Dr. Thomas Prola, professor at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic, UNEATLANTICO) and co-coordinator of the DigitalTA project (2022-2025), participated on January 15 in the “Internationalization and Dissemination of Erasmus+ Projects Day, organized by the Centro de Formación e Innovación Educativa de Segovia (Center for Training and Educational Innovation of Segovia, CFIE Segovia) in the auditorium of the IES Mariano Quintanilla de Segovia, which was attended by more than 80 local professors.
After the reception of attendees and the presentation of the conference, Javier Magdaleno Fuentetaja, head of the Teacher Training, Innovation, and Internationalization Service, opened the conference by presenting the DigitalTA project.
Next, Nadia Sánchez Santos, Technical Teaching Advisor (ATD) of Bilingualism and Internationalization of the Provincial Directorate of Segovia, informed the attendees about the Erasmus+ 2025 call. This information was complemented by the presentation “Importance of Erasmus+ for Internationalizing Schools, Useful Tips” by Andrés Ajo Lázaro, former director of the School and Adult Education Unit of the Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE).
Dr. Thomas Prola, together with CFIE Segovia advisors, Jesús Solera and María Fuentes, presented the progress of the project to the attendees. During the session, other Erasmus+ experiences were shared at a round table. Finally, Diego Pozo, head of the Provincial Directorate of Education of Segovia, was in charge of closing the day.
On the DigitalTA project platform, professors from the different member countries share their concerns and worries, especially in the case of students and new professors, which are answered by more experienced professors in the role of mentors and tutors and even among themselves. The main participants from Segovia are active professors, both new and mentors. These professors contribute to the enrichment of the platform with their experiences, cases, and resources. The day symbolized a moment of encounter among them to share their experiences with the platform.
This activity is in addition to other outreach events previously held at UNEATLANTICO. Last October, more than a hundred students of the Degree in Primary Education and of the Master in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary and High School Education Vocational Training and Language Teaching of the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEATLANTICO), accompanied by several of their professors, attended the presentation of the project’s digital platform.
The project, led by the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEATLANTICO), also involves: AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts Antwerp (AP) of Belgium; Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach (UJK) and Swiętokrzyskie Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli (ŚCDN) from Poland; in addition to the Centro de Formación del Profesorado de Segovia (Segovia Teacher Training Center, CFIE) and the Iberoamerican University Foundation (FUNIBER) from Spain.
Those interested in the project can find out more about it through the project’s website.
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