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BonJour!

BonJour - Project LogoThe objective of the BonJour! project is to enhance media literacy among older individuals by focusing on journalism and digital skill improvement. This effort aims to foster social activism among seniors and bridge the generation gap in digital proficiency. A key aspect of the plan involves establishing a pool of Media Educators for the Elderly, a role that is currently lacking despite its pressing need. The target groups include adult educators, senior educators, media educators, as well as individuals aged 55+ and senior learners.

The implementation strategy includes conducting a learning needs analysis for seniors in media education, providing training for Media Educators for the Elderly, and offering courses for seniors to enhance critical thinking and ICT skills through media literacy and journalism. Additionally, the plan involves creating a handbook and guidelines for Media Educators, developing a curriculum for seniors, and launching a pilot program where elderly individuals actively contribute to media and digital content creation.

Expected outcomes include the establishment of a methodology for Media Literacy for the Elderly centered on journalism, the identification of the Media Educator profile, and the creation of a pool of Media Educators for the elderly. Furthermore, the initiative aims to produce a guide for Media Educators, an e-learning platform tailored to seniors’ needs, and tangible learning materials for elderly individuals.

Partners

EduVita LogoThe project is coordinated by EduVita, an educational, cultural and intergenerational centre in the heart of Lecce, Southern Italy, founded in 2019.

EduVita is a place of connection between past, present and future: we create learning opportunities to improve the quality of life of elderly and young people through intergenerational dialogue. Our NGO is active both locally and internationally, participating in Erasmus+ research and mobility programmes in the field of Adult Education.

We focus on pedagogical research, innovating teaching and learning processes, designing learning settings and developing new methodologies based on Adult Education and Intergenerational learning approaches.

Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica

PSP LogoFundacja Pro Scientia Publica is a non-profit NGO established in September 2010 in Wroclaw, Poland.
It creates, tests, and adapts senior learners’ curricula and provides high-quality guides for adult educators covering the three main areas: artistic, digital education, and critical thinking.
All courses are designed based on developing competencies for LLL that are essential to citizens for personal fulfilment, a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, active citizenship, and social inclusion.

Europäische Bildungsinitiative

EBI Logo - Logo of the European Initiative for EducationThe “Europäische Bildungsinitiative” (EBI) in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, is a non-profit focusing on innovative education, training, and culture for adults and educators. It comprises training, technical, and research departments, offering courses, multimedia and interactive content development, and research on teaching methods. Activities include adult and school education, vocational training, and higher education courses. The EBI team consists of volunteers, including trainers, administrators, and researchers, paid only for specific project work or training activities.
Peter Mazohl and Harald Makl will be coordination the Austrian team.

Web: www.advanced-training.net 
Contact: info[at]advanced-training.at

International Foundation for the Development of Adult Education

IFAE LogoThe International Foundation for the Development of Adult Education (IFAE) was registered on March 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.

The mission of the Foundation is improving the quality of human life and development of civil society through lifelong learning and media education.

Programmes we are currently running:

  • Virtual University (virtualny.live) – short courses and individual classes at Zoom on a wide variety of topics (history, art, literature, psychology, economics, etc.).
  • IFAE MediaLab School (media.ifae.live) Online and offline courses for beginners in journalism and blogging
  • School of Media Competences for activists of NGOs
  • BonJour – Enhancing the Critical Media Literacy of the Elderly throught Digital Education and Journalism

Web: www.ifae.live
e-mail: foundation.edulife@gmail.com

Nazilli Hayat Boyu Ogrenme Dernegi

The description is in progress.

My Madeira Island

My Madeira LogoAssociação MY MADEIRA ISLAND is a non-profit association to support the social, economic and cultural development of Madeira Island according to the Sustainable Development Goals.
We contribute to the goals by organizing non-formal educational events and actions for young people and adults, at the local and international level, and online initiatives.
My Madeira focuses on the following areas:

  • Media literacy and critical thinking learning programs for young people and adults;
  • Digital literacy and cybersecurity;
  • Storytelling and creative writing, photography workshops, video-making workshops.

We also run an online magazine that talks about the island of Madeira and its people.

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BonJour Project – aims, activities, and results

We aim to enhance the media literacy of older individuals through journalism and digital skills improvement, which will, in the long term, aid in their social activism and lessen the generational digital gap. A group of media educators for the elderly will be established; such a role is currently non-existent, yet it is increasingly necessary today.

Target Groups

  • Adult Educators, Senior Educators, Media Educators
  • Adults aged 55+ and senior learners

Implementation

  • Conducting a learning needs analysis for seniors in media education
  • Providing training for Media Educators for the Elderly
  • Offering training for seniors in critical thinking and ICT skills through media literacy and journalism
  • Developing a Handbook and Guidelines for Media Educators
  • Enhancing the media and digital literacy of elderly individuals through curriculum development for seniors and an e-learning platform
  • Conducting pilot activities for seniors, enabling them to become creators of media and digital content.

Expected Results

  1. A methodology for Media Literacy for the Elderly, focusing on journalism alongside digital skills development
  2. Identification of the Media Educator profile
  3. Creation of a pool of Media Educators for the elderly
  4. A guide for Media Educators of the elderly, including a curriculum for training trainers of seniors and guidelines for adult centres
  5. A two-threshold e-learning platform for media literacy and journalism training for seniors, complete with curriculum and learning materials for elderly individuals.
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CONNECT – results available

PeterMaz CONNECT, Miscellaneous
CONNECT – results available

Objectives of the Project

Objective 1: Develop an innovative multidisciplinary and cross-sectional curriculum for students from the computer and information, health, and social sciences background, with the main focus on cooperation between sectors for strengthening the existing knowledge, skills, and entrepreneurship, in the first ten months of the project, by an international team of eHealth informal and formal educational providers within partner institutions.

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CONNECT Project: eLearning course module (Click on the image opens the course)

Objective 2: Provide one Intensive Study Programme (ISP) to 42 students from computer and information, healthcare, and social sciences backgrounds in mixed working groups in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in September 2022 in order to facilitate student’s challenge-based learning collaborations by having students develop eHealth applications in the form of a project with real implication in the field of eHealth.

Objective 3: Develop a transnational network of key actors from academia, industry, and NGOs to establish collaborations, exchange best practices and facilitate long-distance mentorship for students who graduated from the Intensive Study Programme through an online platform “eHealth Community of Practice” through the end of the project.

Further Information about the CONNECT Project

The sustainability of the project will be ensured firstly by integrating the open-source Curriculum that will be developed by the partners into the course of eHealth at the Department of Public Health, from BBU, as part of their educational program at the Bachelor’s and Masters’s level. Therefore, one of the intellectual outputs of the project will be transferred to them and other interested higher education institutions in order to create a long-term use for our product.

The “eHealth Community of Practice” online platform will be available for at least three years after the project completion period, constituting a transnational network of members from academia, industry, and healthcare and as a mentorship platform for future health innovators.

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CONNECT Project: CoP Platform

 

 

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European Cultural Heritage Database

PeterMaz CICERO Project, Project
European Cultural Heritage Database

The EBI/EIE is partner in the CICERO Erasmus+ Project 2018-1-SE01-KA204-039051. Currently the EBI/EIE team is develloping IO #2, the ECH Database.

This is the first screen shot of the webpage hosting the database of the “European Cultural Heritage Image Database”.

This  is an outcome of the CICERO project and will offer CC-4.0 licensed pictures of typical European Heritage. The images are free to use (except for commercial use) and will cover various topics representing the treasure of European Culture.

 

The European Commission describes European Cultural Heritage as

“… a rich and diverse mosaic of cultural and creative expressions, an inheritance from previous generations of Europeans and a legacy for those to come.

It includes natural, built and archaeological sites, museums, monuments, artworks, historic cities, literary, musical and audiovisual works, and the knowledge, practices and traditions of European citizens.

Cultural heritage enriches the individual lives of citizens, is a driving force for the cultural and creative sectors, and plays a role in creating and enhancing Europe’s social capital. It is also an important resource for economic growth, employment and social cohesion, offering the potential to revitalise urban and rural areas and promote sustainable tourism.”

Images for this database are taken from the upcoming photo contest that will take place in the frame of the project as well.

 

 

Official Erasmus+ Project Partner

Europaeische Bildungsinitiative Flipped Adult Education, Project
Official Erasmus+ Project Partner

We got the official Erasmus+ Partner Plate for our new project “Flipped Adult Education”.

The project will start with November 1, 2018 and run until October 31, 2020. The “Flipped Adult Education” project FADE-in takes a look at the horizon of educational developments and takes in account the innovation of the last ten years. This causes to shift the training methods and training activities. Simple onsite teaching courses or technology enhanced blended learning courses must be brought to the state of the art.
Thought to its very end this should be active teaching, a heutagogical approach with self-determining learners, the use of multimedia and a change of the roles of trainer and learner. The trainer will act more as a facilitator of the learning, the learners will use technology to create self-directed learning. The consortium calls this a flipping of learning following the ideas on Jon Bergmann, published in his book Flipped Learning 2.0 (addressing Vocational Education and Training).
For Adult Education (EA) flipped concepts do not exist and are not yet published. Therefore, the consortium of 4 completely different AE providers is going to develop these concepts in a versatile way and to publish the findings in an eBook (as OER to contribute to open education).
The objectives of the FADE-in project are to develop a course concepts to adult learning using a flipped approach. This means active and self-directed learning, to “flip” the roles (Trainer => Facilitater, Learner => Self-determining adult with self-responsibility for their learning (heutagogical approach). The Global Flipped Learning Initiative (GFLI) with Jon Bergman (the developer of Flipped
Learning) will be an associated partner in the project and impact with the state-of-the-art knowledge and experience of “flipping the learning”.

VTT-Box Project – consultations in Latina

Europaeische Bildungsinitiative Miscellaneous, VTT-Box project
VTT-Box Project – consultations in Latina

Peter Mazohl and Harald Makl, both from the board of the EBI/EIE, visited Francesca Neiviller (I.T.S. Vittorio Veneto Salvemini) for consultations and the first planning of the VTT-Box Erasmus+ Project begin of September 2017 in Latina.

The aim of the meeting was the planning and structuring of the courses that should be developed during the project. Besides this, many organisational and structural issues were discossed and taken in account for the kickoff meeting of the project, which will take place in Wiener Neustadt in October 2017.

 

This project aims to develop special Distance Learning courses, an innovative self-evaluation method and an appropriate transferability guide.