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ObjectivesThe primary goal of the proposed project is to develop and establish a European eLearning academy for seniors - the eLSe-Academy - in six European countries. The eLSe-Academy aims at optimally supporting seniors in the process of accessing and becoming involved in the information and knowledge society, by applying the well-proven formula of using ICT as a learning medium as well as a learning content. During the two-year project phase of eLSe-Academy, a non-formal, flexible and accessible eLearning-based ICT qualification course that is coherent, tailored, and pedagogically adapted to the needs of elderly learners will be developed, tested, and evaluated. In order to cope with the diverse impairments and disabilities of seniors, special focus will be given to multimedia-enriched didactic elements (demonstrations, audiovisual elements, interactive exercises).
This project is based on the concepts, technology and products developed in the context of eLSe (eLearning for Seniors), a 2004 Minerva project, a project on eInclusion for those with no ICT-skills at all and unable, due to mobility restrictions, to attend to face-to-face training offers, a rather restricted target group. Target groupThe target group consists of elderly people who are interested in and able to acquire or further develop their competences in IC. The eLSe-Academy focuses in particular on people with unsystematic and very fragmented ICT-knowledge, that is insufficient to participate fully in the knowledge and information society. |
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