Training Couse: “Digital Youth Work – Past, Present, Future”
Location: Bitola, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Dates: 8-16 May 2019
Number of participants: 27
Participating countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Lithuania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain
Organizer: EUROPEAN CULTURAL EPICENTER Bitola
Apply here: Application form
Deadline to apply: 1 March 2019
Date Of Selection: 15 March 2019
Inquiries about this training course: Vele Georgiev at : head.ece.macedonia@gmail.com
Costs:
Participation fee
Participation fee 20€
Accommodation and food
Accommodation and meals will be provided by the organizers. Accommodation will be provided in shared rooms with shared bathroom.
Travel reimbursement
Travel tickets shall be bought only after agreement and confirmation with the organizers. Travel expenses to and from the venue will be reimbursed up to a maximum pre-agreed with the organizers. Maximum per country (per participant):
BRNO FOR YOU ZS (Czech Republic) – 275€
SEIKLEJATE VENNASKOND (Estonia) – 275€
HELLAS FOR US (Greece) – 20 €
HELLENIC YOUTH PARTICIPATION (Greece) – 275€
Asociacija “Tavo Europa” (Lithuania) – 275€
DRUSTVO ZA RAZVIJANJE PROSTOVOLJNEGA DELA NOVO MESTO (Slovenia) – 275€
ASOCIACION JUVENIL INTERCAMBIA (Spain) – 260€
YOUTHFULLY YOURS SR (Slovakia) – 275€
“Digital Youth Work – Past, Present, Future
This project aims at raising awareness on digital competences of youth work specialists and equipping them with the necessary know-how in order to create target group appropriate distance learning models.
Young people in Europe spend an increasing amount of their time consuming digital media (video streams, messaging, blogs or social media). However, there is an obvious lack of competences of young people to use many online platforms for learning instead only for leisure and entertainment. These tools can provide a place for young people to learn, to share their experiences, to exchange their views, to have fun with their friends and to actively participate in society.
This project aims at raising awareness on digital competences of
youth work specialists and equipping them with the necessary know-how in
order to create target group appropriate distance learning models.
With specific objectives:
• To create mechanisms for the development of youth work specialists’ digital competencies;
• To gain new competences regarding non-formal education activity
development and implementation from different online and offline
perspectives;
• To facilitate learning and understanding on how to use online learning
platforms such as Moodle, Coursera, Zoom, EdX, etc., for development
and implementation of newly created and current non-formal education
activities;
• To develop and test webinars on various topics and issues important to youth in the participating organizations’ communities;
• To understand the value and potentials of online learning in making
their current and future activities more attractive and accessible to
local youth;
• To provide networking opportunities and facilitate exchange among
participating organizations and their members in order to create
sustainable linkages in the field of digital competences;
• To create a compendium on development and implementation of online learning activities.
Distance education around the world has already demonstrated that access can be increased and costs can be cut. However many countries online and distance learning are still considered a second chance option. Therefore, youth organizations will have to put in place exact quality assurance mechanisms in order to create content adjusted to online learning platforms and identified needs and learning objectives of their attendees. The impact for learners will be that they will have many morе choices for determining which courses to follow and with which organization. The organizations which provide educational activities will practice both formal and non-formal approach. This will result with higher level of cross-institutional cooperation regarding development and implementation of various educational programmes in coming days.
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