The title of the project is "Digital gap threathens social inclusion" and its aim is to overcome social exclusion between young digital natives and adults through ICT and English language. Hence a partnership of schools and associations has been set and the participants agreed on basing the project as a model of good practise to realize a non-formal learning in a non-formal setting.The partnership is composed of: 6 schools at different levels from the following countries: Italy (2 schools), Romania, Greece, Portugal , France; :2 cultural operators work ing in the ICT field, 1 from Italy, 1 from Portugal; they support teachers in teaching processThere is the Molise University which will held training course for teachers about non-formal learning and the Prefettura- Immigrants Office.The general objectives the partnership agreed to pursue are:To reduce the cultural and generational digital gap, bringing “digital natives” and adults closer to one another in a comfortable environment, privileging informal learning. • To encourage the knowledge of the web and new technologies and guide everyone towards a responsible and mature use of them.• To foster social inclusion, increasing the use of the web, digital competences, and the fruition of online services especially by the socially and physically disadvantaged part of the population. • To promote a new attitude towards the labour market by creating a meeting place for firms, schools and private citizens where innovative projects and new professional figures can be created. • To create solidarity between generations giving everybody the opportunity to freely attend thanks to the promotion of any activity that responds to the interest of the members. To develop competences in ICT and language among young students and adults . To promote the understanding among European citizens. To use ICT to get information and provide information to specific targets. To experiment new and innovative adults ' centred teaching methodologies. To improve teachers' skills in language, ICT and innovative teaching methodologies.As concerns the activities, partners work on the following innovative activities and plan:1 learning activity enriched by modules to give value and realize non-formal learning; 2 blended learning of English language;3 production of a website for a non-formal learning; 4 opening of a website as material depository and projectn dissemination to promote both the Erasmus +, show project products and promote ICT; 5 exchange of students/adult, teachers during mobility; 6 transnational meetigng involving representatives of local authorities and associations. The methodologies the partnership agreed on to work with adults are : cooperative learning, flipped classroom,learning by doing. To carry on the project the partners agree on a timetable with indications on who doe what, frequent communications and collaboration using etwinning platform, mails, uploading of project results on the website. The tangible results are those deriving fron the different activities that each partner has to do as mentioned in the project; the intangible results and impact expected are innovation, internationalization and modernization for all the partners involved; cooperation at all levels, increased knowledge fo European programmes, promotion of citizens' participation in society and lifelong learning, improved skills in ICT and English language, greater appreciation and understanding of diversity.The long term benefits we imagine are: the overcome of the mismatch between the skills and competences required by the 21st century society and labour market and the skills and competences the adults develop at school together with a fostered sense of integration and socialization.
The title of the project was "Digital gap threathens social inclusion" and its aim was to overcome social exclusion between young digital natives and adults through ICT and English language. Hence a partnership of schools and associations was set and the participants agreed on basing the project as a model of good practise to realize a non-formal learning in a non-formal setting.The partnership was made of : 6 schools at different levels from the following countries: Italy (2 schools), Romania, Greece, Portugal , France; :2 cultural associations working in the ICT field, 1 from Italy, 1 from Portugal; The aim to reduce the gap between young people and adults was planned for all the partners but also with difficulties because of the cultural heritage of each partner so we started from different basis but with a unique aim: create a non formal learning model. It was adapted by each partner in its country. Also the role of each partner was defined since the beginning of the project and in each meeting all partners shared what was done and how, pointing also weakness and how to face them.There was collaboration with all of them. that's why we reache our results in producing and applying a model valid for all partners. It was made also a questionnaire, to monitor the initial situation of our young and adults participants iin order to point the action to go on with. A particular situation happened: young people were tutors of adults durign training courses and application of the model; natives in relation witn adults: two worlds in touch. It took place within the aims of the Institute which reflect the Lisbon 2020 lines promoting lifelong learning, experimenting, in this project, new methods of teaching, new practises with different “ actors”.The activities developed in differents moments since the 1st meeting, then they took place indipendently in each partners’ schools and associations, but shared and rearranged in each meeting. At the end all partners share, focused and experienced good practises. Other results referred to the increase in motivation and participation of students in the activities as tutors of adults in a no-formal learning setting. On the other hand, the results were good for the motivation of adults in their approach to a new world, the digital one. The preparatory phase developed: social, cultural, linguistic and technology, motivation for teaching, sharing of knowledge and skills,knowledge of the mechanisms of European funds for the school.The mobility phase developed: social and interpersonal skills, awareness and cultural expression, skills of citizenship, linguistic knowledge and technological, organizational and professional skills, sharing of good practices, construction of a network of professional knowledge, reinforcement of cooperation and collaboration within the group and with the teachers of the partner school, understanding of own strengths and weaknesses.The project allowed the participants to acquire a greater range of learning and communication methodologies and strategies, as well as promote equity, cohesion of the population and active citizenship. The methodology of learning by doing, cooperative learning, tutoring and peer education are also victorious with adults: making them as participants and an integral part of the organization, implementation and evaluation of each activity, allowed them to "enter" completely into the project as actors together with the students and not mere users.