“Eur.adi.po.net”
Adria (Italy)
IEOL – INTEGRATION AND EDUCATION ON LINE
Grundtvig Learning Partnership
Minutes of the meeting n. 4
Adria, Italy, 20th ÷ 24 February 2011
| Monday, 21st February | |
| 1. Opening | The Italian partners opened the meeting and welcomed the participants. |
| 2. Presentation - work on project | Presentations by each partner and discussion about interim evaluation of courses, and good practices as well as challenges identified so far: The Italian partners presented their running online courses on Moodle platform (English level A1, Photography course, Cold War). Results have been shown about the present situation in comparison with the initial situation. The report showed that the use of social media have improved learners’ skills. The Finnish partners presented their courses, both ended and running ones. They suggested, especially in the beginning, to take little steps, give time and don´t introduce too many tools as adult learners need time to master the social media. See http://ieol-grundtvig.blogspot.com/search/label/Meeting%204. The Portuguese partners presented their courses about using social media (e-mail, blogs, technologies and subjects). See http://ieol-grundtvig.blogspot.com/search/label/Meeting%204. The Spanish partners presented their courses. At the beginning learners have been divided in 3 different levels: beginners, intermediate and advanced. The main needs addressed were new technology tools and new media languages and next months will be spent using Facebook as tool to communicate in English among learners from different countries. See http://ieol-grundtvig.blogspot.com/search/label/Meeting%204. The Polish partner presented courses carried out in Lublin and surroundings about social media, information, using computer and entertainment; see http://ieol-grundtvig.blogspot.com/search/label/Meeting%204 . |
| Tue 22nd February | |
| 3. Work on project | Discussion about the last working period of the project: gathering a dossier of best practices. Introduction of the project Wiki for the dossier work. The Finnish coordinator suggested to gather a dossier of best practices carried out by each partner and to collect them in a devoted social media called ”wikispaces”. All the partners agreed on that suggestion and right away the new space is open. See http://ieol.wikispaces.com/ . Going back to the last working period of the project, the future steps were discussed and approved as presented by Johanna Garant. See also http://ieol-grundtvig.blogspot.com/search/label/Meeting%204 .
Discussion about possible new project. Ideas, suggestions, content, project type. The new project will be on:
IPL from Leiria will be the applicant coordinator and the new project type will be “Transversal KA3”. |
During the meeting the Polish and Finnish learners have been accompanied visiting the most important sites near Adria. Indeed the have visited Pomposa abbey, Comacchio and Ferrara towns.
Learners and teachers, all together, have visited Padua city. The learners and the teachers have performed popular songs.
Besides the Finnish learners and teachers have visited Venice.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
| Eur.adi.po.net, Italy | |
| Trainers and staff: Ivo Zambello, Stefano Vallin, Luigi Francesco Cuoghi, Salvatore Filella, Michele Maglione. | Learners: Silvia Berardi, Andrea Bertaglia, Franca Cordella, Nicoletta Frassinelli, Rossella Modena, Alberto Silvestrin, Moreno Tenani, Leopoldo Mesini, Martina Callegari. |
| Instituto Politécnico de Leiria - Portugal |
| Trainers and staff: Mrs Antonia Barreto, Mr Felipe Santos, Mr Pedro Costa. |
| Institute for Human Resources Development ,Lublin – Poland | |
| Trainers and staff: Mrs Katarzyna Urban
| Learners: Mrs Halina Debek, Mrs Halina Piwonska, Mrs Halina Dawidek, Mrs Bogusława Czajka, Mrs Krystyna Zaczek, Mr Przemyslaw Jagiello. |
| Valkeakoski Adult Education Centre Finland (coordinator) | |
| Trainers and staff: Mrs Johanna Garant, Mrs Reeta Tenhola, Mrs Sirpa Paavilainen | Learners: Mr Jussi Toivonen, Mrs Pirjo Kivinen, Mrs Tarja Pöytäkivi, Mrs Kerttu Mattila, Mrs Tuula Parikka, Mrs Mirja Ilola. |
| Centro de Educación Permanente "Miguel Hernández"- Spain |
| Trainers and staff: Mr Francisco Alvarez Carpio , Mrs Antonia Galán Hueso, Mrs Olga María Ocaña Ortega. |
