OBJECTIVE: to improve the competences of educators & other adult education staff and to enhance the availability of high quality learning opportunities for adults. SPECIFICALLY * 50 teachers & expers analyze unmet needs in distance language learning programs for adults in 5 countries and explore sample motivating teaching practices for the delivery of online courses (R1). * To create supporting upskilling sessions for the overwhelmed language trainers working with adult learners unfamiliar with digital learning environments that will enable them to develop & implement tailored digital materials that promote motivating self-driven learning strategies among their learners (R2, 5 Modules in 6 Languages). * To improve digital pedagogic skills by 25 trainers& staff members while creating motivating language units for learners (R3), designing a curriculum & course for trainers on how to use specific digital tools in the classes that motivate autonomous learning, by testing it with trainers (R2,) and by producing a motivational guidebook (R1).
Covid shifted immensely how we design and implement educational programs. The potential of adult learning online is recognized, but often the learning offers do not match the trainers’ capacities nor the learners’ need for motivating materials; The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA ) and the 2020 EU Report “Adult Learning & COVID-19” found that non-formal adult learning providers were not well equipped for this transition and the learner dropout rate increased across the EU. Trainers are struggling to restructure their courses to be more accessible and inclusive for disadvantaged groups, who face numerous challenges following online courses. AidKit aimed to upskill & improve digital competences of adult education trainers empowering them to create online trainings tailored to the learners’ needs, increasing thus the learning opportunities for learners of different vulnerable backgrounds.