The Kickoff Meeting took place in Wiener Neustadt from November 16, 2018 until November 17. All partners were presented at this meeting and had two working days in Wiener Neustadt. Jon Bergmann and Errol Smith (from FLGlobal) attended this meeting as special guests and introduced the current version of Flipped Learning 3.0 to the participants.
The agenda focused on the development of the project and had foreseen the moduls
- Presentation of the partners
- Core issues of the project and roles of the partners
- The idea behind flipped learning – project content
- Characteristics of various adult learners
- The meaning of active learning
- Shift of the trainer’s role
- Use of technology
- Flipped Learning standards – elements of flipped learning
- Organizational issues (documents, meetings, teaching events)
Steering Committee constitution
Monitoring and evaluation - Final product ePub
Presentation: What are interactive eBooks?
Concepts and outlay for an eBook
Structure and content of the developed ePub
The intensive working sessions have been monitored and guided by the coordinator Peter Mazohl (EBI/EIE, AT). Alexander Amundsen (Intermezzo, NOR), Jon Bergmann (FLGI, USA), Errol Smith (FLGI, USA), Jørgen Jenssen (Intermezzo, NOR), Juan Carlos Álvarez and Martín Oriol Brotat Mestre (both Asociación Juvance, ES), Stefanie Mayrwöger (EBI/EIE, AT), Kathrin Zehrfuchs (EBI/EIE, AT), Harald Makl (EBI/EIE, AT) and Michail Filioglou (EDRASE, GR).
Here is a short information about Wiener Neustadt, the home town of the EBI/EIE
The next activities will be
Contents
Learning – Teaching – Training Event in Málaga/Spain (DE)
The teaching event will evaluate the SWOT analyses of the participating partners, teach and analyse the active teaching methods of flipped learning, compare the existing profiles or the organisations in context with the teaching and training in the organisations and other related isues.
Aims of teaching activities (defined to reach the project’s objectives)
▪Knowledge transfer on transnational level and between the participating organizations
▪Active learning and heutagogical approach to learning, especial in Blended Learning
▪Analyses of the DigoiComp framework and the implementation of specific items in the courses
Intermediate Meeting in Olso/Norway
At the meeting, the partners will prepare and initiate the writing of the Intermediate report and evaluate the monitoring report and the evaluation report of the first project months. Additional the development of the flipped activities tailored to the organisations’ course program will be discussed, finally evaluated, and the production process of the “Flipped Learning Framework” will planned, structures, and be initiated.
Goal of the meeting is the collection of materials for the intermediate report, the final definition of the developed tailored activities, the definition of the different approaches in context of the different structures of the partner organisations and target groups.
Jon Bergmann and Errol Smith from the FLGI will be included in some working phases by virtual conferencing.
Pre-final meeting
This meeting will take place in Málaga hosted by Asociación Juvance.
The planned topics will be the development of the guidelines, production of the eBook, publishing the eBook as an OER, preparation of the closing meeting.
Goal: Agreement to the developed methods, agreement to the content and chapters of the eBook. Conventions, layouts, styles and other related items to produce the eBook. Fixing of the tasks to produce the eBook.
Learning-teaching-training event in Siros (Greece)
The learning and training activity - lasting for 5 days - aims to teach future trainers of the participation organisations to use the developed course methods. The consortium will consider the complementary skills and knowledge as an enrichment. The foreseen activities will bring the trainers of the associations to a the level of course creators in Flipped Adult Education and enable them to work as multipliers in their organisations.
The planned activities are workshops, lectures, and hands-on activities dealing with
- The flipped training approach in Adult Education
- Creation of Flipped courses
- Use of technology and digital competences in Flipped Adult Education
- The self-determined and active learner in Adult Education
- The implementation of future courses based on Flipped Adult Education
- Hands-on creating a demo course outlay using Flipped Adult Education
- Hands-on practical implementation of learning activities for the Blended Learning courses
Final Meeting (KOS, Greece)
Host: EDRASE (GR)
Venue: Greece
Est. date: 10/2020
The steering group member of each organisation and a second person (as a human resource backup) will take part at this meeting and discuss the project results. A correct project closing will be implemented, including the project evaluation, the production of the lessons learned report, discussion of the final evaluation of activities and products.