In the context of the current project the e-Learning 2.0 means all computer and Internetbasedactivities that support teaching and learning, where students create content,collaborate with peers through mechanisms such as blogs, Wikis, threaded discussions,RSS and others to form a learning network with distributed content creation anddistribution of responsibilities. E-Learning 2.0 takes advantage of many sources ofcontent aggregated together into learning experiences and utilizes various toolsincluding online references, courseware, knowledge management, collaboration andsearch.An action research in the context of the current project means a research where theteachers themselves will assess and document the changes and improvements that willaccompany the use of e-Learning 2.0 in everyday teaching processes.The main objective of the project is to link up and connect various learning communitiesall over Europe and raise the role of communication in learning processes throughimplementation of 2nd generation e-learning (e-Learning 2.0) in higher and vocationaleducation.The specific aims of the project are the following:- To promote e-Learning 2.0 and raise the competence and confidence of teachers bydeveloping 3 electronic training courses for the teachers and other staff of higher andvocational education, concentrating on e-learning 2.0 technologies, assessmentmethods and administration (the preparatory phase);- To enhance and develop the training courses further through testing the e-coursesamong 90 teachers and other staff of higher and vocational education (the testingphase);To identify the success factors and obstacles (assess and document the changes andimprovements) of the training courses and e-Learning 2.0 by carrying on an actionresearch among the teachers who have participated in the training courses (theevaluation and updating phase);- To establish 3 sustainable networks of teachers of higher and vocational educationwhile writing the compendiua of the action research (sharing best practice of using e-Learning 2.0) with the help of the training course tutors (the evaluation and updatingphase);- To share the results and resources of the project with wider community throughcomposing the database where all the metadata and modules of the e-courses areincluded (the dissemination and exploitation phase).