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EDUSTORYTELLING – KA2 – ITALY

TYPE OF PROJECT Strategic Partnerships for adult education

PROJECT’S NAME EduStorytelling

DATES 01.09.2019 – 31.08.2021

ORGANISATIONS:

  • MV INTERNATIONAL (Italy): coordinator
  • COMPARATIVE RESEARCH NETWORK EV (Germany) :partner
  • FUNDACJA AUTOKREACJA (Poland) :partner
  • VISOKA POSLOVNA SKOLA PAR (Croatia) :partner
  • EDUFORMA SRL (Italy) :partner
  • AJ Intercambia (Spain) :partner

SUMMARY:

“EduStorytelling” (EST) aims at addressing the digital skills and literacy gap affecting European adults coming from disadvantaged backgrounds through the methodology of Digital Storytelling (DST) as a pathway to develop high-quality digital and literacy skills and competencies. It Will improve attitudes of peer-interaction and cooperative learning, forming part of a comprehensive digital literacy in order to foster personal development, active citizenship and employability perspectives.

TARGET GROUP

Direct

30 adult education trainers who work with adult learners with a disadvantaged background (lacking of basic skills and facing social exclusion)

Indirect

Partner organizations; Stakeholders (Educational Institutions, NGOs, Third Age Universities, Labour Training Centres, Businesses, Public Authorities, VET providers); Adult target groups with a disadvantaged background within partner countries and at the European level.

OBJECTIVES

  • To explore the educational potential of DST as an innovative instrument for enhancing digital competences of EU citizens, in continuity with the rationale of the EU Digital Competences Framework for Citizens.
  • To develop a cross-border and cross sector synergy with the purpose of creating innovative models of Storytelling education tailored to the needs of Adult learners.
  • To establish a wider community of Storytelling practitioners using MOOC courses and interacting with their peers.

ACTIVITIES

  • 3 administrative-management meetings:
  • Kick off meeting in Italy
  • Mid-term meeting in Germany
  • Final meeting in Croatia,
  • Creation of 3 intellectual outputs
  • Short-term joint staff training event in Italy
  • 6 Multiplier events;

RESULTS

  1. An educational curriculum for adult education trainers.
  2. Testing the curriculum in a specific short-term joint staff training event.
  3. A comprehensive “DigiStories” Guide, as a reference for trainers in adult education.
  4. 4. A MOOC online course for direct use by trainers in adult education to be integrated into the educational offer in adult education institutions, complemented by a community section with a Blog storing digital narratives of participants and acting as a hub of a wider DST learning community.

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