The eCourse begins to take shape
On 7 and 8 May 2026, the ERGO team met again in Athens — this time with something new on the table: the first real materials of the project. Six months after the kick-off in Warsaw, Poland, the consortium arrived at EDUMOTIVA’s headquarters with concrete progress and decisions still to be made.
The meeting marked the beginning of work on the teacher training package. Over two days, partners defined the pedagogical criteria for the ERGO eCourse — the online training platform that, from October 2026, will support more than 35 secondary school teachers from four countries in their exploration of digital robotics.
The Warsaw University of Technology presented the technical design of the platform. The University of Siena shared the first results of the simulation tools review that began in December: what works in the classroom, what is genuinely free, and what the most promising solutions have in common. EDUMOTIVA, for its part, brought to the table the pedagogical approach that defines the character of the project: it is not just about learning to use a tool, but about understanding how to use it to create experiences that leave no student behind.
The calendar for the four webinars accompanying the training was also established: robotics and simulation, girls’ empowerment in STEAM, arts and robotics, and EdTech trends with artificial intelligence.
Athens was also the moment to refine ERGO’s communication plan. With the first project content now available, the team agreed to step up activity across the project’s channels to reach the European education community before the pilots begin.
The next stop will be Barcelona, in September 2026, when pilot activities kick off across all four countries.
The ERGO project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (KA220-SCH, reference 2025-1-PL01-KA220-SCH-000352256).