Launch of the DigitUni Project
February 8, 2022
Launch of the Erasmus + programme higher education strategic partnership project at Vilniaus kolegija / University of Applied Sciences and Transilvania University of Brasov, partner of the project
The Faculty of Economics of Vilniaus Kolegija/ University of Applied Sciences launched on 8th of February 2022 with a Kick-Off meeting the Erasmus + program higher education strategic partnership project – “Digital readiness and capacity building of humanities professors in universities through partnership with digital technologies companies” (No. 2021-1-LT-01-KA220-HED-000031124).
The project involves partners from six countries: Lithuania, Poland (Fundacja Rozwoju Aktywnosci Miedzynarodowej i Edukacyjnej), Bulgaria (Pax Rhodopica Foundation), Romania (Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov), Italy (Prism Impresa Sociale S.R.L.) and Greece (Panepistimio Patron).
The project will develop four intellectual products: the DigitUni Toolkit, the DigitUni Distance Learning Toolkit, the DigitUni Distance Learning Manual and the DigitUni e-Platform, an Interactive Library.
The researchers from the Faculty of Sociology and Communication and Faculty of Letters, from Transilvania University of Brasov will also contribute to the development of these intellectual products, during the project implementation period: January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023.
The main objective of the project “Digital readiness and capacity building of humanities professors in universities through partnership with digital technologies companies” (DigitUni) is to support the digital transformation and to strengthen the capacity of humanities professors to provide high-quality, inclusive, digital education through development of their digital competences and strengthening their cooperation with companies-experts in digital technologies.