A European project aims to reduce barriers to entry to higher education, promoting the acquisition of new digital skills in schools.
The work of the Up2U project in Portugal continues, involving the 10 participating schools. After the general session to present the project at the Porto Higher Institute of Engineering at the beginning of the year, three new meetings took place between May and June.
The sessions focused on activity management and planning, as well as content production, particularly video editing in an educational context and their integration into the Up2U ecosystem. In total, 130 students and 30 teachers are involved.
Up2U assumes itself as “an international pilot project with several secondary schools” that offers immediate access to various educational tools, in order to “to promote new methodologies and pedagogical practices in secondary education”. Platforms collaborative editing, social interaction or analysis and teaching management are just a few examples.
In addition to Portugal, this project also includes the participation of Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Germany, Hungary and Lithuania. The FCCN unit and the Porto Higher Institute of Engineering (ISEP) lead Portuguese participation and the implementation of the national pilot in conjunction with Portuguese secondary schools.
To learn more about Up2U, you can visit the project website.
