Our project aimed to promote the use of ICT in the adult learning focusing on ICT tools for distance learning, on the basis of exchanging good practices between the partners and in response to the priorities of the Programme.The main objective of this partnership was to develop an educational guide for a course "Life Long @Learning". The proposed course is based on good distance learning and teaching practices and is the outcome of the combination of methodologies deriving from the multidisciplinary approach of the members of the partnership as well as from the experience gained during the teaching in the various participating countries.Main objectives are:>enhancing digital integration in learning, teaching, training at various levels: promoting access to and learning through OER; supporting ICT-based teaching, training , as well as ICT-based assessment practices. In particular, supporting teachers, trainers, educational staff in acquiring or improving the use of ICT for learning andrelated digital competences; >developing adult educators’ competences to deal with diversified groups of learners, make use of new technologies for better outreach and teaching outcomes;> improving and extending the offer of high quality learning opportunities tailored to individual adultlearners, including through innovative ways of outreach and delivery;articipants LL@L helps educators, trainer with a open innovation online guide for: • Develop a new approach to adult education and training which focuses on learning outcomes and learner responsibility and autonomy.• Encourage the development of effective lifelong guidance systems, as well as integrated systems for the validation of non-formal and informal learning.• Ensure flexible arrangements adapted to different training needs of adults, including in-company training and workplace-based learning.• Developing mechanisms for ensuring that educational provision better reflects labour market needs and that it provides possibilities for acquiring qualifications and developing new skills which increase people’s capacity to adapt to the new requirements of a changing environment.• Promoting the acquisition of transversal key competences, such as learning to learn, • Making better use of ICT in the context of adult learning, as a means of widening access and improving the quality of provisionProjects needs to be realized transnationally in order to have a wide impact in Europe and to cope the distance among countires such Netherlands in which ICT education is well developed to those country as Turkey that has less experience in this field. The transnational partnership allow to mix a variety of experties that is an add value.All transnational meetings enabled partners to share and evaluate good practices, and to develop innovative educational approaches in teaching ICT for adult learners. Project achievements;- Develope the E-learning Guide that support the development of content, services, methodologies and practice in the adult distance learning on the ICT-basis.- Create a successful relationship between the partner organizations.- Raise cultural awareness during the meetings.- Exchange ideas and know-how across the partner organizations to help promoting a Long life learning culture.
Project background LL@L contributed to the development of Adult Education staff giving them the possibilities to enhance their skills in e-learning and e-learning promotion. Our project promoted the use of ICT in the adult learning focusing on ICT tools for distance learning, by exchanging good practices between the partners and in response to the priorities of the Programme. Project objectives 1. Development and design of a distance learning guide. The proposed course is based on good distance learning and teaching practices and is the outcome of the combination of methodologies deriving from the multidisciplinary approach of the members of the partnership as well as from the experience gained during the teaching in the various participating countries. 2. Enhancing the digital integration in learning, teaching, training at various levels: by promoting access to and learning through Open Educational Resources (OER); by supporting ICT-based teaching, training, as well as ICT-based assessment practices. In particular, supporting teachers, trainers, educational staff in acquiring and improving the use of ICT for learning and related digital competences; 3. Developing adult educators’ competences to deal with diversified groups of learners, make use of new technologies for better outreach and teaching outcomes; 4. Improving and extending the offer of high quality learning opportunities tailored to individual adult learners, including through innovative ways of outreach and delivery. The project partners: 1. The Association Community Development Institute (CDI) Macedonia as a sustainable civil society organization that works on building a democratic integrated and multi-ethnic society through strengthening the capacities of individuals, organizations and institutions. 2. La Ligue de l’enseignement France; association that gathers over 30,000 associations in 102 departmental and 22 regional federations with the common aim of training responsible citizens who will fulfill their duties, make full use of their rights and be active in society reinforcing its democratic, humanist and social character. 3. Inercia Digital Spain as a Andalusian company, established in 2012, with outlets wide Europe. Despite being a small sized company, it has international ambition and appealing experience. Its main target is to contribute with innovative solutions to both e-business and web entrepreneurship skills for SMEs and entrepreneurs (e-learning on e-business). 4. The Lifelong Learning Center (LLC) Macedonia has been active in the field of adult education working on development of policies on adult education and distance learning. 5. The `Volkshochschule Hannover´ Germany, founded in 1919, as a non-profit adult education institution under tutorship of the Municipality of Hanover. The school offers a program each year of around hundred and twenty thousand teaching periods. The education programs includes all aspects of general, vocational, social and cultural education. The project has been implemented at international level in order to have a wide impact in Europe, to gather different experiences and opinions, to cope the distance among countries such Germany in which ICT education is well developed to a country like Macedonia that has less experience in this field. Description of undertaken main activities 1. Partners meetings that provided opportunity for exchange of experiences and practices from each participating partner countries from different prospective. 2. Collecting best practices and lessons learned from different stakeholders and interested parties/providers of non-formal education in participating countries. 3. Training of trainers coming from providers of adult education; presentation of the content of he guide; piloting and feedback. 4. Multiplier events; sharing the content of the guide and collecting feedback for improvement 5. Dissemination and visibility; sharing of the final version of the guide. Results and impact As a result of the project, a Guide translated in 4 languages in addition of English version of the guide has been produced. By producing this manual, for the first time in Macedonia, a manual as a guide has been produced for providers of distance learning. By providing input from the stakeholders and analyses from the best practices, this high quality manual will concrete use in other participating program countries. We have also targeted the awareness among providers of Longer-term benefits 1. Guide as a Tool available, to support providers to introduce distance learning 2. Networking and enhancing cooperation between project partners and countries 3. Increased quality for distance learning and education 4. Awareness raised among providers of education for distance learning