After discussing the project management-related tasks, project partners focused on the following outputs: “ADULATION Training Toolkit to enhance citizenship of adult and senior learners“, and “ADULATION Toolkit for Successful Online Campaigns and Petitions”, which will enable adult educators to understand social media and provide them with tools and procedures to run successful online campaigns. The project results will be available in 5 languages on the project’s website.

Furthermore, the consortium brainstormed on the project’s sustainability and the measures that will be taken to ensure the long-lasting impact of the Project’s results.

You can get acquainted with the details of the project, and download useful materials on the website of ADULATION.

Finally, the project consortium brainstormed on the first steps of the “ADULATION Toolkit for Successful Online Campaigns and Petitions”, which will enable adult educators understand social media and provide them with tools and procedures to run successful online campaigns on issues that affect the adult learners and the societies they live in.

The meeting was very interesting and productive: the next project activities to be implemented were defined and will be announced in the near future.

Between 2-4 December 2021, Seal Cyprus, as project coordinator organised a training event in the framework of the ADULATION project. Two adult educators/trainers represented each partner country (Italy, Belgium, Hungary and Cyprus).

At the beginning, the project coordinator welcomed all the participants and introduced the agenda of the Learning Activities and of the In-service Training Programme planned. Seal Cyprus presented the first teaching method – Photovoice; all the partners actively participated in the presentation of this educational tool, sharing ideas and critical points on the use of Photovoice. Then other partners provided their contribution to the Training and Learning activities session:

• HETFA Research Institute (Hungary) provided a detailed presentation of the Storytelling (from its origin to its latest developments) and its advantages as an educational tool. All the partners participated sharing professional experiences on the storytelling use.
• Training2000 (Italy) explained the main functionalities of Educational Animation as learning tool. In particular, 3 useful didactic tools were described: Quizlet, Socrative and Mentimeter; the participants were involved in interactive activities concerning the Right to privacy and data protection in order to test the effectiveness of these tools.
• Alphabet Formation (Belgium) presented the Kahoot! game-based learning platform applied to the issue of Euroscepticism: all the partners actively participated in the race proposed by the trainers. The trainees appreciated the idea, outlining the importance of using Kahoot! as a learning and teaching tool.

Finally, an open discussion closed the learning event: the partners shared their impressions and remarks.

For further information about the project’s development, please visit the project website at https://adulation.eu/