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European Project for the Promotion of Adult Educators’ Digital Skills

Multiplier Event

On 29 June 2018, Pixel organized a Multiplier Event entitled “The Role of ICT in Adult Education”. The event, held at Grand Hotel Mediterraneo, was organized in the framework of the European project UpSkillead (Upskilling Adult Educators Digital Lead). The European project entitled UpSkillead (Upskilling Adult Educators Digital Lead) was funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 - Strategic Partnership in the field of Adult Education. The European project was written by Razvojno Izobrazevalni Center based in Novo Mesto (Slovenia) and involves Pixel in the transnational partnership. This European project aims to create an interactive platform which will provide adult learners’ educators with the skills in e-learning, e-connectivity and e-communication. The multiplier event was organized with an opening speech by Joseph Vancell (University of Hull) on “E-learning and adult education: Where are we now?” and an introduction to the UpSkillead European project by Antonio Giordano (Pixel). Then, participants – who had already suggested ideas and proposals – were split into 3 groups and had the opportunity to discuss on the following topics: how to enhance adult learners’ motivation; the role of soft skills in adult education; strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the relationship between adult education and ICT. Finally, a representative of each group was asked to summarize up the main results emerging from the common discussion. More information about the European project entitled UpSkillead is available at: http://upskillead.eu/.