Ka226 B42BB861 en

Call 2020 Round 1 KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
KA226 - Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Form ID: KA226-B42BB861 Deadline (Brussels Time) 2020-10-29 12:00:00
Context
Field Higher education
Main objective of the project Innovation
Project Title A model for Interactive (A)Synchronous Learning in Online STEM Education
Project Acronym e-CLOSE
Project Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2021-03-01
Project Total Duration 24 months
Project End Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2023-02-28
National Agency of the Applicant Organisation PL01 Foundation for the Development of the Education System
Language used to fill in the form English
For further details about the available Erasmus+ National Agencies, please consult the following page:
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/contact
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Project Summary
Please provide a short summary of your project. Please recall that this section (or part of it) may be used by the European Commission, Executive Agency or National Agencies in their
publications. It will also feed the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform.
Be concise and clear and mention at least the following elements: context/background of project; objectives of your project; number and profile of participants; description of activities;
methodology to be used in carrying out the project; a short description of the results and impact envisaged and finally the potential longer term benefits. The summary will be publicly
available in case your project is awarded.
In view of further publication on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform, please also be aware that a comprehensive public summary of project results will be requested at report
stage(s). Final payment provisions in the contract will be linked to the availability of such summary.
The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on higher education all over the world. Universities had to rapidly transform their study programmes to be delivered online to keep
student retention and maintain access to learning. The adjustment however comes with significant challenges not only in relation to the technical aspects of handling several hundred
online lectures simultaneously but also to the methodology of the teaching process and the teacher-student interaction. The technological development and wide availability of basic
ICT tools make the shift to online education relatively easy. The real challenge of today however is to consciously choose available collaboration tools and engagement methods to
arouse student interest and provoke a response for a more efficient and effective communication and learning experience while away from a traditional classroom. To face that
challenge, the universities involved in the project – Lodz University of technology (Poland), University of Applied Sciences in Saarbrücken (Germany), University of Alcalá (Spain) and
University of Aveiro (Portugal) – decided to join forces for the development, implementation and dissemination of innovative and comprehensive teaching and learning solutions,
supported by advanced IT technologies and tools, to increase the level of student-teacher interaction during online education:
1. Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online STEM Education
2. Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators
3. Teacher Training Courses
4. Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory
5. Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills )
6. Guidelines and Recommendations
To further benefit the project participants, the consortium will offer a series of training opportunities for academic teachers tailored to their individual needs to increase their
competences for effective online teaching arousing student interest and responsiveness. The students will get a chance to meet in several of the partner countries to conduct a
gamification learning experience in the blended formula and to develop the 21st century skills sought by the labour market.
The project is directed towards students and academics of the consortium universities and beyond ready to bring the ICT technology to the forefront when facing the challenges of
online education.
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Applicant Organisation
Organisation ID Legal name Country
E10209033 POLITECHNIKA LODZKA Poland
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Partner Organisations
No Organisation ID Legal name Country
1 E10208584 UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA Spain
2 E10208840 UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO Portugal
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT

3 E10093703 Germany
DES SAARLANDES
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Project Budget Summary
Budget Items Grant
Project Management and Implementation 30.000,00 EUR
Transnational Project Meetings 19.470,00 EUR
Intellectual Outputs 145.965,00 EUR
Multiplier Events 10.000,00 EUR
Learning, Teaching, Training Activities 76.480,00 EUR
Exceptional Costs 15.500,00 EUR
Total Grant 297.415,00 EUR
Transnational Projects Meetings
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ID Meeting Title No. of Participants Grant
1 e-CLOSE Kickoff Meeting 6 4.190,00 EUR
2 e-CLOSE Status Meeting 6 3.450,00 EUR
5 c-CLOSE Review Meeting 6 4.190,00 EUR
Total 19.470,00 EUR
Intellectual Outputs
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No. of
ID Output Title Category of Staff Working Grant
Days
Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online

O1 Managers 10 880,00 EUR
STEM Education
O2 Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators Managers 10 1.640,00 EUR
O3 Teacher Training Courses Managers 10 880,00 EUR
O5 Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills ) Managers 10 880,00 EUR
O6 Guidelines and Recommendations Managers 10 1.640,00 EUR
O4 Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory Managers 10 2.800,00 EUR
Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online 24.700,00

O1 Teachers/Trainers/Researchers/Youth workers 190
STEM Education EUR
13.295,00
O2 Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators Teachers/Trainers/Researchers/Youth workers 95
EUR
12.350,00
O3 Teacher Training Courses Teachers/Trainers/Researchers/Youth workers 95
EUR
15.680,00
O5 Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills ) Teachers/Trainers/Researchers/Youth workers 140
EUR
12.610,00
O6 Guidelines and Recommendations Teachers/Trainers/Researchers/Youth workers 90
EUR
145.965,00
Total 1,200
EUR
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No. of
Days
14.450,00
O4 Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory Teachers/Trainers/Researchers/Youth workers 95
EUR

O1 Technicians 45 4.485,00 EUR
STEM Education
O2 Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators Technicians 90 9.440,00 EUR
O3 Teacher Training Courses Technicians 90 8.970,00 EUR
O5 Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills ) Technicians 45 4.485,00 EUR
O6 Guidelines and Recommendations Technicians 45 4.720,00 EUR
10.040,00
O4 Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory Technicians 90
EUR

O1 Administrative support staff 5 195,00 EUR
STEM Education
O2 Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators Administrative support staff 5 390,00 EUR
O3 Teacher Training Courses Administrative support staff 5 195,00 EUR
O5 Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills ) Administrative support staff 5 195,00 EUR
O6 Guidelines and Recommendations Administrative support staff 5 390,00 EUR
145.965,00
Total 1,200
EUR
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No. of
Days
O4 Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory Administrative support staff 5 655,00 EUR
145.965,00
Total 1,200
EUR
Multiplier Events
Local Foreign
ID Event Title Country of Venue Grant
Participants Participants
Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher Education –

E1 Spain 20 0 2.000,00 EUR
tools for educators and learners

E2 Germany 20 0 2.000,00 EUR

E3 Portugal 20 0 2.000,00 EUR
Solutions for More Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in

E4 Poland 40 0 4.000,00 EUR
Higher Education
10.000,00
Total 100 0
EUR
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Learning, Teaching, Training Activities
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Grant for Exceptional

Individual Support Linguistic Support
ID Activity Type Travel Grant Costs for Expensive Grant
Grant Grant
Travel
Blended mobility of higher 11.065,00

C1 4.975,00 EUR 0,00 EUR 6.090,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
education students EUR
Blended mobility of higher 10.215,00

C2 4.125,00 EUR 0,00 EUR 6.090,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
education students EUR
Intensive programmes for 13.995,00

C3 5.875,00 EUR 0,00 EUR 8.120,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
higher education learners EUR
Intensive programmes for

C4 1.175,00 EUR 0,00 EUR 2.968,00 EUR 0,00 EUR 4.143,00 EUR
teaching staff
Short-term joint staff training

events

events

events

events
76.480,00
Total 26.500,00 EUR 0,00 EUR 49.980,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
EUR
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Exceptional Costs
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ID Description and Justification Grant
TUL is applying to purchase a set of an up-to-date ICT equipment to significantly

increase efficiency and quality of education. A need in this regard was reported by
TUL’s academic teachers who have self-evaluated their online classes and came up
with a list of desired functionalities that would enrich the learning process and result
in greater interaction with students. It is expected that each set would include an
interactive flip/multimedia board with a digital touchscreen, compatible hardware and
software, networking cables etc. To meet the needs of academic teachers, the
project team has identified a list of the predefined functionalities of the board: pen
mode notation for simultaneous writing, brush mode notation, writing on any
background or content displayed, flexible image editing, applicable to a wide range of
educational apps, easy content navigation, confidentiality protection, file security,
versatile connection options, synchronized screen viewing, remote connections with
PC, screen share, meeting recap distribution. Additional teaching and learning
options will be provided by an adequate software.
The university does not have any equipment with such properties that could be used
1 7.500,00 EUR
during implementation of the project activities.
The cost of one set has been estimated at 2.500 EUR on the basis of a market
research and consultations with potential suppliers conducted in October 2020. The
university plans to purchase 4 sets for the total amount of 10.000 EUR. The
university contribution of 25% of the purchase value will be provided.
The ICT set will allow teachers and students to hold and recap meetings or classes
with incredible ease. It will drive greater student-teacher and peer to peer
collaboration, expand user presentation capabilities and develop students’ innovative
thinking skills. The purchase is necessary to achieve the objectives of the project and
to ensure high quality of all educational activities planned for implementation. The
ICT set will be used during the Learning, Teaching, Training Activities, in particular
during LTT1 and LTT2 (gamification STEM learning exercise for consortium
students) to facilitate a simultaneous work of 4 teams, as well as the LTT5 (training
for academic teachers in micro-credential badges) and the final Multiplier Event held
in Lodz.
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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All of the planned IOs will be developed in English however IO2 and IO3 will be
translated into the official languages of each partner country – Polish, German,
Spanish and Portuguese. In order to ensure high-quality of the translation, external
service providers with adequate experience will be selected. The cost of the services
have been estimated by each partner university based on their recent experience in
carrying out similar tasks and the planned scope and volume of the IOs. The
2 1.500,00 EUR
differentiation of presented costs is a result of an analysis of price levels for such
services in each country. Each university will provide a self-contribution of 25% of the
service value. Preparation of additional language versions of the IOs will significantly
increase the range of the e-CLOSE disseminating activities. Besides the indicated
IOs, each partner university will use the funding for the translations of other
deliverables of the project.
3 2.500,00 EUR
4 Spanish and Portuguese. In order to ensure high-quality of the translation, external 2.000,00 EUR
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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5 2.000,00 EUR
Total 15.500,00 EUR
Budget per Participating Organisation
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Organisation Country of Organisation Grant
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) Poland 73.515,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) Spain 70.095,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) Portugal 68.900,00 EUR
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES

Germany 84.905,00 EUR
SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE)
Budget Details per Participating Organisations (POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL))
Budget Items Grant
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Budget Details per Participating Organisations (UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES))
Budget Items Grant
Budget Details per Participating Organisations (UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT))
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Budget Items Grant
Budget Details per Participating Organisations (HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE))
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Budget Items Grant
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Timetable
Note that Transnational Project Meetings, Intellectual Outputs, Multiplier Events and Learning, Teaching and Training activities will be listed in this table automatically once
you have created them in the dedicated section of the form.
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ID Activity Type Starting Period Description
1 Transnational Projects Meeting 03-2021 e-CLOSE Kickoff Meeting
Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online STEM

2 Intellectual Output 03-2021
Education
3 Intellectual Output 06-2021 Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators
4 Intellectual Output 06-2021 Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory
5 Intellectual Output 06-2021 Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills )
6 Transnational Projects Meeting 09-2021 e-CLOSE Status Meeting
7 Intellectual Output 10-2021 Teacher Training Courses
Blended mobility of higher education

9 03-2022 Smart Gamification in Practice - part 1
students
Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher Education – tools for

10 Multiplier Event 03-2022
educators and learners

11 06-2022 Smart Gamification in Practice - part 2
students

Intensive programmes for higher

13 07-2022 21st Century Skills Survival Camp for Students
education learners
14 Intensive programmes for teaching staff 07-2022 21st Century Skills Survival Camp for Students
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ID Activity Type Starting Period Description
15 Intellectual Output 08-2022 Guidelines and Recommendations

18 Short-term joint staff training events 10-2022 Teacher Training in Micro Credentials Badges
19 Short-term joint staff training events 11-2022 Teacher Training in Visual Content
20 Short-term joint staff training events 12-2022 Teacher Training in Smart Gamification
21 Short-term joint staff training events 01-2023 Teacher Training in Innovative Student-Activating Methods
22 Transnational Projects Meeting 02-2023 c-CLOSE Review Meeting
Solutions for More Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher

Education
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Participating Organisations
Please note that the Organisation ID has replaced the PIC as the unique identifier for the organisation to apply for Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps actions
managed by National Agencies. Organisations that have a PIC and have previously applied for funding in these programmes through the National Agencies have been
assigned an Organisation ID automatically. Please use the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps platform to check an Organisation ID, update information linked to it or
register a new organisation: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-esc/organisation-registration
Applicant Organisation
Organisation ID E10209033
Legal name POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
Legal name (national language) TUL
Address ULICA ZEROMSKIEGO 116
Country Poland
P.O. Box 000
Postal Code 90 924
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City LODZ
Website www.p.lodz.pl
Telephone 0048426312002, 0048426312001
Fax 0048426361385
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Profile
Type of Organisation Higher education institution (tertiary level)
Is the organisation a public body? Yes
Is the organisation a non-profit? Yes
Accreditation
Accreditation Type Accreditation Reference
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education PL LODZ02
Associated Persons
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Please provide information about this organisation's legal representative and contact persons for the project. Legal representative is the person authorised to sign legally
binding documents on behalf of the organisation, while the contact persons are people who will be managing the project.
One of the contact persons must be designated as 'preferred contact'. This person will be contacted by the National Agency if there are questions about the project or the
organisation, and in case the project is selected they will receive access to project management and reporting tools.
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Legal Representative (POLITECHNIKA LODZKA)
Title Ph.D., D.Sc.
Gender Male
First Name Andrzej
Family Name Romanowski
Department Rectorate
Position Vice-Rector for Education
Email vrector.education@adm.p.lodz.pl
Telephone +48426312008
Preferred Contact No
If the address is different from the one of the organisation Yes
Address 10/12 Ks. I. Skorupki Street
Country Poland
Postal Code 90-924
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City Lodz
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Contact Person (POLITECHNIKA LODZKA)
Gender Female
First Name Agnieszka
Family Name Roganowicz
Department International Cooperation Centre
Position Senior specialist
Email agnieszka.roganowicz@p.lodz.pl
Preferred Contact Yes
Address 36 Żwirki Street
Country Poland
Postal Code 90-539
City Lodz
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Background and Experience
Please briefly present the organisation/group (e.g. its type, scope of work, areas of activity and if applicable, approximate number of paid/unpaid staff, learners and members of the
group)
Lodz University of Technology (TUL) is a public technical university established in 1945. It ranks as the 4th best technical university and the 3rd most innovative HEI in Poland
(Perspektywy University Ranking 2020). It offers over 50 engineering study programmes taught at 9 faculties for over 13 thousand students. Doctoral training is provided by the newly
established Interdisciplinary Doctoral School (IDS) which offers multiple unique prospects of development for PhD students.
TUL’s staff consists of over 1500 academics committed to providing high-quality education with the use of innovative student-oriented teaching methods e.g. Project Based Learning,
Design Thinking, Flipped Education, Tutoring and Gamification.
Internationalization is of the key importance for TUL’s development strategy. The University’s cooperation network involves over 520 institutions in 65 countries committed to joint
science, research and student exchange initiatives.
TUL’s International Faculty of Engineering (IFE) – the innovative teaching and learning facility of the university with over 25 years’ experience – provides education in 14 study
programmes taught in English and French for students of all nationalities.
The intensive development of mobility schemes under the Erasmus+ Programme (around 700 outgoing and incoming students each year) was acknowledged by the Polish Erasmus+
Agency, which awarded TUL the title of a “Mobility Friendly University”. TUL participates in numerous additional programmes and projects providing students with a valuable work and
study experience abroad e.g. double diploma programmes under agreements with HEIs from France, Germany, China and Ukraine; IAESTE professional internships, mobilities within
programmes of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, EEA Grants and etc.
In 2017 TUL has established the International Cooperation Centre (ICC) which coordinates the university’s internationalization policy. Recently, the ICC has been recognized with the
“Leaders in University Management - LUMEN 2019” award for the first 2-year stage of its activity. TUL is also a holder of the prestigious European Commission-awarded ECTS Label
Certificate, Diploma Supplement Label as well as the HR Excellence in Research title.
The University is recognized by world university rankings including the Times, QS and RUR. TUL is the first polish university to receive the French academic accreditation – HCERES
(2020-2025). The University is also one of three Polish HEIs that have undergone an evaluation of the EUA Institutional Evaluation Programme and may use the EUA–IEA quality label
recognized throughout Europe.
The University participates in numerous EU co-financed projects in the framework of Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2, which aim is to increase quality of the mobility, graduate employability
and innovation in higher education.
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What are the activities and experience of the organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or expertise of key persons involved in this project?
TUL is considered one of the leading Polish universities in implementing distance learning technologies in Poland. 10 years ago the university built and implemented the WIKAMP
virtual campus platform. The WIKAMP platform is used for remote teaching activities, information exchange between students and teachers, supports university management
processes and the implementation of R&D. For further development of distance learning technologies, the E-Learning Center of the Lodz University of Technology and the TUL
Computing and Information Service Centre were established.
The university operates its own webinar platform, which currently provides virtual auditoriums for 500 students and 50 virtual seminar rooms for 60-attendees each. Classes can be
registered and published for a selected group of platform users. In addition to classes, the platform is available to all employees who want to facilitate communication in group work,
projects or research. Employees and students of any university in the world can participate in the webinars. Several thousand people can stay in TUL’s virtual studios at one time.
The solutions are complemented by TUL’s Microsoft cloud services. MS TEAMS extends remote communication with the possibility of organizing simultaneous consultations and group
project video meetings. In addition, it is possible for student or employee groups to work together on a document with the simultaneous assistance of videoconferences and launching
virtual computer laboratories thanks to the Azure Labs service. The tools are available for every member of the academic community of TUL and all forms of education.
TUL cooperates with national and foreign partners for the implementation of distance education and the development of ICT skills of students and academics:
- TUL is a member of European Digital Learning Network which initiates, monitors and promotes actions to boost digital learning and ICT skills in European education.
- The university participates in numerous Erasmus+ KA2 projects contributing to the development of innovative teaching and learning practices in HE, i.a. Online Courses for Mobile
Students - ErasmusX (together with UAH), Virtual Mechatronic Laboratory – VIMELA.
- In 2015 TUL’s IT Centre with modern and well-equipped labs began its operations. The IT Centre is a modern division of TUL which focuses on enhancement of education in the field
of Information and Communication Technologies.
- In 2012 TUL initiated the establishment of the ICT Central Poland Cluster which gathers ICT companies, business environment institutions and local HEIs to support employment and
development opportunities of the IT industry in the region.
Key persons involved in the project:

dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska – university professor, director of the ICC, university Erasmus+ coordinator, academic teacher at IFE and the Department of Management. Member of the
national team for distance learning appointed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education in connection with the temporary suspension of education at universities and doctoral
student education due to COVID-19 pandemic. The team is responsible for the preparation of recommendations on the implementation of distance learning methods and techniques in
Poland.
mgr Adrianna Kozłowska - director of TUL’ Education Centre responsible for the organization and quality of education at the university, including international programmes, academic
teacher specialising in problem-based learning
mgr inż. Agnieszka Roganowicz – senior specialist at IFE, areas of interest: analysis of educational trends in higher education in Poland and in the world, testing and implementation of
innovative teaching and learning methods and tools at the university, supporting teacher competence development.
mgr Małgorzata Jarczyńska – senior specialist at the ICC’s International Educational Projects Division, skills: project preparation, submission and implementation.
dr inż. Piotr Dębiec - university professor, academic teacher at IFE and the Institute of Electronics, interests: Cellular Neural Networks, Texture Synthesis, Computer Networks, Digital
Logic and Systems.
dr inż. Jakub Szczepaniak – university professor, academic teacher at IFE and the Centre of Mathematics and Physics, trainer and management consultant, interests: Recreational
Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Popularization of Mathematics
dr Monika Potyrała - academic teacher at IFE and the Centre of Mathematics and Physics, interests: Math Didactics, Modern Didactic Methods. Coach ICC. Co-organizer of MathUp
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conference - students for students about math applications, co-worker in TUL Gamification Project.
dr inż. Gertruda Gwódź-Łukawska - academic teacher at IFE and the Centre of Mathematics and Physics, trainer, ICC coach, interests: Graph Theory, Modern Didactic Methods. Co-
organizer of MathUp conference - students for students about math applications,co-worker in TUL Gamification Project.
Has the organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
Yes
Please indicate:
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Project
Applicant/Beneficiary
EU Programme Year Identification or
Name
Contract Number
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for vocational education 2020-1-PL01-

2020 Politechnika Łódzka
and training KA202-081910
2020-1-PL01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2020 Politechnika Łódzka
KA203-081735
2019-1-EE01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2019 University of Tartu
KA203-051571
2019-1-PL01-
KA203-065784
2019-1-PL01-
KA203-065831
2018-1-DE01- Duale Hochschule

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2018
KA203-004222 Baden-Württemberg
2018-1-ES01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2018 University of Alcala
KA203-050886
2018-1-IT02- European Digital

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for adult education 2018
KA204-048201 Learning Network
2018-1-UK01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for school education 2018 Civic Computing Ltd.
KA201-048152
Instytut Medycyny Pracy

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for vocational education 2017-1-PL01-
2017 imienia prof. dra med.
Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
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European University
2017-1-LU01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2017 Foundation-Campus
KA203-023932
Europae
2017-1-PL01-
KA203-038438
2017-1-PL01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for adult education 2017 Politechnika Łódzka
KA203-038675
610041-EPP-1-
2019-1-PL-
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in higher education 2019 Politechnika Łódzka
EPPKA2-CBHE-
JP
610281-EPP-1-
2019-1-AL- Universiteti Aleksandër
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in higher education 2019
EPPKA2-CBHE- Moisiu Durrës
JP
585782-EPP-1-
2017-1-ES-
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in higher education 2017 Universidad de Vigo
EPPKA2-CBHE-
SP
591986-EPP-1-
Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliances in vocational education European Apparel And
2018 2017-1-BE-
and training Textile Confederation
EPPKA2-SSA-B
601187-EPP-1-
European University
Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances for higher education 2018 2018-1-LU-
Foundation
EPPKA2-KA
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Legal name UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA
Legal name (national language) UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA
National ID (if applicable) UAH29 - RD1502/1977
Address PLAZA DE SAN DIEGO
Country Spain
Postal Code 28801
City ALCALA DE HENARES/MADRID
Website www.uah.es
Telephone 918854000
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Profile
Accreditation
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education E ALCAL-H01
Associated Persons
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Legal Representative (UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA)
Title Professor
Gender Male
First Name Julio
Family Name Cañero Serrano
Department International Relations
Position Vice-President for International Relations
Email vicer.rrii@uah.es
If the address is different from the one of the organisation No
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Contact Person (UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA)
Title Professor
Gender Female
First Name Elisa
Family Name Rojas Sánchez
Department Department of Automatics
Position Associate Professor
Email elisa.rojas@uah.es
Address E348. Escuela Politécnica. Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, km. 33,6
Country Spain
Postal Code 28805
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City Alcalá de Henares
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group).
Tradition and innovation are combined in the University of Alcalá (UAH), which dates back to the 16th century, when it was established as a higher education college by Cardinal
Cisneros. It was later founded as a new institution in 1977. UAH is one of the few universities that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, featuring old and beautiful buildings, which have
been rebuilt and are used as Faculties. It enjoys an international and cosmopolitan atmosphere with many international students (more than 6000 per year), what places Alcalá in the
first position among Spanish universities in the internationalization ranking. UAH is also included in the QS ranking “100 top under 50” with a five QS star rating. Close to Madrid and to
the airport, it is connected with them by a convenient transport system.
The University of Alcalá offers degrees in five branches of knowledge: Arts and Humanities, Law and Social Sciences, Sciences, Health Sciences, and Engineering and Architecture.
Its approximately 30,000 students are spread across three campuses: The Historical Campus houses humanities, architecture, social sciences and law. The Science and Technology
Campus, situated on the outskirts, is home to the Sciences, including Health and Engineering. The Guadalajara Campus, 25 km to the east from Alcalá, is well-connected with both
Alcalá de Henares and Madrid. Education, Nursing and Architecture are taught here. All our degrees use the European system of ECTS credits, valid in more than 45 countries.
UAH offers the following study fields: Electronics, Computing and Telecommunications Engineering, Business and Economics, Philosophy and Letters, Biology, Environmental
Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Laws, Documentation, Chemistry, Tourism, Nursery and Physiotherapy, Architecture and Geodesy, Sports Sciences, Pedagogy. The University hosts
annually 16,000 Undergraduate Students, 13,000 Graduate Students, 2,100 Teaching and Research Staff, 800 Administrative Staff, 450 Research Assistants, 140 Research Groups. It
offers 38 Undergraduate Degrees, 46 Research Masters Programmes and 25 PhD programmes.
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What are the activities and experience of the organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or expertise of key persons involved in this project? Please
explain how the organisation brings an essential added value to the project.
The University of Alcalá has a specific Strategic Department which was, for some time already, focused on online teaching. As a Spanish-speaking country, the University has always
seen online teaching as an opportunity to connect with American students (particularly from Latin America) and has a specific Technical Department for online teaching platform (called
“Aula Virtual”). The University has also experience in the development of MOOCs, Master degrees implemented strictly online (from before the pandemic), and another Department
devoted to Teaching Innovation that is now focused on online teaching. Finally, UAH has a vast expertise in Erasmus+ projects and has worked with multiple international institutions,
hence synergies among projects are always feasible and desirable to boost the obtained results.
In the case of the key people involved in this project, their areas of their expertise are mainly Computing and Telecommunications Engineering (STEM) and Education. UAH has
contributed to local and other international projects in the field of innovation in education (and also in the ICT research field), including the KA2 Erasmus+ project devoted to online
teaching (ErasmusX, together with TUL). In particular, UAH belongs to innovation groups that have designed and implemented diverse strategies to boost the participation of students,
namely: Flipped Classroom, Project-Based Learning, Gamification, Educational Escape Rooms, Videogames for Education (AR/VR), etc. In the case of resources for teaching, UAH’s
academics are aware of (and use in class) many ICT tools, like apps for the participation of students (Socrative, Kahoot, Slid.do, Wooclap, etc.), MOOC platforms (Cousera, edX,
MiriadaX, Blackboard, Moodle, etc.), or technologic software for online teaching and streaming (OpenShot, OBS, etc.). Additionally, most of UAH’s classes are implemented following a
synchronous approach. Finally, the contact person of the project, Elisa Rojas, has also worked as Erasmus+ coordinator for 2 years and she is now part of the Faculty Head of
Polytechnic School of the University of Alcala.
Elisa Rojas works as an Assistant Professor for UAH in the area of computer networks of Polytechnic School. She has been coordinator of a teaching innovation group for more than
two years, implementing diverse techniques in her classes, such as a gamification or educative escape rooms. She has experience with diverse ICT tools for teaching in areas such as
communication (Blackboard, Moodle,...), evaluation (Kahoot, Socrative, Wooclap, Sli.do, Mentimeter,...), feedback (Microsoft Forms, Google Forms,...), planning (Trello, OneNote,...),
participation (Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub...), or video and image edition (OpenShot, Inkscape, Gimp, Genially, Canva, Kaltura...).
Soraya García is a lecturer and teacher trainer in ESP, CLIL and TEFL methodology with new technologies at Alcala University (Spain). Collaboration with the University of Nottingham
(UK) in Online Teaching for Academic Purposes.
Research: Participant in International research projects related to virtual exchanges (VE) for competence development in EMI contexts integrating technology, pedagogy and content
knowledge (TPACK).
Rosa Estriégana Valdehita has participated and coordinated several Innovation teaching groups and many Innovation teaching projects related to the improvement of learning,
motivation and evaluation, about technologies for active learning, inverted classroom, formative evaluation, applications with mobile devices, development and acquisition of
competences or development of contents for MOOC courses. Particularly, she has expertise with the implementation of a gamification platform for computer architecture courses. Also,
she has participated in the Erasmus + project, Key Action 2: Capacity Development in Higher Education: Adoption of Quality, Accessibility and Innovation Approaches in Latin
American Higher Education (ACAI-LA) (2015- 2018).
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Project
Name
Contract Number
2019-1-BE02-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2019 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
KA203-060347
OeAD-Austrian Agency
2019-1-AT01- for International
KA203-051482 Cooperation in Education
and Research
2019-1-LU01- European University

KA203-050111 Foundation
2019-1-DE01- Philipps-Universität
KA203-005031 Marbug
2019-1-BE01- Erasmus Student

KA203-050515 Network AISBL
609785-EPP-1-
2019-ES-
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in higher education 2019 Universidad de Alcalá
EPPKA2-CBHE-
JP
601187-EPP-1-
European University
Foundation
EPPKA2-KA
2018-1-PL01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for school education 2018 University of Warsaw
KA201-050920
2018-1-ES01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2018 Universidad de Alcalá
KA203-050933
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2018-1-ES01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2018 Universidad de Alcalá
KA203-050886
2018-1-HU01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2018 Eötvös Loránd University
KA203-047818
2018-1-FR01- Paris Pantheon-

KA203-048136 Sorbonne University
2017-1-LU01- European University

KA203-023932 Foundation
588387-EPP-1-
University of Wales
Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances for higher education 2017 2017-1-UK-
Trinity Saint David
EPPKA2-KA
588220-EPP-
European University
Foundation
EPPKA2-KA
586301-EPP-1-
2017-1-PS-
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in higher education 2017 Birzeit University
EPPKA2-CBHE-
JP
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Legal name UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
Legal name (national language) UAVR
National ID (if applicable) 501461108
Address CAMPUS UNIVERSITÁRIO DE SANTIAGO
Country Portugal
P.O. Box 000
Postal Code 3810-193
City AVEIRO
Website www.ua.pt
Telephone +351234370200
Fax +351234370089
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Profile
Accreditation
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education P AVEIRO01
Associated Persons
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Legal Representative (UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO)
Title Professor Doutor
Gender Male
First Name Jorge Adelino
Family Name Costa
Department Rectory
Position Vice-Rector
Email jcosta@ua.pt
Telephone +351234370606
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Contact Person (UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO)
Gender Male
First Name Niall Stephen
Family Name Power
Department Internationalisation Unit
Position Higher Executive Officer
Email niall@ua.pt
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group).
University of Aveiro is a young university, founded in 1973, with over 15000 full-time students (graduate and postgraduate). The University has a strong research profile, a unique
model of governance (16 Departments, 4 Polytechnic Schools and various training centres), acting as a regional network for education and training promoting strong links with the
surrounding community and was a pioneer in launching degrees in new subject areas. The BMD (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate) structure is fully implemented and learning outcomes
are introduced. Recognition of prior learning is also implemented, for those who do not have the formal entrance requirements. The University is a member of the European
Consortium of Innovative Universities and was one of the first institutions to be granted the ECTS label in 2004, with this distinction having been renewed in 2009 and 2013 and the
Diploma Supplement Label also awarded in 2013. UA participates in 3 ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Masters programmes and 2 ERASMUS MUNDUS joint doctorate programmes. UA
also runs several joint doctoral programmes with other Portuguese Universities. It has also signed an agreement as one of the Portuguese institutions to participate in the programme
of collaboration between Portugal and Carnegie Mellon University for the development of postgraduate programmes and research in the field of ICT (Information and Communication
Technologies). At the same time, the development of a Creative Science Park off campus is an example of the way in which the university has encouraged both innovation and
commercialization linked to research. It has also provided resources for its research policy through funding and the provision of high-quality researchers. Additionally, UA is a member
of the ECIU University Alliance, one of the first 17 EU University Alliances to be funded by the European Commission in the Pilot Project in 2019.
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At the University of Aveiro, initiatives to improve pedagogical practices are coordinated by a Curricular Innovation support team, led by Pro-Rector Sandra Soares, with various ongoing
good practices that are highlighted in an annual Teaching and Learning Forum event held on Campus. The impressive number and range of initiatives in this area (60 posters are
selected each year) testify to the interest of the academics at the University of Aveiro in accompanying the evolution of pedagogical practices, and in many instances, in leading
innovations.
At the University of Aveiro there are several ERASMUS+ strategic partnerships dealing with methods of using formal and non-formal contexts to develop transversal competences in
students. For example the ERASMUS+ project Future-proof your classroom: teaching skills 2030 (ref. 2017-1-AT01-KA203-034984) is "elaborating on future teaching skills aiming to
prepare teachers, lecturers and professors in tertiary education for their professional role in 2030. Eight modules will provide decisive skills for future teaching via an online based web
training, using explanatory videos, video presentations of tutors, text explanations with quizzes and interactive exercises (multiple choice, drag & drop,…) on app. 15 lectures per
module." Meanwhile the ColLab Project approved under KA2 in 2019, is developing a web-based platform hosting a suite of innovative teaching resources that will be uploaded by an
open-ended community of users, providing a collaboration space for exchange of innovative pedagogical practices and instructional technologies.
For the eClose project, UA will bring together an interdepartmental team with interest in developing digital competences in STEAM, namely from the Department of Mathematics, the
Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications. From those departments, different teams will be formed around the topics of the project
throughout its lifetime, and will receive support from the Curricular Innovation support team at central level to ensure the impact of the results.
Niall Power is a member of the internationalization unit at the Rectory of the University of Aveiro, with 25 years experience in international mobility and European project management.
He held the position of Head of Student Mobility and Careers Services from 2008 to 2018 and prior to that, among other positions in the sphere of international relations at UA, was a
language teacher in the UK and France. He holds a Master of Information Management from the Faculty of Science of the University of Sheffield, UK and a Bachelor of Arts in
European Studies from the University of Limerick, Ireland. He has participated in the writing teams of a large number of successful bids for EU funding programmes (including the EU
University Alliances bid 2019) and has undertaken work as an evaluator for EU Projects.
Yes
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Project
Name
Contract Number
2018-1-NO01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2018 University of Stavanger
KA203-038857
2018-1-DK01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2018 Aalborg University
KA203-047089
2018-1-MK01- Ss Cyril and Methodius

KA203-047104 University in Skopje
2018-1-FR01- Pantheon Sorbonne

KA203-048136 University
2018-1-PT01- Autoridade para as

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for school education 2018
KA201-047416 Condições do Trabalho
598349-EPP-1-
2018-1-IT- Libera Università di
EPPKA2-CBHE- Lingue e Comunicazione
JP
585163-EPP-1-
European Universities
Erasmus+ VET-Business Partnerships on 2017-1-BE-
2017 Continuing Education
Apprenticeships/Work-based learning EPPKA3-VET-
Network
APPREN
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for vocational education 2017-1-NL01-

2017 Friesland College
2017-1-PL01- Maritime University of

KA203-038541 Szczecin
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2017-1-DE01- EUFRAK-EuroConsults
KA203-003524 Berlin GmbH
2017-1-ES01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for adult education 2017 Universidad de Burgos
KA204-038155
2017-1-AT01- Fachhochschule
KA203-034984 Burgenland Gmbh
2017-1-HU01- Pázmány Péter Katolikus

KA203-035921 Egyetem
Stiftung
2017-1-DE01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2017 Evaluationsagentur
KA203-003527
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Fundación Escuelas
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for vocational education 2017-1-ES01-
2017 Profesionales de la
Sagrada Familia
588144-EPP-1-
Glasgow Caledonian
Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances for higher education 2017 2017-1-UK-
University
EPPKA2-KA
586604-EPP-1-
2017-1-FR- Institut Polytechnique de
Erasmus+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees 2017
EPPKA1-JMD- Grenoble
MOB
2019-1-PT01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2019 Universidade de Aveiro
KA203-061426
2019-1-PT01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2019 Universidade de Aveiro
KA203-061312
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2019-1-PT01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for school education 2019 Universidade de Aveiro
KA201-060830
612645-EPP-1-
Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances for higher education 2019 2019-1-PT- Universidade de Aveiro
EPPKA2-KA
610071-EPP-1-
2019-1-PT-
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in higher education 2019 Universidade de Aveiro
EPPKA2-CBHE-
JP
2020-1-DE02- Kreisvolkshochschule
KA204-007391 Norden gGmbH
2020-1-UK01- Glasgow Caledonian

KA203-079212 University
2020-1-PL01-
KA203-081735
Science4People spółka z
2020-1-PL01-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2020 ograniczoną
KA203-081777
odpowiedzialnością
2020-1-LT01- VSI EDUKACINIAI

KA204-077953 PROJEKTAI
2020-1-BE01- CONEXX - EUROPE

KA203-074900 ASBL
Wisamar
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for vocational education 2020-1-DE02-
2020 Bildungsgesellschaft
gemeinnützige GmbH
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2020-1-PL01- Stowarzyszenie Edukacja

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for youth 2020
KA205-081121 przez Internet
609940-EPP-1-
2019-1-CO- Universidad de La
EPPKA2-CBHE- Sabana
JP
Legal name HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES
Legal name (national language) HTW - UNIVERSITYOF APPLIED SCIENCES
National ID (if applicable) FhG, Law Nr 1273
Address GOEBENSTRASSE 40
Country Germany
P.O. Box 000
Postal Code 66117
City SAARBRUCKEN
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Website www.htwsaar.de
Telephone +496815867609, +496815867654
Fax +496815867608
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Profile
Accreditation
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education D SAARBRU03
Associated Persons
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Legal Representative (HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES)
Title Professor
Gender Male
First Name Dieter
Family Name Leonhard
Department Presidency
Position President
Email praesident@htwsaar.de
Telephone +496815867100
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Contact Person (HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES)
Title Professor
Gender Male
First Name Frank
Family Name Rückert
Department Industrial Engineering
Position Professor
Email frank.rueckert@htwsaar.de
Telephone +496815867939
Address Waldhausweg 14
Country Germany
Postal Code 66123
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City Saarbruecken
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group).
The HTW Saar, University of Applied Sciences is the largest UAS in the federal state of Saarland, Germany with a population of 6000 students and more than 900 international
students from 76 countries. lt is a public tertiary higher education institution offering accredited undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Education is embedded in real professional
life scenario where students apply their theoretical knowledge into real cases from industry. HTW Saar can take credit for pioneering cross-border international education when
implementing the first fully integrated double degree programs with the neighbouring partner in France, the Universite de Metz in 1978. Our university offers over 55 Bachelor and
Master programs in Business, Architecture & Civil Engineering, Engineering, Social Sciences and Franco-German studies. Our study programs are designed to incorporate practical-
oriented hands-on skills along with a strong theoretical knowledge base. Part of our mission is to contribute to addressing and overcoming major challenges in today’s society. We act
as a hub connecting academic research, businesses, institutions and administrative bodies to foster and promote regional development. So far, we have created a network of over 300
industry partners.
We are cultivating more than 60 international partnerships with universities, the majority of which are located in Europe (e.g., France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Finland, Switzerland,
and the Netherlands). In addition we are maintaining strong ties with universities outside Europe, particularly in Mexico, USA, Myanmar and China. We are one of the partner
universities within the Chinese-German Institute of Applied Sciences (CDHAW) at Tongji University in China.
The HTW Saar, is committed to promoting equal opportunity and is endeavoring to ensure that it meets the needs of people with disabilities.
In terms of quality assurance and visibility regarding equal opportunity for students, faculty and other members, the university has successfully applied for the national auditing in
"Shaping Diversity" conducted by the 'Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft' which started in 2015 with a duration of two years. The HTW Saar is audited since 2018 and the
certificate is approved until February 2021.
HTW Saar places great value on face-to-face learning at the university. But digital media and e-learning have a lot to offer in terms of enriching the overall learning experience. That is
why the eLearning team of the university supports teaching staff and students with everything they need in the area of digital teaching and learning. We help our staff to use digital
elements in their teaching and design blended-learning concepts. We offer a wide range of seminars as well as individual training opportunities. We also provide technical tools such
as eLearning software as well as audio and video equipment. What we do:
- administrate our central learning platform “CLIX” and provide related support services for students and instructors
- provide eLearning training and coaching services
- support the design and implementation of eLearning content in classrooms, by designing video tutorials with Camtasia, recording lectures live, setting up virtual classrooms (web
conferencing), providing live feedback tools, e.g. Pingo, Socrative and Kahoot.
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Yes
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Project
EU Programme Year Identification or Applicant/Beneficiary Name
Contract Number
Erasmus+ Higher education student and staff mobility 2020-1-DE01- Hochschule für Technik und
2020
within programme countries KA103-005417 Wirtschaft des Saarlandes
KA203-
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for higher education 2020 UniGR a.s.b.l.
B5CCBCF9
2019
2018
2017
CENTRE TECNOLOGIC DE
HORIZON 2020 2018 EU-825050 TELECOMUNICACIONS DE
CATALUNYA
IDIADA AUTOMOTIVE
HORIZON 2020 2017 EU-723311
TECHNOLOGY SA
Hochschule für Technik und

INTERREG VA GR 2020 061-1-01-179
Wirtschaft des Saarlandes

INTERREG VA GR 2019 052-1-02-164

INTERREG VA GR 2019 060-4-10-159
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INTERREG VA GR 2018 039-4-08-143 Université de Liège

INTERREG VA GR 2018 040-4-09-104
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Project Description
Priorities and Topics
Please select the most relevant horizontal or sectoral priority according to the objectives of your project.
HORIZONTAL:Innovative practices in a digital era
If relevant, please select up to two additional priorities according to the objectives of your project.
HE: Promoting and rewarding excellence in teaching and skills development
HE: Tackling skills gaps and mismatches
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Please comment on your choice of priorities.
The e-CLOSE initiative directly corresponds with the “INNOVATIVE PRACTICES IN DIGITAL ERA” horizontal priority through the objectives set by the consortium and scope of the
planned activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the every-day delivery of education at each partner university and has caused a necessity for rapid
transformation of study programmes to be delivered online. The process, though successful, has revealed significant challenges related to the shortcomings in the level of student
activity during online synchronous learning. The technological development and wide availability of basic ICT tools make the shift to online education relatively easy. The real challenge
of today however is to consciously choose available collaboration tools and engagement methods to arouse student interest and provoke a response for a more efficient and effective
communication and learning experience while away from a traditional classroom. To face that challenge, the universities involved in the project – TUL/Poland, HTW/Germany,
UAH/Spain, UA/Portugal – decided to join forces for the development, implementation and dissemination of innovative and comprehensive teaching and learning solutions, supported
by advanced IT technologies and tools, to increase the level of student-teacher interaction during online education. Providing an adequate student-centred methodology (IO1) together
with practical tools for educators (IO2) will help to counter the didactic challenges of online teaching with a variety of creative solutions and good practices for use and inspiration (IO6).
Through its chosen approach, the e-CLOSE project stands in line with the “PROMOTING AND REWARDING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT” and the
“TACKLING SKILLS GAPS AND MISMATCHES” sectoral priorities by:
- supporting the development of teaching competences of academic staff towards online education,
- promoting STEM-oriented study programmes,
- encouraging and recognizing civic knowledge and engagement.
All elements which are at the core of the e-CLOSE are further reflected in the “Renewed EU Agenda for Higher Education” which calls for the development of STEM-oriented study
programmes to address Europe’s high-level skills needs as well as indicates new ways to structure the way learning and teaching are organised, including through open, online and
blended learning to increase flexibility and teacher-student interaction. To answer the Agenda-indicated need to develop teachers’ pedagogical and curriculum design skills through
training and strengthened cooperation between teacher training centres across the EU, the e-CLOSE will develop and implement adequate competence-building opportunities for
academics (IO3) through the partnership of four European universities. Furthermore the e-CLOSE project reflects the recommendations of the “European Skills Agenda”. The call to
increase STEM graduates and strengthen support for the acquisition of transversal skills like cooperation, critical and innovative thinking (Action 7) is adapted by creating an e-
gamification learning experience with a trans-disciplinary approach for the consortium students (IO4). In addition, the action of a European framework for micro-credentials (Action 10)
and fostering skills for life (Action 8) will be implemented through the development of a certification system supporting education for sustainable development (IO5).
A common keynote underlying the idea for the project is to see the current COVID-19 crisis not as a threat but rather as an opportunity to ensure the outstanding quality of online study
programmes and to carry out a digital transformation of education to meet the priorities of the EU, especially “The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027)” - to foster a high-
performing digital education ecosystem and to enhance digital skills and competences for the digital age.
Please select up to three topics addressed by your project.
Open and distance learning
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses
ICT - new technologies - digital competences
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Project Description
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Please explain the context and the objectives of your project as well as the needs and target groups to be addressed.Why should this project be carried out transnationally?
The proposed project concerns the problem of insufficient level of interactivity in synchronous and asynchronous modes of distance learning between actors involved in the process
(students to teachers, students to students) and unsatisfactory level of student engagement and responsiveness during online classes. Those problems contribute considerably to the
decrease of the quality and effects of distance learning, not to mention lower satisfaction with the education process of teachers and students.
Although the e-learning courses have been developed by HEIs (also in partner universities) for many years, the pandemic situation of COVID-19, which forced universities to conduct
the online education of all courses, intensified this problem and called for a deeper in-depth analysis and proposal of solutions for academic teachers, students and the HEI system as
such. The partners of the consortium considered the experiences of the recent “emergency” for on-line teaching as a test site and an opportunity to improve quality of online education.
The initial problem and need analysis carried out in September/October 2020 by partner universities on the challenges caused by COVID-19 in online learning and teaching revealed
the following common problems of online education:
- technical and organisational problems of sudden transition to remote education of all courses and unexpected in(out)flow of mobility students to/from their home/host countries,
- IT capacity deficiencies, which were gradually overcame,
- problems in involving students in online learning and effective communication with them (it was a new experience for many teachers and students),
- lack of methods and tools to effectively assess the learning outcomes in the online mode,
- gaps in knowledge and skills of the academic teachers to provide online teaching,
- lack of availability of adequate equipment, software and hardware (or lack of knowledge how to find and use it) required to provide the adequate high-quality level of teaching,
especially of the STEM courses.
The most popular form of online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in partner institutions was a synchronous one.
The overall objectives of the project are:

- to elaborate the solutions, methods and tools which increase interaction between teacher and student, as well as between students during distance learning and reinforce student
engagement and motivation throughout the whole semester,
- to support teachers with inspirational synchronous and asynchronous tools and training materials,
- to add a new perspective to teaching and learning through a combination of pedagogy, technology and psychology,
- to provide new solutions and tools for online assessment of intangible skills.
Achieving these goals will contribute directly to enhanced potential of partner universities to provide high quality and inclusive digital education. The variety of comprehensive solutions
and recommendations tailored to specific needs proposed by the project will be available for use by HEIs and within and beyond the project consortium.
The main direct target groups of the project are:

- academic teachers of partner institutions (mainly of STEM courses but also of other study programems) who will elaborate and/or use the set of solutions, methods and tools for more
interactive (a)synchronous online education,
- students of partner institutions - from the 1st and 2nd study degrees of the courses run by partner institutions which are subject of institutional agreements between partner HEIs
under the Erasmus+ student academic mobility and agreements on double diploma; the target fields of studies are: Information and Communication Technologies, Physics, Building
and Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering and Egineering Trades, Environmental Protection Technology, Business and Administration – who will take part in project learning
activities, elaboration, testing and evaluation of the proposed solutions,
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- partner university authorities which will obtain specific recommendations and solutions on how to develop and improve distance learning.
The results of the project will be available to a wider group of other HEIs, academic teachers and students.
It is crutial for this initiative to be implemented by the international consortium of HEIs coming from different European countries because:
- it will be valuable to collect and compare different experiences and solutions used by HEIs in different EU countries so the results of the project are comprehensive, more universal
and reflect different institutional needs,
- it will be important to analyze identified problems from different organizational and cultural perspectives,
- the results of the project will be implemented to improve the online learning experience of Erasmus+ students and to increase international mobility cooperation between European
HEIs.
What results are expected during the project and on its completion?
Besides the compatible set of innovative solutions and tools dedicated to online synchronous STEM education defined as Intellectual Outputs, the project consortium will develop a
series of additional results expected during the project and on its completion, in particular:
1. Tangible results:
- project website with information regarding the project and its progress;
- periodic project website traffic statistics and analytics;
- initial needs analysis (already carried out during the preparation stage) with a summary report;
- programmes of Learning. Teaching and Training Activities;
- programmes of Multiplier Events;
- Evaluation Plan describing how the consortium will evaluate the project in order to oversee its progress, implement necessary improvements and make strategic decisions; with
templates of surveys and questionnaires dedicated to project participants as well as internal and external stakeholders;
- Quality Assurance Plan for monitoring, assessing, and reporting quality assurance activities to verify that the e-CLOSE deliverables comply with applicable standards;
- Promotion and Dissemination Plan with an aim to increase awareness of the initiative and its results as well as to facilitate collaboration among different groups of stakeholders;
- Risk Management Plan to foresee risks, estimate impacts, and define adequate responses;
- promotional articles and short notes about the project available on websites and in social media;
- other promotional (leaflets/folders/short videos) and dissemination materials (articles, press releases);
- project periodic and final reports - a comprehensive account on the e-CLOSE implementation;
- minutes and protocols from consortium meetings;
2. Intangible results:
- development of students’ knowledge and skills in the field of STEM;
- development of students’ transversal competences, e.g. international peer to peer cooperation, critical and innovative thinking, problem solving, as well as civic competency and
engagement;
- development of academic teachers’ skills and competences related to online interactive teaching, creative thinking, working in international environment;
- enhancement of cooperation between HEIs for excellence in online education;
- promotion of modern ICTs in higher education.
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In what way is the project innovative and/or complementary to other projects already carried out by the participating organisations?
All partner universities have significant experience in providing online education and implement various initiatives supporting the shift of all their study programmes to be delivered
remotely or in the blended-learning formula. Most of the projects are initiated by the national and local authorities or the universities themselves. The implementation of similar activities
in international cooperation is considered insufficient. Two of the e-CLOSE universities (TUL and UAH) currently participate in the “Online Courses for Mobile Students (ErasmusX)”
KA203 project aimed at creating an online catalogue of courses jointly developed and evaluated among HEIs to ensure a wide variety of options for certified formal training. The key
objective of the project is to elaborate a proposal for a common framework of recognition of ECTS credits for on-line courses offered to the students during their study or training period
abroad. In addition, selected e-CLOSE partners have previously collaborated in other KA2 projects aimed at introducing innovative practices in higher education, e.g. “Learning
Agreement Online System” (Good Practice Example; TUL and UA) and “Online Learning Agreement +” (TUL and UAH) enabling mobile students to prepare, submit and sign their LAs
online; “Placement Opportunities With Entrepreneurial Reach” (TUL and UAH) project to facilitate the establishment of a coherent, sustainable and EU-wide online placement
ecosystem primarily focused on high impact student placements to be conducted at start-ups. TUL and UA have just started to implement the “Mixed Reality on Universal Design's
Secret Service” project aimed at increasing universal design competencies of future engineers, educators and designers by handing them a set of practical educational tools based on
Mixed Reality - augmented and virtual (AR, VR).
The e-CLOSE project is complementary to the indicated projects in a broad perspective of the source of founding (external, e.g. EU/Erasmus+), targeted issue at stake (introducing
online solutions for the development of HEIs’ educational offer), and area of intervention (higher education). What differentiates the e-CLOSE from currently implemented or completed
educational initiatives is the scope of the project, specification of planned outputs and results which provide evidence for its high degree of innovation. In particular, the innovation of
the initiative is reflected within the following aspects: geographical differentiation of the project consortium (the e-CLOSE engages universities from Poland/TUL, Germany/HTW,
Spain/UAH and Portugal/UA which so far have not cooperated all together under a similar initiative; the project covers different territories then the ErasmusX project), educational
content (access to students and academics from various STEM-oriented study programmes, high degree of trans-disciplinarily), learning/teaching methodologies (the project is based
on common use of ICTs however the priority is given to the student-teacher and student-student interactions with the use of gamification, peer to peer learning and other student-
centered methodologies; a blended-learning approach to education is applied), expected learning outcomes (a combination of STEM competences and transversal 21st century skills)
and the introduction of a certification system supporting education for sustainable development (IO5).
A goal in itself is not to just develop joint online courses for students, but to propose innovative solutions and high-quality tools for an interactive online learning experience.
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How did you choose the project partners and what will they bring to the project? Does it involve organisations that have never previously been involved in a Strategic Partnerships
project?
The choice of partners to the project consortium was based on:

1) Their long-term commitment to implementation of e-learning methods and tools as well as the applied innovative student-cantered learning methodologies. Having potential in
different methods and tools, partner universities will be able to exchange their experience and use their complementary competences to create added value to the project’s outcomes.
2) Already existing cooperation between all partners in the implementation of international educational projects, including Erasmus+ strategic partnerships, concerning implementation
of innovative methods of distance learning (such as online courses for mobile students, online placement system for students at start-ups, tools based on mixed reality), innovative
tools to be used in Erasmus+ students mobility (Learning Agreement Online System). The e-Close project will allow to expand and complement this cooperation to the new problem
areas which were identify by partner universities., especially in the recent period of COVID-19 pandemic.
3) Different organizational and cultural background of the universities, which will be useful to identify existing differences in analysis carried out within the project, therefore the results
of the project may be used by other HEIs in different cultural context.
4) Long-term cooperation between partner HEIs in education and research, including very active exchange of students under Erasmus+ mobility scheme, double diploma initiatives
(TU and HTW).
5) Strong motivation of a group of individual academic teachers in developing expertise in and practice of high-quality digital learning in their respective universities.
How will the tasks and responsibilities be distributed among the partners?
A consortium of partner HEIs jointly made a decision on the division of tasks and responsibilities to be caried out in the project implementation, taking into account the expertise and
competences in each university.
TUL will be the consortium leader, responsible for the overall project implementation, financial management and contacts with the FRSE. All partners will be actively involved in project
implementation and management. Each HEIs will nominate a local coordinator, responsible for the implementation of the project tasks and activities assigned to the institution,
contacting the consortium leader and other partners, monitoring the progress and reporting. Joint decisions on the project will be made through the work of Steering Committee. The
consortium will jointly take responsibility for evaluation, promotion and quality assurance in the project and will divide the specific tasks between partners after adopting the common
strategy. Each partner will also be responsible for implementation and dissemination of the projects results in the respective university and beyond.
All partners will be involved in implementation of the respective IO outcomes and activities. The overall coordination of the IOs’ development is assigned to the following partners:
- TUL will be responsible for coordination of consortium work for IO1, IO3 and IO5,
- HTW will be responsible for coordination of consortium work for IO4 ,
- UAH will be responsible for coordination of consortium work for IO2,
- UA will be responsible for coordination of consortium work for IO6.
Work on merits of individual IOs will be conducted by the IOs Working Groups consisting of representatives of all partners (experts in a given area). The partner coordinating the IO will
be responsible for: planning and organising the work of the Working Group, monitoring the progress of IO implementation, preparation of progress reports etc.
Moreover, all partner HEIs will take part in planned learning activities for students and training for academic teachers. Each partner will host a TPM and at least one LTT dedicated to
students or academic teachers and will participate in all TPMs and LTTs held at other institutions.
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Participants
Please briefly describe how you will select and involve participants in the different activities of your project.
Implementation of the project will involve the following groups of participants:

1) Key persons directly involved in the project management and activities – who were invited by the authorities of the partner universities due to their high competences and experience
in the project related topics (innovating student-centered methodology, excellence in HEI teaching, e-learning, soft-skills development etc.), as well as in international cooperation,
including international educational projects. They will be involved in executing all subsequent project activities, development of all IOs and overall management of the project.
2) A team of STEM academic teachers (approx. 2-6 from each HEI) directly involved in elaboration and implementation of the IOs who are/to be selected among academic teachers of
partner universities on the basis of their experiences and interests in areas related to the project outcomes. There will be a Working Group for each IO created, consisting of academic
teachers representing all partners, who will jointly elaborate and implement the results of each IO.
3) A wider group of academic teachers of participating HEIs, interested in improving their qualifications and skills related to synchronous and asynchronous e-learning. The intention of
the project is to involve at least 5 academic teachers from each partner institution in the training activities conducted in the framework of the project. They will also be involved in
dissemination of the projects results in their respective universities by conducting innovative-teaching trainings for their peers.
4) A group of students representing all partner HEIs involved directly in activities of the project:
- in Blended mobility of students (LTT1 and LTT2) – during which participants will take part in implementation of gamification exercise, developing their skills and, at the same time,
testing and verifying the proposed methodology of the IO5,
- in Intensive programme for learners (LTT3) – during which participants will take part in testing and implementation of online badges for civic knowledge and engagement
- in preparation of IO2 – by testing different software and hardware solutions by peer assessment, offering a valuable reversed training for teachers (provided by students).
Students involved directly in the project activities will be selected from 1st and 2nd study degrees of the STEM-oriented courses run by the partner institutions, in particular those which
are subject of institutional agreements between partner HEIs under the Erasmus+ student academic mobility and agreements on double diploma (e.g. TUL and HTW envisaged double
master diploma in Busines and Technology and Master of Operations Management to be implemented soon). The target fields of studies in which partners cooperate are in particular:
Information and Communication Technologies, Physics, Building and Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering and Engineering Trades, Environmental Protection Technology,
Business and Administration. The intention of the project is to involve at least 5 students from each partner institution in the planned activities of the project.
5) students’ organizations of partner HEIs involved in consultation, testing and evaluation of proposed solutions and recommendations developed within the project.
Participants with fewer opportunities: does your project involve participants facing
No
situations that make their participation more difficult?
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Preparation
Please describe what will be done in preparation by your organisation/group and by your partners/group before the actual project activities take place, e.g. administrative
arrangements, communication about the activities, selection of the persons, coaches, involvement of stakeholders, etc.
After obtaining information on co-financing of the project by the FRSE, TUL will immediately share the news with all project partners. Each HEI will be responsible for issuing adequate
press release and/or website and social media posts informing their academic community and other stakeholders on the upcoming initiative. Additionally, the project will be presented
to the decision-making bodies of each university.
For the purpose of signing the grant agreement with the FRSE, TUL will open a bank account dedicated to the project. The university will also indicate a representative responsible for
financial management.
The consortium will then carry out several activities to guarantee successful cooperation and to ensure that the project starts on time.
Each partner will name/confirm the institutional coordinator and other team members responsible for the implementation of the project, along with their foreseen role and contact
details. TUL will gather all information and share it with the project group. All partners will also make preliminary arrangements regarding necessary human resources, materials and
time required for the preparation of the first Intellectual Outcome.
In order to legally confirm the scope of responsibilities of each partner and to establish rules of financing for all activities planned for each HEI, TUL will propose a template of a
partnership agreement to be signed bilaterally. Necessary consultations and arrangements will be made with each partner.
To facilitate communication and information exchange within the consortium, TUL will create a common file-sharing disk (Google Disk, MS OneDrive or similar tool) and open adequate
communication channels (traditional like e-mail and phone as well as MS Teams, Slack, Trello etc.). Additionally, TUL will prepare templates of documents supporting effective project
management (meeting agendas, attendance lists, timesheets, reports etc.) and promotion (project logo, letterhead of the project – initial ideas). TUL will make internal arrangements to
establish preliminary work plan for the project website. Concept schemes and diagrams for the website will be considered. All management, communication and promotion tools to be
used in the project will be agreed within the consortium.
All partners will name representatives who will participate in the upcoming kick-off meeting in Lodz. The exact date and agenda of the meeting will be agreed upon. All partners will
conduct necessary organisational, travel and accommodation arrangements for participation.
Last but not least, each partner will prepare an initial stakeholder analysis to identify/confirm internal and external parties (individuals, groups, organisations, other HEIs etc.) potentially
interested in the project or directly affected by its outcome. The analysis will later on contribute to the Promotion and Dissemination Strategy developed for the project.
If necessary, a remote call consortium meeting will be arranged to discuss all project-related matters and to clarify any issues.
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Management
Funds for Project Management and Implementation
Funds for 'Project Management and Implementation' are provided to all Strategic Partnerships based on the number of participating organisations and duration of the
project. The purpose of these funds is to cover diverse expenses that any project may incur, such as planning, communication between partners, small scale project
materials, virtual cooperation, local project activities, promotion, dissemination and other similar activities not covered by other types of funding. A partnership may receive a
maximum of 2750 EUR of 'Project Management and Implementation cost' per month
Organisation Role Grant per organisation and per month Number of Organisations Grant
Applicant Organisation 500,00 EUR 1 12.000,00 EUR
Partner Organisation 250,00 EUR 3 18.000,00 EUR
Total 4 30.000,00 EUR
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Please provide detailed information about the project activities that you will carry out with the support of the grant requested under the item 'Project Management and Implementation'
The grant will enable all partners to implement activities related to project management, financial, accounting and legal support, monitoring and evaluation as well as promotion and
dissemination. In particular, the following costs will be considered:
- salaries/bonuses of the project management and administrative team (awarded in accordance with the national policy and remuneration regulations of the home institution), e.g.
project manager/coordinator - person responsible for coordinating and managing the project at each HEI; personnel responsible for reporting and monitoring; other personnel
conducting administrative activities in the project - HR, accounting and financial services, project office services, legal support, public procurement procedures etc.
- costs of information and promotion activities, e.g creating and maintaining a project website, developing a visual identification system for the project, designing and printing or
purchasing marketing materials (flyers, brochures, posters, stand-ups etc.), preparation of social media content;
- cost of organizing additional meetings, workshops or conferences aimed at informing about the project or promoting the project;
- costs of postal, telephone, internet and courier services and purchase of office supplies related to the administrative support of the project;
- office space maintenance costs or rental of premises for the implementation of project activities (if necessary).
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Transnational Project Meetings
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Transnational project meetings: how often do you plan to meet, who will participate in those meetings, where will they take place and what will be the goal?
Regular meetings of the project team where all partners come together to share information, solve problems and make decisions are crucial part of an effective project management.
The consortium plans to meet five times during the 24-month project implementation stage, on average twice a year. TPMs will be held among the representatives of each partner
university – at least 2 persons per HEI. The consortium will form a Steering Committee (ST), consisting of local project coordinators, jointly responsible for the implementation of the
project in accordance with its original assumptions and goals. The ST team will attend each TPM. An additional person representing each partner, preferably the leader/member of the
team developing an Intellectual Output, will attend as well. The agenda of each TPM will be prepared by the hosting university in consultations with the consortium coordinator. The
exact date and time of each TPM will be scheduled based on the availability of all attendees, an online tool will be used for coordination purposes, e.g. doodle. The hosting university
will assist the attendees with travel directions, accommodation suggestions etc.
The following TPMs have been planned:

(1) Kickoff Meeting in Lodz/Poland in March 2021
M1 will set up standards for the project implementation. All originally planned project activities will be discussed, division of work and responsibilities throughout the entire project stage
will be confirmed. Particular attention will be given to activities to be implemented within the next 6 months, partners will establish a detailed work schedule and deadlines. TUL
representatives will present principles of documenting occurred costs, settling co-financing installments and reporting procedures. All attendees will determine preferable
communication channels and choose online tools for planning and reporting task completion. A scheme for Quality Assurance Plan as well as the Promotion and Dissemination Plan
will be approved. The consortium will also appoint the Quality Assurance Committee.
In total at least 10 persons, including 6 incoming, are expected to participate: 4 members of the ST, one extra representative of each HEI, 2 members of administrative personnel from
TUL.
(2) Status Meeting in Saarbrücken/Germany in September 2021
M2 will be dedicated to project revision after the first 6 month-stage. Attendees will assess the degree of implementation of current and completed tasks, including IO1, IO2, IO4 and
IO5. The preliminary results will be defined and evaluated. Guidelines and detailed work plan will be specified for the next set of upcoming tasks and activities, including IO3, LTT1 and
ME1. Partners will discuss and assess performed promotion and dissemination tasks.
In total at least 8 persons, including 6 incoming, are expected to participate: 4 members of the ST and one extra representative of each HEI.
(3) Status Meeting in Alcalá de Henares/Spain in March 2022
M3 will be dedicated to project revision after the second 6 month-stage. Attendees will assess the degree of implementation of current and completed tasks, including IO1, IO2, IO3,
IO4 and IO5. The preliminary results will be defined and evaluated. Guidelines and detailed work plan will be specified for the next set of upcoming tasks and activities, including IO6,
LTT2 and ME2. Partners will discuss and assess performed promotion and dissemination activities.
In total at least 8 persons, including 6 incoming, are expected to participate: 4 members of the ST and one extra representative of each university.
(4) Status Meeting in Aveiro/Portugal in September 2022
M4 will be dedicated to project revision after the third 6 month-stage. Attendees will assess the degree of implementation of current and completed tasks and activities, including all
IOs, LTT1, LTT2, LTT3 and LTT4. The preliminary results will be defined and evaluated. Guidelines and detailed work plan will be specified for the next set of upcoming tasks and
activities, including LTT5, LTT6, LTT8 and ME3. Partners will discuss and assess performed promotion and dissemination tasks.
(5) Review Meeting in Lodz/Poland in February 2023
The final TPM will focus on the quality evaluation of all performed activities throughout the entire project stage. Sustainability and further dissemination of the results after the
completion of the project will be discussed. The consortium will also consider a possible follow up initiative.
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If necessary, each TPM can be held online (applicable in particular due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In situations requiring urgent arrangements, a special online TPM of the Steering
Committee can be convened to ad
Transnational Project Meetings Summary
Please specify the funds requested to organise the planned Transnational Project Meetings.
Country Starting No. of

ID Leading Organisation Meeting Title Grant
of Venue Period Participants
4.190,00
1 POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) e-CLOSE Kickoff Meeting Poland 03-2021 6
EUR
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES 3.450,00

2 e-CLOSE Status Meeting Germany 09-2021 6
SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE) EUR
3.820,00
3 UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) e-CLOSE Status Meeting Spain 03-2022 6
EUR
3.820,00
4 UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) e-CLOSE Status Meeting Portugal 09-2022 6
EUR
4.190,00
5 POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) c-CLOSE Review Meeting Poland 02-2023 6
EUR
19.470,00
Total 30
EUR
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Transnational Project Meetings Details 1
Meeting Title
e-CLOSE Kickoff Meeting
Leading Organisation
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL)
Starting Period
03-2021
Country of Venue
Poland
Transnational Project Meetings Groups
To estimate the distances between places, please use the European Commission's distance calculator
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Country of the Grant per

Id Sending Organisation No. of Participants Distance Band Grant
Sending Organisation Participant
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA
1 Spain 2 >= 2000 km 760,00 EUR 1.520,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
2 Portugal 2 >= 2000 km 760,00 EUR 1.520,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK

3 UND WIRTSCHAFT DES Germany 2 100 - 1999 km 575,00 EUR 1.150,00 EUR
Total 4.190,00 EUR
Meeting Title
e-CLOSE Status Meeting
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE)
Starting Period
09-2021
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Country of Venue
Germany

POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
1 Poland 2 100 - 1999 km 575,00 EUR 1.150,00 EUR
(E10209033, PL)
2 Spain 2 100 - 1999 km 575,00 EUR 1.150,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
3 Portugal 2 100 - 1999 km 575,00 EUR 1.150,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 3.450,00 EUR
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Meeting Title
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES)
Starting Period
03-2022
Country of Venue
Spain
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POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
1 Poland 2 >= 2000 km 760,00 EUR 1.520,00 EUR
(E10209033, PL)
2 Portugal 2 100 - 1999 km 575,00 EUR 1.150,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)

Total 3.820,00 EUR
Meeting Title
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT)
Starting Period
09-2022
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Country of Venue
Portugal

POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
1 Poland 2 >= 2000 km 760,00 EUR 1.520,00 EUR
(E10209033, PL)
2 Spain 2 100 - 1999 km 575,00 EUR 1.150,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)

Total 3.820,00 EUR
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Meeting Title
c-CLOSE Review Meeting
Starting Period
02-2023
Country of Venue
Poland
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1 Spain 2 >= 2000 km 760,00 EUR 1.520,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
2 Portugal 2 >= 2000 km 760,00 EUR 1.520,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)

Total 4.190,00 EUR
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Project Management
How will you ensure proper budget control and time management in your project?
Time management and budget control will be the responsibility of the consortium coordinator who will prepare an extensive project schedule divided into the main activities and
milestones defined in the application. For each activity a detailed work schedule will be indicated - list of tasks along with expected deadlines and assigned partners responsible for
their execution. The coordinator will sequence all tasks in a proper order. Particular emphasis will be put on correlative tasks. The coordinator will then identify which tools, materials,
systems, budget and other resources will be needed for each task to be completed. The scheme will be developed into a detailed project schedule to be discussed and agreed on with
all project partners during the kick off meeting in Lodz.
The schedule will be monitored and controlled during the project lifetime on a monthly basis to properly assess the progress and compare the actual work completed against the plan.
This will allow the coordinator to identify possible delays. The progress will be discussed during each TPM by the Steering Committee. If needed, changes in resources and
responsibilities as well as schedule shifts will be proposed.
The budget allocated to each partner along with assigned responsibilities will be defined in a partnership agreement signed bilaterally with TUL. Each partner will assign a financial
specialist responsible for cost accounting as well as financial review of incurred expenses. On an annual basis, all partners will be asked to provide to the consortium coordinator 2
reports per activity year: financial report and activity report concerning implementation of the project. Financial report should present details on the budget spending progress.
Additionally, all partners will be obliged to deliver time sheets to record and report the time spent on their assigned tasks. Feedback from partners on reported costs will be analyzed
periodically by the consortium coordinator and summarized to properly asses the costs occurred jointly within the consortium.
The proposed arrangements will help the coordinator to properly evaluate the status of the project implementation. Professional project management software may be applied to
facilitate the process.
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How will the progress, quality and achievement of project activities be monitored? Please describe the qualitative and quantitative indicators you will use. Please give information about
the involved staff, as well as the timing and frequency of the monitoring activities.
The consortium coordinator will be responsible for monitoring the project. A basic tool for ongoing assessment of the project’s timely performance will be a detailed project schedule – a
scheme of all project activities divided into tasks with assigned responsibilities, resources and deadlines (as described in the previous question of the application). Additionally, to
properly assess to what extent all performed activities meet their pre-defined objectives and to determine their relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency, the consortium has identified
quantitative and qualitative indicators to be monitored throughout the project lifetime.
I. Quantitative indicators:
- number of TPMs = at least 5 – measured after each TPM by meeting agendas and attendance lists
- number of participants of TPMs = at least 42 (TPM1=10, TPM2=8, TPM3=8, TPM4=8, TMP5=8) – measured after each TPM by attendance lists
- number of developed IOs = 6 – measured periodically by partner reports and timesheets of IOs’ authors
- number of LTTs = 7 (LTT3 and LTT4 is a one event/summer school) - measured after each LTT by activity programmes and attendance lists
- number of consortium academic teachers participating in LTTs = at least 52 (LTT4=4, LTT5=12, LTT6=12, LTT7=12, LTT8=12) - measured after each LTT by attendance lists and
certificates
- number of consortium students participating in LTTs = at least 60 (LTT1=20, LTT2=20, LTT3=20) - measured after each LTT by attendance lists and certificates
- number of MEs = 4 – measured after each ME by event agendas and attendance lists
- number of participants of MEs = at least 150, including 50 from partner HEIs and 100 outside of the consortium – measured after each ME by attendance lists and attendance
certificates
- number of e-CLOSE website visitors = at least 1000 – measured on a three-month basis by an automatic counter
- number of downloads of IOs developed in the project = at least 100 – measured on a three-month basis by an automatic counter
II. Qualitative indicators:
- feedback from LTTs attendees = satisfaction rate of at least 80% – measured at the end of each activity by anonymous questionnaires
- feedback from MEs attendees = satisfaction rate of at least 80% – measured at the end of each event by anonymous questionnaires
Criteria for evaluation will include both the organisation of the events (planning, location, logistics, practical details etc.) as well as content presentation and its relevance
(appropriateness of speakers, clear relation between the content and the aim of the activity/event, practical value and applicability of project results). The quality check will be carried
out in accordance with the Evaluation Plan dedicated to the project.
Periodic monitoring reports will be discussed among the Steering Committee members. If needed, remedial or corrective actions will be taken.
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How will you evaluate to which extent the project reached its results and objectives? What indicators will you use to measure the quality of the project's results?
The evaluation will be carried throughout the lifetime of the project in accordance with the Evaluation Plan. The aim of the process is to examine the expected change among project
participants and stakeholders by comparing conclusions from the initial needs analysis with the project effects that they have experienced during and at the end of the project.
Developing high-quality IOs is the priority of the consortium as they are the key elements for achieving the planned objectives of the project. To ensure that the project deliverables
meet the planned quality standards, the Quality Assurance Plan designed for the project will be implemented. The IOs will be subjected to a two-stage evaluation process – the first
one will be conducted by the Steering Committee after the completion of each IO, the second stage will be performed by the consortium HEI staff members who have not been directly
involved in the design and development process. Each member of the Quality Assurance Committee will represent one of the partner HEIs. The consortium will nominate education
experts with knowledge and experience in the field of innovative student-centered teaching methods and quality assurance in HE to guarantee reliability and high quality of the
assessment. The team will be named during the kickoff meeting in Lodz. The evaluators will prepare a report for each assessment level. Once the IOs are ready to be disseminated, a
template of an evaluation questionnaire for external stakeholders will be developed. Each external HEI, academic teacher etc. willing to download, test and implement the IOs will be
asked to participate in an evaluation survey by completing and submitting an e-questionnaire available on the project website. An invitation for external stakeholders will be distributed
during the project lifetime in accordance with the Promotion and Dissemination Plan. In parallel, a similar questionnaire dedicated for consortium students and teachers participating
in/delivering classes with the use of IOs developed within the project will be prepared. Additionally, each partner HEI will conduct an interview with a key personnel member of the
institution to investigate his/her opinion on the initiative and its deliverables, therefore contributing to the comprehensiveness of the evaluation process.
In order to measure the quality of the project´s results, the following indicators are defined:
- number of individual in-depth interviews with key decision-making representatives of the partner HEIs – at least 4, measured at the end of the project
- number of self-assessment questionnaires of consortium students – at least 200, gathered at the beginning and at the end of the project
- number of self-assessment questionnaires of consortium teachers – at least 50, gathered at the beginning and at the end of the project
- number of downloads of IOs from the project website – at least 100, measured periodically between M12-M24
- number of evaluation questionnaires of external stakeholders – at least 20, measured periodically between M12-M24.
The quality of additional project activities, in particular LTTs and MEs, will be assessed by measuring qualitative indicators defined in the previous question of the application.
The most important observations and comments coming from the internal and external stakeholders will contribute to the development of Guidelines and Reccommendations (IO6).
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What are your plans for handling risks which could happen during the project (e.g. delays, budget, conflicts, etc.)?
The consortium has identified the following risks potentially impacting successful implementation of the project:
(1) withdrawal of a partner HEI from the consortium or implementation of its tasks
- chances of occurrence: low
- potential impact on the project implementation: high
- preventive actions: as all partner HEIs have been successfully cooperating during the application phase, the consortium expects that involvement of all partners in the application and
decision-making process will help to prevent any significant risks at the implementation stage. All partner HEIs agreed to sign legal contracts with TUL specifying their duties and rights
as wel las sanctions in case one entity does not fulfill its obligations. The contract will have to be signed by the legal representative of each institution right before the project starts.
Should any of the partners not fulfill activities/tasks scheduled in the project application, the coordinator will have the right to withhold and/or relocate the funding to another partner
institution that has adequate resourses and is willing to execute the tasks.
(2) resignation of a project team member (due to sickness, change of job, unexpected personal matters etc.)
- chances of occurrence: high
- potential impact on the project implementation: low
- preventive actions: should any of the team member resign or could not continue with his/her obligations, the working group at the respective institution will as soon as possible
request university authorities to appoint another staff member with similar expertise to take over the duties.
(3) language, communication and cultural barriers, conflicts
- chances of occurrence: low
- potential impact on the project implementation: medium/high
- preventive actions: each partner HEI is responsible for clear communication with the rest of the consortium. The face-to-face and online meetings of the consortium and working
teams will be the primary arena for dialogue and the most important instrument of conflict prevention. It is a responsibility of the Steering Committee and leaders of the working teams
to ensure that all participants have good will, engagement and mutual respects for one another. Decisions of the Steering Committee should be obliging and all consortium team
members should follow them. If necessary, the conflict resolution will be moved to a higher level of reconciliation. e.g. university authorities, legal consultations can be provided. All
meetings will be documented, decisions will be written down and shared among the consortium members to prevent any misunderstandings. Each project team member is fluent in
English which will be the primary language of communication between partners.
The consortium members have a long history of cooperation within the Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 which further reduces the risks (1) and (3) from occurring.
(4) difficulty or inability to complete project tasks or activities due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
- chances of occurrence: high
- potential impact on the project implementation: high
- preventive actions: the consortium will continue to monitor the situation and, if necessary, take appropriate actions to minimize its negative impact on the project, e.g. changing the
location, form (from stacionary to remote) or period of a particular project activity (in consultations with the FRSE), purchasing airline tickets and booking accommodation with the
option of free rescheduling or cost-free cancellation (only if possible), including the force majeure clause in agreements with project participants and service providers.
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Implementation
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Please explain how will the project activities lead to the achievement of the project objectives and delivery of the planned results.
The activities which will be undertaken within the project will directly contribute to the achievement of the project objectives and outcomes in the following ways:
1. Elaboration of the solutions, methods and tools which increase interaction between teacher and student, student and students during distance learning and reinforce student
engagement and motivation throughout the whole semester will be realised through:
- realization of the IO1 (Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online STEM Education) by in-depth analysis and identification of best practices and European
and non-European universities in innovative asynchronous and synchronous distance learning;
- realization of the IO2 (Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators) by providing academic teachers with tools and solutions (database and online survival kit,) to increase the
involvement and motivation in online learning
- realization of the IO4 (Smart Gamification based on Multiple Intelligence Theory) by elaboration of a specific method for teachers to increase the motivation of students on line and
providing them with guidelines how to use it), as well as Blended mobility of students (in Lodz and Saarbrücken)
- realization of the IO6 (Conclusions and Recommendations) by preparing and disseminating the outcomes of the project outside of the consortium, so its results can be used by
students and academic teachers in other HEIs.
2. Supporting teachers with inspirational synchronous and asynchronous tools and training materials will be realized through:
- realization of the IO2 (Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators) by providing academic teachers with the set of comprehensive and tailored to the needs tools and solutions
(database and online survival kit,) to increase the involvement and motivation in online learning
- realization of the IO3 (Teachers Training Courses) by providing academic teachers with possibility to increase their knowledge and specific skills by taking part in training activities
within the project activities (Short term joint staff training events in Alcala, Lodz, Aveiro and Saarbrücken) and using on-line training materials.
3. Adding a new perspective to teaching and learning through a combination of pedagogy, technology and psychology through realization of the IO1 (Methodology of Interactive
Asynchronous and Synchronous Online STEM Education) by in-depth analysis and identification of best solutions for asynchronous and synchronous distance learning, which will take
into account different perspectives (cultural, psychological, methodological; student and teacher) and a mix of combination of different technological and pedagogical solutions.
4. Providing new solutions and tools for online assessment of intangible skills through realization of IO5 (Online badges for sustainable education - 21st century skills ) in the
framework of which the concept of a digital badge system (micro credentials) will be elaborated and in addition adequate training and learning activities for teachers and students
(Intensive programmes for learners – summer school in Poland).
5. Suporting the development of skills and competences of of academic teachers regarding online education within the implementaion of the training courses (LTT5, LTT6, LTT7 and
LTT8).
6. Supporting the development of student competences regardig STEM and the 21st century skills for Sustainable Development Goals within the implementation of LTT1, LTT2, LTT3
and LTT4.
In realization of these activities and elaboration of outputs the project consortium will take into account close cooperation of all actors involved - students, academic staff and experts. It
will use inclusive and innovative methods of work, including per learning and assessment, reversed online training for teachers provided by students etc.
Multiplier events will be used to disseminate the results of the project among academic teachers, students and HEIs.
Effective management of the project and coordination of the project consortium will be ensured by regular meetings of coordinators during transnational project meetings and working
meetings online under different IOs.
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How will you communicate and cooperate with your partners?
In order to guarantee effective cooperation of partners and therefore the successful implementation of project activities the following structure of the consortium management will be set
up:
- Steering Committee (SC) – consisting of coordinators assigned by each partner HEI, including a Consortium Coordinator from TUL, jointly responsible for overall decision-making,
planning and monitoring of the progress of project implementation, resolving emerging problems and conflicts; ST members will jointly make decisions during regular transnational
projects meetings and, if needed, at additional ad hoc online meetings,
- Consortium Coordinator (CC) – a person representing TUL responsible for the overall implementation of the project, coordination of consortium activities, monitoring and controlling of
the project progress (in terms of achieved results and budget spent), risk monitoring and reporting to the FRSE,
- Local Coordinators (LC) – appointed at each partner university responsible for the implementation of assigned tasks and daily management of the project at the given institution; in
addition, local financial specialists will be named at each HEI, responsible for financial management, control and reporting,
- IOs working groups – for each IO a Working Group (WG) will be established consisting of representatives of all participating partners (experts in a given area); WGs will be
responsible for the development of the IOs; they will work and communicate on more daily bases and report directly to the LC and the CC about the progress of their work;
- Quality Assurance Committee – partners’ expert staff members experienced in the field of innovative student-centered teaching methods, e-learning and quality assurance, who will
not be directly involved in the development of IOs, and who will be responsible for assessment of the project results.
To facilitate internal cooperation and coordination of consortium work, the number of documents will be jointly agreed and used:
- organization chart and responsibility assignment matrix – clarifying the division of responsibilities and tasks inside the consortium,
- project schedule (including main activities, milestones, deadlines) - as a main tool for project planning, monitoring and control,
- progress reports for each IOs and other project activities (prepared by responsible entity/group on regular bases),
- reports (per activity year): financial report and activity report concerning implementation of the project at each HEI,
- minutes and protocols from consortium meetings at different levels (SC, WGs)
- document templates.
The consortium will also agree on the following planning documents:
- Risk Management Plan – in order to uniformly monitor the risks in implementation of the project at the level the individual planned activities/IOs, individual HEIs and the whole
consortium,
- Promotion and Dissemination Plan – to implement coherent promotion and dissemination activities which will be also adjusted to specific needs of different target groups in partner
HEIs,
- Evaluation Plan – to be able to make objective appraisal of project results and implementation, which might be used for future initiatives of partners and outside of the consortium,
- Quality Assurance Plan – to ensure that the project deliverables and management will meet the planned high-quality standards.
The consortium members will meet regularly to discuss the implementation of the project the during TPMs (on average twice a year) and online ad hoc meetings convened by
Consortium Coordinator, Local Coordinators or IOs Leaders/Working Groups. To facilitate communication and information exchange within the consortium, the several tools and
methods will be used:
- a common file-sharing disk (Google Disk, MS OneDrive or similar tool),
- a web-based Kanban-style application for project group cooperation (Trello, Asana, Slack or other),
- other communication channels: traditional (like e-mail and phone) as well as MS Teams, Google Hangouts.
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The most important rules of project implementation will be agreed in the partnership agreement signed bilaterally by TUL and all partners. Agreed working methods and rules of
cooperation between partners will be written down and shared among partners.
Have you used or do you plan to use eTwinning, School Education Gateway, EPALE or the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform for preparation, implementation or follow-up of your
project? If yes, please describe how.
The consortium plans to use the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform for dissemination and exploitation of e-CLOSE results offering its visitors a comprehensive overview of the
initiative, providing information regarding all activities and outputs as well as contact details and project website address facilitating communication with project partners.
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Intellectual Outputs
Do you plan to include Intellectual Outputs in your project?
Yes
In case you plan to include Intellectual Outputs please describe them here.
Intellectual Outputs Summary
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ID Leading Organisation Output Title Starting Period Grant
Methodology of Interactive
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA Asynchronous and
O1 03-2021 30.260,00 EUR
(E10209033, PL) Synchronous Online STEM
Education
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA Distance Teaching Toolbox for

O2 06-2021 24.765,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES) Educators
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
O3 Teacher Training Courses 10-2021 22.395,00 EUR
(E10209033, PL)

UND WIRTSCHAFT DES Smart Gamification Based On
O4 06-2021 27.945,00 EUR
SAARLANDES (E10093703, Multiple Intelligence Theory
DE)
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA Online Badges For Sustainable

O5 06-2021 21.240,00 EUR
(E10209033, PL) Education (21st Century Skills )
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO Guidelines and

O6 08-2022 19.360,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT) Recommendations
Total 145.965,00 EUR
Output Title O1
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Output Title Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online STEM Education
Output Type Methodologies / guidelines – Pedagogical strategy
Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2021-03-01
End Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2022-03-31
Output Description (including: needs analysis, target groups, elements of innovation, expected impact and transferability potential)
The main objective of this intellectual output is to conduct research in the area of distance learning in particular the difference between conventional, traditional distance learning and
what came into been as remote emergency teaching caused by the pandemic situation of COVID-19. Introductory investigation will be carried out in all partner universities with respect
to implemented solutions followed by taking a broader look at what happened across university campuses worldwide. Special attention will be paid to 4 specific stages of the teaching
and learning process- preparation, delivery, assessment, evaluation.
Needs analysis:
Many students who learn online show apathy, fatigue, amotivation, laziness, or passivity. They tend to be minimally engaged or distracted from classes. Don't they have a strong
incentive to succeed? Or have we inadvertently created online conditions that contribute to the non-involvement of students? For example:
- Unclear and/or unattractive class delivery.
- Lack of competences of teachers in effective online education strategies.
- Technical challenges of online learning.
On the other hand teachers voice exactly the same problems, such as:
- Inactive students hiding behind black computer screens
- Lack of proper training in terms of distance teaching ( limited number of tools and techniques)
- Hardware and software limitations.
Target groups:
Students and teachers from all partner universities will work hand in hand to invent, design and test new paradigms for distance synchronous/ asynchronous learning and teaching,
which will later be recommended to higher education institutions in Europe and beyond.
Elements of innovation:
The innovation of this result is that there are currently no studies available to examine the effectiveness of synchronous and asynchronous education from such a detailed perspective
of the different stages of the learning process, especially in the area of verification and evaluation.
Espected impact and transferability potential:

The knowledge gathered through this research might serve as a benchmark or inspirational resource for different higher education institutions in Europe and beyond.
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Please describe the division of work, the tasks leading to the production of the intellectual output and the applied methodology
The tasks leading to the production of the intellectual output:
Task 1 - Study of methods used in partner universities

A dedicated research survey will be prepared to diagnose distance learning practices for individual partners to identify the use of ICT methods by partners. The survey will take into
account the analysis of 4 stages of the learning process:
- Preparation of classes based on distance learning tools and techniques
- Conducting classes based on distance learning methods and techniques
- Verification of learning outcomes achieved through distance learning techniques and methods
- Final evaluation of the quality of adopted distance learning techniques and methods.
The survey will pinpoint problems, challenges, interesting ideas and innovative solutions. The survey will also include an analysis of the needs and problems of students as well as
teachers.
TASK 2 - Reports of individual partner universities on the methods of asynchronous/ synchronous learning
The task will be to prepare reports from individual partner universities analyzing activities during the period I- VII 2020 related to the mass transition to online education, taking into
account all stages of the distance learning process
TASK 3 - Report - State of the Art

Research on innovation in asynchronous and synchronous distance learning will identify the most modern and innovative activities in this area. Thus we will put emphasis on
qualitative analysis in pursuit of most valuable practical and reliable tools and techniques. The task involves literature analysis (desk research) and empirical examination of available
tools and techniques.
The IO wil be developed jointly by all partner universities.
Leading Organisation POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL)
Publications
Media Paper Brochures
Text File
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES

Participating Organisations (E10093703, DE) UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) UNIVERSIDADE
DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT)
Languages English
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Intellectual Output Budget
Please justify why specific grant for managers or administrative support staff is required for the development of the Intellectual Output in addition to what is already covered by Project
Management and implementation grant.
The staff involved in the development of the IO in the role of a manager and administrative will not perform activities financed within the Project Management and Implementation grant.
Their role is to:
- contribute to the content of the IO, assure its high-quality and adaptability, review of the content and solutions proposed by the authors (manager working days)
- edit, proofread, preparing the IO for printing/publishing etc. (administrative staff working days).
Please specify the staff resources which you need to produce the Intellectual Output.
Administrative
Id Organisation Managers Teachers/Trainers/Researchers Technicians Grant
Support Staff
7.080,00
1 POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) 880,00 EUR 5.180,00 EUR 825,00 EUR 195,00 EUR
EUR
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES 1.620,00 10.180,00

2 0,00 EUR 8.560,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE) EUR EUR
1.020,00 6.500,00
3 UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) 0,00 EUR 5.480,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
EUR EUR
1.020,00 6.500,00
4 UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) 0,00 EUR 5.480,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
EUR EUR
4.485,00 30.260,00
Total 880,00 EUR 24.700,00 EUR 195,00 EUR
EUR EUR
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Intellectual Output Budget Details E10209033
Organisation Country of the Organisation
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) Poland
Administrative support
Category of Staff Managers Teachers/Trainers/Researchers Technicians Total
staff
No. of Working Days 10 70 15 5 100
Grant per Day 88,00 EUR 74,00 EUR 55,00 EUR 39,00 EUR
Grant 880,00 EUR 5.180,00 EUR 825,00 EUR 195,00 EUR 7.080,00 EUR

Germany
(E10093703, DE)
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staff
Grant 0,00 EUR 8.560,00 EUR 1.620,00 EUR 0,00 EUR 10.180,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) Spain
staff
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Output Title O2
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Output Title Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators
Output Type Learning / teaching / training material – Manual / handbook / guidance material
The aim of this IO is to diagnose needs and tools to support effective education using remote methods and techniques. This IO will provide two main outcomes: (1) firstly, it will provide
comprehensive knowledge of possible teaching methods that stimulate interaction with students and make online learning very active rather than passive, and (2) secondly, it will
sketch the main challenges and innovation initatives required to match the current needs for active online learning, based on the state of the art.
Needs analysis:
The knowledge of teachers about ICT skills varies among disciplines, HEIs and countries. When the COVID-19 pandemic scenario caused a limitation in traditional face-to-face
teaching, and particularly in Europe, all of a sudden many HEIs shifted to compulsory distance teaching. This was challenging both for teachers and students as, for example, teachers
had the impression they were not accomplishing student expectations, while students felt alone without close tutoring to finalize their courses. However, the main problem was the
heterogeneity of ICT knowledge among teachers, while some of them managed to continue their courses quite well, some others were completely lost. In conclusion, in our project, this
new scenario of online teaching is envisaged not as a challenge, but rather as an opportunity to facilitate free exchange of good practices among teachers, hence boosting their current
capabilities as a plus for future academic years, in which ICT tools and online teaching serve as a tool and not as a burden.
Target groups:
Teachers from partner universities and followers from other HEIs once the project is completed.
User-friendly searchable database with filters dedicated to different HE needs (delivery mode, teaching time, group size, level of ICT skills etc.). Additionally, this database should be
populated with a wide range of tools, not only “physical” tools (mainly ICT), but also “psychological” (motivational methodologies and practices), and these two types should be
intertwined and related to facilitate practical implementation scenarios.
Expected impact and transferability potential:

We expect this toolbox to be a hit. Our intention is to make it public and completely available, so that any stakeholders can either benefit from it or contribute to it. In this way, the
product will allow for a lot of updates and will last for decades, and it will be easy to implement in any type of HEI. To this purpose, the database will be probably populated based on
GitHub, which is the most popular framework for open source project development and shared communities (it allows contributions, downloads, forks of project, pull requests, etc.).
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Task 1 – Teacher guide

This task will prepare a teacher guide in three steps: (1) current needs will be analyzed, (2) a search on tools and resources will be produced, trying to match those needs, and (3)
future challenges and missing tools will be sketched to provide a specific path to follow for future innovation in teaching.
As an output, this task will provide an adapted operations manual for various educational scenarios (combining learning methods and techniques with best applications) together with a
teacher guide on how to manage student motivation and emotions (tips for increasing student intrinsic and extrinsic motivation throughout the semester, psychological assistance in
times of social distancing, managing diverse learning capacities, investigation of cross-cultural aspects, etc.).
Task 2 – Toolbox database

This task will be focused on the development of a database of active learning methods and techniques used in synchronous/asynchronous education. Together, and intertwined, with
the methods, the database will also contain a collection of software/hardware supporting the activation of students learning online. Instructions for the teacher and for the student will
be included.
Task 3 – “Survival Kit”

As a complement to the guide and toolbox, this task will design an online teaching survival kit or rescue kit, containing possible ideas and tricks to increase the attractiveness of
classes and allow interesting interaction with students in case of technological limitations. Often, for various reasons, the teacher, and students, might have troubles using or
customizing advanced ICT tools (for example, temporal Internet connection shortage, etc.). Then this rescue kit can be simple tricks that stimulate students to act and they should be
very versatile (i.e., they could be used at any time during the class). To this purpose, a parallel analysis on potential problems/issues scenarios will be produced.
Leading Organisation UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES)
Book
Publications
Database
Interactive Resource
Software
Text
Text File
CD
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND

Participating Organisations WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE) UNIVERSIDADE DE
AVEIRO (E10208840, PT)
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Languages English German Polish Spanish Portuguese
Their role is to:
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Administrative
Support Staff
3.060,00 9.885,00
1 UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) 1.640,00 EUR 4.795,00 EUR 390,00 EUR
EUR EUR
1.100,00 2.580,00
2 POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) 0,00 EUR 1.480,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
EUR EUR

3 0,00 EUR 4.280,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
2.040,00 4.780,00
EUR EUR
9.440,00 24.765,00
Total 1.640,00 EUR 13.295,00 EUR 390,00 EUR
EUR EUR
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Grant 1.640,00 EUR 4.795,00 EUR 3.060,00 EUR 390,00 EUR 9.885,00 EUR
staff
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Germany
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Output Title O3
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Output Title Teacher Training Courses
Output Type Learning / teaching / training material – Manual / handbook / guidance material
The aim of this IO is to comprehensively train teachers from partner universities on innovative and active methods. As part of the training, they will also learn about interesting methods
for assessment of learning outcomes achieved through online learning. Conducting classes at a distance requires the preparation of slightly different content. As part of the IO3,
teachers will be trained with various techniques related to active presentation, selected most popular active methods used in partner universities, online assessment.
Needs analysis:
Rarely do teaching training curricula within study programs include instruction on the use of online tools and how to combine them with student centered approach. Institutions have
little budget and cannot assist teachers in formal trainings. Some teachers feel anxious to start and test things on their own, they need support and external motivation. In teacher
questioners and interviews a problem of reliable assessment emerged especially with respect to higher cognitive skill such as analysis, evaluation and creation. Academic integrity is
also an issue here.
Target groups:
Teachers from partner universities and followers from other HE institutions once the project is completed.
The product will provide alternative solutions to typical online presentations. It will be an attractive alternative to ubiquitous Powerpoint. It will also empower teachers of partner
universities to produce out of the box ideas for teacher training courses.

- Greater teacher engagement
- Greater fun for teachers and students
- Lower burn-out rates
Task 1 – Training courses for teachers on implementation of visual thinking in presenting (such as Speed Draw Cartoon Presentations, flipping -active sketching on virtual flipachart.
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One image means more than a thousand words. Therefore, it is worth minimizing the verbal description, replacing it with the image. By introducing visual elements during the class, the
teacher supports engagement and understanding.
Task 2 – Training for teachers on the most innovative activation methods used in partner universities This will be a so-called peer learning activity. The trainees will later implement the
introduced methods in their classrooms and evaluate the effectiveness together with the students. An important point of this IO will be the training of teachers in terms of active use of
remote working tools - advanced features of popular applications such as ZOOM and TEAMS and other apps, the use of interactive white boards smart monitors.
As part of the result, textbooks, online promotional videos will be developed showing the application of each method.
TASK 3 - Training on online assessment of learning outcomes – guidelines/assessment rubrics etc

Peer learning activity workshops with discussion sessions with final product in the form of SWOT analyses for selected methods that can be used for online assessment.
TASK 4 – Reversed online training for teachers provided by students. Student have their own means of learning and often come up with ideas which are alien to older generations that
teachers usually fall into. Student are digital-natives that can give a guided tour to digital immigrants ( teachers).
Book
MovingImage
Social Media
Media Software
Sound
Video
Text
Text File

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Languages English German Polish Spanish Portuguese
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Their role is to:
Administrative
Support Staff
1.650,00 5.315,00
EUR EUR

2 0,00 EUR 4.280,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
2.040,00 4.780,00
EUR EUR
2.040,00 4.780,00
EUR EUR
8.970,00 22.395,00
Total 880,00 EUR 12.350,00 EUR 195,00 EUR
EUR EUR
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Germany
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Output Title O4
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Output Title Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory
Output Type Learning / teaching / training material – Educational game
Gamification is a didactic process that increases student’s motivation.

Analyzing level of students’ engagement during stationary and on-line classes and comparing it with classes conducted with elements of gamification one can observe that students
are enthusiastic about gamification. To cater for the needs of different groups of students a customized approach seems to be the key. Students can go on visual, audio missions.
Activity types in every mission will be adapted according to Gardener’s Classification on Intelligence types. Howard Gardner proposed eight abilities that manifest multiple intelligences:
- Musical-rhythmic and harmonic ( MUSIC SMART)

- Visual-spatial ( PICTURE SMART)
- Verbal-linguistic (WORD SMART)
- Logical-mathematical( NUMBER/REASONING SMART)
- Bodily-kinesthetic ( BODY SMART)
- Interpersonal ( PEOPLE SMART)
- Intrapersonal ( SELF SMART)
- Naturalistic (NATURE SMART)
- Existential ( LIFE SMART)
Needs analysis/Diagnosed needs:

- Increase students engagement during distance classes
- Help students to be engaged in the course
- Give students additional motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) to spend more time studying
- Help students to overcome difficulties in deep math understanding
- Teacher – facilitator in the didactic process (in distance learning)
Target groups:
Groups of students and teachers from Partner Universities
The customized approach for gamification based on Gardener Classification provides a new insight into student motivation and engagement.
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Innovations in the didactic process:

- Main obligatory missions, secondary complimentary missions, boss fights, character development, levels and badges included in the didactic process
- Different roles of the lecturer and students – according to the gamification plot

Concept of Gamification STEM Learning is flexible - it can be implemented everywhere, but finally it has to be tailored according to each university needs.
TASK 1 Teacher’s guide for smart gamification approach based on Gardner Multiple Intelligences Classification
Materials for teachers to make smart gamification possible: didactic notes (with main assumptions and hints how to implement gamification), document templates (to present
gamification rules to students).
TASK 2 Gamification models

A general concept of smart gamification based on Gardner Classification will be developed with sample models for different types of classes ( lectures , tutorials, seminars, labs,
projects etc).

(E10093703, DE)
Media
Publications
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA

(E10208584, ES) UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT)
Languages English
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Their role is to:
Administrative
Support Staff

1 2.800,00 EUR 7.490,00 EUR 655,00 EUR
1.100,00 2.580,00
EUR EUR
2.040,00 4.780,00
EUR EUR
2.040,00 4.780,00
EUR EUR
10.040,00 27.945,00
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EUR EUR
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Output Title O5
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Output Title Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills )
Output Type Methodologies / guidelines – Certification system
The aim of this Intellectual Outcome is to create a tool or platform through which teachers can create and award digital badges (micro credentials). Students will also independently
document, reflect and provide evidence of their competences. Students will earn badges by completing sustainable education challenges. This IO will serve as a transversal framework
to validate transversal skills, classified in two types: soft skills, and skills related with the sustainable development goals as described by the 2030 agenda.
Needs analysis:
At the end of the day (university graduation) every student needs to be able to show that they have acquired a certain set of 21st century skills that help differentiate themselves among
their peers. These skills go in line with the idea of global citizenship and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015.
Nowhere in the diploma or diploma supplement is such information showcased to the potential employer. The COVID-19 pandemic scenario immobilized the world, most job interview
are handled via video conferences and tools. Hence there is a need to exhibit the skills in the digital way.
Target groups:
Students, educators, employers representing different countries and different branches
Digital badges and micro credentials are quite a new concept and successfully taking ground in US. We are pioneers at European level. The application used for granting badges is a
very innovative platform which allows for badges codification and quality control. The assessment methodology used for badge granting will involve students (peer assessment).

Cross-country recognition of skills can be improved. Badges can be easily transferable through all social media what can be very useful for different interest groups. The whole
methodology behind creation and awarding badges can be easily transferred to any area or discipline.
Task 1 - Description of badges within sustainable education- 21st century skills. Each badge needs to be designed in details including:
- Badge name
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- Badge description
- Badge criteria
- Badge image
- Issuer
- Issue date
- Recipient
- Tags
- Allignement ( Standards)
- Evidence
Task 2 – Design of dedicated resources based on Moodle for the application process of badge granting (building a portfolio, solving the tasks necessary to obtain a badge, online
verification of soft competences by teachers), to be developed for independent software.
Task 3 – Training for students on applying for digital badges

Students will independently document, reflect and provide evidence of their competences. Students will earn badges by completing challenges. The required work to complete each
challenge is called a task., examples include: uploading documents, links to their own videos and e-portfolios, and completing dedicated quizzes. Once students have successfully
completed all the challenge tasks, the developed system will automatically grant them a digital badge.
Task 4 - Conducting training for teachers and members of student councils on skills required for verification and the award of digital badges
Task 5- 21st century skills SURVIVAL CAMP for students

The whole idea of digital badges comes from scouting. To give them a feel of what the whole idea is about and how it is going to work, students from partner universities will be invited
to one week camp simulating scout-like activities. They will earn of course badges.
Website
Internet
Media
Collection
Event
Exhibition
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Administrative
Support Staff
7.820,00
EUR

2 0,00 EUR 4.280,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
1.020,00 3.760,00
EUR EUR
1.020,00 3.760,00
EUR EUR
4.485,00 21.240,00
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Output Title O6
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Output Title Guidelines and Recommendations
Output Type Studies / analysis – Best practice guidelines / report
In order to summarise and disseminate results of the project in partner institutions and beyond this Output will concentrate in preparation of a set of comprehensive but also concise
recommendations which should be useful for different defined target groups.
Needs analysis:
The recommendations should consist of: a list and description of main results, a list of products/documents elaborated (grouped in categories), a list and description of best practices
examples, and list of recommendations for different categories of readers.
The language of such documents should be adjusted to the needs of different target groups and there should be a executive summary used in the text.
The recommendations will be directed to different kind of target groups:

- academic teachers of HEIs
- students,
- educational expert (especially experts on online learning),
- representatives of HEIs’ authorities
- institutions dealing with development of high quality higher education.
Elements of inovation:
The innovation element of the IO 6 will result from a comprehensive and universal approach to the solutions for interactive synchronous and asynchronous online education. Moreover
easy-to-read form of documents will be user friendly, encouraging and making it easier for users to use them.

The IO will have a considerable impact on the participating HEIs and universities outside of the consortium. The dissemination activities will allow to spread the information on the
projects results. As the problem analysed by the project is relevant and up-to-date, it is expected that there will be a considerable interests among academic teachers in solutions that it
will offer.
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Task 1 - collecting of all results and outputs/products elaborated in the framework of the project and grouping them according to adopted categories (ie. problems, types of tools, target
gropus)
Tasks 2 – elaboration of a list and description of main results of the project,
Task 3 – elaboration of a list and description of products/documents,
Task 4 – elaboration of a list and description of best practices examples,
Tasks 5 – elaboration of a list of recommendations for different categories of readers (with executive summary) The IO wil be developed jointly by all partner universities.
Leading Organisation UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT)
Publications
Text File
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND

Participating Organisations WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE) UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA
(E10208584, ES)
Languages English
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Their role is to:
Administrative
Support Staff
1.530,00 7.670,00
1 UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) 1.640,00 EUR 4.110,00 EUR 390,00 EUR
EUR EUR
2.030,00
EUR

3 0,00 EUR 4.280,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
1.020,00 3.760,00
EUR EUR
4.720,00 19.360,00
Total 1.640,00 EUR 12.610,00 EUR 390,00 EUR
EUR EUR
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staff
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staff

Germany
(E10093703, DE)
staff
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staff
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Multiplier Events
Do you plan to include Multiplier Events in your project?
Yes
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Multiplier Events Summary
Starting
ID Leading Organisation Event Title Grant
Period
Interactive
(A)Synchronous
On-line Learning in 2.000,00
E1 UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) 03-2022
Higher Education – EUR
tools for educators
and learners
Interactive
(A)Synchronous
E2 HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE) 06-2022
tools for educators
and learners
Interactive
(A)Synchronous
E3 UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) 09-2022
tools for educators
and learners
Solutions for More 4.000,00

E4 POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) 02-2023
Interactive EUR
10.000,00
Total
EUR
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Starting
ID Leading Organisation Event Title Grant
Period
(A)Synchronous
On-line Learning in
Higher Education
10.000,00
Total
EUR
Grant support for Multiplier Events can only be asked for if the project intends to produce substantial Intellectual Outputs. Other dissemination activities will be supported via
the grant item Project Management and Implementation.
Multiplier Event Details E1
Event Title
Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher Education – tools for educators and learners
Country of Venue
Spain
Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
2022-03-01
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End Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
2022-03-31
Event Description (Including : Targets groups and objectives)
The first multiplier event will take place in Spain, in the seat of the partner institution - University of Alcala, in a form of a seminar. The main aim of the event will be to disseminate the
Intellectual Outcomes 1 and 2, and especially to present different solution elaborated in the Online Teaching Toolbox for Educators. The event will be designed for academic teachers,
educational experts and students. During the event it is also expected to receive a feedback form the participants having different experience and perspective on the results elaborated
by the consortium.
The event might be streamed online or/and recorded thus reaching a considerably larger number of stakeholders during or/and after the event. Moreover, the documents and materials
of the seminar will by publicly available and also distributed among project partners and international partner institutions of the consortium.
Intellectual Outputs Covered
Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online STEM Education
Teacher Training Courses
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Multiplier Event Budget
Grant per
Country of the Local Foreign Grant per Local
ID Organisation Foreign Grant
Organisation Participants Participants Participant
Participant
1 Spain 20 0 100,00 EUR 200,00 EUR 2.000,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
Total 2.000,00 EUR
Event Title
Country of Venue
Germany
2022-06-01
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2022-06-30
The second multiplier event will take place in Germany, in the seat of partner institution - University of Applied Sciences in Saarbrücken, in a form of a seminar. The main aim of the
event will be to disseminate the Intellectual Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4 and especially to present different solution elaborated in the Online Teaching Toolbox for Educators, the innovative
gamification-like methodologies of increasing motivation of students and training materials for academic teachers. The event will be designed for academic teachers, educational
experts and students, who will be expected to give impressions and feedback.
Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory
Online Badges For Sustainable Education (21st Century Skills )
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Grant per
Participant

1 UND WIRTSCHAFT DES Germany 20 0 100,00 EUR 200,00 EUR 2.000,00 EUR
Total 2.000,00 EUR
Event Title
Country of Venue
Portugal
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2022-09-01
2022-09-30
The third multiplier event will take place in Portugal, in the seat of partner institution - University of Aveiro, in a form of a seminar. The main aim of the event will be to disseminate the
Intellectual Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and especially to present different solution elaborated in the Online Teaching Toolbox for Educators, the innovative gamification-like
methodologies of increasing motivation of students, the concept of online badges for students and training materials for academic teachers. The event will be designed for academic
teachers, educational experts and students, who will be expected to give impressions and feedback.
Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators
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Grant per
Participant
1 Portugal 20 0 100,00 EUR 200,00 EUR 2.000,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 2.000,00 EUR
Event Title
Solutions for More Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher Education
Country of Venue
Poland
2023-02-01
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2023-02-28
The final multiplying event, in a form of a conference, will be held at the final stage of the project implementation in order to officially release its final outcomes. The main aim of the
event will be to disseminate all Intellectual Outcomes to direct and indirect target groups and to get their involvement in further dissemination of the project results in their respective
institutions. The focus of the event will the final recommendations, guidelines and best practices examples. It will be also a good occasion to exchange the views on the solutions
proposed by the projects between participants seeing them from different perspective. The event will be directed to different groups of participants: academic teachers and students of
HEIs, educational expert (especially experts on online learning), representatives of HEIs’ authorities and institutions dealing with development of high-quality higher education. It is also
intended by the consortium to invite guest speakers and launch a EU-wide call for participation at the conference.
The event will be held in Lodz, Poland, at the seat of consortium leader. The event might be streamed online or/and recorded thus reaching a considerably larger number of
stakeholders during or/and after the event
The documents and materials of the conference will by publicly available and also distributed among international partner institutions of the consortium HEIs.
Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators
Guidelines and Recommendations
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Grant per
Participant
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
1 Poland 40 0 100,00 EUR 200,00 EUR 4.000,00 EUR
(E10209033, PL)
Total 4.000,00 EUR
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Learning, Teaching, Training Activities
Do you plan to include transnational Learning, Teaching or Training activities in your project?
Yes
Activities Summary
In case you plan to include Learning, Teaching or Training Activities please encode them here.
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No. of
Activity Starting No. of
ID Activity Title Leading Organisation Field Accompanying Grant
Type Period Participants
Persons
Blended
mobility of
Smart Gamification in POLITECHNIKA LODZKA Higher 11.065,00
C1 higher 03-2022 20 0
Practice - part 1 (E10209033, PL) education EUR
education
students
Blended
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK mobility of
Smart Gamification in Higher 10.215,00
C2 UND WIRTSCHAFT DES higher 06-2022 20 0
Practice - part 2 education EUR
SAARLANDES (E10093703, DE) education
students
Intensive
21st Century Skills programmes
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA Higher 13.995,00
C3 Survival Camp for for higher 07-2022 20 0
(E10209033, PL) education EUR
Students education
learners
Intensive
21st Century Skills
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA programmes Higher 4.143,00
C4 Survival Camp for 07-2022 4 0
(E10209033, PL) for teaching education EUR
Students
staff
Short-term
Teacher Training in Micro POLITECHNIKA LODZKA joint staff Higher 9.663,00
C5 10-2022 12 0
Credentials Badges (E10209033, PL) training education EUR
events
76.480,00
Total
EUR
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No. of
Activity Starting No. of
ID Activity Title Leading Organisation Field Accompanying Grant
Type Period Participants
Persons
Short-term
Teacher Training in Visual UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA joint staff Higher 9.123,00
C6 11-2022 12 0
Content (E10208584, ES) training education EUR
events
Short-term
Teacher Training in Smart joint staff Higher 9.153,00
C7 UND WIRTSCHAFT DES 12-2022 12 0
Gamification training education EUR
events
Short-term
Teacher Training in
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO joint staff Higher 9.123,00
C8 Innovative Student- 01-2023 12 0
(E10208840, PT) training education EUR
Activating Methods
events
76.480,00
Total
EUR
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Activity Details (C1)
In this section, you are asked to provide details about this specific activity.
The section consists of two parts: Activity Details and Groups of Participants.
In the first part (Activity Details) you are asked to provide information about the planned activity as a whole (e.g. its venue, duration, etc.), to define the activity's lead
organisation, and to list the other participating organisations. The lead organisation is typically the one hosting the activity in its premises. In case you decide to organise the
activity outside of the lead organisation's premises, you must respect the detailed rules provided in the Programme Guide and you need to provide an explanation for this
choice as part of the activity description. The other participating organisations are all project partners who will send their participants to take part in the activity. Adding a
partner organisation to the list of participating organisations will allow you to ask funding for their participants in the second part of this section.
In the second part (Groups of Participants) you are asked to provide some details about the participants who will take part in this activity. The main purpose of this section is
to calculate the budget that the project will receive for the participants' travel, individual support and other expenses. The participants are organised in groups for easier
calculation. Each group and its budget are linked to their sending organisation.
Field
Higher education
Activity Type
Blended mobility of higher education students
Activity Title
Smart Gamification in Practice - part 1
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Activity Description (including profile of participants per organisation, goals and results of the activity)
The mobility of learners will be a part of elaboration and implementation of the gamification method. Students will take part in classes using the gamification method. The programme
will be implemented in a blended-formula form - C1 event will be followed by learning activities via online media, students will meet again in a traditional place-based classroom during
C2.
Participants: students of 1st and 2nd study degree of the courses run by partner institutions, in particular those which are subject of institutional agreements between partner HEIs
under the Erasmus+ student academic mobility and agreements on double diploma (fields of studies: Information and Communication Technologies, Physics, Building and civil
engineering, Chemistry, Engineering and Engineering Trades, Environmental Protection Technology, Business and Administration).
The main result will be the development of knowledge and skills among students on how to conduct gamification in an international environment.
Duration (days)
Country of Venue
Poland
Starting Period
03-2022
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Groups of Participants
In the following table, please define the groups of participants who will require funding to participate in this activity. Participants who do not require funding (for example
local participants) do not need to be specified in this part.
No. of
No. of
ID Sending Organisation Distance Band Duration (days) Accompanying Grant
Participants
Persons
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033,

1 0-9 km 0 5 0 0,00 EUR
PL)
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND

2 WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES 500-1999 km 7 5 0 3.405,00 EUR
(E10093703, DE)
3 2000-2999 km 7 5 0 3.830,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
4 2000-2999 km 7 5 0 3.830,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 11.065,00 EUR
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Group of Participants 1 Activity C1 (Blended mobility of higher education students - Smart Gamification in Practice - part 1)
Sending Organisation - Country Country of Venue
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) - Poland Poland
No. of Accompanying Total No. of Participants and

Activity Type Duration (days) No. of Participants
Persons accompanying persons

5 5 0 5
students
Group of Participants Budget
Travel
Distance Band No. of Persons Grant per Participant Total Travel Grant
0-9 km 5 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
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Poland
(E10093703, DE) - Germany


5 5 0 5
students
Travel
500-1999 km 5 275,00 EUR 1.375,00 EUR
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Individual Support
No. of Participants Duration per Participant (days) Grant per Participant Total (for Participants)
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR
Duration per Accompanying Person

No. of Accompanying Persons Grant per Accompanying Person Total (for Accompanying Persons)
(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Total Individual Support Grant 2.030,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) - Spain Poland


5 5 0 5
students
Travel
2000-2999 km 5 360,00 EUR 1.800,00 EUR
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Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) - Portugal Poland


5 5 0 5
students
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Travel
2000-2999 km 5 360,00 EUR 1.800,00 EUR
Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
Travel Exceptional Cost for Expensive Travel Individual Support Linguistic Support Total
11.065,00
4.975,00 EUR 6.090,00 EUR
EUR
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Field
Higher education
Activity Type
Blended mobility of higher education students
Activity Title
Smart Gamification in Practice - part 2
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The mobility of learners will be a part of elaboration and implementation of the gamification method. Students will take part in classes using the gamification method. The programme
will be implemented in a blended-formula form - C2 will be a traditional place-based classroom workshop, before the students will learn via online media, C1 will initiate the programme.
Participants: students of 1st and 2nd study degree of the courses run by partner institutions, in particular those which are subject of institutional agreements between partner HEIs
under the Erasmus+ student academic mobility and agreements on double diploma (fields of studies: Information and Communication Technologies, Physics, Building and civil
engineering, Chemistry, Engineering and Engineering Trades, Environmental Protection Technology, Business and Administration).
The main result will be the development of knowledge and skills among students on how to conduct gamification in an international environment.
Duration (days)
Country of Venue
Germany
Starting Period
06-2022
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No. of
No. of
Participants
Persons

1 WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES 0-9 km 0 5 0 0,00 EUR
(E10093703, DE)

2 500-1999 km 7 5 0 3.405,00 EUR
PL)
3 500-1999 km 7 5 0 3.405,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
4 500-1999 km 7 5 0 3.405,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 10.215,00 EUR
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Germany


5 5 0 5
students
Travel
0-9 km 5 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
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POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) - Poland Germany


5 5 0 5
students
Travel
500-1999 km 5 275,00 EUR 1.375,00 EUR
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Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) - Spain Germany


5 5 0 5
students
Travel
500-1999 km 5 275,00 EUR 1.375,00 EUR
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Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) - Portugal Germany


5 5 0 5
students
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Travel
500-1999 km 5 275,00 EUR 1.375,00 EUR
Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
10.215,00
4.125,00 EUR 6.090,00 EUR
EUR
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Field
Higher education
Activity Type
Intensive programmes for higher education learners
Activity Title
21st Century Skills Survival Camp for Students
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The summer school will be a part of implementation of the award of digital badges (micro credentials) for confirmation of students’ skills. As the idea of digital badges comes from
scouting, students from partner universities will be invited to a one week survival camp simulating scout-like activities. They will earn badges by carrying out various types of tasks
developing soft skills. Academic teachers will provide adequate support and learn how to award the budges in practice. The event will take place in the Masurian Lake District, at one
of TUL' facilities.
Participants: 5 academic students preferably of STEM-oriented study programmes and courses (but also others).
The main results of the activity will be the increase of soft skills of student competences for Sustainable Development Goals.
Duration (days)
Country of Venue
Poland
Starting Period
07-2022
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No. of
No. of
Participants
Persons

1 100-499 km 7 5 0 2.930,00 EUR
PL)

(E10093703, DE)
3 2000-2999 km 7 5 0 3.830,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
4 2000-2999 km 7 5 0 3.830,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 13.995,00 EUR
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Group of Participants 1 Activity C3 (Intensive programmes for higher education learners - 21st Century Skills Survival Camp for Students)


5 5 0 5
education learners
Travel
100-499 km 5 180,00 EUR 900,00 EUR
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Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR

Poland


5 5 0 5
education learners
Travel
500-1999 km 5 275,00 EUR 1.375,00 EUR
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Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR


5 5 0 5
education learners
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Travel
2000-2999 km 5 360,00 EUR 1.800,00 EUR
Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR


5 5 0 5
education learners
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Travel
2000-2999 km 5 360,00 EUR 1.800,00 EUR
Individual Support
5 7 406,00 EUR 2.030,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
13.995,00
5.875,00 EUR 8.120,00 EUR
EUR
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Field
Higher education
Activity Type
Intensive programmes for teaching staff
Activity Title
21st Century Skills Survival Camp for Students
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The summer school will be a part of implementation of the award of digital badges (micro credentials) for confirmation of students’ skills. As the idea of digital badges comes from
scouting, students from partner universities will be invited to a one week survival camp simulating scout-like activities. They will earn badges by carrying out various types of tasks
developing soft skills. Academic teachers will provide adequate support and learn how to award the budges in practice.
Participants: 1 academic teacher from each partner university, preferably already advanced in innovative didactic tools and methods, teaching STEM courses (but also others).
The main results of the activity will be the increase of competences by a group of academic teachers of partner institutions, who will disseminate the knowledge and practice of
gamification in their respective universities by providing presentations/trainings to their colleagues in home institution.
Duration (days)
Country of Venue
Poland
Starting Period
07-2022
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No. of
No. of
Participants
Persons

1 100-499 km 7 1 0 922,00 EUR
PL)

(E10093703, DE)
3 2000-2999 km 7 1 0 1.102,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
4 2000-2999 km 7 1 0 1.102,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 4.143,00 EUR
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Group of Participants 1 Activity C4 (Intensive programmes for teaching staff - 21st Century Skills Survival Camp for Students)

Intensive programmes for teaching staff 5 1 0 1
Travel
100-499 km 1 180,00 EUR 180,00 EUR
Individual Support
1 7 742,00 EUR 742,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Total Individual Support Grant 742,00 EUR
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Poland

Travel
500-1999 km 1 275,00 EUR 275,00 EUR
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Individual Support
1 7 742,00 EUR 742,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR

Travel
2000-2999 km 1 360,00 EUR 360,00 EUR
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Individual Support
1 7 742,00 EUR 742,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR

Travel
2000-2999 km 1 360,00 EUR 360,00 EUR
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Individual Support
1 7 742,00 EUR 742,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
4.143,00
1.175,00 EUR 2.968,00 EUR
EUR
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Note on short-term joint staff training events:
Please take note that the purpose of this type of activity is joint learning and exchange between the participants, as explained in the Programme Guide. The purpose of the
activity is not to discuss and manage the project itself. While the involved staff members may discuss project management issues before or after joint staff training events,
such discussions cannot form the core part of the event and do not count towards the minimum eligible duration. If staff from project partners needs to meet to discuss
project management issues only, then funds for Transnational Project Meetings should be used to pay for their expenses.
Field
Higher education
Activity Type
Short-term joint staff training events
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Activity Title
Teacher Training in Micro Credentials Badges
Staff training on verification and the award of digital badges (micro credentials) for confirmation of students skills.
Participants will be trained to identify and assess soft skills as the student outcomes and to deliver formative assessment.
Participants will be able to increase the knowledge and practical skills in using this innovative method of assessment.
Participants: 3 academic teachers from each partner university, preferably already advanced in innovative didactic tools and methods, teaching STEM courses (but also others). The
representatives of students councils and organizations will take part in the meeting to be able to express their opinion on the proposed methods and tools.
The main results of the activity will be the increase of competences by a group of academic teachers of partner institutions, who will disseminate the knowledge and practice of digital
badges methods in their respective universities by providing presentations/trainings to their colleagues in home institution.
Duration (days)
Country of Venue
Poland
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Starting Period
10-2022
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No. of
No. of
Participants
Persons

1 0-9 km 0 3 0 0,00 EUR
PL)

(E10093703, DE)
3 2000-2999 km 7 3 0 3.306,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
4 2000-2999 km 7 3 0 3.306,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 9.663,00 EUR
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Group of Participants 1 Activity C5 (Short-term joint staff training events - Teacher Training in Micro Credentials Badges)

Short-term joint staff training events 5 3 0 3
Travel
0-9 km 3 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR

Poland

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Travel
500-1999 km 3 275,00 EUR 825,00 EUR
Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
EN 192 / 242

Travel
2000-2999 km 3 360,00 EUR 1.080,00 EUR
Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
EN 193 / 242

Travel
2000-2999 km 3 360,00 EUR 1.080,00 EUR
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Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
9.663,00
2.985,00 EUR 6.678,00 EUR
EUR
EN 195 / 242
Field
Higher education
Activity Type
EN 196 / 242
Activity Title
Teacher Training in Visual Content
Staff training on visual content methods used to increase attractiveness of materials and to increase attention of students and their understanding of presented issues. The training will
cover different types of visual concept usage. Participants will be trained with various techniques related to active presentation, creation and implementation of visual thinking and
sketchnoting.
Teachers will work straight into their tablets or touchscreen laptops.
Participants will be able to increase the knowledge and practical skills in using this innovative method.
Participants: 3 academic teachers from each partner university, preferably already advanced in innovative didactic tools and methods, teaching STEM courses (but also others).
The main results of the activity will be the increase of competences by a group of academic teachers of partner institutions, who will disseminate the knowledge and practice of visual
content methods in their respective universities by providing presentations/trainings to their colleagues in home institution.
Duration (days)
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Country of Venue
Spain
Starting Period
11-2022
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No. of
No. of
Participants
Persons
1 0-9 km 0 3 0 0,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)

2 2000-2999 km 7 3 0 3.306,00 EUR
PL)

(E10093703, DE)
4 100-499 km 7 3 0 2.766,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 9.123,00 EUR
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Group of Participants 1 Activity C6 (Short-term joint staff training events - Teacher Training in Visual Content)
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) - Spain Spain

Travel
0-9 km 3 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) - Poland Spain

EN 200 / 242
Travel
2000-2999 km 3 360,00 EUR 1.080,00 EUR
Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
EN 201 / 242

Spain

Travel
500-1999 km 3 275,00 EUR 825,00 EUR
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Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) - Portugal Spain

Travel
100-499 km 3 180,00 EUR 540,00 EUR
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Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
9.123,00
2.445,00 EUR 6.678,00 EUR
EUR
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Field
Higher education
Activity Type
EN 205 / 242
Activity Title
Teacher Training in Smart Gamification
Staff training on gamification methods used in didactic process to increase motivation of students. The training will cover the concept of gamification and its usage depending on
different types of classes, methods of using different types of students missions, presentation of the didactic materials for teachers prepared by the project. Participants will be able to
increase the knowledge and practical skills in using this innovative method.
gamification in their respective universities by providing presentations/trainings to their colleagues in home institution.
Duration (days)
Country of Venue
Germany
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Starting Period
12-2022
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No. of
No. of
Participants
Persons

1 WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES 0-9 km 0 3 0 0,00 EUR
(E10093703, DE)

2 500-1999 km 7 3 0 3.051,00 EUR
PL)
3 500-1999 km 7 3 0 3.051,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
4 500-1999 km 7 3 0 3.051,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)
Total 9.153,00 EUR
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Group of Participants 1 Activity C7 (Short-term joint staff training events - Teacher Training in Smart Gamification)

Germany

Travel
0-9 km 3 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) - Poland Germany

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Travel
500-1999 km 3 275,00 EUR 825,00 EUR
Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
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UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) - Spain Germany

Travel
500-1999 km 3 275,00 EUR 825,00 EUR
Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
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UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) - Portugal Germany

Travel
500-1999 km 3 275,00 EUR 825,00 EUR
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Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
9.153,00
2.475,00 EUR 6.678,00 EUR
EUR
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Field
Higher education
Activity Type
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Activity Title
Teacher Training in Innovative Student-Activating Methods
Staff training on innovative activation methods used in didactic process. The training will cover different types of methods, exchange of experiences by participants and best practices
examples.
Participants will be able to increase the knowledge and practical skills in using innovative methods.
innovative activation methods in their respective universities by providing presentations/trainings to their colleagues in home institution
Duration (days)
Country of Venue
Portugal
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Starting Period
01-2023
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No. of
No. of
Participants
Persons
1 0-9 km 0 3 0 0,00 EUR
(E10208840, PT)

2 2000-2999 km 7 3 0 3.306,00 EUR
PL)

(E10093703, DE)
4 100-499 km 7 3 0 2.766,00 EUR
(E10208584, ES)
Total 9.123,00 EUR
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Group of Participants 1 Activity C8 (Short-term joint staff training events - Teacher Training in Innovative Student-Activating Methods)
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, PT) - Portugal Portugal

Travel
0-9 km 3 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, PL) - Poland Portugal

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Travel
2000-2999 km 3 360,00 EUR 1.080,00 EUR
Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
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Portugal

Travel
500-1999 km 3 275,00 EUR 825,00 EUR
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Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584, ES) - Spain Portugal

Travel
100-499 km 3 180,00 EUR 540,00 EUR
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Individual Support
3 7 742,00 EUR 2.226,00 EUR

(days)
0 0 0,00 EUR 0,00 EUR
Activity Budget
9.123,00
2.445,00 EUR 6.678,00 EUR
EUR
Background Information
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What is the added value of these Learning, Teaching or Training activities (including long-term activities) with regards to the achievement of the project objectives?
The main added value of planned Learning, Teaching or Training activities are:
- increase in knowledge and skills of participants
- implementation and verification of elaborated project outcomes
- possibility of receiving feedback form participants
- possibility of peer learning and peer evaluation.
How will you select, prepare and support participants and ensure their safety? Please describe the practical arrangements including training, teaching or learning agreements, if
applicable.
Training for teachers:

Academic teachers will be selected on the bases of their interests, experience and competences in respective topics of training, as well as willingness to become tutors of innovative
methods for their fellow colleagues in home universities.
Learning activities for students:

Students will be selected among the students of partner institutions - of 1st and 2nd study degree of the courses run by partner institutions, in particular those which are subject of
institutional agreements between partner HEIs under the Erasmus+ student academic mobility and agreements on double diploma (fields of studies: Information and Communication
Technologies, Physics, Building and civil engineering, Chemistry, Engineering and engineering trades, Environmental Protection Technology, Business and Administration). The
specific criteria of selection, taking into account the principles of equal opportunities and non-discrimination, will be adopted by the project consortium.
Participants will be supported by the leading organization coordinating the particular event in organizational issues at preparation stage (reservation of accommodation, information on
transport facilities etc) and during the stay.
Please also describe the arrangements for recognition or validation of the learning outcomes of the participants in Learning, Teaching or Training activities. Will your project make use
of European instruments like Europass, ECVET, Youthpass, ECTS etc. or any national instruments/certificates?
In short term activities for learners and in intensive programmes for HE learners participants will be granted recognition of learning outcomes (ECTS and/or a certificate). The
participants of training activities will be awarded certificates confirm their participation in the course where the course content and number of training hours are specified. Each partner
university will recognize and validate training outcomes of the academics in accordance with their own internal regulations.
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Special Costs
In this section, you may request budget for types of expenses that are funded based on their actual cost. For more detailed information on what can be supported, please
consult the Programme Guide or request advice from your National Agency.
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Special Needs Support
No. of
Participants Requested
ID Organisation Country of the Organisation Description and Justification
With Special Grant
Needs
Total 0,00 EUR
Exceptional Costs
Requested
Grant (75% of
Expected real
cost)
TUL is applying to purchase a set of an up-to-date

ICT equipment to significantly increase efficiency
1 Poland and quality of education. A need in this regard was 7.500,00 EUR
PL)
reported by TUL’s academic teachers who have self-
evaluated their online classes and came up with a
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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Requested
Grant (75% of
Expected real
cost)
list of desired functionalities that would enrich the

learning process and result in greater interaction
with students. It is expected that each set would
include an interactive flip/multimedia board with a
digital touchscreen, compatible hardware and
software, networking cables etc. To meet the needs
of academic teachers, the project team has
identified a list of the predefined functionalities of the
board: pen mode notation for simultaneous writing,
brush mode notation, writing on any background or
content displayed, flexible image editing, applicable
to a wide range of educational apps, easy content
navigation, confidentiality protection, file security,
versatile connection options, synchronized screen
viewing, remote connections with PC, screen share,
meeting recap distribution. Additional teaching and
learning options will be provided by an adequate
software.
The university does not have any equipment with
such properties that could be used during
implementation of the project activities.
The cost of one set has been estimated at 2.500
EUR on the basis of a market research and
consultations with potential suppliers conducted in
October 2020. The university plans to purchase 4
sets for the total amount of 10.000 EUR. The
university contribution of 25% of the purchase value
will be provided.
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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Requested
Grant (75% of
Expected real
cost)
The ICT set will allow teachers and students to hold

and recap meetings or classes with incredible ease.
It will drive greater student-teacher and peer to peer
collaboration, expand user presentation capabilities
and develop students’ innovative thinking skills. The
purchase is necessary to achieve the objectives of
the project and to ensure high quality of all
educational activities planned for implementation.
The ICT set will be used during the Learning,
Teaching, Training Activities, in particular during
LTT1 and LTT2 (gamification STEM learning
exercise for consortium students) to facilitate a
simultaneous work of 4 teams, as well as the LTT5
(training for academic teachers in micro-credential
badges) and the final Multiplier Event held in Lodz.
All of the planned IOs will be developed in English

however IO2 and IO3 will be translated into the
official languages of each partner country – Polish,
German, Spanish and Portuguese. In order to
ensure high-quality of the translation, external
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (E10209033, service providers with adequate experience will be
2 Poland 1.500,00 EUR
PL) selected. The cost of the services have been
estimated by each partner university based on their
recent experience in carrying out similar tasks and
the planned scope and volume of the IOs. The
differentiation of presented costs is a result of an
analysis of price levels for such services in each
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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Requested
Grant (75% of
Expected real
cost)
country. Each university will provide a self-

contribution of 25% of the service value. Preparation
of additional language versions of the IOs will
significantly increase the range of the e-CLOSE
disseminating activities. Besides the indicated IOs,
each partner university will use the funding for the
translations of other deliverables of the project.

service providers with adequate experience will be
selected. The cost of the services have been
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND recent experience in carrying out similar tasks and
3 WIRTSCHAFT DES SAARLANDES Germany the planned scope and volume of the IOs. The 2.500,00 EUR
(E10093703, DE) differentiation of presented costs is a result of an
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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Requested
Grant (75% of
Expected real
cost)

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA (E10208584,
4 Spain the planned scope and volume of the IOs. The 2.000,00 EUR
ES)

UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (E10208840, German, Spanish and Portuguese. In order to
5 Portugal 2.000,00 EUR
PT) ensure high-quality of the translation, external
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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Requested
Grant (75% of
Expected real
cost)

the planned scope and volume of the IOs. The
Total 15.500,00 EUR
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Follow-up
Impact
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What is the expected impact on the participants, participating organisations, target groups and other relevant stakeholders?
The e-CLOSE initiative responds to the diagnosed needs of the partner universities, their students and teachers and directly complies with the EU priorities for higher education. It is
therefore expected that the project will have a significant impact on direct and indirect target groups as well as other stakeholders.
a) STUDENTS: The project’s support for interactive online learning STEM environment provides students with an opportunity to expand their educational horizons and to acquire
knowledge related to their study programmes more effectively and efficiently. The implementation of innovative learning solutions, e.g. e-gamification (IO4) and micro-credential
certification system (IO5) with a trans-disciplinary approach will contribute to the acquisition of transversal skills like international peer to peer cooperation, critical and innovative
thinking, problem solving as well as civic competency and engagement. Furthermore, students will develop their English language skills and digital competences which will lead to a
desired long-term impact of the project – increasing the number of STEM graduates and their employability at the EU labor market.
b) ACADEMIC TEACHERS: Implementation of innovative ICT tools into STEM-oriented online education (IO2) combined with participation in training courses tailored to individual
needs (IO3) will result in increased knowledge and experience related to modern teaching methodologies. Advanced competences of the academic staff significantly contribute to the
improvement of quality and relevance of education which is defined as a long-term impact of the project. The added value of the e-CLOSE is an opportunity for academic teachers to
exchange experiences with their peers from other countries. It is also anticipated that the e-CLOSE outcomes will encourage teachers from other institutions to conduct similar
initiatives further increasing educational potential of their home universities.
c) HEIs: Each university adapting solutions developed in the project will get a chance to modernize its educational offer by introducing modern e-learning elements into its study
programmes. As a result, HEIs will not only increase attractiveness of the education processes but also bring technology to the forefront when facing the challenges of teaching and
learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Another desired impact of the project on HEIs is an increased level of digitalization, internationalization and prestige on the European
education market. The initiative will further strengthen the cooperation among the consortium universities and in a long term is expected to contribute to the increase of mobility rates of
students and staff. The E-CLOSE fulfills the objectives of the partner institutions’ development/internationalization strategies by implementing activities for the excellence of education
in an international environment.
d) BUSINESS SECTOR/EMPLOYERS: In a long-term the project intends to help to increase the supply of STEM skilled labor in accordance to the needs of the EU labor market.
e) OTHER EDUCATORS, EDUCATION ENTHUSIASTS etc.: Additional groups of external stakeholders encouraged to get acquainted with the e-CLOSE deliverables will get a
chance to broaden their knowledge regarding innovative teaching methods which will contribute to their personal lifelong learning experiences.
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What is the desired impact of the project at the local, regional, national, European and/or international levels?
LOCAL & REGIONAL LEVEL: In a long term the project will contribute to a decrease in unemployment by providing STEM specialists with competences and skills sought by employers
to the labor market.
NATIONAL LEVEL: The scope of the project is consistent with national policies dedicated to education and economic growth in all partner countries, e.g. higher education development
strategies/action plans by increasing the quality of education. Additionally, the e-CLOSE deliverables may be considered for implementation into national policies as examples of good
practice in online education, in particular in Poland as one of the TUL representatives participating in the project is a member of the national team for distance learning appointed by
the Minister of Science and Higher Education.
EUROPEAN LEVEL: The project consortium plans to disseminate the e-CLOSE outcomes among other national and foreign HEIs which will positively impact The European Higher
Education Area. Implementation of the developed solutions directly supports the EU education and employment policies, e.g. the Renewed EU Agenda for Higher Education, the
Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 and the European Skills Agenda in particular (Action 7 - Increasing STEM graduates, fostering entrepreneurial and transversal skills, Action
10 - A European approach to micro-credentials, Action 8 – Skils for life). It is expected that the initiative will contribute to the further development of academic exchange in the blended-
teaching/learning formula within the next edition of the Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027.
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL: It is desired that the e-CLOSE innovative approach to ensure excellence in online education will arouse interest of stakeholders from outside of the EU
which would potentially lead to exchange of experiences and cooperation for the further development of proposed solutions.
How will you measure the previously mentioned impacts?
The anticipated impacts of the project will be evaluated taking into account the following indicators as well as sources and tools for their measurement:
- number of E-CLOSE website visitors and their location country (counter on the platform);
- number of downloads of the project deliverables from the e-CLOSE website (counter on the platform);
- number of parallel/follow-up initiatives established within the scope of the project (reports from TUL, HTW, UAH and UA, declarations from involved institutions);
- number of patronages, official declarations of support issued by external institutions and other entities (agreements, letters of support);
- number of articles, mentions and citations dedicated to the project published by the consortium HEIs and other institutions (copies, print screens of articles);
- number and territorial differentiation of institutions targeted with dissemination activities (report on the implementation of the e-CLOSE Dissemination Strategy);
- increased employability of students participating in the project (student self-assessment, opinions of academic teachers engaged in the project activities, questionnaires);
- increased competences of academic teachers participating in the project or teachers of other HEIs implementing solutions delivered by the e-CLOSE (self-assessment,
questionnaires);
- increased level of digitalization and internationalization of partner HEIs (self-assessment, periodic reports, statements of university officials).
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Dissemination and Use of Project's Results
You are requested to make plans for the dissemination of your project results. Please provide answers to the questions below.
What will be the target groups of your dissemination activities inside and outside your partnership?
Please define in particular your target audience(s) at local/regional/national/EU level and motivate your choice.
In order to achieve the objectives of the project, an effective dissemination strategy is required where all the key stakeholders are actively engaged and influenced by what has been
developed and proposed through the e-CLOSE project. The main target group on local, regional, national and EU-level consists of students and academics of various STEM-oriented
study programmes as well as HEIs benefiting from the project outcomes.
Development of innovative set of methods and tool supporting an interactive e-learning targets at first the four partner institutions involved. The initial needs analysis performed for the
purpose of this application defines prerequisites for further project development. Dissemination at local and regional level will happen via direct contact between academics and
students of STEM study programmes as well as other university representatives (authorities, department officials, international cooperation centres staff etc.). To reach the academic
communities of other HEIs on national and especially the EU level, additional disseminating activities will be introduced. Once the elements of the proposed methodology start to be
developed, adequate information about the initiative will be disseminated through the project website, contact with external partners and further within the project during the Multiplier
Events. The project's website will be designed with a project logo and specific branding that will be consistent throughout the project's communication. It will provide information on the
e-CLOSE and a progress map as the project evolves. All key documents and reports will be published along with the information on partner meetings and any dissemination events
where the project is presented. The website will be available in English and will be updated regularly with information from all partners. To disseminate the project's results nationally
and at the EU-level, HEls will exploit their previously established cooperation networks with other universities, associations and business partners.
One of the project’s objectives is improvement of quality and relevance of students’ knowledge, skills and competencies related not only to STEM but also the 21st century skills with a
special emphasis put on civic competency and engagement. To achieve that goal, a synergy cooperation between HEIs, students and NGOs will be established. Each partner HEI will
therefore reach out to representatives of the third sector with an invitation to join the consortium in an effort to positively impact local communities. The consortium goal is also to
disseminate the e-CLOSE results with local and national authorities to contribute to the strategic goals of development and educational policies. This ambitious goal will be at the
responsibility of university authorities.
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Which activities will you and your partner carry out in order to share the results of your project beyond your partnership?
Planned dissemination events, presentations and publications (press releases & briefing materials) will distribute the project's outcomes to all target groups and stakeholders within
and outside of the e-CLOSE consortium. Visibility and knowledge of the project among relevant stakeholders is of ultimate importance. The multiplier events held at the partner HEls
will be public events within and outside of the academic community to increase the impact of the project’s results. In order to effectively spread information about the project, partner
HEI will use the following tools as well as internal and external channels: universities websites, social media (Facebook, YouTube, twitter, Instagram etc.), newsletters, publications,
press releases. Additionally, each partner HEI will disseminate the project outcomes and deliverables among its partner universities (cooperation within the Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2
and other programmes and joint initiatives, university networks etc.)
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Who will be responsible for the dissemination activities within your partnership and which specific expertise do they have in this area? What resources will you make available to allow
for the proper implementation of your dissemination plans?
In order to guarantee successful dissemination of the project results, the Steering Committee is going to prepare a Promotion and Dissemination Strategy that will specify the following:
- important academic and non-academic target groups
- potential interest in the project and expectations of each target group
- communication requirements and needs for each target group
- required communication means and channels
- method and frequency of communication activities
- plan for internal and external communication
- timetable of dissemination activities
- allocation of resources from all the partners involved.
The Strategy will include a list of dissemination activities with roles and responsibilities defined for each task. The coordinating institution (TUL) will have a leading role in preparation of
the Strategy however all the partners are going to be equally responsible for dissemination activities to be conducted nationally. Each partner team will be supported by their
communication and promotion units responsible for public relations and contact with the press.
During the initial phase of the project, the 3D PARADE will focus on:
- drafting of the Promotion and Dissemination Strategy
- consideration of how and to whom outcomes will be disseminated
- project website
- project visual identification
- necessity of social media accounts
- publicity materials (leaflets and/or roll-ups/posters).
After the first project year, the dissemination channels will be further extended to include:
- additional publicity materials
- presentations of project results at multiplier events
- publications published in relevant magazines/newsletters
- press releases about the project (relevant media at local/regional/national level)
- departmental seminars
- mailing lists
- existing contacts and networks.
Other publication channels will be explored throughout the project timeline and included at a later point. During the project lifetime, reporting on the activities carried out to share the
results inside and outside participating institutions will be requested from all the HEIs.
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Erasmus+ has an open access requirement for all materials developed through its projects. If your project is producing intellectual outputs/tangible deliverables, please describe how
you intend to ensure free access for the public to a digital form of this material. If you intend to put any limitation on the use of the open licence, please specify the reasons, extent and
nature of this limitation.
All project IOs will be provided with an open access and will be made available on the e-CLOSE website. The website will be constructed in English and easily available to all the
targets groups from all over the world.
How will you ensure that the project's results will remain available and will be used by others?
The project website will be hosted by TUL, each partner will contribute to the content with adequate updates. Good functionality of the website will allow all users to easily access the
deliverables of the project, including the IOs. The website address will be available on all information and promotion materials prepared, shared and issued by the consortium. As the
website will have an open access, the results are expected to be sustainable and should continue to be used after the project is completed. The website will be linked to each partner
institution's official website to widen its reach and increase traffic. The Promotion and Dissemination Strategy will include a list of dissemination activities that will help the consortium to
spread the project's results to maximum number of internal external stakeholders.
If relevant, please provide any other information you consider appropriate to give a full understanding of your dissemination plan and its expected impact (e.g. how you have identified
which results are most relevant to disseminate; how you will ensure the involvement of all partners; how you see synergies with other stakeholders, etc.)
The Promotion and Dissemination Strategy will specify activities to be implemented at the start of the project, during the project lifetime, at the final stage and after it is completed.
Each partner of the consortium will provide meaningful input based on its experience in organizing and participating in similar activities (all partners have significant experience in
conducting international education-oriented projects). All of the IOs constitute a whole compatible online set of educational solutions and tools however they can be implemented
separately in accordance to the specific needs of a particular stakeholder. The Strategy will therefore indicate such IOs as well as provide a list of possible stakeholders from the
perspective of each partner HEI (e.g implementation of the IO5 and its expected impact on the third sector and local communities).
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Sustainability
What are the activities and results that will be maintained after the end of the EU funding, and how will you ensure the resources needed to sustain them?
Participation in the project as well as exploitation of its results will lead to increased institutional capacities, skills and competences of all partied involved – HEIs, academic teachers,
students – which will be the fundamental durable result of the project further confirmed by ECTS points granted to students as well as confirmations/certificates issued for the academic
teachers contributing to their professional achievements.
IO1, IO2, IO4 and IO5 will be implemented and exploited within study programmes of all partners universities. A priority will be given to STEM-oriented programmes and courses
currently being the subject of cooperation between the institutions, e.g Erasmus+ bilateral agreements, double diploma agreements. Each Partner will be responsible for the
implementation of appropriate internal procedures in order to ensure the fulfilment of this obligation. IO3 will be implemented at each institution as part of its training offer for academic
teachers. Eventual costs of necessary operations will be covered by the appropriate university.
The e-CLOSE website where all of the IOs will be available to download by internal and external stakeholders will be maintained and administrated by TUL after the project completion.
All costs related to this obligation (staff, server infrastructure) will be covered by TUL and necessary activities including platform maintenance will be carried out by TUL’s IT specialists.
The website administrator will perform periodic analysis on the number of website visitors in order to determine the legitimacy of its further operation. If necessary, all of the IOs will be
transferred to the websites of partner universities. Regardless, the IOs will be available on the EC Erasmus Project Results platform.
All partners will continue to disseminate the e-CLOSE results during university events or as part of other initiatives related to the quality of education and international cooperation.
Once the project is completed all partners will thoroughly evaluate its impact on local, regional, national and EU level. If a need for further development or modification of the e-CLOSE
results is determined, the consortium will proceed with a new complementary initiative. A final decision in this matter will be made by the Steering Committee after consultations with
university authorities.
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Annexes

The maximum size of a file is 15 MB and the maximum total size is 100 MB.

The maximum number of all attachments is 100.

Please download the Declaration on Honour, print it, have it signed by the legal representative and attach.
File Name File Size (kB)
Declaration_TUL.pdf 314

Please download the Mandates, print them, have them signed by the legal representatives and attach them here.
File Name File Size (kB)
mandates.pdf 1,604
Total Size (kB) 1,918
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Checklist

Before submitting your application form to the National Agency, please make sure that:
It fulfils the eligibility criteria listed in the Programme Guide.
All relevant fields in the application form have been completed.
You have chosen the correct National Agency of the country in which your organisation is established. Currently selected NA is: PL01 Foundation for the Development of the
Education System
Please also keep in mind the following:

Mandates of each partner to the applicant, signed by both parties, should be submitted as an annex to the application form. If the application is approved for funding, signed mandates will
be considered as a condition for signature of the grant agreement.

The documents proving the legal status of the applicant must be uploaded in the Erasmus and European Solidarity Corps platform (for more details, see Part C of the Programme Guide -
'Information for applicants').

The grant exceeds 60 000 EUR. If the applicant organisation is not a public body or an international organisation, please do not forget to upload the necessary documents to give proof of
your financial capacity in the Erasmus and European Solidarity Corps platform (for more details, see the section 'Selection Criteria' in Part C of the Programme Guide).
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Data Protection Notice
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of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the EU institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. Any personal data requested will only be used for the
intended purpose, i.e. the processing of your application in accordance with the specifications of the call for proposals, the management of the administrative and financial aspects of the
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Submission History
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Call 2020 Round 1 KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

KA226 - Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Field Higher education

Main objective of the project Innovation

Project Acronym e-CLOSE

Project Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2021-03-01

Project Total Duration 24 months

Project End Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 2023-02-28

Language used to fill in the form English

Organisation ID Legal name Country

E10209033 POLITECHNIKA LODZKA Poland

No Organisation ID Legal name Country

1 E10208584 UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA Spain

2 E10208840 UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO Portugal

HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT

Project Budget Summary

Budget Items Grant

Project Management and Implementation 30.000,00 EUR

Transnational Project Meetings 19.470,00 EUR

Intellectual Outputs 145.965,00 EUR

Multiplier Events 10.000,00 EUR

Learning, Teaching, Training Activities 76.480,00 EUR

Exceptional Costs 15.500,00 EUR

Total Grant 297.415,00 EUR

Transnational Projects Meetings

ID Meeting Title No. of Participants Grant

1 e-CLOSE Kickoff Meeting 6 4.190,00 EUR

2 e-CLOSE Status Meeting 6 3.450,00 EUR

3 e-CLOSE Status Meeting 6 3.820,00 EUR

4 e-CLOSE Status Meeting 6 3.820,00 EUR

5 c-CLOSE Review Meeting 6 4.190,00 EUR

Total 19.470,00 EUR

Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online

O2 Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators Managers 10 1.640,00 EUR

O3 Teacher Training Courses Managers 10 880,00 EUR

O6 Guidelines and Recommendations Managers 10 1.640,00 EUR

O4 Smart Gamification Based On Multiple Intelligence Theory Managers 10 2.800,00 EUR

Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online 24.700,00

Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online

O2 Distance Teaching Toolbox for Educators Technicians 90 9.440,00 EUR

O3 Teacher Training Courses Technicians 90 8.970,00 EUR

O6 Guidelines and Recommendations Technicians 45 4.720,00 EUR

Methodology of Interactive Asynchronous and Synchronous Online

O3 Teacher Training Courses Administrative support staff 5 195,00 EUR

O6 Guidelines and Recommendations Administrative support staff 5 390,00 EUR

Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher Education –

Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher Education –

Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in Higher Education –

Solutions for More Interactive (A)Synchronous On-line Learning in

Learning, Teaching, Training Activities

Grant for Exceptional

Blended mobility of higher 11.065,00

Blended mobility of higher 10.215,00

Intensive programmes for 13.995,00

Intensive programmes for

Short-term joint staff training

Short-term joint staff training