Wider Objective: development and enhancement of lifelong learning in Belarus with effective use of distance learning and Bologna instruments for the development of the regional labour market.
Specific Objectives:
- to develop a Lifelong Learning inter-University cooperation in the regions in Belarus, based on integrating the 6 leading regional Universities in the field of distance learning into an Inter-University Network for Lifelong Learning (ILN);
- to train the Institutes for Continuous Education's managerial & teaching staff for the Inter-University Network for LLL according to the principles of the Bologna process using the best practices at the European partner Universities;
- to choose specific themes for the 5 new on-line or blended LLL study courses in English, IT, Entrepreneurship &Financial Literacy, & Law literacy through meetings with the public, enterprises & local authorities to best suit the needs & demands of the regional communities;
- to design, develop, & pilot the 5 new on-line (or blended) Moodle-based LLL study courses to the general public;
- to evaluate the piloted courses & make upgrades;
- to control quality of the project;
- to secure awareness of the regional communities of the project, increase its visibility, & disseminate the results of the project;
- to successfully manage the project & its results in the life-time of the project & after the EU funding is over.
Expected results:
Short-term:
- improved the ability of research and teaching personnel to develop curricula using innovative ways of teaching
- improvement of the management system at the Institutes of Advanced Training of 6 partner Universities
- wider use of the developed curriculum to change the content of training
- higher level of teachers’ proficiency with web-platforms
- increase in the number of participants of representatives of business, schools, government and the labor market
- improved Continuing Education Courses at the Institutes of Advanced Training at 6 Universities of Belarus
Long-term:
- expanding the base of available teaching methods that can be applied to other advanced training courses in 6 regional Universities of Belarus
- increase in student enrollment in 5 advanced training courses at 6 Belarusian partner Universities
- improved quality of education at participating Belarusian Universities
Participants
The project involves 10 partner organizations that have signed a partnership agreement on cooperation within the project.
European Union Educational Institutions:
- Rezekne Academy of Technologies (Latvia)
- University of Cadiz (Spain)
- Linnaeus University (Sweden)
- The Open University (United Kingdom)
The Republic of Belarus Educational Institutions:
- Polotsk State University
- Belarusian State Academy of Agriculture
- Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel
- Brest State Technical University
- Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
- Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov
Associated partners:
- Polotsk District Executive Committee
- Gorki District Executive Committee
- Gomel District Executive Committee
- Brest District Executive Committee
- Grodno District Executive Committee
- Vitebsk District Executive Committee