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February 2023, Promotion of the project
The partner organisations realized materials for the promotion of the project and its objectives.
The partner organisations promoted the project and its objectives among other organisations, adults, local authorities, stakeholders: SWOT analysis regarding the level of digital education among the adults 50+ and elderly in the town and the rural areas around: needs and solutions; opportunities and benefits of collaboration with European organisations through Erasmus+. Brochures of information and materials of promotion will be distributed to the participants. Questionnaires of satisfaction will be applied for feed-back.
February – March, 2023. Selection of the target group
Selection of adults 50+ and elderly who cannot use digital services and devices, live in rural areas/small towns which do not offer them the necessary social and economic services, are unemployed who left school early or have low level of education was realized. A number of over 360 of candidates registered for the selection of target group.
Procedure. The adults must meet the requirements of the procedure of selection established from the very beginning by the partner organisations.
Questionnaire applied on TG, regarding the needs of the people who want to participate in activities.
A number of over 150 candidates were selected accordingly to the criteria and the objectives of the project.
Dissemination in media, communities, social media.
3 – 5 March, 2023, Transnational Project Meeting in Romania
The activities of the transnational project meeting is described in section Mobilities.
March 2023
Teaching-Learning Strategy On Digital Literacy (TLSDL) is one of the results described in section Results.
April 2023
Digital Learning Toolkit (DLT) is one of the results described in section Results.
April – October 2023
Mobility preparation and implementation for LTTA. English language courses. The target group from the partner countries accumulated a basic level of English, similar at least to levels A1-A2-B1 of communication in English. The English courses raised the capacity of communication in English of the target and also of staff of the organisations who are in a permanent contact.
Virtual meeting, May 29-31, 2023
Zoom sessions with the target group and the educational experts from the partner organisations. The activity is described in the section Mobilities.
April – June 2023
Teaching-Learning Strategy On Digital Literacy (TLSDL) and Digital Learning Toolkit (DLT) are the results described of the project and they can be found in section Results of the website.
July 2 – 9, 2023
Mobility in Portugal. LTTA for staff and learners: “Using websites and make appointments” – Part 2. Short-term joint staff training events and Short-term exchanges of groups of learners. The activity is described in the section Mobilities of the website
July – August, 2023
Learning, Teaching, Training Activity.
The adults from the target group (TG) participated in courses about the necessity of using devices and programmes in order to be fully included in the society they live in and become European citizens. This is an intermediate level of using new technologies.
The lessons were divided into areas of interest such as: 1. Socio-economic environment and education in the partner countries; 2. “What should I do?” – socio-emotional learning through lessons having as materials video clips, short films and biographies of people who started their adult life from the position of disadvantaged persons and who become people of success; 3. “My smart devices” – practical lessons about the commands of smartphones, tablets and computers and their important role in the daily life.
Peer-learning and Flip-learning are methods which were used during the lessons.
At the end of the courses, the target group in the partner countries collaborated in order to improve their digital and socio-economic skills. The impact on their skills was the expected one, the adults demonstrated through different tests and face to face discussions that they have basic digital skills for using devices for daily needs, keep in touch with family, friends, starting video calls and new knowledge about the European society, and the digital skills (to contribute to a step forward civilization, social integration and human rights.
August, 2023
The partner organizations provided the coordinator with all the necessary data for the realization of the progress and satisfaction report of the project:
– Questionnaires were filled in online by the TG, the trainers and staff of the organisations.
– Zoom and face to face sessions for evaluation.
The questionnaires and the observation file contained a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators.
– Reports of progress in the participating organisations were done.
– Quantitative indicators: number of educational materials, number of materials for dissemination.
– Qualitative indicators: the degree of the progress of the digital skills, degree of satisfaction, quality of educational materials, general knowledge accumulated by the TG during the lessons and courses.
The Newsletter 1 describes the progress realized until the end of July 2023.
August, 2023
The official launching of the website.
The experts of the partner organisations populated the website with the activities developed in the project. The eLearning platforms for the two main results – “Teaching-learning strategy on digital literacy” (TLSDL) and “Digital Learning Toolkit” (DLT) – will also be hosted by the website, containing using guides. All the materials – lessons, tutorials for digital skills, materials for digital pedagogy, socio-emotional learning lessons and tutorials, pictures from activities – were uploaded. The website is updated regularly. All the specifications, GDPR and international laws concerning the functionality of a website will be followed.
September, 2023
Virtual Mobility with trainers and TG
Using websites and make appointments – Part 2
This virtual mobility is detailed in the section Mobilities.
November, 2023
Project evaluation and progress. Quality Assurance.
We evaluated the activity of the partner organisations involved in the project at the partnership level, taking into account the last progress report and the results of the activities realized during the mobility in Italy.
The partner organizations provided the coordinator with all the necessary data for the realization of the progress and satisfaction report. The coordinating organisation realized the necessary materials and questionnaire for evaluation of the progress.
The questionnaire was filled in online by the TG and the experts and staff.
There also was a questionnaire of satisfaction for stakeholders from the partner countries.
A Zoom session took place at the partnership level.
The questionnaires and the observations file contain a set of indicators which have the following structure:
The quantitative indicators which measured the number of participants, the number of non-formal and informal materials realized, the numbers of stakeholders interested in the project in communities, the number of press articles about the progress of the project, the number of people from the TG who have participated in the activities;
The qualitative indicators which measured the degree of satisfaction among the people from the TG, the degree of skills and competences developed by the TG during the activities, the degree of satisfaction of the trainers and staff who have participated in the realization of the educational didactic materials, the quality of the materials created by the organisations related to the needs of TG, the general knowledge accumulated by the TG during the lessons and courses in the organisations.
We launched the Newsletter 2 (click on for reading) about the activities and the progress of the project.
Report: level of knowledge among TG regarding the use of smartphones/ tablets/computers, internet and phone applications, level of skills in TG regarding the use of modern devices to contact shops, hospitals, social services is between good and very good, the last one being at a higher level.
– Report: trainers and staff level – presented new experiences accumulated during the common activities.
– Report: the impact of the activities realized in the partner countries on the stakeholders was a very good one, many organisations and private persons participated in activities of dissemination and exploitation of results and expressed their interest in developing Erasmus+ project.
October – November, 2023
Mobility in Italy
Mobility in Italy. Autobiographical Interviews. Short-term joint staff training events and Short-term exchanges of groups of learners. The activity is described in the section Mobilities of the website
September, 2023
Mobility in Italy
Mobility in Italy. Autobiographical Interviews. LTTA for staff and learners: Short-term joint staff training events and Short-term exchanges of groups of learners. The activity is described in the section Mobilities of the website
November, 2023
My Own Project
Working on imagination and self-development. This is a small story of the project of three organisations from Romania, Italy and Portugal and their staff and trainers who promote digital skills competences, socio-economic inclusion, equality and non-discrimination of the adults and elders. Intercultural, social and intergenerational are included for a better life of the European adults.
This work also includes a small guide for Google Sketch Up software that adults in the target group requested to use in the design of traditional wooden objects with the idea of opening their own small family business.
My own project helped us with the process of the sustainability of activities after we have finished the project. The partner organisations will contribute to the development of it, uploading activities, lesson plans, digital solutions for different situations, photos etc.
You can find here a few words about the experiences accumulated during the project by the adults from the target group and stakeholders and experts of the organisations involved as well. Click HERE to read the text.
Activity 18
This activity is detailed in the DEOR section of the website.
This activity refers to the publishing of the final results of the project – TLSDL and DLT – which can be found in the section Results of the website.
Any other details you are interested in can be received from the partner organisations sending a simple email message with your request.
According to a recent Eurostat study, the adult population of European countries has few digital skills.
Balș, Olt, Romania
