BRIGHTS project at EDULEARN 2018 International Conference in Palma de Mallorca (Spain)

Ioannis Messalas — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:53:46 +0000

The BRIGHTS project was successfully presented at EDULEARN18, the 10th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on the 3rd of July 2018.

EDULEARN is one of the largest international education conferences for lecturers, researchers, technologists and professionals from the educational sector. More than 800 experts from 80 countries met in Palma de Mallorca to present their projects and share their knowledge on teaching and learning methodologies and educational innovations.

Two different papers focused on the BRIGHTS project results were presented during the conference by the project partner Achilles Kameas of DAISSy Research Group of Hellenic Open University:

“Educating Global Citizens with the help of a MOOC” presented during the session “Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)” in collaboration with the project coordinator Barbara Quarta of ALL DIGITAL
“Towards the development of 21st Century Skills today for the Global Citizens of tomorrow” presented during the session “21Century Skills”

Project leaflets and the BRIGHTS Info Kit on GCE were distributed to the participants of both sessions. The audience showed great interest in the project, posing questions about its status and the contents of the MOOC.

How to address Global Citizenship Education using Digital Storytelling inside and outside the classroom?

Ioannis Messalas — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:29:57 +0000

The MOOC “Addressing Global Citizenship Education through Digital Storytelling” provides cutting-edge training in a constructive and participatory way. It has been developed in the framework of the European project BRIGHTS , co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The MOOC contents and platform have been developed by Maks vzw, Guglielmo Marconi University and Hellenic Open University under the coordination of All Digital from Belgium.

The BRIGHTS MOOC will be delivered in Belgium, Croatia, Greece and Italy by the following organisations:

Maks vzw (Belgium)
Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka (CTC Rijeka) (Croatia)
Hellenic Professionals Informatics Society (HePIS)(Greece)
Centro Studi Foligno (CSF) (Italy)

During this 4-week online course, trainees will gain a thorough understanding of how to design and apply the Story Circle Methodology to implement Global Citizenship Education (GCE) using Digital Storytelling (DS) technique with young people both in schools and in non-formal educational contexts. The MOOC responds to crucial training needs that are emerging among young people, such as intercultural and cross-cultural skills, critical thinking, collaborative and project-based learning, creativity and digital literacy. Course participants will acquire the knowledge needed to meet the global challenges emerging in contemporary society, including sustainable development and lifestyle, social inclusion and cultural diversity, gender equality, peace and human rights, active citizenship and democracy, and learn how to engage young people in the production of digital stories on these challenges.

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BRIGHTS project at EDULEARN 2018 International Conference in Palma de Mallorca (Spain)

How to address Global Citizenship Education using Digital Storytelling inside and outside the classroom?