Today, reporters from the TV2000 Programme Attenti al lupo will be at the Rome Liceo Croce-Aleramo to document intergenerational project Going Digital, a technological literacy course for over-60s promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the City of Rome.
In fact, the programme is producing a series of reports on digital education that will be broadcast together with the first MOOC (massive online open course) on “Digital Education,” promoted by the Italian Episcopal Conference and the Sacred Heart Catholic University in Milan. The e-learning course is open and free; anyone can access its contents. The six-week course will begin on January 28, 2019 and end on Monday, March 4 (with an extra week starting on Monday, March 11).
The experience of Going Digital is a successful example of collaborative education between the older and younger generations. It is based on the intergenerational learning model launched by Project Grandparents on the Internet (currently in its 16th edition) that has inspired a wide range of local and transnational projects, as well as the Network of Knowledge Volunteers that currently numbers 40,000 members of all ages and nationalities exchanging knowledge and competences. Course materials include manuals, questionnaires, evaluation tests, guides, etc.
