Nationwide unique project for digital pilot vols universities

In a project unique in Germany, the state promotes four digital pilot folk universities. The digital pilot folk universities do pioneering work for the future of further training.

with a nationwide unique project under the roof of the training offensive Next.Mit.bildung@bw (pdf) The Baden-Württemberg state government promotes four digital pilot folk schools in the country in 2021 and 2022. This project funding is intended to initiate and consolidate best practice examples for innovative digital learning and organizational scenarios as well as sustainable structural changes in the organization. The aim is to transfer the results obtained to other adult education centers. A total of 720,000 euros are available for promoting the four pilot networks in 2021 and 2022.

fit established processes to new challenges

"This exciting and nationwide-unique project is very well received in the further training landscape. The digital pilot folk universities do pioneering work for the future of further training," says Education Minister Theresa Schopper and adds: "The digital change makes it necessary to adapt established processes in the adult education centers to the new challenges. The task of the digital pilot folk universities is to try out new, agile approaches and develop solutions for the future." The pilot associations will open up digital fields The areas of "digital competencies", "digital networking", "digital teaching scenarios", "digital presence", "digital organization" and "digital administration".

Until mid -July, the more than 160 adult education centers in the country had the opportunity to apply as a cooperation network of at least two adult education centers with innovative concepts. A jury consisting of representatives of Volkshochschulverband Baden-Württemberg , The Ministry of Culture and scientifically supported by Prof. Dr. Patricia Arnold (Munich University of Applied Sciences) and Prof. Hermann Körndle (TU Dresden) have selected the following four cooperation networks in a multi -stage selection process: