The quarterly management meeting was held on 21st of July, 2021.
The meeting was opened by the coordinator institution with presenting the ongoing activities and tasks that are related to project midterm report, quality plan and dissemination activities. The participants also discussed the project financial issues, budgeting and expenditures. The next consortium meeting is planned to be held face to face at Batumi State University, this would be the first meeting after the kick-off that is planned in this format. Partners summarized the detailed information regarding the COVID19 pandemic in their home countries, and agreed on the different scenarios if some new restrictions will be introduced.
Project in Brief
Project aims to promote inclusive education in Israel and Georgia by widening access to higher education for potential and existing students.
Specific objectives are: build capacities in Israel and Georgia that will enable their HE systems to accommodate effective distance learning programs; develop curricula offer in Israel and Georgia based on distance learning, that responds to the requirements for equity and accessibility of the partner countries HE systems to improve the educational integration of disadvantaged learners in their educational system; to coach and train faculty members, professional and administrative staff on the design, development, implementation and quality assessment of e/blended-learning and distance education courses; raise the public awareness of access to, equity, and democratization of HE, to promote social inclusion; facilitate transfer of best practices to expand access to, participation in, and successful completion of distance learning programs.
Project coordinator: Polytechnic University of Porto
Project details and webpage: https://lovedistance.eu/
2021
