The intermediate meeting of the LOVEDISTANCE project was held on May 11 and 13, 2021.
The meeting started by the presentation of the coordinator institution and was followed by the partner country institutions. The first day of the meeting was devoted to financial management, consortium members discussed the expenditures of each institution. The second day of the meeting was used to discuss the intermediate report related issues, data gathering and drafting of the supplementary documents, as well as the delays that were caused due to the pandemic. By the end of the meeting the consortium members agreed on a modified timeline of certain activities, traveling and meetings.
The next meeting will take place virtually in July, 2021.
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
