The international QuILL – Quality in Language Learning (2020-1-PT01-KA226-HE-094809) – project, in which teachers from higher education institutions in six countries participated, was carried out with the collaboration of the Faculty of Pedagogy's foreign language teachers. The project focuses on quality language learning, digital language learning materials and related state-of-the-art methodologies to support autonomous, self-regulated learning. Case studies have been carried out to investigate how these materials promote motivation to learn languages.
The national closing event, which was held under the motto "from quill to flash drive", aimed to present and promote digital language learning materials for higher education and to present the training and e-book developed under the project. The event was hosted by the Faculty of Pedagogy in Kecskemét on 25 January 2023.
At the end of the three-year international project, the participants from the partner countries met in Florence on 16-17 February 2023 for a joint workshop. The meeting was organised by the Pixel International Institute for Education and Training in Florence, which also provided the technical coordination for the QuILL implementation. Pixel has 22 years of experience in international cooperation and project management in Europe, with a wide range of activities in the field of international education. The organisation's website – https://www.pixel-online.net/index.php – provides access to project databases, related studies and international journals.
Professional guidance was provided by the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB). Other project partners: the University of Bologna, the University of Córdoba, the Vilnius University and the „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași (UAIC). The Hungarian partner is the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Dr Judit Hardi, Krisztina Neumayerné Dr Streitman, Dr Tamás Csontos, Attila Mócza and Andrea Petrikné Zseni worked together with the foreign language teaching staff of the Department of Language, Literature and Culture of the Faculty of Pedagogy, led by Dr Ildikó Szabó.
The successful knowledge-sharing events took a variety of forms. Emphasizing the results, participants highlighted how to make the most of the high quality of the material in future education.
A booklet presenting the project:
Implementation of Digital Language Learning Opportunities in Higher Education (Guidelines for Good Practice)
https://quill.pixel-online.org/gp_publication.php
