Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs

The general aim of the proposed project is to enhance the quality of higher education by developing and implementing technology - enhanced teaching and learning in Georgian Higher Education Institutions. It aims to empower academic staff at Georgian HEIs in the innovative educational technology adoption in curriculum reform and course design; to improve the level of competences and skills in HEIs by developing new and innovative education programmes and providing trainings for academic staff to enhance their digital competences and skills’; to diversify the delivery methods, including on-line/blended teaching.The specific objectives of the project are: To Design and pilot new online/blended courses for GE HEIs BA and MA programs in line with EU best practices; To Design and conduct F2F/online/blended professional development training courses for GE HEI faculty and online instructors; To develop a common platform for online teaching and learning for GE HEIs; To disseminate best practices at institutional and national level via online platform, in-service teacher trainings and National Conference.The main target groups are students, academic staff and pre-/in-service teachers. All the activities within the project are planned in a way to address the needs of these target groups, which lead to the achievement of the overall objective of the project - to enhance the quality of higher education by developing and implementing technology - enhanced teaching and learning in Georgian Higher Education Institutions.GE institutions within the proposed project consider extremely important to develop and implement technology-enhanced learning and innovative teaching and learning strategies for the capacity building in higher education and creating conditions for learning and teaching in digital environment.