Students during pilot

The 30 Higher Education students from Italy, Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Cyprus and Slovenia provided relevant feedbacks on their learning experience at the end of the pilot in Ljubljana. Some of their evaluations are here reported.

What did you find most useful?

“… sharing such an enriching experience throughout the course with people from other countries. I find useful to work in teams.”
“… The presentation of the hotels or the resort while having official representatives who could explain and describe the way everything worked around gave a perspective on how different ideas could be implemented around different countries with different mentalities.”
“Visiting actual places that had improved their accessibility and sustainability, not just learning theoretic aspects.“
“Most useful was enlightening the participants with a large number of practical visual cases of accessibility and sustainability practices in Slovenia. Moreover, students shared their knowledge about the practices they are aware of and this way enriched the experience of the other participants. Networking among the participants thanks to the trips around the country, seminars and joint activities facilitated experience exchange and knowledge sharing.”
“… Thank you for that 🙂“
“The networking between the people from different countries. Because in that way we had the opportunity to discuss about the facilities from our cities that other cities do not have, and I could realize how accessible are some cities.”

What are 3 main things you will take away from the pilot learning event?

“The visits of the places , our partners and the knowledge that gave me the course”
“The knowledge about zero waste practices from Slovenia”
“The experience about good inclusivity practices from Slovakia, Spain, Cyprus and Italy
“The importance of taking attention on inclusivity for our society”
“More knowledge about sustainability and accessibility and their importance for everyday life, new friends, the city and countries visited, the people met, everything…”
“Great organisation which fueled maximum knowledge and experience gain”
“Networking of students which will boost their rise as the agents of change in bringing sustainability and accessibility practices in their home countries and globally.”
“Support and testing of the course which is in high demand definitely will make it better.”
“I think I got many useful ideas and tips that I could apply to improve equality in tourism. … I gained a better understanding of how to make tourism more inclusive and saw what is being implemented today already. “
“Practical Use of Digital Tools – Learning how to navigate and utilize platforms like Mozilla Hubs for collaboration and engagement. Promoting Equality Through Technology – Gaining insights into how digital environments can support inclusive and accessible learning experiences. Interactive and Experiential Learning – Understanding the importance of hands-on activities and real-world applications in making educational programs more effective.”

How do you assess the relevance and the usability of the “DOEER course on equality-based practice in tourism”?

“100% recommended.”
“It was really useful”
“It was a good course to understand more the equality practices in tourism”
“I learned a lot about this part of the tourism sector (ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY)”
“This project offers a new perspective and experience on such important subjects that should be talked about and offered some ideas on how different issues should be approached.”
“The DOEER course … is very relevant because it focuses on important current issues like inclusion and equal opportunities in the tourism sector. It is easy to use, thanks to the clear structure and the Moodle platform, which helps learners follow the lessons step by step. The content is practical and connected to real situations, which makes it useful for both students and professionals.”
“The course is inter-disciplinary, well structured and comprehensible. These features make it applicable for any field of study. Usability is at the high level, examples suggested correspond with the goals set in the best possible way. The build-up of the course if logical: contains theoretical and conceptual approaches along with legal and number of applied frameworks. The course is extremely relevant and corresponds with the current social trends and developments globally, not only in the participating countries.”
“The course content was engaging, and I found it useful in understanding how to apply these practices in personal scenarios.”
“It’s definitely relevant and has helped me to take these practices more into consideration”
“It brings a lot of insight into the issue of equality in tourism, it points to several problems that are often overlooked and suggests some solutions, but invites the student to think about the issues through the exercises.
“The course was relevant and provided practical, usable tools that can be applied in the development of inclusive and responsible tourism activities.”