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While 79% of Europeans access internet regularly (at least once per week) and all figures seem to prove that a majority of forms of work will require digital skills in the near future, the reality is that many people do not have yet the digital skills needed to face such transformations. And that is also the case of educators. According to DigiComptEdu “Educators’ digital competence is expressed in their ability to use digital technologies not only to enhance teaching, but also for their professional interactions, […] for their individual professional development and for the collective good and continuous innovation in the organisation and the teaching profession”. Figures show that the percentage of adults participating in education and training is directly related to the level of educational achievement (Eurostats); therefore, we can assume there is a need to engage people with low educational attainment, with a special focus on migrants, long-term unemployed and people aged over 45, in lifelong learning activities. They need to be attracted to enter and remain in adult education in order to impove their skills/competences and, thus, be (re)included in the labour market. In order to do so, these are educators and educational managers who need to be trained to offer them more personalized learning paths and environments. This partnership aims to address such challanges by contributing to an empowerement of adult educators by reinforcing their knowledge and skills regarding digital teaching/learning to engage adult learners with low educational attainment into lifelong education through effective outreach, guidance and motivation strategies as well as providing educational managers with necessary resources for creation and promotion of an educational offer using digital technologiesThe project targets directly adult educators working with immigrants, long-term unemployed and adults aged 45+; educational managers of adult educational centres and partner organisations. Indirectly, parties that will benefit from the main project results will be adult learners, local authorities and adult learning centres at local level as well as international bodies active in the field of adult education and training.MAP partners have established the following objectives: -Support adult educators and educational managers in assessing their digital competences and making them aware of new (digital) skills and competences needed in adult education-Extend skills and knowledge of adult educators and educational managers to motivate adult learners to learn and be better prepared for equity, diversity and inclusion challenges in the learning environment. -Develop the competences, particularly digital ones, of adult educators and educational managers to improve teaching methods implementing innovative practices and digital technologies and effectively promote educational offers. -Strengthen the cooperation and networking between organisations and associated partners active in the field of adult education on national and EU levelsSuch objectives will be achieved through the creation and further exploitation of three main outputs:1. Digital competences self-assessment tool2. Train the trainer blended course3. Digital Handbook on online and offline promotional strategioes of educational offers for adult educators and educational managersThe project overall goal is that EU educational systems get more ready to exploit new educational approaches and perspectives that support adult educators working with adults with low attainment in education taking advantage of new technologies deployment. The partners believe that all of these will lead to an ultimate increase of the intrinsic motivation of adult educators and managers to exploit potential of digital competences and, finally, the motivation of adults to start a life-long learning and stay in it.
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