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H.O.T.E.L. - How do the Online Tools Empower Learning
Start date: May 15, 2015, End date: Feb 15, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The seminar gathered 30 trainers and facilitators from 13 countries, including 3 neighboring EU regions: Western Balkans, Eastern partnership region and Russia. Seminar took place in Lithuania 28.09-04.10 in 2015. It aimed: To explore how internet and technology is influencing the nature of youth work and training and discuss the existing needs and challenges related to this technological and societal change. To present and explore online tools that can facilitate learning, communication and project management; To reflect about the strengths of these tools and the limitations of its use in our own local youth work and training contexts; To learn about recent developments and future applications of online tools for education and youth work. As result of undertaken evaluation, participants highly appreciated the seminar and indicated that all of the objectives were reach to almost full or full extent. The seminar have been developed based on specific professional development needs identified via online survey and live events for trainers and youth workers on European level. Seminar addressed European Training Strategies Set of trainers’ competences, focusing on the competence area “Designing educational programmes” and “Integrating ICT, E-Learning and other tools and methods into the educational methodology” as well as one of the Key competences for life-long learning “Digital competence” The methodology was based on mutual sharing and learning. Programme focused on exploration of diverse digital tools that can facilitate learning, communication and project management (software, online services, platforms, etc.). Sessions had specific focus on: a) tools for co-working, cooperation and online learning; b) creativity, engagement of young people, youth workers through various online tools and games; c) media tools, which can be useful for projects’ visibility, dissemination of results as well as for critical media education or digital literacy development programmes. In terms of impact, youth workers and trainers started using large number of the available online resources in their educational projects and supporting young people in their projects. As part of the project the open Facebook group has been created, which by now attracted more than 400 practitioners from all over Europe, who continue following the group and new online tools for learning, which are added there. Nectarus, as hosting organisation, has built strong image among youth work organisations and now is often identified as the one having good understanding about the use of variety of online tools in youth work.

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