digiUP. Interactive groups for digital inclusion t..
digiUP. Interactive groups for digital inclusion through intergenerational dialogue
Start date: Dec 31, 2015,
End date: Dec 30, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
The digiUP project is based on the Digital Agenda results for 2014, the priorities of the Adult Education Agenda and contributions from previous research studies such as Includ-ed; as nowadays it is necessary to address the digital competence learning in Europe specifically among disadvantage groups in order to avoid the social, educative and labour exclusion of most of them, and also among the workforce in a context of economic crisis situation. The digiUP project aims to improve the digital competence among disadvantage groups in Europe by implementing the SEA “interactive group” - heterogeneous grouping in the classroom - in ICT courses aimed to achieve the five areas of digital competence: information, communication, content-creation, safety and problem-solving. It is addressed to the disadvantage group identified in the Digital Agenda Report as the most vulnerable (aged 55-74, low educated, unemployed, retired and inactive people) focusing on migrant and Roma who are those suffering more educative and employment exclusion at this moment in Europe. The project will be based in a participative and intergenerational approach. The digiUP will also benefit adult educators and institutions providing them innovative and successful tools and contributing to improve and increase the high quality educative offer to adult people in ICT area; the project will also offer to policy makers with responsibilities in adult education, basic skills, Roma and migrant inclusion, active ageing and active citizenship a concrete proposal, and a methodology, to achieve improvements in all of these areas. The digiUP project brings innovations to the current situation because is based on the international scientific community recommendations; because digiUP project will be leaded by the main target group through the creation of National Coordination Committees – as decisions bodies - and its working groups will be an active part of the coordination project teams and also will be able to develop the methodology, the main project contribution. The main outputs of the project are: The digiUP Methodology - a methodology on how to implement interactive groups in digital competence learning courses- ; the digiUP Interactive Guide - addressed to adults educators and adult education providers about how to implement the methodology created -; and the digiUP Training Courses – addresses to adult educators and other stakeholders to facilitate the implementation and to know in depth the interactive guide-. Also activities to disseminate the main outputs at National and European level will be held by the Project Consortium as well as a Final Conference. The project will be assured through and internal evaluation and external evaluation through the creation of a Quality Evaluation Group. Through the project, almost 80 adult learners at risk around Europe will enhance the digital competences at the end of the project because of the digiUP Methodology, and 60 educators, adult providers and volunteers will be trained to impart ICT learning to learners from disadvantage group; in summary the present project will provide an innovative education solution for a mainstream problem and will also improve the quality of formative offer of adults at European level based on scientific bases and various assessments throughout the project duration.
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