1. Institut für virtuelles und reales Lernen in der Erwachsenenbildung an der Universität Ulm (ILEU) e.V. A European learning partnership project ODE – Open Doors for Europe Türöffner für Europa Supported by the EU Sokrates Grundtvig 2 programme September 2004 – August 2006

2. Project background  Experience shows: seniors often don‘t speak foreign languages  But this knowledge would facilitate accessing other countries and cultures

3. Project idea  Learning partnership to find new instruments: „Door openers for Europe“

4. Door openers Knowledge about  key situations  themes  basic words  rituals  songs  day-to-day manners Base for communication

5. Learning partners  University of Alicante Permanent University Students & Alumni Association  Spanish National Association of University Programmes for Older Adults (AEPUM)  Istituto di Scienze Sociali “Nicolò Rezzara”, Vicenza  University of the Third Age, Łódź (ŁUTW)  Towarzystwo Wolney Wszechnica Polskiej, Lublin  Coordination: ILEU (in cooperation with ZAWiW and the association ViLE), Ulm  (University of the Third Age in Malta)

6. Action and methods I  Partner meetings in Lublin (Nov. 2004), Bad Urach near to Ulm (April 2005), Łódź (Dec. 2005) and Alicante (April 2006) Originally planned: partner meetings in Vicenza (Oct. 2006) and Łódź (May 2007)

7. Partner meetings  Getting to know the learning partners  Discussion of strategies and working plans  Working groups  Social and cultural events

8. Action and methods II Regular working groups  Development, testing and translation of materials about different themes  Preparation for the website  Public relations  Participation in pc and language courses

9. Action and methods III  Use of information and communication technologies: mailinglist website www.gemeinsamlernen.de/ode

10. Information and communication technologies  Use of the ICT can‘t be taken for granted  Usage as a part of the learning process  Support of the project and for informal contacts of the participants

11. Website I

12. Website II

13. ODE – Open Doors for Europe Coordinator: ILEU, c/o University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany www.ileu.net info@ileu.net Photos: taken from the project ODE and from photocase.com