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.

The online course lasts 4-weeks during which 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.

We have raised great interest in the topic by reaching many secondary school teachers and trainers in the four countries involved in the project which are: Belgium, Italy, Croatia and Greece.

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The meeting covered the next steps of the project leading to the implementation of the BRIGHTS blended course (MOOC), the upgrading of the Unite-IT platform, and dissemination activities.

The main objectives of the meeting were:

• Finalise the production of the BRIGHTS MOOC contents and platform
• Plan in detail the piloting phase of the project
• Present a the improved version of the Unite-IT platform and organise the internal testing
• Monitor and plan all the project transversal activities, including management, dissemination & exploitation, and quality assurance.

After the one-day meeting, the two-day internal training of the BRIGHTS national tutors took place on 6-7 December 0n the CTC Rijeka premises. A workshop on the digital storytelling methodology was organised to provide national tutors with the right skills to train teachers and trainers in the project countries. The workshop was conducted by Maks, and all the partners took part in it. It was a great moment for them to experience the BRIGHTS methodology.

The project partners actively collaborated to advance in the project activities, and after this very constructive meeting and training in Rijeka the BRIGHTS team is ready to progress.

More on the BRIGHTS MOOC

All project partners commonly evaluated the draft version of the BRIGHTS MOOC platform designed by HOU and actively participated in the discussion about the instructional design giving feedback on how to improve it.

The BRIGHTS MOOC “Addressing Global Citizenship Education through Digital Storytelling” addresses the needs of individuals having diverse educational backgrounds who share the enthusiasm for implementing Global Citizenship Education using Digital Storytelling with young people both in formal and non-formal educational contexts. During the project, the course is specifically targeted to secondary school teachers and trainers working with young people aged 13-19 coming from the four project countries (Belgium, Italy, Croatia and Greece).

The duration of the MOOC is 4 weeks and requires in total 20 hours of learning. Each week provides training on a specific module and requires approximately 5 hours of study. At the completion of the course participants will receive a certificate of attendance. The MOOC is free of charge. It will be delivered for the first time in February 2018 to participants from Belgium, Italy, Croatia and Greece, in Dutch, Italian, Croatian, Greek.

More information you can read here!

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. 

Read more about the BRIGHTS MOOC here!