The objectives achieved throughout the project are those outlined in the proposal, namely: Promote the exchange of Good Practices and work methodologies Empower facilitators and educators on how to promote digital skills Introduce and reflect on the design of non-formal education for older people. Explore different digital tools for the design of educational opportunities for older people. Deepen the needs and potential of the older adult population in terms of digital literacy. Give opportunity for adult educators to participate in a transnational educational exchange Finally, we have designed and developed a MOOC that addresses each of these items because all of them have been taken into account in the daily work of the organizations that are part of this project. In the training sessions adult educators were asked about their needs and the tools that could improve their work. This feedback was useful to design a MOOC completely adapted to them. In addition, after creating the MOOC, we developed Local Workshops where we could collect feedback that could also be added to the MOOC in order to improve it.
As organizations focused on the well-being of seniors, we recognize the potential of digital technologies to address issues like isolation, seeking help via digital tools, and enabling communication. For these and other reasons, we decided to apply to this project, helping adult educators to empower older people. The needs that we have addressed during this project have been: Integration and creation of new innovative practices of digital pedagogy adapted to senior learners The need to reinvent teaching methods for adult learners adapted to digital change The need to develop digital training tools in our partner organizations Creation of an international network and ability to work transnationally While addressing these needs, we have managed to detect new trends and tools especially through the delivery of training sessions with adult educators. Within this project we asked adult educators what they needed to facilitate digital training for the elderly and the needs most shared by these professionals have been: Easier and more accessible technologies. Training in digital skills. Technologies that can be used in cooperation with the senior public.