Due to the rise of Covid-19 and travel restrictions, the teaching/training activity in Finland had been previously postponed. With high hopes to travel to Oulu all countries were awaiting the news of the pandemic to end, instead, the pandemic came here to stay. Therefore, the meeting was transferred online and all the hard work our teams had done was suddenly realised in its rawest form. Oulu Community College's Minna Hukkanen organized a 5-day event to nourish the teachers' excitement of online learning.

4.-8. January 2021 brought teachers from different countries 5 days of online training and analysis of different online teaching environments and devices for engaging content creation. Introduction of learning and teaching environments took place in the first two days.

Different language groups were formed to present the best working environments of their choice. Language teachers created and introduced lessons to illustrate the use of these environments in practice. During these five days several online video conferencing tools were tried out and all teams had the opportunity to look into the pros and cons.

Minna Hukkanen challenged participants to come out of their comfort zone and try out the tools they had not used before. All in all, it was a great learning experience for everyone as teachers and learners.

Ventspils University welcomed us to the third transnational meeting on 25.-26.11.2019.

Two days were packed with project activities and recreation. The guests were lodged in a small guesthouse called Colourful Windows.

The meeting took place in Ventspils University and the dissemination of the project as well as the initial thoughts about IO3 and future plans were discussed. Language groups were formed to make example lessons. Different other apps that complement the learning environments were suggested.

Recreational programme included the University tour, planetarium, bread-making and a concert in the new concert hall.

International project meeting in Chrudim 8.-9. April, 2019

Original article found on Jazyková Škola Zebra web page.

Czech Republic organized the second project meeting in Chrudim within an international project Erasmus + "Teachers in the Distance".

Representatives of all five participating countries - the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Poland met in Chrudim. The aim of the meeting was to complete the development of the first part of the synchronous teaching methodology. This part of the development is in charge of Zebra Language School, so they introduced the results, discussed more complex areas and suggested solutions for the problems. Preparations were made for the second part of the development, and the invisible baton was handed over to Latvians by the end of June.

The meeting was held at the U Lávky guesthouse, where everyone was taken good care of. In addition to the meeting, the partners visited Zebra language school and the beautiful town of Chrudim.

Original article found in "Pärnu Postimees"

Pärnu Adult Gymnasium and their international partners are developing e-learning by finding new methods to boost learners' motivation to have even more adults participating in language learning e-courses.

Pärnu Adult Gymnasium as the leading partner in collaboration with partners from the universities of Latvia and Poland, a private language school from Czech Republic and a community college from Finland are developing the project for two years. The first meeting takes place in Pärnu on November 26-27, 2018.

"Current educational system has created the opportunity where learning process does not require teachers to be in the same room with their students, instead classes can be organised via webinars with all participants taking part in different places," suggested Ulla Lehtsaar, the project leader.

Pärnu Adult Gymnasium got involved with the international project due to the two-year experience of offering e-learning courses for students. Currently there are 54 students in e-classes. The project "Teachers in the Distance" is funded under the Erasmus + programme.