The digital world for elderly

Training Course Erasmus+

Trainers & participant
Carmen Camelia Mitrache
Asociatia Culturală Branart Craiova, Romania

Taking part in this mobility was definitely the best thing that happened to me in the
last year. Between 30.07.2023- 05.08.2023, I participated as a trainer of the Branart Cultural
Association in the training course' “The digital world for elderly”, CANAKKALE, Turkey,
organized by Aktif Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü Derneği
The activities were very interactive, practical and helpful, and entertaining too, enabling me
to achieve my learning objectives. This mobility, funded by the European Commission
through the Erasmus + Program, was carried out within the project Mobility in the field of
Adult Education, reference number “30 2023-1-RO01-KA121-ADU-000126858, with an
implementation period of 15 months (01/06/2023). - 31/08/2024.)
The main objectives of the training activity were as follows:
 Acquire skills to evaluate the activities and prioritize where innovation will most help
win in the future
 Using apps such as word processing and spreadsheet programs to communicate and
organise better our work
 Focus on creating searchable content through digital methods
 Create online digital materials for online teaching and learning;
 Edit a Word document;
 Create an effective PowerPoint presentation and use it as the basis for a video;
 Create and edit video files for the classroom;
 Communicate and collaborate in an online environment;
 Create digital games for different subjects;
 Assess adults’ progress with online tools.
 Getting to know how to use a diversity of digital resources in order to make activities
more interesting for students.
The course program was generous and had the following course
Day 1
 Welcome and registration;
 Adaptation and team building activities
 Technology in the 21st Century
 Technological competencies and skills
 Technology learning challenges at different ages
 Advantages of technology in our lives
Day 2
 Methods used in technology education
 Websites and Apps for learning and teaching – 1
 Best Practices in Individual Space
 Supporting Inclusive Education with ICT
 Benefits of Using ICT in our life
 Integration of technology into special education: preparing an activity and lesson plan
Definition, classification, and application of assistive technologies (AT)
Day 3
 Websites and Apps for learning and teaching – 2
 Learning Management Systems that can support your digital life
 Create your own material with these apps
 Evaluation activities
Day 4
 Websites and Apps for learning and teaching – 3
 Educational platforms: how can you use them with your life?
 Create your own material with these apps
Day 5
 Digital health devices and applications – 1
 Communication and communication skills
 Social media apps - 1
Day 6
 Digital health devices and applications – 2
 Google Apps and extensions
 Social media apps – 2
 How do we create our own social media and what should we pay attention to
Day 7
 Importance of soft skills in personal development
 ICT Workshop
 Integration of technology into special education: Preparing an activity and
 lesson plan using ITC
 Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities.
 Workshops and Cultural/Sightseeing Activities
 Feedback, course evaluation and dissemination focus
 Certificate of attendance awarding
 The aim of the course it was to promote digital education and to help trainers to
design and implement motivating activities for the elderly by using ICT within a new
framework of critical principles. So the training activity perfectly met our needs.
During this training course I learned to introduce an awareness of ways of integrating ICT
with teaching methodologies, using hands-on & experiential methods.
The methodology followed also in the training program was, through collaborative work,
various planning career activities, and through the creation of inclusion activities. We worked
both in groups and individually, workshops, debates, discussions, seminars and lectures took
place.
Through this training course, I have learnt how to use web solutions in my daily work
with learners to promote people’ learning, collaborative work, and creativity.
I was involved in practical activities exploring how to build a virtual classroom
environment, how to create and manage learning contents by using a variety of tools, web
sites, and search engines. I had the opportunity to experiment the teamwork collaboration and
cooperation in a European context.
I acquired new IT collaborative tools, instruments to conduct assessment of learning, to
give effective feedback to elderly. I developed my digital skills in order to apply technology
in different educational environments and to develop digital tools (digital games, e-portfolio)
about how to apply technology in education for different age groups.
I had the opportunity to acquire new learning strategies regarding how to get involved in
order to use digital for inclusion and to acquire new non-formal education techniques.
I had also the opportunity for networking with the other participants also givesme the
chance to collaborate in the future on other projects. We exchanged practices and experiences
in the field of adult education.
The published material is the sole responsibility of the project team, and the National
Program Agency Community in the Field of Adult education and The European Commission
cannot be held responsible for how the information is used