FIRST STEPS IN DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES (α Digi) Erasmus Project

Project Title

FIRST STEPS IN DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES (α Digi)

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; Access for disadvantaged; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

CONTEXT:
In December 2016, the youth unemployment rate was 18.6 % in the EU-28 and 20.9 % in the euro area, compared with 19.5 % and 21.8 % respectively in Dec.2015. In Dec.2016, the lowest rate was observed in DE (6.5 %), while the highest were recorded in GR (44.2 % in Oct.2016), ES (42.9%) and IT (40.1%). In RO, the youth unemployment was in the first semester of 2016 of 21,8% and in the UK is 14,6%.
As it can be seen, in the project partners ‘countries (RO, IT, ES), the youth unemployment rate was higher than the one at EU level, the only one with a more stable situation in the last period is UK.

One of the reasons of Social exclusion is the low level of education, this being applied in different areas.
35 % of adults with at most lower secondary educational attainment was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2014 and overall, 9.5 % of the working EU population was at risk of poverty in 2014.

The project will answer to this problem, by developing and offering training sessions on digital alphabetization, that will help the youngster better fit to the social and labour market needs.

OBJECTIVES:
OBJECTIVES AND TARGET GROUPS
The project aims for the DIGITAL ALPHABETIZATION for 80 YOUNGSTERS WITH EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES and disseminating the project results to a no of at least 220 persons, by developing a dedicated Training package (with its own Handbook and Assessment tool) and an e-learning app, piloting 4 training Barcamps in this topic (one/country), and 1 workshop (5 days, in Spain).

NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS:
The target group will gather at least 300 persons:
• 80 Youngsters with educational difficulties in the Pilot course (20 persons/country)
• 220 (at least) Decision makers, Experts, specialists, professionals- as results of the dissemination activities

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES:
The project will generate a training package in Digital alphabetization of the youngsters with educational difficulties. A test of the training tool will be organized in Spain with 3 participants from each partner country.
An e-learning app will be created, in order to ensure the proper future training of the youngsters.
Then, a Handbook for Digital alphabetization will provide complementary information to the course developed. The final IO is the Assessment tool and recognition of learning outcomes, that will assess and validate the learning progress of trainees who have participated under the training course (IO2) and have gone through the E-Learning app experience. We will have 4 Digital alphabetization Barcamps (ME).
The project will have a specific activity on Monitoring and Quality assessment and transversal activities will also be implemented: Project management, Dissemination and exploitation of results.

METHODOLOGY TO BE USED:
The project coordinator will ensure the smooth communication flow between partners.
To legally ensure the successful realization of the project, a consortium agreement will be signed by all project partners.
The lead partner will create a steering committee-SC (1 delegate/ partner), who will be responsible to report to the project coordinator and to the management team all the financial and administrative tasks of the partner. The SC will meet face to face 4 times, monitoring the development and progress of project’s activities with the partners responsible and coordinating each project components (2 evaluation reports).

A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN RESULTS:
The project will achieve as main tangible results:
– An e-learning app
– A Handbook for Digital alphabetization will provide complementary information to the course developed
– An Assessment tool and recognition of learning outcomes that will assess and validate the learning progress of youngsters with educational difficulties who have participated under the training course (IO2) and have gone through the e-learning app experience
– 4 Digital alphabetization Barcamps (ME), one in each partner’s country
– 1 Training – a 5-day workshop organized in Madrid, Spain for the youngsters with educational difficulties.

IMPACT ENVISAGED:
The impact that this project aims is rise the digital alphabetization skills to the youngsters with educational difficulties, with the purpose to make the transition from a lack of knowledge or low skills stage to a complete social inclusion, upgrading the competences needed on the work market, in a transnational approach.

THE POTENTIAL LONGER TERM BENEFITS:
Once the project is finished the expected impacts will continue. The main tools that will ensure this are the Facebook profile, the e-Learning app and the partners’ web site with project information. These tools will survive the project at least 3 years after it is finished.
The training courses, the Handbook and the Assessment tool and all the other project materials, will be available from these tools also after the project life.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 41451 Eur

Project Coordinator

CONFEDERACION ESPANOLA DE CENTROS DE ENSENANZA ASOCIACION C.E.C.E. & Country: ES

Project Partners

• POWER NET CONSULTING SRL
• BRIDGING TO THE FUTURE LTD
• CONSORZIO MATERAHUB INDUSTRIE CULTURALI E CREATIVE