„ Learning, smart technologies and creativity“. Erasmus Project

Project Title

„ Learning, smart technologies and creativity“.

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 : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

Under the PIAAC research older people haven`t enough English and IT knowledge to use them in everyday life. So, the objective of project is to improve the non- formal adults’ education, this process connecting with smart technologies and creativity, cooperating between partners from Lithuania, Czech Republic and Norway.
The tasks were to give for adults attractive and motivating education methods, to strengthen the non- formal education and service offerings, linked to the smart technologies and to provide knowledge and skills, which promote citizenship and allow actively participate in the social life. This experience to share between Project partners and stakeholders.
6 organizations, which have non-formal education function at their everyday activity, took part at this project: 3 libraries, executing lifelong learning for local communities, 2 third age universities and science centre, which execute the regular learnings for adults.
The main target group were adults from 45 years old and older who live in the project activities places. At every country a group of older adults was formed: In Czech and Lithuania these people are the members of Third age universities. In Norway – public libraries readers. About 2724 persons were targeted by the Project activities without grants: librarians and readers, Third age universities` members, local policy makers and so on.
83 adults at three countries 22 months (2 learning years) learned English and IT. Learning was not only theorethical, the practical exercises were too.
During the project 4 transnational meetings, 3 learning/teaching training activities, 3 virtual learnings took part.
Very useful and working have been 4 transnational working groups meetings. Despite that all partners communicated by Facebook group, SKYPE and e-mail intensively, to meet and discuss, to solve some problems was easier and faster.
3 learning/teaching activities took part in 3 countries. Every host country prepared the demonstratation of their learning methods and organized common IT and English lessons for participants from 3 countries. The students became guides and showed their native places in English. It was nice, motyvating experience for all participants. Some methods project partners changed and implemented in their country.
The learning/teaching continuation was virtual learning. During 3 virtual meetings with SKYPE helped seniors to tell each other about their towns, nature, about their families and hobbies. Before virtual meetings partners prepared their folk songs to English and sang together during translations.
The main project result – not only the IT and English knowledge of participants were improved, but participants have got practical skills. These skills help to solve the everyday problems through IT and English knowledge. The digital exclusion has decreased, the older people can feel more active citizens, the part of e-community.
More results:
– All partner organizations have tested learning programs.
– The e-book is prepared with the main project activities and methods information.
– 83 trained adults in 3 countries.
– The research to fix how it influenced on life quality of participants.
– Partners – organizations acquired the international work experience needful for new projects.
– Project dissamination payd the attention of local poltics at the adults education importance.
The project impact we can see at the participants, at the organizations – participants and at the surroundings of project activities:
1. The digital and linguistic social exclusion of the participants – learning adults – from 3 countries decreased.
2. Adults` well-being increased.
3. It is more opportunities for participants to be comprehensive and confident citizens.
4. Participating organizations obtained the international project implementing experience, they are ready for new projects. Ignalina library already has new international financed project – this project enscouraged it.
5. Thanks to the project information dissemination the theme about adult education is actual in project activities regions.
6. Thanks to the project information dissemination the positive image about participating organizations` activity forms.
7. The adults of project regions who did not take part at the education have got to know about new opportunities to get the necessary competence and skills at local libraries and non formal adults education organizations. The organizations are ready: they have tested learning methods and training tools.
8. The information about project activities payed the attention of local authorities to the adult education in the regions.
In future:
1. Provided wider the tested education methods and programs using in the regions will give better non formal education opportunity to target groups of the project.
2. The cooperation between adult educational organizations and libraries will give more impact.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 80020 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ignalina district municipality public library & Country: LT

Project Partners

• INSPIRIA science center AS
• Mestska knihovna Prachatice
• OSTFOLD FYLKESKOMMUNE
• Ignalinos treciojo amziaus universitetas
• Seniorska obcanska spolecnost, z.s.