Play Your Way to Norway

NORDPLUS / Nordic Languages

Play Your Way to Norway (2019-2021)

www.playnorway.sih.lt

Baltic and Nordic countries are part of one region with a shared history. Neighbouring countries’ language skills and cultural awareness are, therefore, indisputably important for citizens in the region, especially for young people in today’s globalised mobile society. This project intends to take advantage of today’s youth’s innate enthusiasm for virtual games, their increasingly apparent shift towards the digital world and self-guided learning and seeks to strengthen intercultural communication between Lithuanian and Norwegian young people through the use of the innovative and attractive gamification method and self-directed learning approach.

Main aims:

promote Norwegian language and culture and mutual Nordic-Baltic linguistic and cultural understanding
stimulate Nordic-Baltic people's interest in the Norwegian language and culture
focus on activities that strengthen Norwegian young people’s computational thinking and improve Norwegian language comprehension in young people in Lithuania and the Nordic-Baltic region

Activities:

create an online educational game promoting Norwegian language and culture
pilot the game at associated partner school(s) in Lithuania with 15-18-year-old pupils and collect feedback
organise a meeting in Norway between young people from the pilot training and Norwegian youth who created content for the game, to finalise the game
promote the game through social media and encourage people from the Nordic-Baltic region to participate
organise the final international conference in Lithuania

Main outcomes:

an online game promoting Norwegian language and culture
better mutual Lithuanian-Norwegian linguistic and cultural understanding, tolerance, and respect between youths of the two cultures

Partners:

Soros International House, LT
NO-Aftenskolen, NO

ONLINE CONFERENCE "Diving into Challenges of Online Language Learning and Teaching. Benefits from OER"

Agenda of the Conference: Agenda

Date: 29 April 2021

Time: 15.00-17.45 (CET)

Platform: Zoom

Language: English

Conference (full video): Conference video

Presentations:

Prof. dr. Airina Volungevičienė "Open Educational Resources for Digitally Competent Educators and Organzations"
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Dr. Jurgita Vaičenonienė "Open Access Resources and Tools for Language Learning"
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Kristina Kudriašova "Play Your Way to Norway platform – a Tool for Discovering a New Country through Its Language and Culture"
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Clare Jortveit "Hyggelig! How Culture Is Wrapped Up in Words and Words Wrapped Up in Culture"
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Cristian Timofticiu "Hitting Two Targets (Language and Science) with One Shot – the CLIL4STEAM Project"
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Panel discussion (Kristina Kudriašova, Audronė Būdienė, Clare Jortveit, Cristiian Timofficiu, Martin Kilgus) "Modern Technologies Will Not Replace Teachers, but Teachers Using Modern Technologies Will Replace/ Are Already Replacing Those Who Do Not Use Them"
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PROJECT NEWS

On 28 May 2021, the final online partner meeting of the project 'Play Your Way to Norway' took place

Play Your Way to Norway

NORDPLUS / Nordic Languages

Play Your Way to Norway (2019-2021)

ONLINE CONFERENCE "Diving into Challenges of Online Language Learning and Teaching. Benefits from OER"

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