The general context show that during the last 20 years the advancements of technologies have dramatically changed the world and this is an on-going process. Work and domestic life is changed very fast by the new technologies. In the same time, according to European analysis and forecasts there is a lack of qualified candidates for high-tech jobs caused by the declining interest for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines. The interpretation of PISA results indicates a low level of students competencies in applying their knowledge in real life situations. On the other hand, these tests shown a lack of students motivations for studying and their disappointment about school and education. Also, the results of a survey made by the NGO partner of this consortium, who was applied on high school students from Romania indicate a perceived irrelevance of the school and a lack of teachers interest for new technologies and new methods. Analyzing the current situation in the schools involved in the project, despite the natural differences, we realized that we all have in common a problem: low motivation and low results in maths discipline. The partnership includes 4 organization which activate in the education field (school education institutions, higher-education and NGO who activates in training pupils, students, adults in education) – RO, UK,IE. There are 3 organizations in our consortium who never participate at this kind of action, and that new situation will produce a high impact on their future activities. The project address a target group of students aged 15-18 and teachers of Maths. In order to address the issues that we have identified during the need-analysis, our project is proposing the following OBJECTIVES: O1. Training of 8 teachers/trainers in order to use new teaching methods, design, develop and evaluate Video Learning units; O2. Realization of 1 Open Online Video Learning Course targeting mathematics learning outcomes for students aged between 15 – 18 years old; O3. Involving at least 100 students from the target group (RO&UK) in piloting innovative mathematics classes; O4. Improve the average results in math classes with at least 10% for the students involved in piloted classes; O5. Increasing with 20% the satisfaction about mathematics discipline for the students involved in piloted classes. We are taking into account the fact that the generation of students that we address by this project is very connected to technologies, to on-line information and the video content is more and more popular (4 Million Hours of content uploaded to Youtube every day!) so we want to use it in order to insure the success of the project. This project support innovative approaches for addressing the target group by providing more attractive programs and methods for the maths classes. The project promote innovative methods developing learning materials and tools based on IT &C. Our project is proposing to support the learning process of Maths with video open educational resources (VOER) that will be developed following an innovative methodology that will insure integration of scientific research in the field of education, cooperation among partners from different countries and fields of education. This project has a very strong inclusive approach since all the learning materials developed will be Open and Online, available in Ro and En. TARGET GROUPS: Thereby, our direct target groups can be described and quantified: - 8 teachers/ trainers and technical experts involved in developing video-learning resources and piloting activities, - 100 learners from school partners involved in the design phase and the piloting phase of the open on-line course. RESULTS AND IMPACT Developing video-learning resources in the field of mathematics and make them available on a multimedia platform, easily accessible and adapted for any kind of device will conduct in improving the motivation of students for study and the overall increase of satisfaction about the educational act. Using the video-learning units during the classes of our target groups will conduct to an increased satisfaction about maths of the students involved in piloted classes discipine with 20% and will improve the average results in math classes with at least 10% for the students involved in piloted classes; Teachers/experts involved will have the chance to exchange good practices, teaching methods, opinions and will improve English and digital skills, organizational skills, teaching methods and tools. Institutions strengthen their cooperation with other European organizations involved in educational field and gain more experience in managing Erasmus+ projects, benefit from better relationships between teaching staff and students, among students and among teachers, which will lead to a better cohesion inside the institution; continue cooperation with partner institutions through the e-learning platform.
The general context show that during the last 20 years the advancements of technologies have dramatically changed the world and this is an on-going process. Work and domestic life is changed very fast by the new technologies. In the same time, according to European analysis and forecasts there is a lack of qualified candidates for high-tech jobs caused by the declining interest for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines. The interpretation of PISA results (2015) indicates a low level of students competencies in applying their knowledge in real life situations. On the other hand, these tests shown a lack of students motivations for studying and their disappointment about school and education. Also, the results of a survey made by the EXE NGO partner of this consortium, who was applied to high school students from Romania indicate a perceived irrelevance of the school and a lack of teacher's interest in new technologies and new methods. Analyzing the current situation in the schools involved in the project, despite the natural differences, we realized that we all have in common a problem: low motivation and low results in maths discipline. The partnership includes 4 organization which activate in the education field (school education institutions, higher-education and NGO who activates in training pupils, students, adults in education) – RO, UK,GR. The organisations from our consortium never participated in this kind of action, and that new situation produced a high impact in their activities. Initially, the project addressed to a target group of students aged 15-18 and teachers of Maths. During the implementation, the target group was extended to students aged between 13-18 years old, because the students from UK aged between 15 – 18 years old study topics that the students from RO study at the age of between 13 – 15 years old. This extension was approved by the National Agency. In order to address the issues that we have identified during the need-analysis, our project proposed the following OBJECTIVES: O1. Training of 8 teachers/trainers in order to use new teaching methods, design, develop and evaluate Video Learning units; O2. Realization of 1 Open Online Video Learning Course targeting mathematics learning outcomes for students aged between 13 – 18 years old; O3. Involving at least 130 students from the target group (RO&UK) in piloting innovative mathematics classes; O4. Improve the average results in math classes with at least 10% for the students involved in piloted classes; O5. Increasing with 20% the satisfaction about mathematics discipline for the students involved in piloted classes. We are taking into account the fact that the generation of students that we address by this project is very connected to technologies, to on-line information and the video content is more and more popular (4 Million Hours of content uploaded to Youtube every day!) so we want to use it in order to insure the success of the project. This project supported innovative approaches for addressing the target group by providing more attractive programs and methods for the maths classes. Our project supported the learning process of Maths with video open educational resources (VOER) that were developed following an innovative methodology that insured integration of scientific research in the field of education, cooperation among partners from different countries and fields of education. This project has a very strong inclusive approach since all the learning materials developed are Open and Online, available in Ro and En. TARGET GROUPS: Our direct target groups can be described and quantified: - 8 teachers/ trainers and technical experts involved in developing video-learning resources and piloting activities, - 130 learners from school partners involved in the design phase and the piloting phase of the open online course. RESULTS AND IMPACT 1 open online mathematics course based on 40 video-learning units, available in EN and RO language, easily accessible and adapted for any kind of device. Using the video-learning units during the classes of our target groups conducted to an increased satisfaction degree about maths of the students involved in piloted classes with 20% and improved the average results in math classes with at least 13.2% for the students involved in piloted classes; Teachers/experts involved had the chance to exchange good practices, teaching methods, opinions and they improved English and digital skills, organizational skills, teaching methods and tools. Institutions strengthen their cooperation with other European organizations involved in the educational field and gain more experience in managing Erasmus+ projects, benefit from better relationships between teaching staff and students, among students and among teachers, which will lead to a better cohesion inside the institution; continue cooperation with partner institutions through the e-learning platform.