The short-term staff training (C1) of the European Erasmus+ SCHOOL project “ Media Literacy in a Digitalised Era – MeLDE ” was held online between the 16th and 18th of November and was completed with great success! The participants had the opportunity to get informed about the project, its professional development course for secondary school teachers – learning modules, the eLearning platform as well as its functionalities, and an open discussion about ‘Technology and education in the COVID-19 era’.
 
On the first day of the C1 training, the coordinator of the project (University of Wolverhampton) presented a brief overview of the project’s purpose and aims, and then NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” presented an introduction to the e-learning platform (http://melde.iit.demokritos.gr/).
 
On the second day of the C1 training, three learning modules were presented Module 1 – Digital Teaching and Learning by the University of Wolverhampton, Module 2 – Communication and Collaboration by Emphasys Centre and Bennohaus and Module 3 – Digital Content Creation by
ANT1.com.cy.
 
On the third day of the C1 training, one learning module was presented Module 4: E-Safety by N.C.S.R. Demokritos and Bennohaus. At the end of the training, participants had an interesting and detailed discussion of the importance of technology and the changes it brought to education in the COVID-19 era.