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I recently graduated in a master's program at the University of Verona. I am a project manager at AIFED, an association located in Granada (Spain) that focuses on European projects targeting both youth and adults.

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Skills for online: a project for adult education

If digital technology was already a fast-running phenomena, since 2020 it has really taken flight. We have experienced a pandemic that has changed our daily lives from one day to the next. In our daily lives, we have become more reliant on digital resources for tasks related to work, education, and even bureaucratic processes.

I found myself starting a master's degree program in the midst of a health crisis, where it was not known when universities would reopen their classrooms to students.

Within this context, I would like to talk about the project that we are coordinating in AIFED: "Skills for online" Erasmus+ 2021-1-ES01-KA210-ADU-000034023. This is a two-year project that deals with the topic of digital adult education. Together with our Latvian and Portuguese partners, we created an e-toolkit with practical tips for the transition to digital learning, including innovative methods of digital education for adults. The main objective is to develop the skills of adult educators from the three partner organisations to plan, design and deliver online education.

In this project, we have brought together several adult educators, trainers, and teachers to create a methodology that will serve as an example for the organisation of online courses. It allows participants to discover the concepts of instructional design, universal design for learning and facilitation of synchronous online learning activities.

It is not easy to answer the question "What will the future of education look like?"

However, given recent trends, it is certain that the digital aspect will continue to develop, and educators will have to learn to live with it and integrate it into their teaching. In addition, they should try not to completely replace face-to-face classes with online teaching, thus maintaining a perfect balance between the two.