Enhancement of Lifelong Learning in Belarus
Project Duration: 30.05.2018 – 30.05.2020
Project Number: 586278-EPP-1-2017-1-LV-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Project status: finished.
Project Members & Partners
- Rezekne Academy of Technologies (Latvia) – Lead Beneficiary and Project Coordinator
- University of Cadiz (Spain)
- Linnaeus University (Sweden)
- The Open University (United Kingdom)
- Polotsk State University (Belarus)
- Belarusian State Academy of Agriculture (Belarus)
- Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel (Belarus)
- Brest State Technical University (Belarus)
- Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Belarus)
- Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov (Belarus)
Associated partners:
- Polotsk District Executive Committee (Belarus)
- Gorki District Executive Committee (Belarus)
- Gomel District Executive Committee (Belarus)
- Brest District Executive Committee (Belarus)
- Grodno District Executive Committee (Belarus)
- Vitebsk District Executive Committee (Belarus)
PROJECT GOAL
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.
PROJECT 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.
PROJECT RESULTS
- 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;
- 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.
BELL website - https://bell-iln.by/en/
Booklet Study cources - https://bell-iln.by/images/programmy-BELL.pdf
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