17 July 2015



GRECOL project was presented by Riga Rainis 8 Evening (shift) Schools' teacher Ieva Jansone- Pīlāce in one of the most important events for education leaders - Pestalozzi Programme Summer School 2015 “Pedagogy makes the difference” and organized by The Council of Europe. The Pestalozzi Programme is the Council of Europe's training and capacity building programme for education professionals. 

17 June 2015

Delicious GRECOL

For working de modules of the project we have started to save the url adresses in a delicious account.
All the partners can contribute saving their bookmarks in this account and also have a look to the resources, there are more than one hundred.
https://del.icio.us/grecol


11 June 2015

Flyer of Grecol

This is the flyer of Grecol project created by the coordinating Organisation IOC - Barcelona (Spain). Starting from this English version all the partners are preparing their version in national language. So we'll have 7 versions:

1.            English
2.            Catalan
3.            German
4.            Danish
5.            Italian
6.            Latvian
7.            Turkish




Newsletter Nr. 1

This is the Newsletter Nr. 1 of Grecol  edited by   EUROPOLE  IT

31 May 2015

Summary of the project

The aim of this project is to build solutions for the integration of adult citizens of the EU in 21st century. Euroscepticism , European citizenship, using digital tools, identity, cultural diversity, integration, economy, history, multicultural, plural, open-minded are the key concepts that will be addressed during the three years.
To achieve this aim we will work through cooperation and partnership among countries using digital tools.
We will design and develop an online course called “Getting Ready for European Citizenship on-line” (GRECOL) which is inspired by a previous Grundtvig partnership project called “Digital Classroom”. During the project we observed, in adult learners across  this Grundtvig partnership a notable lack of European identity and a lack of awareness of the wide range of European resources available to facilitate their mobility and develop their sense of shared citizenship.
Once this new partnership was created with the participation of 7 adult organizations from ES, GE, LV, IT, TR, UK, DK countries with diverse backgrounds but with common motivations for changing adult education in EU, we started to develop the project.
European citizenship implies a closer, more emotional relationship that is rooted in shared values, the celebration of diversity, and respect of different identities and the protection of national heritages.
The proposed new course, comprised of 5 modules detailed below, may be offered in online and blended-learning formats. In addition, the 5 modules may be independently utilized as stand-alone materials or integrated into other courses according to the individual needs of each educational context. 
The structure of the subject “Getting Ready for European citizenship” (GRECOL) will be:
1. M1.Developing a European identity
2. M2. European institutions and their functions
3. M3.European mobility
4. M4. Dealing with cultural diversity
5. M5. Final Project
The methodology of the course is based on a model that develops its activities through the web and on the web. The students become the center of the model and the process of learning. The model is aware of the nature of the potential students. The general features of e-activities are diversity, openness and flexibility and they contain discussions, tasks, quizzes, surveys, and a final project using a varied range of digital tools.
The final product will be an OER material ready for be using for any adult institution around Europe. During the third year of the project impact and dissemination will be the main goal by sharing GRECOL as much as possible al local, national and international level in platforms, congress, papers.  And of course, using GRECOL as a course, curricula, module or workshop in each one of the partnership' organizations during the following years.  

At the end of the project we hope to offer some solutions for the integration of adult citizens in Europe to become e-citizens. Getting involved in joint projects as well as increased mobility helps to develop this feeling of belonging. (For and active European citizenship, White Paper 2011).