Developing EU through online innovation Erasmus Project

Project Title

Developing EU through online innovation

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Open and distance learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The context of the project is essential to modernize the study process in all education stages by making it more convenient and accessible to individuals. Distance education, especially distance learning is a mode of delivering education to students, often using personalized approach. Distance learning provides students to complete the chosen study program irrespective of their disabilities, illness or any other personal reasons that prevent them from attending traditional on-the-ground courses. Another advantage of online learning is that it can be practiced virtually anywhere and anytime provided the learners have a PC and internet access.
The current project addresses various segments of the target group, including elderly generation and those who need assistance in formulating their education and training needs.
The main aim of the project “Developing EU through online innovation” was to develop seven thematic digital courses in 8 languages English, Italian, Spanish, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Turkish – and disseminate the prepared courses in local communities. Each course consists of 15 units. All courses can be grouped according to the following themes in adult education: (i) career and business life, (ii) personal improvement, (iii) connecting work and private life. Each partner organization was in charge of developing one digital course.
• Grobiņa Adult education centre developed program 1 – digital course “Live online”
• G.G. Eurosuccess consulting, LTD worked on creating program 2- digital course “Learn English online”
• Superficie 8, LTD developed program 3 – digital course “Career skills advice “
• Turgutlu Kaymakamligi was responsible for developing program 4 – digital course “Entrepreneurial skills “
• Iniciativas de proyectos de formacion produced program 5 – digital course “IT skills “.
• Iniciativi za grajdansko obshtestvo developed program 6 – digital course “Communication and self-improvement “
• Eco Center Alapítvány worked on developing program 7 – digital course “Sustainable life “.
Apart from the created 7 programs consisting of 15 chapters each, the project partners also organized seminars for adult educators. In each project meeting, there was one seminar, each touching a certain theme of adult education. There were 7 project meetings. The 1st project meeting was devoted to the analysis of the job market in each country. During the next project meetings partners analyzed 3 created chapters of each program. The working language was English and the chapters were created in English. If the chapters were accepted by the partners, they were translated in 7 native languages and placed on the project website www.adultcourses.eu During project meeting 6 alongside analyzing chapters 13 -15, project partners discussed how the created materials will be piloted. A group of adults piloted all the created programs and provided suggestions on how to improve the course materials.
After the piloting stage the project partners improved their programs and in May multiplier events were organized in each project partner organization to disseminate the created 7 digital programs to the interested organizations and people.
The last project meeting was devoted to summarizing the work done during the project and analysis of the multiplier events.
It is expected that the created courses will be included in the list of courses adult centers offer to the public, thus more than a thousand participants will have an opportunity to raise their self-awareness and motivation to acquire new skills through digital learning and to improve their IT skills. That will lead to the sustainability of the produced project intellectual outputs. The created digital distance learning courses will be available to be introduced to any national or international adult education center. Another advantageous aspect of the planned intellectual outputs is that course materials will be prepared in 7 national languages of project partners and will be available to the public at the project website for 5 years.
Potential long-term benefits are that the project will increase the educational offer in adult education by providing a new program for social integration process of disadvantaged groups from local to international level. It is also expected that the course participants will develop competencies of the 21st century in the virtual world. Developed intellectual outputs – course materials – will serve as a teaching resource after completion of the project. Another long-term benefit will be collaboration among students, a better relationship between students, teachers, and staff. Thus, also the social climate in the adult centers will have improved.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 252724 Eur

Project Coordinator

Grobinas Pieaguso izglitibas centrs & Country: LV

Project Partners

• G.G. EUROSUCCESS CONSULTING LIMITED
• Turgutlu Kaymakamligi
• INICIATIVAS DE PROYECTOS DE FORMACION
• BASE CENTRO SRL
• Iniciativi za grajdansko obshtestvo
• Ecocenter Alapítvány