Project title: Digital Competences Framework for Ukrainian Teachers and Other Citizens
Reference: 598236-EPP-1-2018-1-LT-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP
Project acronym: dComFra
Priority: Higher Education and Society
National priorities: Development of school and vocational education at post-secondary non-tertiary education level and Recognition of qualification and qualification frameworks.
Project duration: 15.11.2018 – 14.10.2022
EU funding instrument: European Neighbourhood Instrument (Erasmus+: КА2 CBHE)
Erasmus+ (CBHE) grant amount: 952.946,00 EUR
Target groups: school and vocational teachers, refugees, ATO-veterans, society at large
Grant holder: Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Coordinator and General Manager: Dr. Eilina DAILIDIENĖ, Project manager
Contacts:
Phone: +370 37 323296
E-mail: [email protected]
Partnership:
- Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
- Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria
- Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
- Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland
- University Politechnica of Bucharest, Romania
- Information Technologies Institute, Lithuania
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
- Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Ukraine
- National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine
- Donetsk National Technical University, Ukraine
- Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
- Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics, Ukraine
- Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskiy National University, Ukraine
- Ukrainian association of IT professionals, Ukraine
- Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
Project goals and objectives:
Wider project objective:
- The dComFra was initiated to harmonise European initiatives as for digital competences for educators and for citizens to Ukrainian reality and to produce UA Digital competence frameworks;
- to ensure reforming in-service training for teachers from digital competences point of view;
- to expand the horizons and opportunities of citizens, including refugees and ATO-veterans, and therefore enhancing their national/international employability and self-sustainability, ensure their involvement in social life;
- and to realize these through innovative initiatives appropriate to digital society requests and European standards.
Specific project objectives:
- Design Ukrainian Digital Competence Framework for Educators and for Citizens, on the base of EU Digital Competence Framework for Educators and for Citizens.
- Found UA National digital coalition. Using the UA project consortium’s part, create the basis of coalition. Using the EU project consortium’s part, receive an experience of national coalitions of European countries.
- Build dComFra infrastructure and facilities: create Digital Competence (DC) offices with set of necessary software and equipment for the practice implementation of project-based approach, distance education production and management, training of special groups of citizens (refugees and ATO-veterans) and for National digital coalition hubs; create an open access distance education platform for in-service trainings for school and vocational teachers and all target groups education process simplification.
- Develop DC learning modules, the learning modules will be divided on groups: 1) for school and vocational teachers and provided to in-service training; 2) for refugees/ATO-veterans and presented to refugees’/ATO-veterans’ groups and organizations; 3) for citizens and distributed by accessible channels for all interested in.
Activities:
- Digital competences (DC) needs analysis.
- EU DigComp frameworks analysis.
- Ukrainian National Digital Coalition (UNDC) launching.
- DC offices establishing in each UA university.
- UA university teachers-coaches training.
- UA DC frameworks presentation.
- Minimum 14 DC learning modules producing.
- DC e-Platform designing.
- Pilot in-service trainings for schools and vocational teachers and training of refugees/ATO-veterans with selective international certification of participants.
- Quality Plan development and internal & external project evaluation.
- Dissemination & Sustainability Strategy development and implementation.
- Financial & operational project management.
Expected results:
- Digital competences (DC) needs analysed.
- EU DigComp frameworks analysed.
- Ukrainian National Digital Coalition (UNDC) launched.
- DC offices established in 7 UA universities.
- UA university teachers-coaches trained.
- UA DC frameworks presented.
- Minimum 14 DC learning modules produced.
- DC e-Platform designed.
- Pilot in-service trainings for schools and vocational teachers and training of refugees/ATO-veterans with selective international certification of participants done.
- Quality plan developed, internal and external project evaluation performed.
- Dissemination & Sustainability Strategy developed and implemented.
- Project coordination, financial and operational management performed.
Project coordinator in Ukraine
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
www.univ.kiev.ua
Phone: +380 44 481 4507
Fax: +380 44 481 4507
Responsible person: Assoc. Prof. Serhii BRONIN, FIT International Department Chairman
Contacts:
Phone: +380 67 578 1666
E-mail: [email protected]
Skype: Sergiy.Bronin
Partners from Ukraine:
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts
http://knukim.edu.ua
Phone/fax: +380 44 529 9313
Responsible person: Assoc. Prof. Olena CHAIKOVSKA, Head of the Computer Science Department
Contacts:
Phone: +380 50 444 4454
E-mail: [email protected]
National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”
www.kpi.kharkov.ua
Phone: +380 57 700 1564
Fax: +380 57 707 6601
Responsible person: Iryna PORUNKOVA, Head of Fundraising Department
Contacts:
Phone: +380 50 403 9585
E-mail: [email protected]
Donetsk National Technical University
https://donntu.edu.ua/
Phone: +380 62 301 0709
Fax: +380 62 392 0309
Responsible person: Prof. Yevhen BASHKOV, Vice-rector for Scientific Work
Contacts:
Phone: +380 50 530 2800
E-mail: [email protected]
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
http://en.chnu.edu.ua/
Phone/fax: +380 37 258 4706
Responsible person: Assoc. Prof. Heorhii VOROBETS, PhD, Head of Department of Computer Systems and Networks
Contacts:
Phone: +380 67 372 4587
E-mail: [email protected]
Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics
http://nure.ua
Phone/fax: +380 57 702 1013
Responsible person: Prof. Ihor GREBENNIK, Head of the Systems Engineering Department
Contacts:
Phone: +380 67 922 6136
E-mail: [email protected]
Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskiy National University
www.kdu.edu.ua
Phone: +380 53 663 2011
Fax: +380 53 663 6219
Responsible person: Assoc. Prof. Andrii GLADYR, Head of the Centre for International Activities of KrNU
Contacts:
Phone: +380 50 900 8110
E-mail: [email protected]
Ukrainian association of IT professionals
www.uaitp.org
Phone/fax: +380 57 765 0572
Responsible person: Kyryl YERMAKOV, Vice-president
Contacts:
Phone: +380 73 409 6039
E-mail: [email protected]
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
www.mon.gov.ua
Phone: +380 44 481 3221; 044 481 3280
Fax: +380 44 481 4796
Responsible person: Liubov SHCHITKA, Acting Head of International Cooperation and European Integration Department
Contacts:
E-mail: [email protected]
Project website: https://dcomfra.vdu.lt/