FUTURE FOR EDUCATION

"<< Background >>The main reason why our partnership apply for this project, was, that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the numerous challenges faced by teachers and students in online education. The identification of best practices and recommendations in education based on the lessons learned from the distance education experience triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic became the basis for the design and implementation of our project. We had defined the areas of digital competencies, that we focused in our project. Based on the results of analysis, we focused in particular on the areas of control and use of new digital technologies and platforms or digital skills. We wanted to verify the advantages and disadvantages of the distance learning experience acquired in our school system during the pandemic and identify the areas and ways of improving distance learning with a view to its adequate and effective use in the near future. The main aim of our project was to develop and strenghthen the digital competencies of high school students and teachers, which were involved to our project and other students and teachers of vocational schools who received our project outputs for self-study.<< Objectives >>In implementing the project, we aimed to achieve:•contributing to the improvement of the quality of education and training,developing and strengthening digital competencies of secondary school students, and teachers,raising the level of digital competencies among secondary school students, university students, and teachers/lecturers,enhancing skills in employability and entrepren.,improve levels of skills for employability and new business creation,broaden the scope of our organization's skills and experience in the educational fieldWe have jointly developed the Methodology of the latest digital technologies, where all teachers and students can find examples of good practice from our partner countries. Involved teachers shared their experiences with dig. technology, online learning and recommen. from practice during our online conference. This international sharing of all participants brought new knowledge and comparisons. During the implementation of the project, study texts have been created which contain new up-to-date information, knowledge and skills on digital online educ. and dig. technol. and tools. Our main objectives were to develop of dig. compet. and expertise in the use of dig.tools.We managed it thanks to our sem << Implementation >>Our partnership had 2 main activities: 1. Mapping effective and innovative methods of online learning in partner countries. We have collected the information (existing tools, adopted methodologies, used devices, relationship problems, etc….) necessary for the construction of the questionnaires envisaged in the project to carry out the preliminary survey with students and teachers on the experience of distance learning and on the suggestions in order to overcome the critical issues encountered, of a technological, logistical, didactic and relational nature.The questionnaire of Italian partner were submitted to 121 students and 44 teachers and the research area covers the Catania region.The questionnaire of Polish partner were submitted to 289 students and 45 teachers. The research area covers the southern region of the Silesian Voivodeship.The questionnaire of Czech partner were submitted to 427 students and 54 teachers. The research area covers the Přerov district in the Olomouc region.The study was in the form of a questionnaire survey and was conducted using the CAWI (Computer-assisted web interviews) technique. The survey was prepared for two groups of respondents. The first were high school and university students who were included in remote teaching during the pandemic. The second group consisted of teachers and academic lecturers who were forced to remotely prepare and conduct classes in the conditions of the pandemic.We created a transnational workshop dedicated to commenting on the first results of the survey on teachers and students, with the participation of teachers/trainers from each partner country.As a complement to the methodology, we created six video materials introducing the possibility of enhancing online classes using programs that have not been commonly used or rarely used by teachers. We produced six tutorial videos: Polish partner: Kahoot (a platform for creating quizzes and puzzles), and Padlet - an interactive board for conducting online classes. The Italian partner created two more videos on Canva and ChatGPT. Czech partner created other two video tutorials: LinkedIN and Quizizz (a platform of Quizzes, Lessons, Activities and Homework)2. Education of teachers and students in selected areas of digital competenciesWe created workshop plan based on the methodology of good practice and determined the content of educational workshops/seminars. We participated to the 3 planned TPM , each partner hosted partners in their partners country.Finally, we disseminated the results of the project through the final conferences while throughout the project period we communicated the various stages of the project through posts on the website and on our social networks.Each partner involved organised 6 planned in-depth seminars (3 for students and 3 for teachers) and developed related study texts. The topics covered during the seminars included ""Digital Marketing in Business,"" ""Digital Education,"" and ""Electronic Communication in the Corporate Environment."" Students gained valuable and interesting information to assist them in their professional preparation, while teachers had the opportunity to familiarize themselves and discuss their abilities to work with various digital educational resources. They also explored planning and utilizing digital technologies at different stages of the learning process. The result of the conducted training sessions is the creation of 6 educational materials: 3 for students and 3 for teachers in each partners ´countries.Polish partner: The seminars took place at the University of Bielsko-Biala and the Automotive and General Education School Complex in Bielsko-Biała. In total, 56 students and 15 lecturers participated in the seminars.Czech partner: The seminars took place at the Střední škola gastronomie a služeb Přerov. In total, 64 students and 17 lecturers participated in the seminars.Italian partner: The seminars took place at the ""Cannizzaro"" Technical Institute of Catania. In total, 103 students and 15 lecturers participated in the seminars<< Results >>Our partnership of project focused on the implementation of 2 main outputs:Methodology of examples of good practice and recommendationsThis methodology included latest digital tools and education, latest possibilities of online communications and collaboration and activation methods or innovative digital tools. Our main aim was to show how to make online teaching more attractive throughs new innovative methods, aplications or digital tools. The methodology is a tool for the introduction of hybrid education in vocational schools in partner´s countries. Teachers and and students will find examples of good practice from our country and recommendations of the latest digital technologies. The international sharing will bring new knowledge and comparisons.•Study texts and seminars Study materials will improve the skills and knowledge of the students and their teachers in digital education. Seminars and individual study materials were realized for 3 areas : -Effective online teaching in schools-Digital marketing in business-Electronic communication in the corporate environmentEach partner have realized 6 seminars and the corrispondent 6 study texts (2 for each area, one for students and one for teachers). The content of seminars were based on the International Concept of Digital Literacy ICDL. New digital education from our project workshops will bring to involved students new knoledge and facilitate entry into the labor market. Thanks to our seminars, we have increased their professionalism to work at international EU level. In the implementation of seminars for teachers, we emphasised the adaptation of vocational education and training to the needs of the labour market and at the same time we emphasized the development and implementation of new and more relevant teaching and learning approaches.Our partnership realized 18 seminars/workshops and 18 study texts fors students and teachers.These study materials improved knowledge and skills in digital competencies of involved teachers and students. The materials are freely downloadable on the websites of the partner organisations and have been disseminated to all schools in the partner regions."