The document summarizes information about the KEYS project, which aimed to promote competence-based learning. It describes five projects focused on developing key competences and discusses national seminars held in partner countries to share practices. It also outlines an international conference in Istanbul where various competence-based projects were presented and dissemination activities for the KEYS project.

1. 2nd Scientix Conference
Bruxelles, 24-26th October 2014
A crossed approach for a competence
based learning
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2. Università degli Studi “G. Marconi”
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 Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi is the first Italian online university to be recognized by the
Italian Ministry of University and Research as of March 2004.
 +14,700 total students
 The structure of the University includes:
• National Centre of Teledidactics, where technologies and resources are located;
• Network of decentralized branches functioning as territory sites, alike equipped.

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 The University has a distance technological platform that integrates communication tools (e-learning, video-
conference, mobiles) with in-class programs (workshops, seminars); students take exams in eight Marconi
centers.
• Undergraduate 5-year accredited programs in Economics, Law, Applied Science & Technologies, Human
Education, Arts, and Social Science
• One-year accredited Masters programs in Business Administration, Law, Translation Studies and Social
Studies.
 It adopts innovative learning modalities by developing suitable research strategies for most advanced
technological solutions, integrating non residential communication tools (e-learning, video-conference, mobile
learning, etc) with in presence activities (workshops, seminars, etc).
Università degli Studi “G. Marconi”

4. • P1 Intercultural Cooperation Foundation (ICCF), Bulgaria
• P2 Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy
• P3 Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Belgium
• P4 ASİST ÖĞRETİM KURUMLARI A.Ş. (DOĞA Schools), Turkey
• P5 Space Camp - Turkey (SCT), Turkey
The KEYS Project Partnership
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5. Key competences in the shape of knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to each context
are fundamental for each individual in a knowledge-based society.
They provide added value for the labour market, social cohesion and active citizenship by
offering flexibility and adaptability, satisfaction and motivation.
KEYS competences for lifelong learning
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6. • RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning (2006/962/EC):
1) Communication in the mother tongue;
2) Communication in foreign languages;
3) Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology;
4) Digital competence;
5) Learning to learn;
6) Social and civic competences;
7) Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; and
8) Cultural awareness and expression
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7. • Aims to PROMOTE the achievements of 5 CMPs: SUSTAIN, AQUEDUCT, KeyTTT,
READIT, IDiaL – all of them focused on the development of the Key Competences for
Lifelong Learning
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8. KEYS projects
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aimed to gather and share good practices from partner countries in two year programme to
encourage best results, innovative products to improve the quality of education and training
through local workshops, online classroom implementation, and face to face International Teacher
Training Course.
aimed to build teacher capacity for competence oriented education in a heritage context.
Aqueduct offered access to an attractive and effective environment for transversal key
competence oriented education based on multidisciplinary project work and offers a low
threshold heritage entrance to lifelong learning.
the main aim of the project was to examine and summarize good practices in school and out of
school environments and to produce an innovative technology for developing key competencies
in studying mathematics and natural sciences in grades 4th to 7th.

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the innovative aspect of the READ IT didactic methodology was to combine the technology in
terms of Digital Storytelling and book trailer production with writing techniques such as
narrative and screenplay to reinforce teaching of reading and writing in an interactive, creative
and authentic way.
the project focused on the literature as main instrument of impact with incontestable
potential. Nevertheless, this project was not about teaching literature. It was about learning
and personal development through literature.

10. • Partners will perform also cross-examination and analysis of the
methodical grounds of the products of the 5 projects and to produce
a report about the methodical foundations of the competence-
based teaching/ learning
(what to do, what teaching techniques and approaches teachers can
use to perform a meaningful competence-based education)
Project Aims & key deliverables
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11. • National Interactive Seminars (NIS) in each partner country
• 1st NIS took place on 21 January 2014, Izmir (Turkey)
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12. • National Interactive Seminars (NIS) in each partner country
• 2nd NIS took place on 03 April 2014, Rome (Italy)
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13. • National Interactive Seminars (NIS) in each partner country
• 3rd NIS took place on 08 May 2014, Alden Biesen(Belgium)
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14. • National Interactive Seminars (NIS) in each partner country
• 4th NIS took place on 19 June 2014, Sophia (Bulgaria)
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15. • The project partners have the important task - to collect feedback
about the applicability, transferability and effectives of these
approaches from the project target group representatives
Indeed at the end of each seminar the target group filled in the
questionnaire and shared with the KEYS staff opinions and
feedbacks about the methods and projects presented!
Project Aims & key deliverables
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16. • International Valorisation Conference was organised on October, 16-18th
in Istanbul
At the conference were presented the 5 projects: SUSTAIN, AQUEDUCT,
KeyTTT, READIT, IDiaL and at least 10 more projects and practices for
competence-based education, implemented in European countries
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17. • The KEYS project web site www.keysproject.eu
• Facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/keysprojecteu?ref=hl
• Valorisation Conference Proceedings - Collection with summaries of the
conference reports and presentations (electronic version on the project web-site)
Dissemination media & channels
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Thank you for listening!
Michela Tramonti
m.tramonti@unimarconi.it
Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi”- (USGM)
Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Rome, Italy
www.unimarconi.it
www.keysproject.eu