"BRAVE NEW WORDS is a project aimed to create innovative learning pathways that increase the quality of the work of educators and staff members dealing with students with Special Learning Disorders (SpLD), using 3D Printing and Augmentative Reality.The project will be 30 months long and include partners from Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and Spain.SpLD is a type of Neurodevelopmental Disorder that not allows the ability to learn or use specific academic skills in one or more areas of reading, writing, math, listening comprehension, and expressive language, which are the bases for other academic learning. For this reason, students with SpLD need special and inclusive learning pathways and tools for increasing their opportunities to reach proper learning outcomes. Furthermore, people often realize to have a learning disorder already in Adult age and this make more difficult to reach proper learning outcomes.The use of 3D printing and AR technology will transform how people with SpLD will learn by offering a multisensory experience to them. For the development of Multisensory methods and methodology, the new technologies (3Dprinting and AR) can be useful tools for developing new inclusive tools.In particular the 3D Printing is a technology that allow the production of prototypes, considered as anything that is not included in the market, so not possible to buy anywhere.Through a 3D printing it is possible to produce any kind of tool useful for supporting the development of specific cognitive function, especially for Tactile Teaching Methods. At the same time the augmented reality is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real-world are ""augmented"" by computer-generated perceptual information. This technology can be useful for supporting visual and audio teaching methods.The hands-on experience with these 2 technologies will inspire students with SpLD to pay attention to details, get more creative and see the physical realization of their work.On the other side, unfortunately, the adoption of this new technologies in the learning path is often stifled due to 3D printers and AR are considered too much difficult to use, without an educational, learning and training support. However, the situation at the international level is improving as special learning and training paths are being established for the use and application of these technologies. Our project team is composed by 4 partners from 4 different European countries composed by organizations with different profiles: 3D printing and AR experts (CEIPES and Skillsdivers) close to the academic and business sector, an higher education institution (Collegium Balticum) witch play an important role on the educational market in terms of additional thematic courses for disadvantaged groups and one specialized center that deals with people with SpDL and in particular with dyslexia disorder.BRAVE NEW WORDS project aims to create innovative learning pathways that will increase the quality of the work of educators and staff members that deal with learners with Special Learning Disorders. To achieve the goals of the project, the consortium has been defined the following intellectual outputs:IO1: A guideline for teachers and trainers about the use of 3DPrinting and Augmented Reality.IO2: A set of exercises for using the 3DP and AR with people with SpLD.IO3: A pilot phase.IO4: A set of webinar to maximize the impact of the final training version.Brave New Words project is aimed to match the experience and the skills of new technology and SpLD experts for increasing the quality of the teaching process of students belonging to this target group.This aim follows the European proposal adopted for a “Council Recommendation” on high quality early childhood education and care systems, which one of the 5 key component is: “training and working conditions of staff in charge of early childhood education and care,”. At the same time this aim is following the European priorities for the education of adults for 2015-2020, especially the following: “improved quality through monitoring the impact of policies and improving the education of adult educators”."

"All partner institutions from the Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria and Poland face intolerance during their activities with youth; inefficient national efforts against disrespect of cultural diversity and need for new strategies in order to deal with it. A part of the youth our partner organizations work with, belong to different cultural minority groups and usually, they are the main victims of intolerance. The project has identified as target group trainers, youth workers, involved in youth education. Each partner has identified the needs of his own target group to acquire new strategies to promote respect for diversity and social inclusion; on the other hand to share the strategies each partner is using, enhancing European experience to deal with cultural diversity. The project aims to develop a culture of diversity in order to facilitate the social inclusion of young people belonging to cultural minorities. The project has the following objectives: 1. To increase the professional development of each partner organization through European collaboration, through non-formal and intercultural learning for managing cultural diversity with the means of 3 Short-term joint staff training events. 2. To strengthen the networking among partners developing a new learning e-tool – ""Youth RE.S.P.E.C.T"", a web TV channel as a true resource of international value, bringing together the best European practices to facilitate social inclusion of young people belonging to cultural minorities. 3. To launch an awareness raising campaign ""Youth RE.S.P.E.C.T. thru Cre8ivity"". The objectives will be achieved through: * 3 Short-term joint staff training events during which the target groups of each partner will learn: - to produce alternative music through the preparation and use of musical instruments made of recycled materials, - through arts -to create stop-motion animation, comic strips against cultural intolerance and its consequences – in terms of digital skills, linguistic competences and knowledge, - to use land art and mail art, role playing and workshops with messages for respect for diversity, and more * ""Youth RE.S.P.E.C.T"", the web TV channel as digital network among partner organizations will be used to upload new resources for NGO staff, youth workers, young people being open towards interested organizations and individuals; also, a special field - Collection of best practices in non-formal learning- as a valuable tool for learning will be used by youth workers * The awareness raising campaign- ""Youth RE.S.P.E.C.T. thru Cre8ivity"", using non-formal methods acquired during the training events * 3 short training events for young people we are working with –according to the model of the 3 Short-term joint staff training events. The project impact on the trainers and youth workers will be very strong. They will acquire digital competences and artistic practices, will create ICT resources, will acquire competences to train youth to develop o culture of diversity, to respect cultural diversity and to stand against intolerance, for social inclusion; Also, the project will have a great impact on youth too. They will become more capable to develop a culture of diversity, to respect people belonging to different cultural diversity groups, to stand against intolerance. The partner organizations will improve their professional capacity acquiring new strategies and practice to deal with cultural diversity; they will become able to organize a wide range of events bringing innovative methods of combating intolerance, of forming youth more tolerant and more involved in the community life, of including those belonging to disadvantaged backgrounds. Due to the project, youth will stand together with the whole community against intolerance, to strengthen the networking among generations. Maintaining the website after the project end and invited new organizations, institutions involved in youth education, youth, trainers as users and journalists, the project results (articles, video products regarding flash mob, mail art with messages, land art, comic strips, alternative music production, role play regarding cultural diversity) will be used by many institutions working in youth education after the end of the project. Also, the Raising Awareness Campaign will become a tradition for all partners."

"<< Objectives >>With this project, to learn, apply and include Montessori methodology in the educational curriculum, to highlight the individual skills of students, to enable students to learn according to their own learning speed, to improve their mathematical and language skills, to organize classes according to Montessori methodology and to learn how teachers can guide their students in the classroom and It is intended to apply.<< Implementation >>In this project, in order to learn the Montessori method in detail, training will be taken from the academicians of our university partner in Poland and Montessori practitioner teachers in Italy. The application examples shared in these trainings will be applied in the schools of the participating countries. In addition, the book ""Montessori Methodology and Applications"" will be prepared at the end of the project and will be a detailed reference source for participating institutions.<< Results >>At the end of the project, we expect the participant teachers to increase their knowledge and skills about Montessori education and learn the application methods. In addition, the expected results of this method are the development of cognitive skills of the students and the acceleration of the adaptation of disadvantaged students to the school. Academic partners will use the project results as a stepping stone for their new projects. The project will make participating institutions visible."

eHealth literacy is a priority for the European Union. It has been defined as the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access, to understand and use information. It is, therefore, extremely important to promote the people access to health information and their capacity to use it effectively. The project was based on Lily theory model developed by Norman and Skinner (2006), integrating additionally dimensions presented by Chan & Kaufman (2011), Gilstad (2014). The model will be adapted to fit the web 2.0 technology requirements.Five organisations from Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Bulgaria were working 2 years on the proper implementation of the project. 1). SSW Collegium Balticum- coordinator – University from Poland2). CUT- University from Cyprus3). ANS- a non-profit organization working in the field of social innovation, with a specific focus on management of projects and realization of services and products in the field of welfare and social inclusion.4). Alzheimer Bulgaria Assiociation- non-governmental voluntary organization in community interest. The organization unites the efforts of families and professionals to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia5). AAADRD- a non-profit organization founded by carers of people with dementia and health care professionals interested in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). It aims at promoting awareness, care and support for everyone.eLILY project aims were to provide a blended training programme (class sessions and elearning course) for carers of frail older people and people with dementia and to increase their knowledge of e-health and the use of ICT in everyday care for the elderly and people with dementia. The main target group of the project were informal carers for older people and institutions dealing with informal adult education for elderly and dementia care.IO2- training curriculmThe process of developing the methodology included the following stages:1) a brief survey on the Health and eHealth literacy situation in partners’ countries, 2) development of the suggested curriculum 3) a delphi survey with carers and healthcare professionals4) consensus meeting among partners of the final curriculum, 5) development content in English and translation of the contents to all partners’ language 6) piloting phase 7) analysis and reporting 9) development of trainers manualThe developed methodology and training materials are available in partner languages on the project website, www.elily.eu. IO3- ToolkitToolkit includs three parts: theoretical material, a set of exercises and a glossary of terms and its content is closely related to the content of training modules (IO2). The result is a set of tools that informal carers will be able to use at home to familiarize themselves with the concepts and consolidate the knowledge acquired during the training. The set of exercises in English is available online on the project website and has been translated into the national languages of the partners. IO4- elearning courseElearning course for informal carers of older people and people with Alzheimer's. The methodology developed in the project has been integrated and adapted to the elearning course. The e-learning course, available in all partner languages, is available for free on a dedicated e-learning platform. For each of the 4 modules, users can use interactive resources, including: theoretical materials, practical online exercises, self-assessment tools (evaluation questionnaire) and a glossary of terms. All involved countries (Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus) are countries with low rate of health related internet use among older people.The project has raised awareness of the need to support informal carers in the acquisition of digital competence and e-health skills, especially in the current context of COVID-19 has accelerated the need to use ICT instruments in the public health sector.More information about the project is available at www.elily.eu.

"CONTEXTAccording to Common Basic Principles/EU initiatives in the field of integration, “Basic knowledge of the host society’s language, history, and institutions is indispensable to integration; enabling immigrants to acquire this basic knowledge is essential to successful integration"" and ""Efforts in education are critical to preparing immigrants, and particularly their descendants, to be more successful and more active participants in society"". The Erasmus+ Program aims at promoting equity and inclusion by facilitating the access to learners with disadvantaged backgrounds and fewer opportunities compared to their peers, “.https://ec.europa.eu/migrant-integration/the-eu-and- integration/eu-actions-to-make-integration-work The educational tracks of those who receive residence permits should be expedited by lowering the threshold for integration training and the training following it. ""(quote from the report "" The educational tracks and integration of immigrants – problematic areas and proposals for actions"")PROJECT OBJECTIVESThe main goal of the project InclusionApp is to help RI&AS (refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers) learn the language & the culture of the host country through a mobile serious game and ood practices against social exclusion through a a Collaborative e-learning platform.Specifically the aims of the project are twofold:(a) The Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Mobile Serious Game for learning the language & the culture of the host country (InclusionApp mobile game) for RI&AS(b) The creation of a Collaborative e-learning portal with good practices against social exclusion of RI&AS.SERIOUS GAME EVALUATIONOnce the software development is finished we will run a large scale trial in which we will involve at least 200 RI&AS (refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers) and observe their learning success and most important their inclusion in the host country with the help of our mobile serious game. We will then finilize our mobile game and share it on an EU-wide scale. Scientific publications will be published to renowned international scientific journals & conferences with the results of the evaluation.The OPEN SOURCE ACCESS to all project outputs will be guaranteed for at least 5 years after project end.PARTNER ORGANISATIONSThis initiative gathers 5 partners from Poland, Cyprus, Italy, UK and Greece.WYZSZA SZKOLA EKONOMII I INNOWACJI W LUBLINIE (Poland): University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin (WSEI) is a non-state higher education institution, funded in 2001. Welcome Home International (Belgium): Non-profit organisation providing encouragement, education, and assistance to refugees during their integration.INNOVATION FRONTIERS (Greece): An educational technology & research company expert in the design, implementation and evaluation of educational software.Eurospeak Language Schools Ltd (UK): A private English language school, accredited by the British Council, Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) and are a UKVI licensed Tier 2 General and Tier 4 General of the points based system.Tropicalastral Lda (Portugal): A private adult education provider and translation company, focused mainly on corporate clients in the Algarve area providing private executive business language lessons."