Inspiring Guide for Learn to Learn Erasmus Project

Project Title

Inspiring Guide for Learn to Learn

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal)

Project Summary

The aim of the project “to improve Learning to Learn (L2L) abilities of adult learners” is achieved. The project results help adult learners (who have problems with learning skills (migrants, adult returners to learning, young adults in VET, prisoners and similar) to develop Learn to Learn competences and become more effective learners. The Project aim is achieved by two major project results: First: The on-line L2L self-assessment tool in 5 languages (English, Estonian, German, Lithuanian and Spanish) is designed and presented in the form of the web-site (http://www.learntolearn.eu/). The self-assessment tool has two parts: 1 )L2L Self-assessment questionnaire which allows to measure the level of L2L competence which might be: Low, Average and High. The questionnaire is designed to measure the level of five sub-competences of L2L competence: time management, information management, team work, reflection, motivation and self-esteem. The results demonstrate individual learners’ profile. 2) Computer generated recommendations are designed. Based on individual results, the computer generates individual recommendations of strategies for personal development of L2L competences for more effective learning. L2L self-assessment tool can be used by adult learner for self- development or as the basic information for adult teachers in guiding adult learners in their path for development of L2L competences. Second: L2L tutors (guides) are trained to advise adult learners on developing their L2L abilities. As learning skills of our target group are quite low, it is obvious that having the L2L competence self-assessment tool is not enough as learners might not be able to understand the recommendations and not be able to transfer the results of self-assessment into real learning practices. Therefore we created a pool of 19 teachers who are able to guide the learners in their journey for L2L competence. Those teachers are guides in their institutions and wider in the country. To this end we organized training sessions for adult teachers on two major topics: 1) understanding of L2L self-assessment tool and 2) how to guide their learners in developing their L2L competence. Trained teachers are used by project partners as source of information and multipliers for ensuring sustainability of project results. From one hand, project encourages adult learners to develop their L2L competences for more effective learning and adaptation in contemporary society, and from the other hand it encourages organizations dealing with adult learning to be proactive in improving L2L competences of adult learners by applying on-line L2L self assessment tool and guiding adult learners in developing their L2L competences.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 87597 Eur

Project Coordinator

Lietuvos suaugusiuju svietimo asociacija & Country: LT

Project Partners

• Stephansstift Zentrum für Erwachsenenbildung gemeinnützige GmbH
• Fundación El Tranvía
• EESTI VABAHARIDUSLIIT MTU