Explore the Digital World

D(at)YW – Upgrading Digital Youth Work is an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for innovation and exchange of good practices.

The project pioneers to design a Complete Tool Kit and a Knowledge Pack for developing, implementing and monitoring various inclusive strategies for promoting deep digital skills.

Methodological Approach

UTILIZING THE NON-WORKING TIME

(i.e. after school/college, summertime, afternoon) available in a constructive way to set up a deep tech club.

CREATING SYNERGIES

between youth organisations, schools and the business world to bridge the skills-gap between education and the labour market.

INTRODUCING OPEN BADGES

as a method to validate and award the digital skills acquired by both young people and youth workers.

CREATING TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION

between partners for the organisation of competitions, events, C1 mobility, digital movement as part of the EU strategy.

Stages

Research

During the first stage the consortium is conducting various surveys to identify the existing digital skills gap between young people’s abilities and the existing requirements of the job market.

Research

Design

The second stage is about designing and developing all essential teaching and learning material to support the promote of deep-tech digital skills through synergies and hubs.

Design

Testing

At the third stage a short-term training for youth workers will be organised to test all developed materials.

Testing

Implementation

After testing, the feedback will be incorporated into the designed product and presented again to the wider audience.

Implementation

Dissemination

During the final phase of the project’s dissemination plan, which includes the completion of the planned activities and the implementation of the D(at)YW for digital literacy, each partner will organise a national conference in their country.

Dissemination

Current Numbers

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Surveyed youngsters
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Businesses interviewed
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Modules developed
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Deep tech clubs

Results

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  • IO1
  • IO2
  • IO3

D(at)YW: e-Learning Platform

December 9, 2020
The e-Learning Platform, featuring e-Academy, e-Community and e-Resource Data Bank, was developed as part of the Intellectual Output 3 (IO3-A1), and is meant to revolutionise ...
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D(at)YW: Open Badge on Social Media Marketing

December 9, 2020
Did you know, that the D(at)YW Consortium issues Open Badges to validate young people\’s learning? What is an Open Badge? Open Badge is a digital ...
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D(at)YW: Open Badge on DevOps, Go-Lang & Raspberry Pi Exploration

December 9, 2020
Did you know, that the D(at)YW Consortium issues Open Badges to validate young people\’s learning? What is an Open Badge? Open Badge is a digital ...
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D(at)YW: Open Badge on Graphic & Media Design

December 9, 2020
Did you know, that the D(at)YW Consortium issues Open Badges to validate young people\’s learning? What is an Open Badge? Open Badge is a digital ...
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D(at)YW: Open Badge on C++ Programming Language

December 9, 2020
Did you know, that the D(at)YW Consortium issues Open Badges to validate young people’s learning? What is an Open Badge? Open Badge is a digital ...
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D(at)YW: Open Badge on Web Design

December 9, 2020
Did you know, that the D(at)YW Consortium issues Open Badges to validate young people\’s learning? What is an Open Badge? Open Badge is a digital ...
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Timeline

May, 2019

Kick-off Meeting in Erfurt, Germany

October, 2019

Transnational Meeting in Lancaster, UK

March, 2020

Transnational Meeting in Reus, Spain

June, 2020

Short-term Joint Staff Training Nicosia, Cyprus

December, 2020

Multiplier Events in Germany, UK, Greece, Spain and Cyprus

December, 2020

Transnational Meeting in Brussels, Belgium

January, 2021

Final Conference in Brussels, Belgium

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Blog Posts

D(at)YW: e-Learning Platform Testing

December 9, 2020
The e-Learning Platform, featuring e-Academy, e-Community and e-Resource Data Bank, was developed as part of the Intellectual Output 3 (IO3-A1), and is meant to revolutionise ...
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D(at)YW Piloting: C++ Programming Language Course

December 9, 2020
Between the 3rd of November – 27th of November 2020, Emphasys Centre conducted the Pilot testing for the Digital@YouthWork project for the C++ module (which was the ...
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D(at)YW Piloting: Social Media Marketing

December 2, 2020
Open Europe piloted the module “Social Media Marketing” which is targeted at beginners in the topic: young people or youth workers who have average skills ...
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D(at)YW Piloting: Graphic & Media Design Course

November 25, 2020
Lancaster and Morecambe College implemented our pilot testing of the Digital@YouthWork project resources with two groups of the project target audience. The first group used ...
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D(at)YW Piloting: Web Design Course

November 9, 2020
On the 25th November 2020, the European Digital Learning Network organised an online training for implementing a piloting session on the web design course available in ...
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D(at)YW Piloting: 3D Design & 3D Printing Course

November 2, 2020
From October 19th till 24th, 2020 the CGE team organised the first piloting of the D(at)YW project, featuring 3D Design & 3D Printing Course. Georg ...
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