C.A.L.M.
Creative Advanced Learning Methods
ERASMUS +, KA1
Through the C.A.L.M. project within the ERASMUS+ programme, we are connecting with organisations that provide knowledge about contemporary teaching methods (use of digital tools, participant motivation, organising and delivering distance learning), in order to improve the delivery of our own services and adapt as much as possible to participants’ needs, thereby also meeting the needs and goals of the Institution itself.
One of the most important tasks of our Institution is to encourage and develop the community. We are therefore focused on raising the quality of our services by investing in human potential and developing innovative forms and methods of teaching, placing the participant and their needs at the centre of the learning process. During the latest analyses and evaluations of participants and teachers, a need was identified to introduce new teaching methods and solutions in course delivery, especially in foreign language learning programmes. Designing and implementing new teaching methods is an active process subject to constant change, so their planning and implementation requires new knowledge and competences, creativity, research and evaluation, revision and feedback from all stakeholders, which is also a guarantee of the quality of the service provided.
The C.A.L.M. project enables staff mobility, so three staff members will have the opportunity to attend a structured training course with the aim of acquiring competences in developing motivational strategies, course organisation and the use of innovative teaching methods. The second mobility includes participation in training aimed at acquiring competences in the use of digital teaching tools in combination with traditional ones, as well as implementing the latest strategies and methods based on the theory of multiple intelligences in foreign language teaching.
Project details
PROJECT ID
2020-1-HR01-KA104-077481
DURATION
1 October 2020 – 30 March 2022
LEAD ORGANISATION
Public Open University Poreč
Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
Through structured courses, staff of our Institution took part in staff mobilities within the Erasmus+ KA1 project C.A.L.M. Creative Advanced Learning Methods.
We learn, develop, grow… redefining the learning process by introducing innovative learning methods, active learning, adopting new theories and adapting in favour of and according to the needs of each of our participants.
(6–10 September 2021) Mobility in Prague – “ICT in teaching” – training aimed at acquiring competences in the use of digital tools in combination with traditional teaching methods.
(11–16 October 2021) Mobility in Florence – “UDL – Universal Design for Learning and differentiated learning” – training aimed at acquiring competences in developing motivational strategies and innovative teaching approaches designed according to individual needs.
As part of the 15th Lifelong Learning Week, Anita Pilat held the workshop “ICT in teaching” and presented the C.A.L.M. project and opportunities for involvement in ERASMUS+ programmes.
17 February 2022 the first workshop for teachers of the Public Open University was held. The workshop took place online and focused on the topic of ICT in teaching. During the workshop, teachers mastered innovations in adult education through the use of digital technology and methods of organising teaching adapted to different participants’ needs, as well as the use of innovative active learning methods such as gamification, flipped classroom, and topics such as Divergent and Convergent Thinking, Metacognition and Multiple Intelligences.
17 March 2022
They say a project is successful if, during its implementation, a new project idea is born!
This is exactly what happened at yesterday’s workshop, where we brought together adult education specialists from our region. We shared the knowledge gained by participating in mobilities in Prague and Florence within the Erasmus KA1 project C.A.L.M. By holding such training workshops for teachers in our institutions and sharing knowledge with each other, we speed up internal processes and raise the overall quality of the educational offer in the County.
Together we are stronger – when we are bound by the same will!!!
Thank you to all the institutions for taking part.
23 March 2022
With the second workshop for our teachers on the topic of UDL – Universal Design for Learning, we brought to a close the dissemination workshops within the C.A.L.M. project.
You can find information about interesting ICT tools and UDL principles in the following documents:
