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Karlsruhe University of Education and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are working with partner organizations in Spain and Italy to develop didactic programs and materials to improve the qualifications of teachers who work with older people. The aim of the Ganymed research project funded by Erasmus is to enable senior citizens over 70 to participate in digital communication.The corona pandemic has shown how important digital communication is for society. However the elderly are often excluded. Many do not know how to use the Internet apps or video telephony and digital devices rarely meet their special needs. As a result people over 70 are less able to maintain contact with relatives and friends and run the risk of becoming lonely. We therefore need people who are trained to impart the knowledge required for digital communication to senior citizens in an age-appropriate manner.This is exactly where the new research project Geragogy And Young Media Ganymed comes in. As part of Ganymed experts from Germany Spain and Italy develop and test innovative didactic programs content and structures to improve the qualifications of teachers who work with older people. The international research project with a term of two years will start in June 2021. Project partners are the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT the Karlsruhe University of Education PHKA the Italian educational network CEIPES and the Spanish research and development organizations Inercia Digital and CETEM. The two-year project is funded by the EU program Erasmus .The teaching and learning materials to be developed - such as tutorials practical guides and multimedia applications - will be available free of charge on the project website being developed - in English German Spanish and Italian. Universities further education institutions and bodies dealing with geragogy across Europe can benefit from the materials developed within the framework of Ganymede.
