The general aim of the proposed project is to enhance the quality of higher education by developing and implementing technology - enhanced teaching and learning in Georgian Higher Education Institutions. It aims to empower academic staff at Georgian HEIs in the innovative educational technology adoption in curriculum reform and course design; to improve the level of competences and skills in HEIs by developing new and innovative education programmes and providing trainings for academic staff to enhance their digital competences and skills’; to diversify the delivery methods, including on-line/blended teaching.The specific objectives of the project are: To Design and pilot new online/blended courses for GE HEIs BA and MA programs in line with EU best practices; To Design and conduct F2F/online/blended professional development training courses for GE HEI faculty and online instructors; To develop a common platform for online teaching and learning for GE HEIs; To disseminate best practices at institutional and national level via online platform, in-service teacher trainings and National Conference.The main target groups are students, academic staff and pre-/in-service teachers. All the activities within the project are planned in a way to address the needs of these target groups, which lead to the achievement of the overall objective of the project - to enhance the quality of higher education by developing and implementing technology - enhanced teaching and learning in Georgian Higher Education Institutions.GE institutions within the proposed project consider extremely important to develop and implement technology-enhanced learning and innovative teaching and learning strategies for the capacity building in higher education and creating conditions for learning and teaching in digital environment.
1) to design and pilot new online/blended courses for Georgian HEIs BA and MA programmes in line with EU best practices; 2) to design and conduct F2F/online/blended professional development training courses for Georgian HEI faculty and online instructors; 3) to develop a common platform for online teaching and learning for Georgian HEIs; 4) to disseminate best practices at institutional and national level via online platform, at in-service teacher training and national conferences.
The project enhanced quality of technology-enhanced learning and teaching (TELT) in Georgian higher education. To achieve this, HEIs updated their programmes and utilised ICT to foster innovation. The project empowered academic staff at Georgian HEIs through new courses, training, and diversified delivery methods, including online, blended and hybrid teaching. This addressed challenges in the evolving field of educational technologies and the low competence level in GE education system.
<< Background >> The project enhanced quality of technology-enhanced learning and teaching (TELT) in Georgian higher education. To achieve this, HEIs updated their programmes and utilised ICT to foster innovation. The project empowered academic staff at Georgian HEIs through new courses, training, and diversified delivery methods, including online, blended and hybrid teaching. This addressed challenges in the evolving field of educational technologies and the low competence level in GE education system. << Objectives >> 1) to design and pilot new online/blended courses for Georgian HEIs BA and MA programmes in line with EU best practices; 2) to design and conduct F2F/online/blended professional development training courses for Georgian HEI faculty and online instructors; 3) to develop a common platform for online teaching and learning for Georgian HEIs; 4) to disseminate best practices at institutional and national level via online platform, at in-service teacher training and national conferences. << Implementation >> Outcomes are in line with project objectives encompassing dev. of online/blended courses aligned with EU standards, designing faculty training programs, establishing online teaching platform and promoting best practices in collaboration with EU experts and GE staff in HEIs. Courses underwent successful pilots in GE HEIs, concurrent faculty training initiatives were effectively executed. The national/inter. conferences, social media & websites facilitated the wide-scale dissemination of results. << Results >> Project’s results included 5 important aspects implemented in WPs: WP1: Creation of TELT infrastructure and methodology. WP2: Design & development of courses & training modules for faculty and online instructors. WP3: Quality monitoring & control maintained high standards through QA and external evaluation. WP4: Diss & Expl shared outcomes through training and conferences. WP5: Mgmt. ensured efficient coordination & financial control. This sums up the project’s academic & organisational journey.