AIMS and OBJECTIVES 
HOP council aims at reflection on the potential of online learning in European youth work as well as supporting online learning within Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps.
Objectives of the working group:
- to rise awareness of the value that quality online learning brings into non-formal education in youth field;
- to map online learning developments in European youth work;
- to offer focal point as well as baseline for different stakeholders of European youth work online learning;
- to support Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps national agencies in their online learning training offers (creation of new courses and/or internalisation of the existing resources);
- to build competences in online learning among youth trainers and the national agencies;
- to enhance development of the online learning courses, within both European youth programmes, by providing appropriate online platform;
THE COUNCIL
The council is made of experts:
- experienced in European youth work, especially within European Union programmes;
- experienced in online learning, especially in relation to youth work non-formal learning;
- having at least some experience with Moodle;
The working group might also include representatives of key institutions within European youth work, namely Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps National Agencies, SALTO-Youth Resource Centres, European Commission DG Education and Culture, EU-CoE Youth Partnership, etc. We warmly welcome new institutional representatives in the council - just write to
The role of external experts includes, but is not limited to:
- to consult on HOP online learning further developments;
- to influence development of quality online learning in European youth work;
- to support Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps national agencies in creation of their online learning training offers;
- to co-manage HOP online learning platform based on Moodle;
- to co-edit HOP online learning facebook page and prepare HOP podcasts;
2019 SUCCESS INDICATORS
The council has met for the first time in December 2018 and set the following success indicators for the work of HOP in 2019:
- HOP platform’s layout and structure polished and on-boarding for learners produced;
- quality policy agreed and implemented;
- at least 4 National Agencies involved thanks to HOP promotion (esp. at June’s TCA meeting), including video with examples of successful online learning in Erasmus+ Youth;
- enlargement of HOP council with at least 2 more institutions (preferably NAs);
- 6 fully functional courses with at least 500 learners participated;
- 100 new posts on HOP FB page, 8 new podcast episodes and 2 webinars for HOP users;
- at least 1500 HOP FB followers in total;
- involvement of all external experts into the council tasks;
The HOP online learning platform and the council is fostered by SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus Resource Centre, in spite of its regional responsibilities, as a general support to European youth work.
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