Interdisciplinary Resilience through Science and Cultural Heritage Education Network Erasmus Project

Project Title

Interdisciplinary Resilience through Science and Cultural Heritage Education Network

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: Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Open and distance learning; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The importance of digitization, creativity and cultural awareness is always present, but it is particularly emphasized in the current situation, at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to acquire new skills and competences that strengthen creative potential and thus contribute to the resilience of the educational, cultural & creative sector. Our project is a cooperation between public educational/academic institutions & private businesses that can see a big opportunity to thrive and improve their skills and offers in terms of new tools and digital competences in ICT and visualization techniques. This will open up new ways of collaboration boosting open and distant Cultural Heritage Education through a strategic alliance of 7 partners from 4 countries (AT, GR, IT, SI). The Interdisciplinary Resilience through Science & Cultural Heritage Education Network (IRSCHEN) is not only a Strategic partnership project but also the place where this project idea was born and where a very special site of archeological importance called “Burgbichl” has been discovered recently by the Coordinators of the project, University of Innsbruck. Through this interdisciplinary network, all partners can improve and promote technical skills, media literacy and awareness on our common cultural heritage while fostering our solidarity to overcome the negative effects of the pandemic. The digital transformation of European Cultural Heritage (ECH) sites in the field of archeology and its adaptation to the needs of students will enable further social and educational added-value for our 2 main HE-target groups, but also grant access to education to a wider audience beyond the academic elite. It will be possible to get to know & learn about different remote places with high importance for our common values, transfer knowledge about ECH easily, and learn about similarities that unite us without physical mobility.

Project IRSCHEN´s main target groups are :
1.) ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL STAFF in CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION: Educational & scientific staff from Higher Education partners in need of improving their digital competences who want to tackle skills gaps and learn about transdisciplinary approaches & innovative pedagogies for open and distant learning (28 directly involved in trainings, further 350 reached through multiplier events & dissemination activities)
2.) STUDENTS: Students (18-35 years) from curricula like archeology, ancient studies, history, regional development interested in archeological ECH in Alps Adriatic Region (32 directly involved in the scientific camps, further 850 reached through e-learning modules & educational game).

IRSCHEN pursues the following objectives:
– To tackle skills gaps and mismatches, especially related to digital competences, through transdisciplinary approaches and innovative pedagogies such as research-based learning;
– To develop, test and implement OERs relevant for HE-target groups (with co-creation elements) & potential impact for a broader audience (science to public approach) on a long term with flexible and modular course design (online or blended) to support the setting up of open and distant learning while also being relevant for the labour market and for the wider society;
– To increase attractiveness and reforming educational offers for STEM with a STREAM (add “reading” and “arts”) approach including real-world applications, inquiry-based and ICT-enriched learning, collaborative practices, including university-business cooperation;
– To foster civic engagement & life-long learning opportunities related to our archaeological heritage as an integral part of our European identity whilst delivering European Cultural Heritage Education as part of different curricula (archeology, ancient studies etc.) & thus to promote a cross-border and scientifically based know-how transfer and understanding of European Cultural Heritage through the use of ICT
– To foster transnational cooperation & interdisciplinary resilience through building a solidarity network between Academia & Business from “the Alps Adriatic Region” & “the Mediterranean”.

The following IOs will be delivered:
IO1: Collection of Cultural Heritage Data (analogue & digital in 2D/3D, available in English and German)
IO2: Toolkit for Digital Readiness including real life application (provided in 5 languages: English, German, Italian, Slovenian and Greek)
IO3: Digitalization processes for innovative & inclusive education: Transforming finds from archeological sites into e-learning materials (available in 5 languages: English, Italian, Greek, German, Slovenian).

Furthermore we will implement the following Learning Teaching Training Activities:
– Digital Readiness Training 1: Short term staff training (2021, IT: 12 teachers)
– Scientific Camp 2021 (AT, 16 int.students)
– Scientific Camp 2022 (AT, 16 int.students)
-Digital Readiness Training 2: (2023, IT, 16 teachers)

4 Multiplier events in 4 countries will be organized (215 guests).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 274133 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK & Country: AT

Project Partners

• Mobile 3D
• ZNANSTVENORAZISKOVALNI CENTER SLOVENSKE AKADEMIJE ZNANOSTI IN UMETNOSTI
• IONIAN UNIVERSITY
• MONOPATIA ALLILEGIIS
• Gemeinde Irschen
• FRIULI INNOVAZIONE CENTRO DI RICERCA E DI TRASFERIMENTO TECNOLOGICO SCARL