Successful second physical transnational partners meeting – 20-21 January 2025, Madrid, Spain

On 20-21 January 2025, the second physical transnational partners meeting was successfully held in Madrid, Spain. It was hosted by the 2 Spanish partners – UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACION A DISTANCIA and ASOCIACIÓN MADRILEÑA DE PROFESIONALES DE LA ATENCIÓN TEMPRANA.

The meeting was chaired by prof. Dsc Dora Levterova-Gadjalova – project coordinator on behalf of Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Representatives from all 7 partners actively participated during the meeting. Special honour for the partnership was the participation of Dr.Yanka Takeva – Chairperson of Bulgarian Teachers’ Union, who introduced the latest enlargement of the project’ Community of practice.

Main discussion were dedicated to the finalisation of the modular content of R1: Curriculum and training course about Instructional design of digital learning by applying the Universal design of learning principles to enable also full inclusion of students with special needs and planning the R2: 2-semester course further qualification course for teachers in design for digital learning and use of educational technology as a foundation for creative thinking and inclusion.

The partnership will be ready to start the pilot trainings since April 2025. The pilot course will last for 8 months and will involve 450 recent and future teachers from Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal and Turkiye.




