Active citizenship through ICT at all ages A Grundtvig Learning Partnership project
What is this project about?
Some clues: As
a Grundtvig project, it is related about adult education It also concerns the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) It promotes the active participation and citizenship
Background
The use of ICT among younger is totally accepted; they use the technology as a part of their live, which is totally integrated Compared with younger, the role of techonology is considered different in adults and seniors The use of technology not only to surf and communicate, also to learn, actuate, participate, is an area that in some cases, the elderly have not take advantage still
What barriers we should overpass? Break any fear or ignorance. Make technology easy to everybody. Show the advantages and get nearer Provide courses and learning methods so everybody can learn to use the ICT Promote the use of ICT not only as a toy, also as a big power that can increase the quality of life, education, integration, etc.
What is this project for?
As a learning partnership project it pretends to: Join
similar organisations with similar aims to help reach their own objectives Increase the quality of each organisation Contribute with the efforts of everybody to reach the main objectives of the project.
Who takes part in this project?
Senior Citizens’ University (Spain) Università delle Liberetà del Fvg (Italy) Villa Montesca Study and Training Centre (Italy) Personality Socialization research institute of Rēzeknes Augstskola (Latvia) Cardinal August Hlond Upper Silesian College of Pedagogical Education (Poland) The Cracow Centre of Improvement of Educational Personnels (Poland) Universidade Sénior de Évora (Portugal) Association for Education and Sustainable Development (Rumania) Volkshochschule Lingen (Germany) Senioren-Lernen-online (Germany) Palmenia Centre for Continuous Education (Finland) Sastamala Community College (Finland)
What is the project plan?
The project begun August 2008 and will finish July 2010. During this 2 years it is foreseen to meet in 5 countries, share activities and enable the information flow. This will make possible the transfer of knowledge among the institutions The participation of learners is fundamental.