INTEGRATING MOBILE LEARNING AND UPGRATING TEACHERS’ DIGITAL SKILLS: A TOOL KIT FOR EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL Erasmus Project

Project Title

INTEGRATING MOBILE LEARNING AND UPGRATING TEACHERS’ DIGITAL SKILLS: A TOOL KIT FOR EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition, transparency, certification; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The digital revolution is boosting demand for digital skills and competences, thus requiring investment in infrastructure, organisational change, digital devices and digital competences of educators, and the creation of digital (and open) educational resources and high quality educational software. Education and training should reap the benefits of new ICT developments and adopt innovative and active pedagogies. Learning can’t anymore be confined to specific classroom and timetables but take full advantage of technology to break boundaries.

The GODIGITAL project came to promote the above as it aimed to design, develop, pilot-test and evaluate a complete tool kit to support primary schools to develop their schools digital development plan in order to upgrade the digital competences of the teachers and as a consequence the digital literacy of the students. It aims to produce 6 Intellectual Outputs which were pilot-tested and reviewed in order to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

The project aimed:
– to design a complete TOOL KIT that assisted teachers to upgrade their digital skills and to assist schools to develop digitally
oriented strategies and plans.
– to develop the Digital Competence Framework with benchmarks and indicators against which teachers’ practices, knowledge and
skills will be assessed and validated through an assessment system to be designed based on the use of the Open Badge and e-
Portfolios as a way to introduce transparency, visibility, transferability and validity for the new digital skills acquired.
– to deliver a professional development programme for teachers to be offered both on-line and school-based, accompanied with an
Educational Pack with adequate teaching material to support their teaching.
The above enabled primary school teachers and schools:
– to contribute towards the achievement of the targets of the ET 2020, the Digital Agenda, the e-Skills for Jobs Campaign while
meeting the needs of contemporary education
– to provide upgrading opportunities for teachers, in order to empower them to deal with the challenges of new digital
technologies, provide quality education and potentially support students for better learning outcomes and equip them with
essential skills to bridge the gap between education and the world of work.

Project intellectual outputs completed:

IO1 – GoDIGITAL Competence Framework for primary schools
IO2 – GoDIGITAL: The assessment and validation process for digitally literate teachers and schools
through the use of Open Badges and e-Portfolios
IO3 – GoDIGITAL Educational Pack for Teaching and Implementation
IO4 – GoDIGITAL Learning and Management Platform
-IO5-Go DIGITAL From theory to practice: Implementation and evaluation
-IO6-GODIGITAL PACK for strategic exploitation and endorsement in Primary Schools – Declaration- Memorandum of Commitment for Digital Literacy in Schools
Set of webinars were prepared by leader of the project (SAN) about methods and tools of using new technology in teaching in primary schools.

C1 and C2 training were conducted in the timelife of the project. All planned multiplayer events were organised by partners. MEs were aimed at informing target group about project results and activities. Final conference was held online on 22th of September with big success.

The direct target group of Primary School Teachers who upgraded their digital competences and used of technology in their teaching methods. The indirect group of primary students who benefited from digitally literate teachers. The implementation of the project at a transnational level is essential, therefore the consortium contained 6 partners from 5 different countries.. There is geographical representation, as well as a mixture of expertise and experiences.

Project Website

http://teachersgodigital.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 226397 Eur

Project Coordinator

SPOLECZNA AKADEMIA NAUK & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Scuole Paritarie dell’Istituto delle Maestre Pie dell’Addolorata
• PERIFERIAKI DIEFTHINSI PROTOVATHMIAS KAI DEFTEROVATHMIAS EKPAIDEFSIS KRITIS
• Association Euni Partners
• A & A Emphasys Interactive Solutions Ltd
• FUNDACJA ZAUFANIA SPOLECZNEGO – PUBLICA FIDES