In this project, various organizations in the European Union will collaborate to fight digital illiteracy among adults and youth who are not able to use or unaware about ICT in daily life and who belong to vulnerable social groups like school drop outs, immigrants and women in order to equip them with the skills needed to use digital technology. We live in a world today where using digital technologies and accessing information via internet is becoming increasingly necessary, using services like health and education, attaining jobs, connecting friends, relatives and colleagues, sharing moments, ideas and experience, expanding innovation and remaining globally competitive. It is thought that target group are struggling to gain basic access to technology because of various reasons and ways. In this respect by providing different activities people will be equipped mentioned basic digital skills which are needed to do all of these and be gained the necessary skills to face the "online” challenge.Throughout the project period, basic computer knowledge, internet usage, smart phones, tablets and their applications for the specified purposes will be the main subject of the activities with the help of seminars, meetings, courses, competitions and exhibitions. The partnership also aims to support people by using web tools to socialize with other EU citizens online and personal (through mobilities),therefore they will have new friends and have chances to improve cultural experience and to see the differences and it can be used to reduce their loneliness and in some ways their isolation and helps to improve social cohesion.The project will also enable different organizations from different countries and cultures in the EU to share best practice, their expertise and experience in supporting target group to face challenges brought about by online technology. The project aims to equip and to make active the target group of the project to keep them active online with the help of activities using the methods of both formal and informal educational techniques in order to fight with digital illiteracy among people from vulnerable social groups. To do all these, project partners will organize courses, seminars, meetings, contests, seminars and exhibitions to keep target group active and online, to use the opportunities of digital world to take advantage of the benefits of the online technology, including the subjects like basic computer knowledge, internet usage, tablets and smart phones. The approach that we will take to achieve our objectives is to work with people from vulnerable social groups who do not have or lack the skills to stay active online. They will be provided with training which will enable them to operate a PC, use the internet and other relevant software such as communication software (Skype, Facebook, etc). With the help of local and international activities throughout mobilities people in the EU to share experiences, connect with each other and learn new cultures, reducing isolation amongst certain groups of people. With project activities partners intend to work on these problems and further to make digital technologies and internet more accessible to the target group and attractive on both a non formal and informal basis. On personal level the learners will raise their self- esteem by fighting with digital illiteracy by learning new things, by improving their knowledge and developing contemporary communication skills as they catch the world, communicate and share their knowledge and experience. Project activities will stimulate awareness of the possibilities of learning digital world, make them user instead of just being watchers. The project will give a chance to see the richness and possibilities of digital world. Project volunteers will also have a chance to improve their language skills with language course activities. Projects participants will see the similarities and differences of cultures; to exchange theoretical and practical information, to include in project activities non-formal education, to give opportunity of lifelong learning to people from vulnerable social groups, people with low income, with low educational level and immigrants. On national level partner organizations will address and inform project target groups about project activities; inviting people to join in local workshops. On international level online interactive E-Learning modules about ICT will be the most effective and benficial side of the project.
In the Project, different type of organizations in the European Union collaborated to fight digital illiteracy among adults and youth who are not able to use or unaware about ICT in daily life and who belong to vulnerable social groups like school drop outs, immigrants and women in order to equip them with the skills needed to use digital technology. We live in a world today where using digital technologies and accessing information via internet is becoming increasingly necessary, using services like health and education, attaining jobs, connecting friends, relatives and colleagues, sharing moments, ideas and experience, expanding innovation and remaining globally competitive. It was thought that target group are struggling to gain basic access to technology because of various reasons and ways. In this respect by providing different activities people equipped with the basic digital skills to get the advantages of being digital and necessary skills to face the "online” challenge. Throughout the Project period, basic computer knowledge, internet usage, tablets and their applications for the specified purposes were the main subjects of the activities with the help of seminars, meetings, courses, competitions and exhibitions. The partnership also aimed to support people by using web tools to socialize with other EU citizens online and personal (through mobilities). They had new friends, saw different cultures and lives. It gave them a chance reduce their loneliness and in some ways their isolation and helped to improve social inclusion.The project also enabled different organizations in EU to share best practice, their expertise and experience in supporting target group to face challenges brought about by online technology. The main target was to work with people from vulnerable social groups who do not have or lack the skills to stay active online. They provided with training which enabled them to operate a PC, use the internet and other relevant software such as communication software (Skype, Facebook, etc). With the help of local and international activities, people shared experiences, connectted with each other and learned new cultures. With project activities, partners collaborated to remove the problems to make digital technologies and internet more accessible to the target group and attractive on both a non formal and informal basis. On personal level the learners got the chance to raise their self- esteem by fighting with digital illiteracy by improving their knowledge. They had the opportunity to develope contemporary communication skills to catch the world, to communicate and to share. Project activities stimulated awareness of the possibilities of learning digital world, made them user instead of just being watchers. The projectgave a chance to see the richness and possibilities of digital world to them. Project participants had also chances to improve their language skills with language course activities. Projects participants saw the similarities and differences of cultures. On national level partner organizations addressed and informed project target groups about project activities; inviting people to join in local workshops. On international level online interactive E-Learning modules about ICT have been the most effective and benficial side of the project. The E-Learning Modules which were based on learning by doing and scenario based learning have been used not only by EU citizens but also by people who are from different countries of the world because of the structure of the Modules which are easy to use and educational. Also the Modules have been prepared in 8 different languages, so it helped the increase the number of people that the Project targeted. The modules will be active for years and the number of the beneficiaries will be dublicated in years.