DIGICULT – Cultural Heritage: a source of resilience and learning through digital education

DIGICULT – Cultural Heritage: a source of resilience and learning through digital education

COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected the entire cultural sector. The fruition of culture has come to a turning point: it requires the design and implementation of innovative practices, new forms of promotion, communication, access and transmission of knowledge. This change of perspective involves also the definition of a new vision, related to the environmental issue: cultural institutions must increasingly act as a bridge connecting Nature, Culture and the Environment. With respect to this challenges, a new, correct and mature use of digital tools is essential.

DIGICULT offers an innovative e-learning pathway, based on digital tools and focused on cultural heritage, with the aim of developing disciplinary, key and life skills, improving learners’ key competences as summarized in the recommendations of the European Commission and the European Council:

  1. Communication in the mother tongue;

  2. Communication in foreign languages;

  3. Digital expertise;

  4. Social, civic and environmental competences;

  5. Initiative and entrepreneurship;

  6. Cultural awareness

This e-learning pathway will increase learners’ motivation, as it will transform their knowledge and passion for digital tools (such as videogames and social media) and their increasing environmental sensitivity into skills useful for their professional careers.

Project Period: 01.01.2022 – 31.06.2024

Project No: 2021-1-IT01-KA220-VET-000034836

Erasmus+ programme: KA220-VET – Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training

Target groups: VET learners (14 – 30 y.o.), VET teachers and trainers

Stakeholders: VET institutions, Training agencies, NGOs, cultural and environmental associations, museums.

Aim and objectives: The project aims to achieve the development of new competencies, thanks to an innovative educational pattern conceived as a replicable model, up to the challenges of the cultural sector.

In coherence with the Council Recommendation on Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable Competitiveness, Social Fairness and Resilience and the Digital Education Action Plan, DIGICULT focuses on:

  • improving the use of digital technologies both in VET and in the cultural heritage sector;

  • raising knowledge and awareness about cultural heritage as a source of resilience;

  • providing innovative learning methods to increase VET learners’ employability;

  • improving VET teachers’ and trainers’ digital competences.

Results: DIGICULT foresees the development of three main Results:

PR1 – DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE: AN INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM

This result aims to encourage a broad and conscious use of the European cultural heritage in VET through the drafting of a strategy paper including:

  1. an innovative training methodology able to digitally strengthen the education system in COVID-19 times;

  2. an innovative strategy for resilience, inclusion, equality and capacity of facing the challenges of the digital era.

PR2 – DIGICULT E-LEARNING PATHWAY AND VALIDATION

This result aim to strengthen digital and technological skills of “digital natives” with a specific focus on the cultural heritage, making them aware about the impact of digital technologies in this area. To do so, within PR2, partners will develop several training modules and workshops for the development of new digital, life skills.

PR3 – DIGICULT EDUCATIONAL GAME

PR3 aims to create an educational digital game, with quizzes and a scoreboard to motivate players. The game will aim to increase learners’ digital competencies for the cultural heritage. Thus, the content will include relevant questions on these two topics.

 

Project partners:

1. CIOFS – FP Piemonte (IT) (Leading partner)

2. Associazione le terre dei Savoia (IT)

3. FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano (IT)

4. BJC - Ballymun Job Centre (IE)

5. Institut za turizam (HR)

6. VsI “eMundus” (LT)

7. Digipro Education LTD (CY)

8. University of Nicosia (CY)

9. The Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity (NCK) (SE)

 

Project website: digiculterasmus.eu

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