Dissemination Activities

The Local Stakeholder Workshops connected Community & English with relevant organisations and community representatives in the four participating school regions. One workshop was organised through each partner secondary school, creating opportunities to present the project’s objectives, planned student activities and innovative approach to Community-connected English-language learning.

The workshops brought together representatives of educational institutions, local and regional authorities, civil-society organisations, organisations working in environmental and social fields, media representatives, community actors and other stakeholders interested in improving educational processes and responding to issues of community importance.

Participants were introduced to the Community-connected learning approach and to the project’s use of Virtual Reality, Open Educational Resources and other digital tools in English-language education. The workshops also presented how teachers and students would address environmental, social, cultural and other community-related challenges through school activities.

A central aim of the workshops was to encourage dialogue between schools and relevant local expertise. Stakeholders were invited to share their perspectives, identify important local challenges and propose ways in which educational institutions and community organisations could cooperate more closely in improving learning opportunities and addressing issues of local interest.

By involving stakeholders directly in the project’s implementation, the workshops supported wider awareness of Community & English and strengthened links between the participating schools and their communities. The discussions and recommendations also contributed to the project’s wider work on sustainable educational practice, strategic cooperation and future initiatives beyond the funded project period.

The National Dissemination Events represent the main public sharing activities of Community & English, with events organised in Poland, North Macedonia, Türkiye and Italy. They bring the project’s activities, achievements and educational results to wider audiences of local, regional and national stakeholders.

During the events, the partners present the experience gained through teacher training, the Long-Term Teaching/Learning Assignments, student-team activities and the Blended Mobility. Particular attention is given to the Community-connected learning approach and to the use of Virtual Reality and Open Educational Resources as tools for making English-language learning more interactive, practical and connected with real community challenges.

The events also promote the project’s main results, including the Community-connected learning concept and Teacher Handbook, the VR-based educational software and User Manual, and the strategic transnational partnership document. The project website supports this work by providing continued access to information, activities and downloadable project resources.

Participants include representatives of educational institutions, local and regional authorities, civil-society organisations, organisations active in environmental and social fields, business-sector representatives, media and other stakeholders interested in education and community development. Presentations and discussion provide opportunities to exchange experience and consider how the project’s methods and resources can be transferred to other educational settings.

Together with the project website, eTwinning cooperation and wider communication activities, the National Dissemination Events support the visibility and long-term sustainability of Community & English. By sharing achievements across the four partner countries, the events promote continued use of the project results, stronger cooperation between education and local communities and future transnational collaboration.