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DigitALL Schools

2020-1-PL01-KA226-SCH-0962322020Partnerships for Digital Education ReadinessfinalizedGood practice
Countries: PL|TR|SI|HU|FI|ES · Grant: €155,290
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training coursesICT - new technologies - digital competencesOpen and distance learning

Project summary

Computing technology has transformed the scope for nonformal and informal learning activities. In online learning environments, learners now have access to a range of learning resources supplemented by concrete artefacts such as visualisations and simulations that relate more closely to their real-world experience and by the rich social context afforded by networking. Digital learning has greater scope than ever before to be integrated with the learner's everyday life. Its central challenge, as recognised in the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers, is to make sense of the role of the teacher in contexts where learners have such freedom to be active and, in particular, how to direct and assess their learning. The principal objective of our project is to promote using approite educational tools as a new practice that promises to integrate and bring coherence to the dual perspectives on distance learning and on digital learning.And folowing aims are: 1-development of digital competences of teachers(information and data literacy, digital content creation, communication and collaboration, safety, and problem solving 2-provide teachers developing digital content via our LTTs and e-Learning courses. 3-provide teachers use appropriate technology tools for assessment/context creation/collaboration. 4-use effective strategies for teaching online and/or blended/hybrid learning environments. 5-use technology to differentiate instruction to meet diverse learning needs 6-To create our Digital Education policy in our institutions. Our project is part of a bigger project - beyond the scope of Erasmus+, but aligned to one of the EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIGITAL STRATEGY motivating underlying objectives of making the best use of digital technologies to work in harmony with Member States.DigitALL Schools project reports reflects the views of students, teachers, principals and district administrators on digital learning tools. Including the perspectives of those most familiar with the impact of digital tools in schools can lend important clarity for those seeking to develop new and innovative ways to help teachers teach and help students learn. Our project will provide understanding current access to and availability of educational digital tools, criteria for selecting and purchasing digital learning tools, perceptions of the value and utility of digital learning tools,perceptions of the effectiveness of digital learning tools. In this project, we have 4 foreseen project meetings are will be realized with 2 staff from partner organisations as M1:Kick Off Meeting in Poland M2:1st Intermediate Meeting in Slovenia M3:2nd Intermediate Meeting in Hungary M4:Final Meeting in Turkey Furthermore, there are 2 foreseen continuous LTTs are to train participants on digital learning tools(Content creation, assessment, collaborative working tools)and industry 4.0 tools(Robotics,3D printing, VR&AR).The 1st TE is in Spain with 25 participants will be referred to as Education 4.0 Tools activities.The 2nd TE with same participants on Digital Learning Tools activities in Finland. The trained teachers/staff will have involve in the E-Learning Platform (IO1)will consist of e-Learning courses about digital learning tools.It will be developed by OLEMISEN BALANSSIA. This platform will be used for K-12 teachers. This platform will offer e-learning courses, lesson plans, and interactive resources for the users.All the concept,outputs and the sample school/organisational Digital Learning Policies will be take place in the DigitALL Schools Guide(IO2) will be developed by INERCIA DIGITAL to assist teachers how to use digital leraning tools in school education with sample lesson plans.At the end DigitALL Schools Conference (E1)will be realized in Poland with 45 audiences from local and foreigner partners and stakeholders.The project guide will be delivered in Polish and English in the conference. The project main training strategy is based on the Open Educational Resourcese (OERs) approach. All didactic materials and tools will be realized in digital format, available on line and licensed.We strongly believe that our project will have long-term benefits in all the partner schools involved as, since the beginning of this partnership,we intend to create a project which could enable all the participant schools to work together and create added value within all the innovative educational approaches learned,applied,shared and disseminated in the project. Teachers and other beneficiaries will get hands-on experience on how to use innovative mobile apps and tools in the teaching and learning process.This project will obviously impact on the whole school and organisaitons,as participants will become more active and competent in using digital tools.The other innovative side of our project is enable all partners to have a digital learning policy and to realize this need and will point out this need to other institutions

Objectives

The main goal of our project was to promote the use of appropriate educational tools as a new practice to integrate and unify the diverse perspectives of distance learning and digital learning. The specific objectives are: 1-development of digital competences of teachers (knowledge of information and data, creation of digital content, communication and cooperation, security and problem solving); 2-providing digital content teachers with knowledge through our teacher training courses and e-learning (platform); 3-provide teachers with appropriate technology tools for assessment/context/collaboration; 4-Using effective learning strategies in an online and/or blended/hybrid learning environment; 5-using technology to vary instruction and meet diverse learning needs; 6-creating a digital education policy in our institutions and disseminating it for other institutions of this type;

Background

We applied to the "DigitAll Schools" project because we wanted to improve teachers' skills on the challenges of equality, diversity and inclusion in the learning environment. We wanted to focus our activities on further development in the use of digital skills that are directly related to the digital competences identified under EC DIGCOMP. The idea behind our project was to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to use new digital tools, as well as to collect and disseminate lesson plans prepared by them with the practical use of new competences. We also wanted to create open educational resources that teachers in different European countries could use to increase the use of ICT in learning and teaching. Teachers involved in the project were interested in the new opportunities that the development of digital tools and online resources such as visualizations, etc. related to their real experiences and rich social context brings to education.

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