Development Of Online Learning Environment for e-Health Erasmus Project

Project Title

Development Of Online Learning Environment for e-Health

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 higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

The purpose of the project is development of online educational program, training courses, and interactive assistance tools in the field of eHealth for practical work with people with disabilities, which encompasses e-learning resources development and program implementation. It will be created and maintained Virtual e-Health Center which will store the developed educational resources in combination with the produced and collected information about the needs in the field. The main objective is to develop distance learning program in the field of eHealth – working with people with disabilities, intended for students and professionals /as part of their continuing education/ in medicine, psychology, speech therapy and other professions, public health and health management, patient`s groups representatives, parents and relatives of people with disabilities.
The project includes activities in development of the following intellectual products: Online learning program “eHealth – working with people with disabilities”; Electronic manual in eHealth; Virtual center “eHealth”; Tests and questionnaires for self-assessment with feedback and guidance for assistance and self-help for children and adults with developmental disorders and their families; Learning environment for patients with disorders and their families; Training videos and multimedia presentations; Practical exercises by introducing specialized software solutions for training in the field of eHealth; Practical exercises for operation with electrical and chemical biosensors for recording, analysis, visualization, transmitting physiological signal processing applications of 2D and 3D biomedical digital images; 3D reconstruction and development of training modules for demonstration printing; Open Source mobile, server and embedded applications; Model of self-educational course with feedback tests; Data analysis and publications. The produced educational resources will be free and available through the website of the virtual e-Health Center.
The activities are realized through electronic communication among partners, international project meetings, teamwork, development of programs and e-learning resources, summarizing and analyzing the results, design and analysis of information, scientific publications.
The project participants include: 1. New Bulgarian University – leading organization – NBU team includes experts in medicine with experience in working with people with disorders, research on children and adults with disorders and bilingualism, communication with people with disabilities, specialists in informatics and telecommunications with experience in developing e-learning resources, multimedia, mobile applications, software solutions for working with people with disabilities; 2. NTNU, Trondheim, Norway – partner with experience in the development of tests and online communication and consultation with people with developmental disorders, bilingual children with disorders, representatives of various cultural groups; 3. Hochschule Konstanz Technik Wirtschaft und Gestatung, Germany – partner with experience in the development and implementation of telemedicine projects in the field of eHealth; 4. Universitatea de medicina si farmace Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania – partner with experience in adaptation, implementation and administration of online platforms for university studies; 5. The State Education Institution of higher professional training the First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University under Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation – partner with experience in organization and activities in the development of modern technologies (Internet, software and media) in the health field and experience in the creation and development of a virtual hospital. The associated partners are: “Paradox Interactive” Ltd. – a company specialized in designing, implementing and operating solutions for electronic distance learning and “mHealth-Tech” ltd., Moscow, Russia with experience in the field of studies on the application of new digital and communication technology to provide care and education to medical doctors an dpatients in remote mode.
As a result of the realized activities the educational approaches will be developed new online program, creative interactive learning resources and tools in the field of eHealth, electronic learning resources for representatives of patient groups and people from different cultural communities, which will be implemented through partnerships with organizations from different countries and various fields of knowledge cooperation. The activities of the project meet the needs of developing innovative educational resources, increase the level of education and training of students and professionals and enable introduction of modern distance learning resources that can be used by teachers, students, professionals and people with disabilities and their families.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 209015 Eur

Project Coordinator

NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY & Country: BG

Project Partners

• THE STATE EDUCATION INSTITUTION OF HIGHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THE FIRST SECHENOV MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY UNDER MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• UNIVERSITATEA DE MEDICINA SI FARMACIE VICTOR BABES TIMISOARA
• HOCHSCHULE KONSTANZ TECHNIK WIRTSCHAFT UND GESTALTUNG
• NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU