The main objective of the project is to support universities and academic teachers in providing distance learning by means of developing solutions that will permanently improve the quality of this type of teaching. The target groups of the project include universities, academic teachers and students. The problems that we are experiencing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic have exposed many weaknesses of the higher education system. In many cases, distance learning has been, and still is, poor. This is the result of the weakness of the system in three areas - hardware and equipment, the skills of academic teachers in using modern technologies and unethical behaviour of students in relation to attempts to verify their acquired knowledge and skills remotely.The project relates directly to the horizontal priority assigned to the current competition. It is an example of an action supporting innovative practices in the digital era. Its implementation will make it possible to fully use of various forms of distance learning within university education. As part of the project, it is planned to develop a remote tool to assess the competency gap of students of selected fields of study (management, tourism, economic analytics, logistics and automotive). It will be possible by evaluating the level of their competencies in various areas and comparing it with the desired level for typical occupations in a given industry (the project assumed the development, in cooperation with experts, of a competency matrix for selected occupations and the use of multidimensional comparative analysis tools to compare the obtained results with the model - linear ordering). Another planned outcome will be a manual for academic teachers on the development and management of remote courses along with the creation of model courses for the indicated fields of study. The final outcome will be a modern tool enabling the remote assessment of knowledge and skills of students in a specific subject within the study program through the use of games and other modern solutions. It is worth emphasizing that the first outcome relates to the overall assessment of students’ competencies and can be used in strategic learning outcomes for the fields of study, whereas the third one relates to the assessment of knowledge and skills for a specific subject, and is typically operational.The innovativeness of the application manifests itself primarily in the effective and efficient use of digitization to support the assessment of students’ competencies, the presentation of knowledge and reliable evaluation of skills acquired by students. The application is a mix of different experiences in the field of remote education of students which involves the use of good, reliable solutions in this area, mainly from Scandinavian countries (Finland). Within the framework of the project, we also plan to improve and extend the solutions initially prepared as part of earlier ESF project, which the Leader had the opportunity to test in a group of their students of logistics. We would like to adapt the previously developed solutions to a greater number of fields of study and convert them to a fully remote nature. The knowledge of key importance for all planned solutions will be provided by the primary research as part of O1. We assume that at least 2000 people will benefit or will be the target of the activities or outcomes achieved within the project, directly or indirectly.It is worth highlighting that the project will produce outcomes which the universities involved in it and those which, thanks to dissemination activities, will learn about the project and its results, will be able to use in their daily work. The tool for the comprehensive assessment of students’ competencies developed as part of the O1 will be useful in assessing the degree of attractiveness of last year students on the labour market. It will make it possible to identify competency gaps and propose possible actions to increase the level of selected competencies. The O2 result will provide attractive e-learning training for at least selected fields of study. Specific courses will be used in the formal education of students. However, more important seems to be the fact of improving the competencies of academic teachers in the field of remote tools and using them to make the prepared presentations more attractive and to conduct classes with students in remote conditions. We have high hopes for acquiring the skills to work and create things in “itslearning” environment, which is a learning management system making it possible to function perfectly in a remote world of students and their teacher. The O3 result will make it possible to evaluate students' knowledge and skills in remote conditions in a reliable way. The project will be implemented in a partnership of four entities: a public university from Poland, an adult education centre from Finland, a university from Hungary and a university from Greece.

"""EDUCEO - Regional Industrial and Economic Research in Schools"" is the development of a school project that connects elementary schools and regional companies. Elementary schools usually cover the subject economics only superficially. The results of the two-year Erasmus+ project EDUCEO will be user-friendly didactic guides, free teaching materials and an online portal. The portal enables teachers to easily plan and execute the project in collaboration with regional companies. Thereby, the portal ensures that even schools and companies who did not participate in the development can carry out the project completely autonomously in the future.In elementary schools, the subject economics is usually only covered on surface-level. For elementary pupils, however, an age-appropriate and constructive introduction into the topic of business and entrepreneurship in their living environment is important. They need the basic economical knowledge in order to be able to develop ""entrepreneurial competence"" in the future. Due to being produced for a broader application, the teaching material for economics classes cannot meet the requirements of covering local information. Thus the children lack essential basic knowledge and practical experience in the field of work and production. Furthermore, teachers who want to provide an efficient and successful business education in elementary school are dependent on information from and cooperation with regional companies. EDUCEO aims to develop an information channel for schools, giving them direct access to information about regional companies and their economic fundamentals. The goals of the project are:• Development of a school project in which elementary schools and companies are networked• Teaching of economical contents for the development of entrepreneurial competence in primary schools• Ensuring the autonomous manageability of the project by teachers, made possible by:• Creation of a digital solution as a project output, allowing a free and uncomplicated dissemination and use of the final school projectThe project EDUCEO is carried out by four project-partners from Austria, Germany and Hungary. The participating organizations have expertise in the fields of pedagogy, IT and business. Their joint drive is to modernize teaching and raise awareness among students and teachers for the economy in their environment. Project participants are schools and companies. Students will gain in the school project basic economic knowledge and first insights into the world of work and the opportunities it offers. Especially in the time of shortage of skilled workers, companies can increase their level of familiarity within the region and present themselves as attractive employers.The final school project will be carried out by regional pairs of school classes and companies. In order to provide the possibility of an autonomous completion of the project by the two participating parties without aid of an external expert, EDUCEO will develop a complete didactic introductory guide for the project. It will enclose specially designed, age-appropriate teaching materials and target-group-oriented instructions for the project implementation. In a testing phase, the project will be carried out with three to five schools and companies within the region of the project partners (Obersteiermark West, Freyung-Grafenau district, Köszeg district). Most of the participating schools and companies have already been identified as associated partners in advance. The resulting feedback will contribute to an iterative conception process and the development of the online portal. Combined with a contemporary user experience that will be tailored to the needs of the target groups, a modern and simple lesson preparation and project implementation in class will be made possible.The online portal, in which schools and companies are guided through the project, will also be tested in a digital run with three to five partner schools and the user feedback will be incorporated into the portal. At the end of the project, the final portal will be freely accessible online.The intellectual outputs of the project will be available in three languages (German, English and Hungarian) in digital form. This will enable teachers not related to the project and teachers in other EU member states to carry out the school project autonomously. The dissemination of the results is supported by a large number of associated partners who are involved in EDUCEO already from the beginning of the project.EDUCEO covers several desiderata of the European Commission regarding the promotion of entrepreneurial skills as well as the use of digital technologies in teaching in a modern classroom setting."