Exploring European History and Heritage

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• The development of educational modules.
• The development of an online working environment.
• The training of a team of authors.
• The training of educators.
• Setting up a sustainable network for cooperation and dissemination and exploitation of the project results.

In addition,

• Train at least 200 professionals in the use of multiperspectivity and inclusive teaching materials during international training seminars in Hungary, Turkey and the Republic of Macedonia.
• Include at least 10 representatives from Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the Ukraine in the development of materials for the Historiana website.
• Support colleagues who volunteer to contribute educational material by providing feedforward from the editors and by improving guidelines for contributors.
• Get feedback from representatives of many European Countries, including Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the Ukraine, on the usability and relevance of the Historiana framework for the educational practices in their respective countries.

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On educational modules:

• An Author’s Guide has been developed that aim to give all information that is needed for people working on the development of educational material.
• Templates for Case Studies, Source Galleries, Specific Timelines and Teaching and Learning Ideas have been developed that will help the people working on the development of educational material to put this material in the right format.
• Exemplars modules have been developed to show how a good educational module can look like.
• An overview of all educational modules that are being developed as part of the Exploring European History and Heritage project has been developed.

On the online working environment:

• The webdevelopers have developed a online Click Model to visualize how the website will look like and to reach common agreements within the development team.
• The webdevelopers and editors have worked together to develop tree-structures that are needed for the development of the only work environment. Such structures have been developed for Source Types, Groups and Categories of People, Types of Locations and Themes and Subthemes.
• The webdevelopers and editors have agreed on the basic structure that the educational tool should have for its users.
• The webdevelopers have identified software that they can use to integrate maps and timelines in the online work environment.

On the training of a team of authors:

• A team of 20 authors from various countries across Europe have been trained during events in Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands and Turkey. During these events the authors have been able to give each other feedback and think collaboratively about the best format of the common work. Special attention has been paid in training authors to make material that is multiperspective and inclusive.
• The result of this training has been that the authors have developed a wide variety of educational modules. An overview of the modules that are under development can be downloaded from the project website www.exploringhistory.eu.

On the training of educators:

• Training seminars where educators from across Europe could participate took place in the Netherlands (11-14 November) and Turkey (21-23 January 2011).
• Preparations for additional training events have made for seminars in Riga (7-10 July 2011) and in Hungary (27-30 October 2011).

On setting up a sustainable network:

• The involvement of 18 History Teachers Associations and interest from many more to implement the material, to receive training and to become partner in follow up projects.
• Expressed interest in the project from organisations that can provide access to schools including the British Council and European Schoolnet creating opportunities for follow up projects and the more widespread use of the project’s materials.
• Expressed interest in the project from organisations that can provide access to digitized sources including major museums and archives such a the Victoria and Albert Museum, Imperial War Museum, UK National Archives, International Institute for Social History and Center Virtuel de la Connaissance de l’Europe.
• The creation of a list of online resources where source material that is in the public domain or licensed under creative commons can be found that will be re-used in follow up activities.

In addition:

• The project has resulted in clearer guidance for contributors to the Historiana programme.
• The project has offered a variety of professional development opportunities for over 200 educators from countries that have little opportunities.
• Educators from Armenia, Azerbaijan Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine have been trained during international training in Hungary, Poland, and Turkey and a national training in Azerbaijan.
• During these meetings the educators seized the opportunity to meet and discuss with colleagues from other countries.