Eight key competences’ Open Educational Resoures Explorer Erasmus Project

Project Title

Eight key competences’ Open Educational Resoures Explorer

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

The “Open Educational Resoures Explorer” (8 K OER Explorer) project took into account the use of new information technologies (ICT) and open educational resources (OER) in adult education, with particular emphasis on eight key competences.
In view of the increasing use of digital science and technology in the context of education, the professional development of adult trainers and educators must go towards making full use of the potential of these resources to support adult learning. This includes the use of technology, both for the purpose of education itself, and for the measurement, evaluation and understanding of adult learning through data-based methods.
As stated in the “Review and analysis of practices with open educational resources in adult education in Europe” (ECJRCIPTS, 2013) OREs did not have a wider application in the field of adult education and lifelong learning, there are few good practices in the use of OERs in the field of adult education. In order to take action and take advantage of the benefits of OERs, society requires a much better understanding of the factors affecting the use of them.
The high effort put into awareness-raising activities is underestimated and it is usually assumed that OERs will spontaneously attract a large number of users. Unfortunately, adults are largely unaware that such resources exist and that they can be used in a lifelong learning process.
In connection with the above problems, the idea of ​​this project was born in partner organizations operating in the field of adult education in Poland, Lithuania and Italy. The partnership has identified the need for lifelong learning and peer-review between adult teachers / trainers to exchange experiences and good practices in the use of ICT and OERs in adult education in the field of 8 key competences.
The objectives of the project were:
– supporting the professional development of adult teachers / trainers using ICT and OERs
– developing more attractive adult education initiatives
– encouraging the use of open educational resources in the adult education process, especially in the area of ​​teaching key competences
– participation in raising awareness on OERs issues at the local, national and European level
– the use of good practices and European experience at the local level.
The aim of the project was to create a space for collecting, sharing and presenting the most effective existing OERs developed under transnational projects financed from various sources. This exchange took place as part of three short-term joint training sessions for 15 teachers / trainers / educators for adults.
The project included 150 direct and indirect participants in 3 partner countries.
Partner organizations from Poland, Lithuania and Italy deal with adult education on a daily basis: Centrum Edukacji i Badań Społecznych (PL), primarily in the area of ​​developing and strengthening social and civic competences, Social Investment Management Center (LT) in the field of developing civic,language competences and cultural in local communities, Nkey in terms of language and digital competence.
The project’s results include: increasing the motivation and competence of project employees to work in OER in their daily work with adult students; increasing the ability and professionalism to work at EU / international level: improved management competences and internationalization strategies; increasing the quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and monitoring of EU / international projects; increasing the quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and monitoring of EU / international projects; increased level of professional skills of adult educators in the use of ICT and OER.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 57150 Eur

Project Coordinator

Centrum Edukacji i Badan Spolecznych & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Nkey srl
• Socialiniu investiciju valdymo centras