The project contributes to achieve Europe 2020 benchmarks: to decrease number of low-skilled adults in mathematical skills up to 15%, to increase employment rate by 75%; to raise participation of adults in lifelong learning by 15%. OECD’s PISA study (2012) shows that low achievers in maths in EU-28 is 22% and varied significantly across countries: 15% in Poland, 19% in Austria, 23% in Italy, 26% in Lithuania, and 42% in Cyprus. Furthermore, in 2015, around 60% of young adults (early school-leavers, low-skilled) were either unemployed or inactive. The EC acknowledges that the growth of economics and the employment level depends on participation of adults in learning and the quality of adult educators' work. However, an adult participation in lifelong learning is rather low and in 2015 it was only 10.7%. According to the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), conducted in 2014-2015, mostly all EU-28 countries have a big demand on increasing the low levels of adults’ skills at problem-solving in technology-rich environments: LT-45%, PL-40%, CY-38%, AT-25%, IT-45%. According to Eurostat (2016) 35.5 % of the 25–54 year-old non-EU-born population has attained only pre-primary, primary or lower secondary education. Education plays a crucial role in helping low-skilled migrants and refugees settle in new countries. So, their motivation for increasing competences and skills through life-long learning has to be improved. Thus, there is a great need over the European Union to increase engagement of the local communities in motivating low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, to learn in order foster their inclusion and integration. Thus, the project has two aims: • To supply high quality ICT-based learning opportunities for improving basic mathematical skills of low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants; • To increase awareness within the local communities about the importance of educational help for low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The objectives are: 1. To improve the integration of low-skills adults through developing their mathematic skills by using problem-solving ICT-based approach; 2. To monitor, assess and collect learners’ achievements in order to facilitate the validation of obtained basis skills; 3. To extend and develop educators’ competences needed for effective training of the low-skilled; 4. To increase engagement of local communities to foster inclusion and integration of low-skilled adults though education and learning. Target groups: • Low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrants: 80 will be involved in piloting; • Adult educators/facilitators engaged in mathematical skills training of the low-skilled: 17 will be trained within the learning activity and 80 will be involved to the multiplying events; • Adult educators/practitioners working in the field of community education: 80 will be involved in piloting and 80 - in multiplying events. Three intellectual outputs will be produced: Training course for developing of mathematics skills ‘M-Easy’, Toolkit for adult educators “Developing competences needed for effective running of ‘M-Easy’ training course”, Training material for local communities’ workshop “Success of the inclusion and integration of low skilled adults through education”. The general methodology to all 3 intellectual outputs is based on Open Educational Resources in order to promote the open access to developed educational tools. However, each outcome is based on the specific to this outcome methodology. The methodology of training course ‘M-Easy’ for low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, is based on open and innovative digital era Mobile applications approach using problem-oriented experiential learning, blended learning and reverse training. The Toolkit for adult educators is a set of on-line methodical materials to ensure effective facilitation of ‘M-Easy’ training course for the low-skilled. The methodology is based on self-directed e-learning as Toolkit will be openly accessible within virtual environment. Training materials for adult educators-practitioners on how to run local communities’ workshop on creating awareness of importance of education system for inclusion and integration of the low-skilled, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrants based on reversed training methodology using OERs (digital case studies). These training materials will also present the developed within the project ‘M-Easy’ training course in order to give the possibility to citizens to be active and provide this information within their local communities. The general expected impact on the low-skilled, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrants will be their better integration into the labour market and society through education and improving the level of their mathematical skills for at least on 40%.
The project contributes to achieve Europe 2020 benchmarks: to decrease number of low-skilled adults in mathematical skills up to 15%, to increase employment rate by 75%; to raise participation of adults in lifelong learning by 15%. According to the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), conducted in 2014-2015, mostly all EU-28 countries have a big demand on increasing the low levels of adults’ skills at problem-solving in technology-rich environments: LT-45%, PL-40%, CY-38%, AT-25%, IT-45%. According to Eurostat (2016) 35.5 % of the 25–54 year-old non-EU-born population has attained only pre-primary, primary or lower secondary education. Education plays a crucial role in helping low-skilled migrants and refugees settle in new countries. So, their motivation for increasing competences and skills through life-long learning has to be improved. Thus, there is a great need over the European Union to increase engagement of the local communities in motivating low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, to learn in order foster their inclusion and integration. Thus, the project has two aims: • To supply high quality ICT-based learning opportunities for improving basic mathematical skills of low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants • To increase awareness within the local communities about the importance of educational help for low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The objectives are: To improve the integration of low-skills adults through developing their mathematic skills by using problem-solving ICT-based approach. To monitor, assess and collect learners’ achievements in order to facilitate the validation of obtained basis skills. To extend and develop educators’ competences needed for effective training of the low-skilled. To increase engagement of local communities to foster inclusion and integration of low-skilled adults though education and learning. The objectives have been met by developing three main intellectual outputs openly accessible within e-learning platform https://measy.lpf.lt/: 1)Training course M-Easy “Improve Your mathematical skills’; 2).Adult Educators Guide with the toolkit for developing competences needed for effective running of ‘M-Easy’ training course; 3).Communities’ Workshop training materials “Success of the inclusion and integration of low skilled adults through education”. The general methodology to all 3 intellectual outputs is based on Open Educational Resources in order to promote the open access to developed educational tools. However, each outcome is based on the specific to this outcome methodology. The methodology of the training course ‘M-Easy’ is based on open and innovative digital era Mobile applications approach using problem-oriented experiential learning, blended learning and reverse training. The training course is developed to improve 27 basic mathematical skills, defined by partnership within needs analysis stage. M-EASY mobile application includes the set of 21 problem-oriented practical exercises, developed and programmed by partnership, is available on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vizuali.m_easy. The methodology of the Adult educator’s Guide for adult educators is based on self-directed e-learning as it consists of five on-line learning modules to help the effective facilitation of ‘M-Easy’ training course for the low-skilled. Training materials for adult educators-practitioners on how to run local communities’ workshop is based on reversed training methodology using 10 digital success stories (for self-learning prior the workshop) and e-Guide for adult-educators-practitioners Target groups: • Low-skilled adults, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrants: 82 were involved in piloting. • Adult educators/facilitators engaged in mathematical skills training of the low-skilled: 17 were trained within the learning activity, 19 were involved in the piloting as trainers and 81 – in the multiplying events. • Adult educators/practitioners working in the field of community education: 100 were involved in piloting. The main impact on 82 low-skilled adult learners, participating in the piloting of M-EASY training course, was on upgrading of their mathematical skills for 41%. The measure of this impact was possible by using the Assessment tool for pre-assessment and post-assessment of 27 basic mathematical skills of the learners. The impact on adult educators/facilitators/practitioners was in strengthening their capacities and developing their digital, social and civic competences to offer ‘M-Easy’ training course based on mobile applications and tailored for low-skilled individual learners (85% stated their satisfaction of the usefulness of the Adult educator’s Guide). 97% of the adult educators and community leaders concluded that they have gained enough knowledge and self-confidence to to lead a Workshop in the local communities on their own.