By Maria Chiara Di Francesco – Skill Up “Grief must never escape/A man’s heart too quickly unless with his might like a truewarrior”. (1) “So spoke the wanderer”: thus one of the most extraordinary products of Old English literature begins, a song of grief and longing that has kept scholars Read more…
By Daria Filimonova from Babel Idiomas Distance learning has a huge potential to improve training methodologies, help students reach the required performance level and allow longer retention of information. It has been rapidly transforming the educational landscape. However, many institutions are currently facing the challenges of the digitised age. According Read more…
By Angie Rey, Babel idiomas Education Distance Learning aims to help teachers and trainers understand inter- and intrapersonal, social and emotional factors that can affect the distance adult learning environment and learn ways to better manage them. Furthermore, it delivers tools for teachers and trainers to use in the classroom Read more…
By George Stergioulas from AKADIMOS Since the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, online learning has grown in popularity, giving individuals the freedom to pursue their educational objectives while balancing other commitments like employment and family. However, from the standpoint of both adult educators and learners, the enhanced flexibility of online education Read more…
By George Stergioulas from AKADIMOS The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid shift towards distance teaching, posing challenges for adult educators who may have limited experience with online or remote teaching. Some of the difficulties they may face include adapting to new technology in order to maintain the learner’s Read more…
By Antonia Castellani, Skill Up We have always called them soft skills. After all, they are more adaptable, more transversal than hard skills, which are technical competences, very specific by nature. They are also called soft because they are largely developed through the personal skills of communication, empathy, emotional intelligence. Read more…
By Emma Barker, Eurospeak We are excited to share with you the latest updates on our EDL project! Just to remind in brief that EDL project aims to develop an innovative approach to address the challenges of emotional distance learning, which has become more prevalent in recent years due to the Read more…
By Carlota Fenoy Garcia, INDPEPCIE. In recent decades, the term “resilience” has begun to be included in various literary genres and several other educational areas, such as adult education. As quoted in the book Adult Learning and La Recherche Féminine: Reading Resilience and Hélène Cixous (2012), resilient learning is elusive and Read more…
By Carlota Fenoy Garcia, INDPEPCIE. The effects of the Covid 19 pandemic, the confinement, the suspension of face-to-face training activities, as well as the various security and social distancing measures have definitively established e-learning as a key element in the education and training industry. The importance of socio-emotional skills in Read more…
By Artemis Driva, Eurospeak Daria Filimonova, an English teacher working for Babel Idiomas Academy delivered a talk on “Emotional Intelligence in English Language Teaching” at ACEIA conference titled: “New Challenges. Teachers’ Day” to further disseminate EDL project. Daria’s talk received very positive feedback! The conference was held on the 27th of Read more…