and numeracy skills, in addition to meta-skills and soft skills, as well as transversal skills, such as critical thinking and learning to learn, are a prerequisite for developing digital skills and using online educational materials, including OERs, effectively; calls, in this context, on the Commission to further assess the impact of digital and/or online learning materials on the learning performance of learners according to their age and school level;

33. Highlights the fact that ICT and online educational materials, including OERs, can support the teaching and learning of foreign languages at all levels of education and training; stresses that social interaction is a prerequisite for learning a foreign language;

(c) Mutual learning, cooperation, awareness raising and dissemination activities, such as identification of, and exchanges on, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences, organisation of peer review and mutual learning; organisation of conferences and seminars; organisation of awareness-raising and information campaigns, media campaigns and events, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union; compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information as well as results of the Programme; development, operation and maintenance of systems and tools using information and communi ...[+++]cation technologies. These mutual learning, cooperation, awareness-raising and dissemination activities shall also seek to promote equality between women and men and facilitate access for women to senior posts;

mutual learning, cooperation, awareness-raising and dissemination activities, such as the identification of, and exchanges concerning, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences; the organisation of peer reviews and mutual learning; the organisation of conferences, seminars, media campaigns, including in the online media, information campaigns, including institutional communication on the political priorities of the Union as far as they relate to the objectives of the Programme; the compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information about the Programme and its results; the development, operation and mainte ...[+++]nance of systems and tools using information and communication technologies;

While digital tools cannot be used to replace essential classroom activities, experiences and materials, the provision of such tools and their integration into the teaching and learning processes, where appropriate, can contribute to enhancing the latter's quality and effectiveness, as well as to increasing pupils' motivation, understanding and learning outcomes.

* The Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States, will examine approaches at national level to developing seals of quality for ICT based learning and teaching material, in particular learning software, with a view to their possible development at European level to ensure coherence and consumer protection.