Preserving European Cultural Heritage in the Era of Digitalization

There were four main objectives of the project which were integrated and related with the priorities of 2021-2027 perspectives: -Internationalization of partner schools; -Enhancing the qualit...

There were four main objectives of the project which were integrated and related with the priorities of 2021-2027 perspectives: -Internationalization of partner schools; -Enhancing the quality of education in our schools; -Developing a sense of European unity; -Raising awareness on local and European Cultural Heritage. While reaching above objectives we prioritized with digitalization, inclusion of students with fewer opportunities and developing key competences. We also focused on topics such as foreign language learning, intercultural learning and communication skills.

We implemented virtual and real mobilities as well as management, including evaluation, promotion and dissemination tasks. The project started with an online management team meeting, which resulted in a good cooperation plan for the upcoming months. The ice breaking students online meeting took place within a months. Students introduced themselves and presented their research on their partner’s country and local culture. They set the direction for further cooperation and clarified the expectations regarding the planned mobilities. Real and virtual mobilities were held alternately: real, virtual, real, virtual. The real ones allowed to gather information and digital material about Warmian and Samsun cultural, history and nature heritage as well as develop digital skills during classes and workshops. Local community and institutions were involved in the fullfilling the activities’ objectives. Virtual mobilities focused on development of the project's digital results and their dissemination.

The concrete outcomes of the project: - models of local landmarks printed in 3D and the display in a form of Miniature Museum; - a padlet with ready to print 3D models created by the students; - VR tours round Olsztyn downtown and Ankara Castle; - an interactive e-book about Warmian, Poland and Samsun, Turkey cultural heritage; - a video report of students’ mobility; - dissemination presentations; - long-term cooperation with partner schools. Soft results: - increase of language competences both of students and teachers involved in the project implementation; - increase of tolerance and awareness of cultural differences among students; - developed key compenetces: communication, IT, social and entrepreneurship skills; - experience in travelling abroad.