 Some participants during the meeting in Tallinn. |
 Juhana Mykrä introducing some social media websites. |
 Merike Viilup, Marja-Liisa Kinturi and Sirkku Määttä in the Finnish institute in Estonia. |
 Toinen tapaaminen pidettiin 29.11.-1.12. 2009 Helsingissä. Kuvassa Marjo Heiskanen esittelemässä teostaan "Idiootin valinta", joka sijoittuu internetin monimuotoiseen maailmaan. |
 Tapaamisen tavoitteena oli luoda työnjako ja päättää konkreettiset työtehtävät ja aikataulut, jotta projektihakemus saataisiin jätettyä määräaikaan mennessä. Lempäälä-opiston tehtävä on järjestää pilottikurssi keväällä 2010 ja koota samalla tutkimusaineisto, joka kartoittaa opettajan ja opiskelijoiden kommentteja sosiaalisen median käytöstä. |
Project summary
Purpose
The Project Social Media Education for Adults (SMEA) aims at increasing information and deepening understanding of the cultural and social change made by social media and community services which are available on the Internet.
The project aims at improving the skills of adult educators and journalists to professionally benefit from social media. It also aims at improving safety for children and youth on the Internet (online safety) by educating adults, parents and adults working with children, and via information and discussion in media. Social Media Education for Adults (SMEA) as preparatory visits aims at a further development project.
SMEA is a prepatory visit project. For preparation of a development project and to achieve common understanding of the objectives, the prepatory visit project organizes two 5 days seminars with 2 partners from every participating organization to learn about social media as a factor of social and cultural change in society and as working tool for adult educators and journalists.
During the preparatory visits the participators will get information and also map learning needs of the target groups of their own organization. As result the participators (partners) have better understanding of social media so that they are able to make concrete plans for a further project. This further developing project aims at learning material and course modules to be done for adult learning, tools and a publication to help adult educators and journalists benefit from social media in their work.
Background/motivation for the project
The deep social change in the society and the transformation of the social environment, caused by developments in the utilisation of the Internet for new kinds of purposes, has caused a gap between adults and youth and children in using (and comprehending) Internet and perceiving the aspects of social media on the Internet.
There is a clear need of adult educators and journalists to understand and to be able to benefit from social media. Furthermore, there is a need for parents and other adults to understand community services of Internet and to support children and youth in online safety.
Prepatory meetings will work with experts and specialists in Internet, especially in social media and consist one 5 days meeting with workshops including travel days in Tallinn September 2009 and the second 5 days meeting with workshops in Helsinki in December 2009
Description of partnership ("who does what"):
Coordinator, Foundation Kansanvalistusseura, will organize the two prepatory visits, one in September 2009 in Tallinn and the other December 2009 in Helsinki.
Partners, 5 organizations, will send each two participants to seminars September 2009 Tallinn and in December 2009 Helsinki
Short presentation of the coordinator and the partners:
Kansanvalistusseura, KVS Foundation, is the oldest adult education organisation in Finland, with ideological roots in the very same national and cultural awakening which later led to Finland's national independence in 1917. Today KVS Foundation is strongly developing the publications department. The books are mainly targeted at the professional adult educator, but are interesting also to the general public and the journals - Aikuiskasvatus, LLine and webmagazine Sivistys - are essential in Finnish adult eucation journalism. www.kvs.fi
The Finnish institute in Estonia organizes a variety of events throughout the country such as seminars, art exhibitions, concerts, literary evenings, academic meetings, courses and visits by guest artists. The institute also provides a wide range of information services including a library, a reading room and computer facilities with internet access.
The Women Journalists in Finland is launched in 1946 to unite women who earn their living in the media, Women Journalists in Finland is one of the oldest journalists' associations in the country. Today it brings together women in all forms of journalism, from daily newspapers and professional publications to news agencies and broadcasting companies. Acting as a women's network, the association strives to improve the professional skills of its members as well as the position of female journalists in newsrooms and editorial offices. www.naistoimittajat.fi
Lempäälä Adult education center (Lempäälä-opisto) is a an active partner in the cultural activities and cooperating with other educational institutions in the municipality Lempäälä. It offers general education and training for all of the 20 000 local inhabitants.
Eesti Vabaharidusliit (Estonian Association for Adult education). Eesti Vabaharidusliit - Estonian Non-formal Adult Education Association (ENAEA) is non-governmental, national umbrella organisation in the non-formal adult education field associating education-orientated NGOs (69 member organisations in 2007). ENAEA, the follower of the Estonian Union of Education (1924- 1940), was re-established in 1994.
Lithuanian Centre for Adult Education and Information ( LCAEI ). Lithuanian Centre for Adult Education and Information ( LCAEI ) is the state institution working under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania. Lithuanian Centre for Adult Education and Information was established by the Ministry as one of the main institutions assisting in coordination and implementation of the means of national Lifelong Learning strategy. Its mission is to achieve that society should have more possibilities to participate in continuing learning by rendering assistance for adults in education.
Two other organizations are giving their support to the project : Nordic Council of Ministers´ in Estonia and The Finnish Embassy in Tallinn.
Expected outcome
The result is better understanding of social media. The result is to be able to map the needs of adult learning considering social media in every participating organizations´ own target group . The result is to be ready to create the further Nordplus devloping project. The participating adult education organizations are more aware of the impact and content of the social media; the journalists involved are better informed to write about social media and raise discussion concerning Internet as social media and to develope with adult educators a further Nordplus developing project.
Dissemination of results
Dissemination will cover adult education media in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania, European adult education network InfoNet and Nordic NVL/ Dialog Web. The further developing project will as a result disseminate a model for adult learning of social media and a publication.
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