COLL-OYA is an international project funded by the “Erasmus+ KA220 Cooperation Partnerships in Adult Education” program. COLL-OYA is the acron- ym for “Older Adults Learning English and Digital Literacy in Collaboration with Young Adults”.
The project encourages the active participation of older adults in the digital world. It supports their social inclusion by teaching them English with content-based instruction methodology (based on practical examples of international situations while using digital technologies, like sending a document, finding ways, ordering a meal, online shopping, booking a flight/train ticket, etc.). The knowledge they gain is believed to help them in daily life experiences.
One of the original aspects of this project is that it brings two generations together. While one gene- ration, young adults, is digital natives who acti- vely use the digital facilities and are familiar with the language of the digital world with a good command of English as well, the second genera- tion, older adults, is composed of older adults who are still active in life, have limited knowledge of the language and digital skills and thus expe- rience difficulties in catching up with the innovati- ons of the new digitalized world.