Bridging real and digital realms through cultural heritage in education
For over five years, the Europeana Initiative and European Schoolnet have been integrating digital cultural heritage into the practices of formal and non-formal educators. In the 2023-2024 school year, our collaboration continued to inspire and enrich the teaching experience of hundreds of educators.
The focus was on the reuse of digital cultural heritage and its crucial role in education, preservation, research, cultural exchange and lifelong learning. In addition, educators explored how the Europeana Initiative’s resources can be used to make connections between the real and digital world.
‘Digital education with cultural heritage’ 2024 MOOC
This year marked the debut of the ‘Digital education with cultural heritage’ MOOC in two new language, namely in Latvian and Dutch. The reiteration of the course included updated content and online live events aiming to create a dynamic learning experience.
National activities
For a second year in a row, Europeana Education Ambassadors conducted many national activities, training hundreds of educators on the search and reuse of resources available through Europeana.eu and the Teaching with Europeana blog.
Scientix® Digital Cultural Heritage Award
The Scientix Digital Cultural Heritage Award was developed within the framework of the 2024 STEM Discovery Campaign. It honoured those who implemented a learning scenario from the Teaching with Europeana blog, shared the process creating a Story of Implementation and pinned their story to the STEM Discovery Campaign map.
New Stories of Implementation
More than 140 new Stories of Implementation, which describe the implementation of Europeana’s learning scenarios in an educational setting, were collected this year, mainly due to the national activities organised by Ambassadors. The stories are accessible through the Teaching with Europeana blog.
Europeana Micro-Stories of Implementation
A new activity was introduced with great success this year: the micro-Story of implementation. Educators were invited to use any Europeana Initiative resource in class or in a non-formal education setting and tell the world about it by pinning their micro-Story of Implementation to the Digital Cultural Heritage Story map.
The Europeana Micro-Stories of Implementation Challenge ran from December 2023 to the end of April 2024. This challenge invited educators to submit high-quality micro-stories of implementation and awarded six participants who submitted the greatest number of outstanding micro-stories. The winners were also invited to the Europeana workshop in Brussels.
The Teaching with Europeana blog
The blog attracted thousands of readers from around the globe and its captivating content has become a go-to source for insightful articles in the form of monthly ‘Updates’, ready-to-use learning scenarios and well-crafted Stories of Implementation of existing learning scenarios. This year, the blog has been enriched with more Stories of Implementation and new Updates.
The Europeana workshop
During two days of extensive collaboration and productive brainstorming, 36 educators engaged in discussions on innovative ideas for teaching, as well as the vital role and transformative use of digital cultural heritage in education.
‘From streets to screens’: the Europeana Video
During the two-day workshop, educators had the chance to participate in the recording of a video. This video showcases the importance of digital cultural heritage in education and the relevance of preserving our cultural heritage. Watch the video here to hear from them.
Europeana Education: Activities’ summary
To showcase their accomplishments from the academic year, Europeana Foundation and European Schoolnet have created an illustrated summary titled ‘Europeana Education: Activities’ for 2023-2024 – explore it below!
More than 2,300 formal and non-formal educators were introduced to the wealth of the Europeana Initiative’s digital cultural heritage resources, which in turn saw an indirect impact on more than 27,600 students. Through their hard work and dedication, these educators developed new resources, enriching the learning experience for their students. The Europeana Foundation and European Schoolnet extend their sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to the creation of this new content.
Find out more on the Europeana Pro website.