[ Press Release ]
Virtual walk through the performed training activities (LTTAs) for our teachers
Look at the compilation of the achieved mobilities within the DIGI4Teach project prepared by the Prva ekonomska škola on the occasion of the celebration of Erasmus Days: https://app.emaze.com/@ALORTQQWL/erasmuswhererasmus#/1
Take a walk through the overview of lectures and digital skills training activities organized for our teachers by partners from Germany, Poland and Serbia! Soon we will all meet again in Zagreb...
Project presentation at the 16th Lifelong Learning Week - Let's develop vocational skills
As part of the celebration of the 16th Lifelong Learning Week, one of the project partners, the First School of Economics in Zagreb, presented the DIGI4Teach project. The project activities held so far, as well as what is currently being done within the project, are presented.
The Lifelong Learning Week is organized by the Agency for Vocational Education and Training, which continuously implements activities aimed at promoting lifelong learning. This activity is carried out with the aim of acquainting the public and interested stakeholders with the projects implemented in secondary vocational schools with an emphasis on their activities and goals.
Description of education: Expert meeting for vocational teachers
in the Economy and Trade sector, subsector Economy
Name of meeting and target group: Expert meeting for teachers of vocational courses in the Economy and Trade sector, economy subsector, "Strengthening teacher competences"
Venue: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, hall 14
Date and time: August 31st, 2022 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Organizer of the expert meeting: Vedrana Šimunić Rod, Agency for Vocational Education and Training (Agencija za strukovno obrazovanje i obrazovanje odraslih)
Lecture information
Topic: Application of digital tools in the accounting education system
Lecturers: Associate Professor Nikolina Dečman, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher Marina Ercegović, PhD, Assistant Professor Mateja Brozović, PhD, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
Learning outcomes:
analyze the attitudes of high school students and professors about the application of digital tools in secondary education (part of the results of the survey conducted within the Erasmus+ project DIGI4Teach)
present selected available digital tools and their possibilities in the field of accounting teaching
show the application of selected digital tools on concrete examples from the field of accounting.
Why it is important to encourage the use of digital tools in the education of our students and how teachers can easily apply them was discussed at the Expert Meeting for teachers of vocational subjects in the Economy and Trade sector in the organizations of the Agency for Vocational Education and Training. The Expert Meeting was held on August 31, 2022 at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb.
Members of the project team of the Erasmus+ DIGI4Teach project held a lecture on the topic "Application of digital tools in the accounting education system". Project Manager Nikolina Dečman, PhD informed the participants of the Meeting about the activities that have been carried out so far and the expected results of the DIGI4Teach project. Project members, Marina Ercegović, PhD and Mateja Brozović, PhD presented the results of a survey conducted among high school students and professors regarding attitudes about the use of digital tools in teaching. After that, they presented practical examples of the use of digital tools in accounting classes.
We thank all participants for their valuable feedback and comments and look forward to the future cooperation!
Dissemination of the DIGI4Teach project activities at the Poznań University of Economics and Business
DIGI4Teach project members were hosted at the Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland from June 22nd to 24th. The purpose of visit was to disseminate the DIGI4Teach project activities to colleagues from the Poznań University of Economics and Business with whom researchers and professors from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business cooperating for a while and performing two scientific projects currently, one co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme - Teaching Sustainability in Higher Education in the Field of Economics and Management (SUSTA) and the other funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange - Central European Network for Sustainable and Innovative Economy (CENETSIE).
Two project members from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, and one project member from the Third School of Economics Zagreb visited the Poznań University of Economics and Business and presented the project to researchers interested in various topics related to the sustainability. Participants shared their experiences but also discussed challenges in teaching economic disciplines, adapting to online education, and possibilities to introduce and use more digital tools in courses related to the economic disciplines (with an emphasis on statistics, accounting, economic principles, and trade).
Participants also discussed the education system structure and organization in Poland and Croatia in both secondary schools and faculties/universities. Given that the DIGI4Teach project has a goal to share experiences in teaching economic disciplines in the digital era at the secondary and tertiary levels of education, participants also discussed possibilities of future joint projects as a possible continuation of this one, based on this project's results, and also by connecting and gathering secondary schools and faculties/universities.
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Participation in the national Thematic meeting of the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps beneficiaries
DIGI4Teach Project Manager, Associate Professor Nikolina Dečman, PhD and a member of the project team Ana Rep, PhD participated on June 7, 2022 in the virtual annual Thematic Meeting of users of the Erasmus+ program and the European Solidarity Corps, organized by the Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes. The theme of the meeting was "How to successfully communicate your projects". Meeting goal was to inspire and empower participants and organizations for better and more efficient communication about projects financed under the Erasmus+ program and the European Solidarity Corps. The Project Manager used the opportunity to introduce the meeting participants to the DIGI4Teach project and invited them to actively follow the project's official website and social networks in order to be informed in a timely manner about the activities and possibilities of using the project results.
Description of education: County Expert Council, subsector of Economics, City of Zagreb
Target group: members of the County Expert Council, subsector of Economics, City of Zagreb
Venue: online, Zoom application
Time of the event: December 18, 2021 from 9.00 to 15.00
Organizer and leader of the expert conference: Romana Rusek, teacher at the First School of Economics in Zagreb
Lecture information
Topic: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on digitalization of the education system and improvement of teacher competencies
Lecturer: Nikolina Dečman, PhD, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb
Learning outcomes:
- analyze the current situation and teaching challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis
- critically evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of using digital technologies in the educational process
- get acquainted with the key goals and expected results of the ERASMUS+ project DIGI4Teach
On Saturday, December 18, 2021, fifty teachers of the economic group of subjects gathered at the County Expert Council meeting organized by the Agency for Vocational Education and Training and our dear member of the DIGI4Teach team - professor Romana Rusek. As a part of the expert meeting, Project Manager of the DIGI4Teach project, associate professor Nikolina Dečman presented the current topic of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on digitalization of the education system and improvement of teaching competencies. After getting acquainted with the topic and content of the lecture, the key theses of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the education system in the Republic of Croatia were presented. Furthermore, the current situation was analyzed and all the teaching challenges we have encountered due to the transition to e-learning during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis were presented. The benefits and disadvantages of using digital technologies in the educational process were also critically assessed. Moreover, participants were introduced to current project activities and invited to actively collaborate and complete a questionnaire on their own digital competencies, perspectives and experiences of using digital tools in teaching, advantages and disadvantages of e-learning and other important issues for teaching in the digital age.
** The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.