What is Erasmus+?
Erasmus+ is a European Union program that provides opportunities in education and professional development across Europe.
The Education and Language Center MIRTE is an Erasmus+ accredited institution – this means that the quality of our activities is internationally recognized and we are part of the European education area.
Accreditation allows our instructors to regularly participate in professional development courses abroad, learn new teaching methods, and share experiences with colleagues from other countries.
As a result, you also gain more – modern, practice-tested training from instructors who continuously develop themselves.
Within the project, six instructors from the Education and Language Center “MIRTE” attended the following courses:
- Digital Competences for Educators;
- Digital Education Tools;
- Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking;
- Training Course Mindfulness;
- Heritage Landscapes, Museums and Portuguese Culture.
Photos of project participants and feedback on project implementation
Education and Language Center “MIRTE” instructor Ivars Ozols:
“In Athens, Greece, I attended the course ‘Digital Education Tools.’
The course helped me improve my digital skills by using tools available online – enhancing the teaching process and thereby increasing interest in the subject (English) and the learning process itself.
The course took place in a training center in the very heart of Athens. The language center is modernly equipped and has the necessary IT resources. The instructor was knowledgeable, responsive, and accommodating. Formalities and documentation were handled promptly, and everything met the project’s implementation requirements.
Every day, computers and online resources were used to acquire relevant knowledge in working with modern technologies. We created various types of tasks, survey sheets, evaluation tables, and in the group (which had six people), everything was analyzed, checked, and adapted to each instructor’s needs and subject matter.
The course material learned can be modernized, accelerated, and improved for the teaching process in any subject and at any educational level. Nowadays, IT is an essential part of life for both learners and instructors – new learning programs and platforms are created every day, but due to overload, many instructors do not use them because they simply do not know how. These courses help solve this problem and move closer to the status of a 21st-century instructor.
I will share the knowledge gained with my colleagues, management, and all interested parties.”
