funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the Key Action – KA2 via the Hellenic National Agency INEDIVIM (The Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation)
PR1 – MOOC on Cerebrum.gr
PR3 – Pilot Application of Digital Activities
PR2 – VR Application
PR4 – Digital Toolbox
The COVID pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to all types and levels of learning, including vocational education and training (VET).
An entire generation of young people may suffer disruption to their learning experience if it is not ensured to continue through distance learning.
There is an urgent need for a response that focuses on the needs of every young person during the global recovery from the pandemic, especially those at risk of early retirements, such as learners with less favored socio-economic backgrounds, refugees and migrants, trainees with disabilities, and special educational needs. The target group of the project is youth workers because they are those who come into direct contact with the above-mentioned high-risk groups for exclusion or limited access to digital education and must enrich their knowledge and acquire innovative tools to meet this new challenge that also affects learners, teachers, and trainers around the world. In addition, the provision of training for the acquisition of digital skills and competences should be taken into account, as not all learners have equal skills, resources, or opportunities to participate in distance learning and e-learning. Finally, providing personalized support is crucial during this global crisis, which has widened and reinforced the digital, social, emotional, cultural, and economic inequalities that many learners have already had to deal with. With the global crisis caused and the closure of educational structures and youth centers, continuity of learning can only be ensured thanks to the digital skills, flexibility, and creativity of trainers to develop creative solutions with online resources, and this constitutes the aim of this project. Unfortunately, not all trainers and youth workers are equally prepared for this process. In a profession mainly practiced in its traditional form, where personal interaction and proximity are necessary, social distancing certainly poses new roles and challenges for them.
