SoMoveEd

 Social Education on the Move Project (acronym SoMoveED)

Figure 1: SoMoveED team during a project meeting in Zielona Góra

The project (no. 2020-1-PL01-KA203-082186) was funded by the Erasmus+ programme.

The project was led by the Institute of Sociology at the University of Zielona Góra.

In addition to the lead institution, the consortium consisted of ten partners:

• Croatia: Udruga za Promicanje Informatike, Kulture I Suzivota
• Czech Republic: Charles University
• France: University of Bordeaux
• Netherlands: Both Social
• Italy: Universita Degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
• Portugal: University of Madeira- from Romania – Asociatia de Initiativa Locala Roman 2002
• Turkey: Gaziantep University and Namik Kemal University (two partners)
• United Kingdom: University of Central Lancashire

The map below illustrates the geographical distribution of the SoMoveED cooperation network.

The aim of the Social Education on the Move project was to implement and promote the ‘Mobile Social Education Model’ in higher education.

The consortium members exchanged experiences regarding the potential of mobile learning methods. The exchange was also inter-sectoral: alongside eight universities, two non-governmental organizations and one company specializing in educational services participated.

Over the three years of the SoMoveED project, seven in-person project meetings and more than two hundred online meetings were held. This collaboration allowed us to learn from each other and jointly produce several outcomes: three books, a short educational film, and an online course illustrating the possibilities of mobile methods. Notably, one of the outcomes was the modification of curricula at partner universities.

Below is a brief description of the project’s available outputs:

• The first book, "Knowledge on the Move: Studies On Mobile Social Education, " is about mobile, participatory, and inclusive teaching methods and their application in academic settings.

Download the book (PDF)

• The second book, “Learning on the Move: Student’s Handbook,” presents promising practices and educational tools. The handbook demonstrates how students can use these methods in their future professional practice.

Download the handbook (PDF)

• The third book, “Teaching on the Move: Teacher’s Toolkit,” provides practical tips for teachers on implementing these methods, including walks, study visits, and educational field games.

Download the toolkit (PDF)

• Additionally, we developed a Polish-language publication as an extra output inspired by experiences during the implementation of SoMoveED.

This publication (in Polish) offers further information and a script—a collection of lesson plans delivered by a team from the University of Zielona Góra and invited guests. Sinan Tankut Gulhan, then a visiting professor at UZ, and Alexandru Corpade, a student from the University of Alba Iulia in Romania and an Erasmus+ intern in the summer semester of 2023, were among the contributors. Importantly, the primary co-authors were students who participated in the “classes on the move”; their reflections and insights are included in the publication.

Download the publication (PDF)

• The project was implemented from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2023.
• The total project budget was €392,090.
• The project team included eight staff members from the Institute of Sociology, 60 students of sociology and social design, and several dozen other students from the University of Zielona Góra.
• The coordinators of the SoMoveED project were faculty members of the Institute of Sociology: hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski and Dr. Dorota Bazuń.

More information about the project and its implementation can be found at:

http://www.somoveed.is.uz.zgora.pl/

We also invite you to visit the project’s social media page:

https://www.facebook.com/somoveed

Figure 2: A panel from our Romanian meeting in 2022