DAIN Project

DAIN at National ALW Event

digitalactivist — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:22:52 +0000

Sabina Shrestha, John Hamer, Martin Taylor and I attended the national ALW award ceremony on Monday in London. It was really great day with some truly inspiring stories about the difference adult learning makes to peoples lives. Sabina accepted the certificate and £1000 learning voucher on behalf of the project. (See below for comments by John).

Matthew McVeagh, Ian Baker, Janet Jones and Vimal Bhatt then represented the project at the regional celebration day on Wednesday in Leicester and had a very enjoyable day with good entertainment, a great compere and some really inspiring award winners. It has been a fantastic week celebrating the difference that adult learning can make in the lives of anyone. (Comments below from Matthew)

Our thanks to the ALW teams involved in both days for making the events so positive for everyone involved.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions of the best use of the £1000 learning voucher to enable as many DAs as possible to benefit please let us know. Many congratulations again to all DAs for their hard work which has made such a difference to the people they have helped and which has led to this award!

For more information see our previous post: http://dainproject.com/2012/05/04/dain-wins-esf-inspiring-learning-project-award/

DAIN wins ESF Inspiring Learning Project Award

digitalactivist — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:52:04 +0000

We are incredibly pleased to announce that the work of DAIN and all Digital Activists is being recognised with a European Social Fund (ESF) Inspiring Learning Project Award, as part of Adult Learners’ Week 12 – 18 May 2012.

Thanks goes to all the dedicated Digital Activists who have been working hard in their local communities over the last 3 years to make such a difference to the local community members that they have supported in use of technology.

DAs will be attending the award ceremonies both in London and Leicester during Adult Learners’ Week to receive certificates and take part in the celebrations, and we are all really excited!

Please click here for full press release: DAIN ALW Award press release 4th May 2012 final

For an overview of the DAIN journey please see our e-inclusion scrapbook, created by Mary Moss with input and ideas from DAs: http://dainproject.com/e-inclusion-award/

Summary of DAIN areas of excellence produced by ILEN Associates, DAIN external evaluation team:

DAIN Evaluation_Annex_1_Key_areas_of_excellence

Annex_3_Dain_delivering_innovation

Technology and Volunteering Focus Group

digitalactivist — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:12:09 +0000

Digital Activists are meeting today in Nottingham to discuss the role of technology in volunteering projects as part of a fun (yes honestly) focus group which will be held at the WEA regional office this morning.

After a FUN ice breaker and some tea and biscuits we will be discussing 5 key questions:

Q1 what role(s) does technology have in volunteering projects (ignoring the digital inclusion engagement work for now and focus on the volunteering)

Q2 How do DAIN platforms or tools meet these needs

ie moodle, blog, website, twitter, you tube, flickr and Facebook

Q3 – what don’t they do

Q4 – what are the barriers that can be created by use of these platforms or tools – ie what stops you from using them

Q5 How can we address some of these barriers in future projects and future use of such tools

Please join in the discussion by adding your comments below – the more the merrier