Our Digital Village – Co-designed digital education in rural areas

Our Digital Village – Co-designed digital education in rural areas
Project number: 101087107
Implementation period: 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2025
Assistance program: Erasmus+

Project description

Rapid digital transformation has influenced education, work and life and the Covid-19 pandemic has only highlighted more the divergences linked to digitisation in some territories, especially between urban and rural areas, and the need for innovation in education to respond to these challenges.

For this reason, Our Digital Village aims to intervene in rural areas by promoting the acquisition of digital and transversal skills, preparing people to face the challenges of the future. It will do so by co-creating high-quality educational content that responds to the needs of the local context, while simultaneously ensuring the long-term transformation towards digitalization through active awareness raising on all levels of society. Through self-analysis workshops, the intrinsic motivation to change will be explored, and the needs of each local context will be identified. These will be taken in mind while co-designing the educational materials, followed by a training for teachers and trainers to ensure their capacity to implement the co-designed activities with their learners.

Target group

  • Educational institutions
  • Teachers/trainers of educational institutions and community organisations’ educational staff
  • School and adult learners
  • Policy makers and stakeholders

Work Packages:

  • WP1 – Project Management and Coordination
  • WP2 – Participative Context Analysis in Rural Areas
  • WP3 – Co-design of the our Digital Village Activity Kit and Evaluation Tools
  • WP4 – ICT Training and Courses in the Digital Village Communities
  • WP5 – Dissemination, sustainability, and Mainstreaming

Project website: https://ourdigitalvillage.erasmus.site/

Partners

CENTRO PER LO SVILUPPO CREATIVO DANILO DOLCI – Italy

FabLab Palermo APS – Italy

DIE BERATER UNTERNEHMENSBERATUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH – Austria

KENTRO MERIMNAS OIKOGENEIAS KAI PAIDIOU – Greece

DANMAR COMPUTERS SP ZOO – Poland

CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD – Cyprus

ASOCIATIA CONSULTANTILOR IN DEZVOLTARE COMUNITARA – Romania

INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA – Portugal

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE – Spain

ALL DIGITAL AISBL – Belgium

ASSOCIATION DES AGENCES DE LA DEMOCRATIE LOCALE – France

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.