Un’inclusione più efficace: il racconto della recente TCA Erasmus + in Grecia

Un’inclusione più efficace con i progetti Erasmus della TCA in Grecia

L’agenzia nazionale greca ha organizzato, in collaborazione con l’agenzia nazionale rumena, un seminario di cooperazione transnazionale (le cosiddette TCA) a Ioannina, in Grecia, dal 20 al 23 giugno 2023.

Le TCA – sigla con cui si abbrevia Transnational Cooperation Activity – sono strumenti di formazione utilizzati dalle Agenzie nazionali con lo scopo di apportare valore aggiunto e contribuire al raggiungimento degli obiettivi del programma Erasmus+, e rientrano all’interno delle LTA, ovvero le Attività a lungo termine. La LTA nella quale rientra questa specifica TCA ha come tematica “Inclusion for Newcomers” ed è stata promossa dall’Agenzia rumena. Infatti, il primo incontro si è tenuto in Romania ad agosto 2022 mentre il prossimo si terrà in Italia nel 2024.

Focus su “Inclusione e diversità”

La priorità Inclusione e diversità è uno dei quattro pilastri portanti su cui erge la nuova programmazione Erasmus+ 2021-2027. Nel 2021 infatti, la commissione europea ha lanciato la strategia intersettoriale specifica per questa tematica proprio perché legata ai valori fondamentali dell’Unione europea e sanciti dai trattati UE. L’obiettivo è appunto quello di accrescere il numero dei partecipanti con minori opportunità e favorire la partecipazione di organismi “newcomer”ovvero enti che non hanno esperienza di partecipazione al Programma, nell’ambito del settore dell’istruzione, formazione, gioventù e sport.

All’interno del proprio paese, ogni AN ha sviluppato un piano di azione adattato alla propria realtà. La Commissione europea, invece, ha lanciato nel 2018 il centro di ricerca SALTO (Education and Training TCA Resource Centre) con l’obiettivo di supportare, sostenere e migliorare le attività di cooperazione transnazionale tra le agenzie Erasmus+ fornendo loro piattaforme e strumenti per realizzare e promuovere attività di formazione e cooperazione, tra cui i corsi di formazione, per aumentare le capacità del personale e rendere i risultati accessibili al pubblico.

Dall’articolo di Alessandra Ceccherelli, 1.08.2023

EU|Academy European Union: Learn Language Basics with Online Language Support

Target audience: Language course for beginners

Wondering what you can expect to learn in this course? Start with our introductory videos where you will discover what shaped each of the 29 languages – from art and music, to literature and food. Then explore and learn essential words and phrases to:

  • present yourself and introduce others – a good way to start off on the right foot and make friends in another country
  • order yummy food and drinks in a restaurant 
  • go grocery shopping
  • express your likes and dislikes without making a cultural blunder
  • get around a city and ask for directions
  • and much more

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Embedding eTwinning into Polish national policy

With the support of the Polish National Support Organisation (NSO), students from High School No. VIII in Gdańsk had eTwinning as a formal subject on their timetable. Through a curriculum based on carrying out an eTwinning project, students collaborated with project partners and received a mark on their final transcript.

As a pilot initiative, students had ‘eTwinning’ as a formal class on their timetable. In the context of an eTwinning project, students met once a week to complete activities with project partners. ‘We often do tasks with people from other countries’, said Kamil Starczewski, a second-grade student. Students found it especially useful to practise English with the students from the partner schools.

The idea formally came from the school’s headmaster, Tadeusz Chądzyński, and eTwinning Ambassador, Łukasz Kamiński. ‘eTwinning expands what the school has to offer and clearly has an impact on the quality of the school’s work’, said headmaster Chądzyński.

Chądzyński said that it has positively impacted both teachers and students: students improve their linguistic, social and digital competences while teachers can share their practices, not just at their school, but with others around the world.

The initiative also received great support from the Department of Education at the City Hall in Gdańsk. ‘It translates into all the key competences: the development of language competences and also openness to other people, knowledge of other cultures and going beyond the border of our city; our small homeland’, said Grzegorz Kryger, Director of the Department of Education at the City Hall in Gdańsk.

At the end of the year, students received diplomas from the Polish National Support Organisation and were congratulated for being the first graduates of the eTwinning Class.

International DAY of Friendship – Erasmus Plus

eTwinning Webinar: Designing Learning Experiences in Augmented Reality – Artificial Intelligence in education: Does it undermine or support education?

Experts gave a brief introduction into the working principles of Augmented Reality in the classroom and into the methodology for learning experience design (LXD) as well as into an overview on how to use the ARETE authoring toolkit MirageXR:

In a world where AI is growing in importance, it is crucial for education to consider what competencies people need as AI changes how people communicate, work and live with one another and with machines. Against the backdrop of the current public discussions on ChatGPT and its impact on education, the question has come up whether these kinds of technologies are actually supporting or undermining teaching and learning. In this short webinar we want to deal with this essential question by providing context, overview and concrete examples: • Definition: What are we talking about? • AI in education: 5 big ideas? • Use cases of ChatGPT and beyond: Learning with AI, for AI or about AI? • New roles: How does AI impact the role of teachers and students? • Impact: Which benefits and challenges are we facing?