DIFA Multiplier event, October 2023, Constanta

On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, TEAM4Excellence Association organized in Constanta, Romania, the Multiplier Event with the title ‘Innovative digital education ecosystem for adults 55+’ within the Erasmus+ Partnership for Cooperation “Digital Facilitator for Adults 55+” project.

The event aimed at sharing and multiplying all project results PR1 “Digital facilitator toolkit”, PR2 “Web App for everyday digital skills assessment” and PR3 “DIFA Digital education ecosystem”. The main objective was increasing the awareness of participants about the multilingual innovative digital education ecosystem developed to make adult people 55+, digitally-competent citizens in accordance with the areas of DigCom. In addition, participants learned about ‘Digital facilitator toolkit’ comprising of the competence map supported by a toolbox of instruments for creating engaging and active learning experiences and they had the opportunity to pilot the Web App for digital skills assessment.

During the event, educators, trainers, managers, experts and professionals were invited to test the project results, and learn to integrate instructional design models in training, ensuring their participation in the sustainability of the project. Moreover, adults (55+) attending the event understood the importance of digital skills to be active technology users.

The first session started with a presentation of the Erasmus+ programme and then continued with the innovative educational instruments developed by project partners:

• PR1 “Digital facilitator toolkit”
• PR2 “Web App for everyday digital skills assessment”
• PR3 “DIFA Digital education ecosystem”

The second part of the event was dedicated to a facilitated workshop where the participants discussed and gained knowledge and abilities to create attractive activities for digitalization of adults. This was an excellent opportunity to share ideas and views on how digitization embedded in online and offline learning in adult education centres can increase adults’ engagement and motivation to become active technology users.

Location: Constanta, Romania

Date: 10 October 2023