GRECOL Getting ready for European citizenship on-line
online course, comprises of 5 modules The course may be offered through online and blended learning formats. In addition, the 5 modules may be independently utilized as stand-alone materials or integrated into other courses according to the individual needs of each educational context.
The modules are offered in all the languages of the partnership: English, Catalan, Italian, Danish, German, Turkish and Latvian.
The methodology of the course is based on a model that develops its activities through the web and on the web following the proposal of Universal Design for Learning, (UDL) from Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). The students become the centre of the model and the process of learning. The model is aware of the nature of the potential students. The general features of e-activities are diversity, openness, and flexibility and they contain discussions, tasks, quizzes, surveys, and a final project using a varied range of digital tools. The materials of GRECOL project were created using the open-source tool Xerte.
The final product is an OER material ready for being used for any upper secondary or adult institution around Europe as a course, curricula, module or workshop. We are offering the material ready to be used, but you can also download and adapt according to your needs using Xerte. Xerte toolkits are a free, open source content creation tool.