E-laboratory for digital education Erasmus Project

Project Title

E-laboratory for digital education

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 : Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

The digital transformation has entered in the education system through a small door, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has gained worldwide proportions. It is necessary to digitally transform higher education through networking and dissemination of best practices and knowledge in order to be ready for the new digital era.
The purpose of the project is to create sustainable partnerships of higher education institutions in the EU with the aim of strengthening the ability to introduce (e-)teaching and (e-)learning by developing digital pedagogical competencies of teaching staff, finding innovative solutions to provide high quality and inclusive digital education and by developing and using quality digital content and modern (e-)tools. Achieving this goal will contribute to strengthening higher education institutions to provide high quality and inclusive digital education by supporting professors in developing digital competencies and developing education and training systems to meet those challenges.
The target group of the project are primarily professors (Faculty) who need systematic and quality support and improvement of skills and competencies, not only in relation to new technologies but also in developing methodological approaches to understand which technologies and tools to choose for their teaching. When teachers feels competent, they will be more inclined to try to introduce new teaching methods. More than 50 teachers will participate in the project activities.
It is necessary to implement such projects transnationally in order to achieve a synergistic effect in the digital transformation at European level and to create high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education in Europe. The results we intend to achieve are in networking higher education institutions by exchanging knowledge and experiences, improving digital (e-)courses with knowledge in the field of neuroscience, developing digital pedagogical competencies of teaching staff, developing and creating an e-learning platform, analyzing online exams and then developing online exams methodology. By connecting Ireland, Slovenia and Croatia, we create the possibility for completely different views on the same topic, and in this way we enrich the project with different cultural and ideological points of view.
Other activities are to analyze the implementation of online exams and then to apply good practices in the methodology that will be used by European countries, thus creating a prerequisite for a fair and quality e-learning system. A multiplier element of this activity will be a round table on the methodological approach in conducting online exams. After the activity of creating a methodology on educating about digital skills, we will hold e-workshops on digital competencies, and the multiplying event of this activity will be a round table on digital skills in higher education. By using the e-Learning Platform as an influential dissemination tool, we actually want to create a strong sustainability of project results, believing that they will be necessary in further European digital progress. During the project, transnational meetings will be held, as well as short-term training of staff of higher education institutions.
Another type of activity that we will pay attention to are project management and administration activities. We provide them with quality, security of implementation and continuous evaluation of all steps taken. The third type of activities are dissemination activities with which we want to increase the visibility of the project and its sustainability.

The effect we expect on participants and the organizations and target groups are improved competencies and knowledge so that they can adapt to the emerging reality caused by the Corona virus. By acquiring new tools, skills and knowledge to solve the difficulties and complexities associated with digital skills, they will become ready to use new technologies and transfer their knowledge to other stakeholders. Participating organizations will receive new international contacts and partnership opportunities for future activities. The long-term benefit for the participating faculties is their adaptation to the real needs of society, and thus raising their importance in society. The impact on organizations is finding innovative solutions to provide high quality and inclusive digital education through the development and use of quality digital content and tools tailored to local challenges and circumstances. Finally, in the long run, we can expect a great impact of the project on students who will become future professionals and community leaders through high-quality digital education.
We also expect an impact on the local community because with competent professors the community becomes more operational, prosperous, more democratic, more inclusive, the faster it develops in a direction that benefits its citizens, the less it is influenced by different interest groups.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 163877 Eur

Project Coordinator

SVEUCILISTE U RIJECI & Country: HR

Project Partners

• UNIVERZA V MARIBORU
• UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
• GIRITECH LIMITED