The three-year, european co-funded, project entitled “Creative Audiovisual Lab for the Promotion of Critical Thinking and Media Literacy (CrAL)“, where the DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) has served as the only Greek partner, was completed with success.
More precisely, the CrAL project aimed at promoting critical thinking and media literacy by providing an innovative methodology that included audiovisual tools and the concept of a “Lab” for the education and training of teachers and subsequently their students. The project was implemented by a consortium of seven (7) partners from six (6) countries, namely Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania and Spain.
The DAISSy-HOU, being the only Greek partner, was responsible for the implementation of all CrAL activities in Greece, ensuring high quality and compliance with the project objectives. In addition, the Research Group was actively involved in all intellectual products and deliverables of the CrAL project and responsible for the coordination of both the overall Quality Assurance and the development and support of the operation of the CrAL online educational platform, a pivotal tool for teachers and trainers. Lastly, DAISSy-HOU was also responsible for the dissemination of the project results in Greece, enhancing their sustainability and safeguarding their impact.
Overall, the CrAL project developed and delivered a comprehensive training program that included valuable materials and guidelines for the training of teachers and trainers in five (5) partners’ languages (Croatian, Italian, Lithuanian, Spanish and Greek), while more than three hundred fifty (350) registered users had the opportunity to learn how to integrate critical thinking and media literacy into their lessons in class, by using audiovisual tools and technologies through the CrAL platform, open to all and offered free of charge.
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