Digitalization of Training Contents for Middle Schools Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digitalization of Training Contents for Middle Schools

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Open and distance learning; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting heavily on education and training systems. In highly difficult circumstances, it has accelerated the digital transformation and triggered rapid, large-scale change. Covid-19 has demonstrated that digital education is not a marginal issue but a central component of learning, teaching and assessment in the 21st century. In this context, digital competence should be a core skill for all educators and training staff and should be embedded in all areas of teacher professional development, including initial teacher education. Educators should be empowered to adopt innovative methods; engage in peer learning and share their experiences. A trusted digital education ecosystem requires high-quality content, user-friendly tools, value-adding services and secure platforms that maintain privacy and uphold ethical standards. Accessibility, inclusiveness and learner-centred design are vital. Digitools project aims to contribute the development of European digital educational content to promote the highest pedagogical and educational quality and improve the digital teaching skills and competences of teachers. Raising the quality and inclusiveness of education and training systems and the provision of digital skills for all during the digital transitions is of strategic importance for the EU as to Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2017)(DEAP). The Digitools project aims to develop the competencies and capacities of all stakeholders in education, students, parents, teachers and school leaders. Education leaders play a key role in digital education. They need to understand how and where digital technologies can enhance education; provide appropriate resources and investment; empower educators; learn from best practice and support relevant organisational change and a culture that values and rewards innovation and experimentation. Education and training systems need to evolve and adapt and this requires all players, including institutional leadership and decision makers in policy, to lead this change.

The Digitools Project partnership includes 8 partners from 5 partner countries. The governorship of İstanbul is the coorinator organisation. It has been planned to realize 1 transnational project meeting in each country, 1 LTT in Turkey, 1 ME in each partner country.
With these purposes, we will develop 4 intellectual outputs:
1)My Digital Class
2)Assessment and Evaluation Compass
3)Teachers As Mentors Guidebook
4)White Paper: Recommendations for Capacity Building in Digital Education
With the products developed in the Digitools project:
-Skills and competences of teachers to design and deliver digital training who teach Science, Mathematics and English at middle level will be developed. They will be provided ready-made digital training materials, digital assessment tools for the selected classes.
-Digital mentoring skills of teachers will be developed to motivate their students to learn in digital education.
-Students studying at grade 1 in middle schools (age 11-14) will be provided digital training for Science, Mathematics and English classes and a platform based on gamification and that they can reach their classes everywhere. Their skills to learn digitally will be improved.
-Training organisations, institutions, and decision makers will be provided recommendations on how to promote digitalization in their organisations..
-Parents will be provided a roadmap on how to contribute to the learning of their children.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 248048 Eur

Project Coordinator

ISTANBUL VALILIGI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• BOGAZICI UNIVERSITESI
• ISTANBUL MILLI EGITIM MUDURLUGU
• SDRUZHENIE TCENTAR ZA OBRAZOVATELNI INITSIATIVI
• INNOQUALITY SYSTEMS LIMITED
• ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS SRL
• Inspectoratul scolar judetean Iasi
• INSTITUTO PARA EL FOMENTO DEL DESARROLLO Y LA FORMACION SL