The ENTRADA project has responded to the challenge of creating a fair and equitable society which is at the core of the EU 2020 strategy. The project has built on existing migrant integration measures and looked at how harnessing the latest technologies to promote webquest learning could accelerate the migrant integration process. The proposed model was developed and piloted in 5 very different EU Member States and this has helped to ensure that the processes and outputs were robust and had considerable potential transferability to other countries. The ENTRADA project aimed to harness the potential for learning within migrant communities that comes with 'always-on-always-accessible' mobile technology platforms. However, partners were of the opinion that the project achieved its objectives when bespoke online learning resources were provided. Challenge-based approaches like webquests provided the perfect framework for developing innovative learning resources that were appealing and accessible for migrants. 4 intellectual outputs have been developed over the 27-month duration of the project, as follows: a. -36 online webquest challenge-based educational resources have been developed for migrants. b.- In-service training programme to support their continuous professional development and facilitate their use of the new challenge-based educational resources c.- a bespoke online learning environment has been developed and populated with the innovative key competence resources. d.- A Policy Paper that captures the learning from the ENTRADA project has been produced. These ENTRADA outputs were and are presented as a self-contained educational package with a long shelf-life for those supporting the integration of migrant communities. They can be further adapted, developed and updated in the years after the end of the project and will be proposed for accreditation by some of the partner organisations and for mainstreaming in the adult education systems in each country.
In the coming years the demand for migrant workers will grow in response to the ageing population in many Member States. There is an increasing recognition of the need to achieve better integration of migrants in our societies. The project has provided to the partnership and organisations working with migrant communities opportunities to 1.- to experiment with innovative approaches to try and find solutions to persistent problems; 2.- to call on a diverse range of expertise not normally available to individual organisations to develop new resources; 3.- to learn from the past experiences of others in different Member States where migrant issues have been front and central of public policy for many years; 4.- To benefit from the support of their peers throughout Europe and have access to a team of like-minded individuals. To achieve this the project has designed, tested and implemented a new in-service training course for adult education and migrant support staff that was designed specifically for the purpose outlined and has supported the development of key transferable digital skills for adult educators.
The reality is that immigration has become a 'normal' part of life in Europe. The choice for Member States moving forward is not whether to stop immigration, but how to channel it to its own advantage and enhance integration in host countries. There is a real need for innovation where fostering the integration of host and migrant communities is concerned in all EU Member States and the project has responded to the challenge of creating a fair and equitable society which is at the core of the EU 2020 strategy. The project has built on existing migrant integration measures and looked at how harnessing the latest technologies to promote webquest learning can accelerate the migrant integration process. The needs that we have addressed were 1.- the need to help and to ensure that the migrant integration measures processes and outputs are robust and have considerable potential transferability to other countries. 2.- The need to harness the potential of technology, social media and the Internet at all stages of the integration process. 3.- To harness the potential for learning within migrant communities that comes with 'always-on - always-accessible' mobile technology platforms.
The ENTRADA project has responded to the challenge of creating a fair and equitable society which is at the core of the EU 2020 strategy. The project has built on existing migrant integration measures and looked at how harnessing the latest technologies to promote webquest learning could accelerate the migrant integration process. The proposed model was developed and piloted in 5 very different EU Member States and this has helped to ensure that the processes and outputs were robust and had considerable potential transferability to other countries. The ENTRADA project aimed to harness the potential for learning within migrant communities that comes with 'always-on-always-accessible' mobile technology platforms. However, partners were of the opinion that the project achieved its objectives when bespoke online learning resources were provided. Challenge-based approaches like webquests provided the perfect framework for developing innovative learning resources that were appealing and accessible for migrants. 4 intellectual outputs have been developed over the 27-month duration of the project, as follows: a. -36 online webquest challenge-based educational resources have been developed for migrants. b.- In-service training programme to support their continuous professional development and facilitate their use of the new challenge-based educational resources c.- a bespoke online learning environment has been developed and populated with the innovative key competence resources. d.- A Policy Paper that captures the learning from the ENTRADA project has been produced. These ENTRADA outputs were and are presented as a self-contained educational package with a long shelf-life for those supporting the integration of migrant communities. They can be further adapted, developed and updated in the years after the end of the project and will be proposed for accreditation by some of the partner organisations and for mainstreaming in the adult education systems in each country.