Reinforce Europeans Digital, literacy and numeracy skills Erasmus Project

Project Title

Reinforce Europeans Digital, literacy and numeracy skills

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Open and distance learning; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Literacy and numeracy are fundamental skills for the human development as it enables people to live meaningful lives and contribute to their communities and in society. Research shows that low literacy and low numeracy are often connected. These skills are all essential for learning, as learning is mediated through texts and the use of numbers.

In Europe, one in five 16-65 year-olds have poor reading skills. In Europe it is estimated that around 55 million adults between 16 and 65 years old have to deal with these difficulties. Research shows that Europeans between ages 26-35 ranked highest in low literacy, followed by those aged from 16-25, than by those aged 36-45 concluded by 46 years and older. This group can be seen as a group that also has the most interest and advantage by gaining digital, literacy and numeracy skills especially.

People coping with these difficulties often also lack proficiency in digital skills. They already have problems with reading simple texts, retrieve simple facts, or make straightforward judgements and they are not able to deal with longer or more complex texts.
The EU representatives in this project partnership will therefore create a modern and innovative platform – The RED platform (“Reinforce Europeans Digital, literacy and numeracy skills”) which provides an individual baselinetest to detect low literacy and low numeracy, educational materials regarding these topics, materials to present (via video, audio incl. concepts) the ‘digital’ services of social and public (governmental) organisations and provides a roadmap, in which all social and public (governmental) organisations in the local region applicable for this target group are categorized, can be found and contacted.

This means the RED platform will be set-up as an innovative instrument, which teaches digital skills, tackles low literacy and low numeracy to finally increase social participation and empower the target group!

These materials will be put on the platform, where by means of simple icons (or pictograms), and using the ‘flipped classroom’ method (whereby online classical instructions are offered in videos with voice explanation, written concepts and additional materials
This three-dimensional approach (a combination of a voice-over, screen recordings such as the cursor of a mouse moving across the screen or clicking on something, and reading basic language concepts) will be offered online on the RED platform for all socially relevant themes that remain inaccessible (in all completeness) for the low literate, low numerate and low digitally proficient audience.

By being able to hear the explanation, see and read, but also to continuously repeat (replay), stop when necessary and use it at any time and place – the information suits this group very well and is more sustainable! Finally, the explanation of each part will also be provided in a hand-out (with the focus on the same icons, images, language concepts and narrative) presented as a download-able file on the platform.

The innovative nature of the RED platform is that this platform provides information in threefold and empowers the target group namely regarding their self-sufficiency. Not one platform offers the combination of the following elements, including the focus on self-sufficiency, autonomous learning opportunities, commitment and reinforcement. A European offer for this target group, including all relevant stakeholders and information on this level is not provided yet. Eventhough this problem is recognized all across Europe and it is therefore important to develop a format throughout Europe that can be applied, offered and maintained throughout this union of course with a local / regional and national subject implementations on low literacy and numeracy and digital skills development can be used directly because they are international.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 392761,75 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stichting Kenniscentrum Pro Work & Country: NL

Project Partners

• Euroface Consulting s.r.o.
• Fundación Siglo22
• National Training Center
• BAC società a responsabilità limitata semplificata
• Andragoski zavod Ljudska univerza Velenje
• JKVG vzw
• New Service srl