Yes We Can! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Yes We Can!

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 2019

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

In Europe, at least 20% of adults have deficiencies in the field the ability to write, read, understand written text, perform simple calculations, and even more in the field of digital skills – using new technology in everyday life. Lack of interest in lifelong learning shows a primal need to target the educational activities to adults and make them aware of the existence of a learning offer or to enable them to cooperate in creating learning services tailored to their individual needs.

The project entitled: Yes We Can will be an attempt to enable senior citizens with low ICT literacy to use the existing and new IT tools which will support this target group in their life-long learning process.

The cross-sectoral consortium with partners from Poland, Greece, Turkey and Spain will implement the frame composed of 18 steps during the 34 months – between the September 2019 and June 2022 with the following objectives:
– To support the adult/senior educators in their work through implementation of innovative ICT learning approach, based on the Freire methodology
– To implement the cascade model of the education and transfer the international learning experience into the local level
– To transform collected data about the adult/senior education sector into the new innovative curricula
– To extend the existing traditional IT courses based on the andragogy approach into the blended classroom + online learning
– To create a background for senior educatees to reach the IT tools (Computers / Smartphones + Software)
– To involve various stakeholders in the life-long learning process of senior citizens through direct or associated partnership and to create the sustainable international consortium devoted to the planned results.

The main scientific approach will be based on the Freire Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which will be transformed into the modern reality and used as a methodology of ICT learning together with experiential learning approach. This way, we would like to implement the new model of education. There is a big need for change, because Senior education, especially in IT is in many cases against of the andragogy approach. It is conducted in typical classrooms, with some standardized courses. Also results from this kind of courses are very low. This project will use and adapt the literacy technics of Paulo Freire into digital literacy programs which will bring an innovation in adult education field. He was using the technics called “generative themes” and “generative words” for his literacy programs.

Target groups of which the project will concern will be:
– Senior Adults with low ITC literacy
– Adult workers designing and delivering educational programs for senior adults on life-skills in particular ITC literacy
– Adult education providers such as NGO’s public bodies, training institutions

The main project results, planned across the implementation will be:
– State of the art report on senior ICT education
– Publication: Adaptation of Freire methodology for the ICT needs of modern senior students
– Guide for senior EDUCATORS with the adaptation of Freire Methodology in the ICT learning
– Online Portal dedicated for educators
– Mobile Device Application for Educatees
– The Training Module for the LTT activities, basing on the Freire and Experiential Learning Methodologies, with usage of the IT tools developed in the project

The project duration is extended with the implementation period. During this time we are going to test our key outputs (O4 and O5) with the target group, with help of our educators. We will reach the target group and start real learning process. After that we will be able to evaluate whole project in details and to state if the idea and its implementation was a success.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 217501 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACJA EUROPEJSKI INSTYTUT OUTSOURCINGU & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Rizika internetu a komunikačních technologií, z.s.
• Digital Sphere
• IASIS
• DENEYIMSEL EGITIM MERKEZI DERNEGI