Getting Ready for European Citizenship on-line Erasmus Project

Project Title

Getting Ready for European Citizenship on-line

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Open and distance learning; Pedagogy and didactics; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

The aim of this project has been to build solutions for the integration of adult citizens of the EU in the 21st century. Euroscepticism, European citizenship, using digital tools, identity, cultural diversity, integration, economy, history, multicultural, plural, open-minded are the key concepts that address this project.
To achieve this aim, we worked through cooperation and partnership among countries using digital tools (Moodle, XERTE, google drive)
The partnership has designed and developed an online course called “Getting Ready for European Citizenship on-line” (GRECOL) which is inspired by a previous Grundtvig partnership project called “Digital Classroom”. During the project, we observed, in adult learners across this Grundtvig partnership a notable lack of European identity and a lack of awareness of the wide range of European resources available to facilitate their mobility and develop their sense of shared citizenship.
Once this new partnership was created with the participation of 7 adult organizations from ES, GE, LV, IT, TR, DK, UK.
European citizenship implies a closer, more emotional relationship that is rooted in shared values, the celebration of diversity, and respect for different identities and the protection of national heritage.
The proposed new course, comprised of 5 modules detailed below, may be offered in online and blended-learning formats. In addition, the 5 modules may be independently utilized as stand-alone materials or integrated into other courses according to the individual needs of each educational context.
The structure of the subject “Getting Ready for European citizenship” (GRECOL) is:
1. M1.Developing a European identity
2. M2. European institutions and their functions
3. M3.European mobility
4. M4. Dealing with cultural diversity
5. M5. Final Project
The course is offered in 8 languages: English, Catalan, Spanish, German, Italian, Danish, Latvian and Turkish.
The methodology of the course is based on a model that develops its activities through the web following the Universal Design for Learning, (UDL). The students become the center of the model and the process of learning. The model is aware of the nature of the potential students. The general features of e-activities are diversity, openness and flexibility and they contain discussions, tasks, quizzes, surveys, and a final project containing study cases using a varied range of digital tools.
The course is accompanied by a user guide for the teachers and other support documents: “module overview” with detailed information about each one of the modules in terms of competences, objectives, types of activities, resources.
The final product is an OER material ready for be used for any adult institution around Europe. During the third year of the project impact and dissemination has been the main goal of sharing GRECOL as much as possible al local, national and international level in platforms, conferences, papers. And of course, using GRECOL as a course, curricula, module or workshop in each one of the partnership’ organizations during the following years.
After three years of collaborative work, we hope to offer some solutions for the integration of adult citizens in Europe to become e-citizens. Getting involved in joint projects as well as increased mobility helps to develop this feeling of belonging. (For an active European citizenship, White Paper 2011).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 235752 Eur

Project Coordinator

Institut Obert de Catalunya & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Rigas Raina 8.vakara (mainu) vidusskola
• North East Scotland College
• VUC Storstrøm
• Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE B. LORENZI FUMANE VR
• KAYSERI VALILIGI