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INFOverload

2018-3-PL01-KA205-0610272018Strategic Partnerships for youthfinalized
Countries: PL|LT|RO|MT · Grant: €163,613.97
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)ICT - new technologies - digital competencesNew innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project summary

The project involves carrying out activities that are primarily designed at increasing young people professional skills in the Info Management field. All the actions taken lead to greater awareness of IT and info. The project will develop INFObesity Program of Course for youth, methodology with teaching tools for its implementation (curricula, scenarios, tasks, materials). There will be actions that strengthen the cooperation between organizations, exchange of practices, implement innovative tools in the field of education. The actions: 1.The internal coaching of partners staff involved in the implementation of a project 2.Organisation of consultancy with educators and employers who will help in program elaboration 3. Three transnational meetings 4.Preparation of curricula of IM Program - integrated training course 5.Elaboration sets of scenarios for Course in 4 main areas: search, select, analyse and process information. Each area will have 2 modules referring to internet and printed information. 6.Translation of the curricula and scenarios 7.Creation of an activity Treasure Hunt with its content in 4 languages 8.One Joint staff trainings - exchange of experiences, observations, presentation of sample trainings - in Malta 9. Elaboration of A Board Game 10. Organisation of Course for Youth – 2 -3 editions in all partners' countries, 2-3 months, 12 young participants on average, 80h of course for each edition in LT,RO,ML,PL recruitment of specialists 11. City game - Treasure Hunt - in each partner country 12.Sample workshops in each of partner countries 13.Material preparation and publication 14.Final conference in Poland

Final report summary

The INFOverload project was carried out in the period 01/05/2019 - 30/08/2021 and included activities aimed primarily at increasing the professional skills of young people in the field of information management. All activities undertaken as part of the project led to increased awareness in the field of information technology and information management. The result of the project is the creation of a program that teaches young people how to deal with information overload, how to search, select and process information to avoid wasting time and effort in processing it. The project strengthened cooperation between organizations, exchange of practices and implemented innovative tools in the field of education. The innovation of the project was based on the creation of a unique and integrated training that was carried out by each organization. The training was transnational and multicultural, tailored to participants from different partner countries and their age. The training consisted of innovative, creative materials and tools. The INFOveroload project is: 1) Internal coaching of the staff of the partners involved in the project. 2) International meetings in Romania, Poland and joint staff training in Malta. 3) Development of 2 interactive films about Fake News and Information Selection. 4) International work on a board game. 5) Multiplier evets - City game and Sample of workshops in each partner country. 6) A conference in Poland summarizing the results of the project. Project partners were: Institute of Mobile Technologies for Education and Culture IMOTEC (Lithuania), Training to Malta (Malta), Asociatia Direct (Romania)

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