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Training Workshop for Faculty Members of Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University

08-10-2022

Training Workshop (TW) 1 for Faculty members was held in Batumi Shota Rusatveli State University within the framework of the Erasmus +Grant Project DITECH on October 6 and 7.

The training workshop consisted of two training sessions of 6 hours altogether in face-to-face mode. It was conducted by Elza Jintcharadze and Nino Samnidze.

Training Workshop for Faculty Members of Ivane Javakhishvili - Tbilisi State University

07-10-2022

Within the EU funded Erasmus+ DITECH project “Developing and Implementing Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs” the training workshop for faculty members on: Educational Technologies and Online Learning Platforms was conducted at TSU on October 5-6, 2022. During training sessions were introduced all tools and platforms presented at TM1 Workshop at Tallinn University:

Camtasia, Snagit, ThingLink, Info-graphic, Canva, MINDOMO, H5P, Miro, Edpuzzle.

Development of Educational Technologies for the Improvement of the Teaching-learning Process For professors and lecturers of Samtskhe-Javakheti State University

05-10-2022

On October 3-5, 2022 in the first building of the university, within the framework of the DITECH-Erasmus+ (Developing and Implementing Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs) project, funded by the European Union, a training workshop was held on the topic: Educational Technologies and Platforms of Online Learning.

Preparation of the educational project DITECH members for piloting and training

07-09-2022

In September 2022, one more online working meeting of the educational project DITECH was held, at which the representatives of the universities participating in the project discussed the following issues:

1. The issue of piloting the BA and MA syllabi developed in the framework of the project DITECH from the fall semester of 2022;

2. Presentation of DITECH training modules by the universities;

3. Preparation for Kaunas study visit and prevention of related financial problems.

4. Coordination of information about dissemination of project ideas with the dissemination group.

Dr. Izabella Petriashvili's webinar: "Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian Higher Education Institutions"

10-08-2022

Dr. Izabella Petriashvili, Associate Professor, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, USA Fulbright Scholar 2012, during her visit to St. Augustine College (SAC) in Chicago, IL. US delivered a one-hour online webinar on Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian Higher Education Institutions on August 10, 2022.

Webinar "Technology-Enhanced Teaching and

Learning at Georgian Higher Education Institutions"

Achievements and Future Plans of the Project DITECH at the National Scientific-Practical Conference

01-08-2022

On August 1, 2022, a national scientific-practical conference Dissemination of International Educational Projects and Modern Paradigms of Education was held which was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the founding of Sukhumi State University. One of the three sections of the conference was dedicated to the dissemination of EU and American educational projects. In this section, four reports were presented about the project DITECH... 

Online Workshop for DITECH Participating

Academic Staff

06-07-2022

On July 5-6, 2022, within the framework of the European Union Erasmus + educational project DITECH (Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs), an online workshop was held by the universities of Cork (Ireland) and Tallinn (Estonia) specifically for representatives of the academic staff and the National Center for Teacher Professional Development involved in the DITECH project.

Tallinn study visit results and future plans of

the DITECH educational project

08-06-2022

On June 8, 2022, the next online workshop of DITECH educational project was held, at which the project members summarized the results of the Trainings of Trainers during the study visit to Tallinn University, and discussed the project development plans and specified their deadlines.

Professional Development Training of the academic staff of Georgian universities participating in

the project DITECH

02-05-2022

On May 22-28, 2022, within the framework of the EU Erasmus + project DITECH the first training of trainers was held for the representatives of the academic staff of the Georgian universities participating in the project and the representatives of the National Center for Teacher Professional Development.

DITECH National Coordinators’ Meeting and

Current Issues

01-04-2022

On April 1, 2022, a meeting of the National Coordinators of the EU Erasmus + project DITECH was held, at which the following issues related to the progress of the project were discussed: the training readers created within the project and the issue of their editing; the issue of dissemination of the DITECH project at the international conference initiated by Telavi Iakob Gogebashvili State University; the issue of dissemination of the DITECH project at the international conference "Information and Software Technologies" initiated by Kaunas University of Technology; ...

DITECH coordinators meeting

25-02-2022 

On February 25, 2022, a meeting of the coordinators of Georgian and EU universities of the EU project DITECH took place to discuss the progress made during the first year of the project and the Progress Report Project Year 1 by the external evaluator Barbara Rosenstein. 

DITECH coordinators meeting  with external evaluator on progress report 

10-01-2022

On January 10, 2022, a meeting of the coordinators of Georgia and EU universities of the EU project DITECH and the external evaluator Barbara Rosenstein took place to discuss the progress report provided by the external evaluator. Barbara Rosenstein had analysed the Information and Knowledge Management Strategy and Plan, Quality Management Strategy and Plan. 

NEWSLETTER 1

Meeting of the dissemination group 

24-12-2021

The main purpose of the workshop was to discuss the Newsletter preparation process planned under the project.  The material should be published by the end of 2021, so the group members discussed detailed issues at the meeting.

DITECH Concept at the I Georgian National Scientific Forum "Covid-19 in the 2021 Georgian Reality"

21-12-2021

On December 20-21, 2021, at the initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science, the first National Scientific Forum "Covid-19 in the reality of 2021 Georgia" was held. The Forum was opened by the Minister of Education and Science, Mr. Mikheil Chkhenkeli.

Working meeting of representatives of Georgian universities and institutions involved in the project

14-12-2021

The purpose of the workshop was to update the planned deadlines for submitting Georgian versions of readers for undergraduate and graduate courses / syllabi created within the project. 

The working meeting WP.4-DISS administration of

the official website and online platform

09-12-2021

On December 9, 2021, a meeting of the coordinators of Georgia and EU universities of the EU project DITECH took place to discuss issues related to the and the electronic platform of the project. 

The working meeting of the Coordinators of

EU project - DITECH

01-12-2021​​

On December 1, 2021, the next meeting of the Coordinators of Georgian and EU universities of the EU project DITECH was held to discuss the issues regarding the official website of the project, site administration, and management. 

Dissemination group meeting

29-11-2021

Dissemination group meeting (Sokhumi State University; National Center for Teacher Professional Development). Issues related to the translation of the Georgian version of the official website of the project were discussed at the meeting. As well as newsletter issues.

DITECH welcoming an external evaluator

22-11-2021

Barbara Rosenstein, Ph.D. has practiced, taught, and written about program evaluation for 35 years. She has evaluated projects that involved multicultural and marginalized groups and has conducted many participatory evaluations of projects that promote social justice in the fields of education, social welfare, and social enterprise.

She has served as the external evaluator for several European Union Projects; DEMO, ProTeach and ProMentor.  

The third national meeting of the DITECH project 

16-11-2021

The third national meeting of the DITECH project in Telavi (Georgia).  Erasmus+ DITECH.  On November 15-16, 2021, the national meeting of the EU Erasmus+ project DITECH was held at Telavi Iakob Gogebashvili State University team. 

Call for external evaluator

14-09-2021

The application with the subject ‘DITECH External Evaluation’ should be submitted to the Project Coordinator Sirje Virkus at sirje.virkus@tlu.ee  by the September 30th 2021

The DITECH project consortium searches for subcontracting an External Evaluator to provide an independent review, including recommendations, on the achievements of the project implementation and the overall performance against plans and objectives. The external evaluator will be in charge of carrying out the external evaluation mid-term and final reports of DITECH.

Working meeting 

14-09-2021

Working meeting of representatives of Georgian universities and institutions involved in the project. The purpose of the meeting was to update the planned timeline for BA and MA resources finalization; developing the first draft of the learning materials for the Readers/Guidebooks; holding National Meeting 3 and Training Workshop 1 in TU or KTU; calls for external evaluation proposals.

Information on dissemination of EU projects

02-08-2021

On August 2, 2021, the Rector of Sokhumi State University, Prof. Zurab Khonelidze opened a national scientific-practical conference - Dissemination of EU international projects DITECH, ASSET, CURE, DOIT, DARE and modern paradigms of education - on Zoom platform, online. 

Second National Meeting

29-07-2021

On July 27-29, the second national meeting of the EU Erasmus+ project DITECH (Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian Higher Education Institutions) was held in Batumi.

Dissamination Event

09-07-2021

DITECH -Erasmus + 9 July 2021, Batumi State University-Dissemination event. On July 9, 2021, Samtskhe-Javakheti State University DITECH-Erasmus + Project Manager, Prof. Tina Gelashvili and Giga Khositashvili, Deputy Director of the Iliauni Scientific Library, met with the Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Deputy Rectors, Deans, and Heads of Departments. 

The second meeting of the EU Erasmus+ project

DITECH consortium

02-07-2021

On June 30 - July 2, the second international meeting of the EU Erasmus+ project DITECH (Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian Higher Education Institutions) was held online on the Zoom platform.

Dissemination group meeting 

01-07-2021

Dissemination group meeting (Sokhumi State University; National Center for Teacher Professional Development). The action plan of the dissemination group was discussed at the meeting, which was then presented as a document to the other members of the consortium.

Working meeting

18-05-2021

Working meeting of representatives of all universities and institutions involved in the project. The purpose of the meeting was to review and correct the syllabi created for undergraduate and graduate programs by the Georgian side at the previous working meetings.

Working meeting

22-04-2021

Working meeting of representatives of Georgian universities and institutions involved in the project. The purpose of the meeting was to identify the needs of each Georgian university for the undergraduate and graduate courses to be developed within the project within a specially prepared framework. (Framework prepared by Kaunas University of Technology - Professor Daina Gudoniene).

Working meeting

15-03-2021

Working meeting of representatives of Georgian universities and institutions involved in the project. The purpose of the meeting was to find out which organization would work on which work plan. Also, redistribution of Georgian universities to the relevant units of online courses.

First International Kick-off Consortium Meeting

27-02-2021

The first international Kick-off Meeting of the EU Erasmus+ project DITECH (DITECH = Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs) was held online on February 25-27 Zoom platform. 

Dissemination Group Meeting

25-02-2021

Dissemination group meeting (Sokhumi State University, National Center for Teacher Professional Development). At this meeting, the members of the dissemination group prepared a presentation for the first meeting of the consortium, where they discussed the responsibilities, functions, and future plans of the dissemination group.

First National Meeting

11-02-2021

On February 10 and 11, 2021, the first national workshop of Erasmus+ winning project Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs (DITECH) was held online, on the Zoom platform.