Online Online Learning Tool on Antisemitism and other forms of Discrimination Erasmus Project

Project Title

Online
Online Learning Tool on Antisemitism and other forms of Discrimination

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Pedagogy and didactics; Inclusion – equity; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Antisemitism, racism and discrimination are still present in Europe nowadays affecting the lives of young people everywhere. The online toolbox Stories that Move challenges learners to think about diversity and discrimination, and to reflect on their own position and choices in these matters.
Schools are looking for ways to become truly inclusive and to develop a school culture of learners who have “the power to act”. Educators feel the need to use the available technology to amplify learning and promote student agency. Blended learning can play an important role in empowering both educators and learners. The toolbox consists of five ready-to-use learning paths with multiple layers of information, assignments and life stories.
In short film clips young people share their positive experiences but also those of exclusion, discrimination and hate crimes. These poignant and recognisable stories form the starting point of an honest exploration of many topics related to discrimination.

The objectives of the project are to:
• Make educators and young people aware of manifestations of racism, antisemitism and the many faces of discrimination in their environment.
• Inspire schools to create space for conversations about complex and sensitive issues.
• Use the power of the voice and the agency of young people to empower learners and educators to speak out against discrimination.
• Contribute to the mainstreaming of education about these topics, using blended learning techniques and visible thinking routines.
• Support educators in addressing discrimination in all its forms, making clear to educators and young people that antisemitism is an issue that is relevant today
• Make clear to teachers and learners that the discrimination that Jews face today is embedded into the wider context of the discrimination of minority groups, including Roma, Muslims and LGBT.
• Facilitate an exchange of good practices.
• Increase the digital competencies of both educators and learners.
• Offer an online tool with a clear pedagogical framework, enhancing online and blended learning.
• Provide an inclusive pedagogical approach that will strengthen young people’s ability to think critically and to reflect on their own position and choices.

Nine organisations from seven countries worked together to develop five learning paths for students that can be used within an online closed classroom. Eight educational organisations were engaged in content development and implementation. Eagerly internet, the ninth partner, was responsible for the technical design and development. The partners developed a rich website with supporting information for educators, with a precise step by step guide for each learning path, background information on key pedagogical issues and 17 short clips by seven experts on pedagogical issues relevant to the topics and methods that the educators will be working with.
The first online testing period (autumn 2016 – spring 2017) of the first three learning paths gave insights regarding the technical improvements that were essential for the further development of the online learning tool and on some aspects of the content, notably the extra information that educators needed. A report on the test results is available as appendix 3.

By Oct. 2018 3133 users have made an account. See apppendix 4. There is a progressive number of educators logging in to the tool. Although we are very much behind on the target number of 4000 educators, the number is growing fast from 237 at the start of 2017 to 1097 in Oct. 2018.
The video clips that form the core of the content have more than 10.000 views. The supporting website for educators has been visited by over 6000 people. It is clear that many educators are using the materials without their students creating an account.
The appreciation of the online tool by the early adaptors is high, as is indicated in the user-surveys that we conducted and the direct contact with users at the international conference, June 2018 and at other occasions (see appendixes 3 en 5). Further analysis of the online and offline use of the tools is ongoing, as is implementation. Over 30 presentations, workshops and professional development seminars are planned in the next year. The (social) media coverage is ongoing. See appendix 1.

Stories that Move was awarded the Comenius EduMedia medal for excellent teaching materials 2018 by the Institute for Pedagogy and Media in Berlin. Stories that Move will be presented at the UN headquarters in New York on 2 November 2018, at a conference to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Kristallnacht 80 years ago.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 362822,07 Eur

Project Coordinator

ANNE FRANK STICHTING & Country: NL

Project Partners

• ZACHOR ALAPITVANY A TARSADALMI EMLEKEZETERT
• ERINNERN.AT (NATIONALSOZIALISMUS UND HOLOCAUST:GEDACHTNIS UND GEGENWART) VEREIN
• NADACIA MILANA SIMECKU
• UNIWERSYTET PEDAGOGICZNY IM KOMISJI EDUKACJI NARODOWEJ W KRAKOWIE
• Stichting The International School of Amsterdam
• Anne Frank Zentrum
• Eagerly Internet