Forging new pathways of research and innovation in open and distance learning

LeHo
Learning at Home and the Hospital
Website: http://www.lehoproject.eu/
Runtime: January 2014 – December 2016
Supported / co-funded by: LLP-KEY3 Networks / 543184-LLP-I-2013-I-IT-KA3-KA3NW
Partners: FPM: Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, IT (applicant, University of Perugia – Department of
Education and Human Sciences, IT, Bednet vzw, B, Staatliche Schule für Kranke München, D, MMB –
Institute for Media and Competence Research, D, EDEN: European Distance and E-Learning Network, UK,
FUNDITEC, ES, Leicester Children’s Hospital School, UK, Children’s Cancer Hospital, EG
Project representative to be contacted for further info: Matteo Uggeri (matteo.uggeri@polimi.it)
LeHo - financed by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission - is developing an
online hub that will provide tools and resources for those engaged or involved in home and hospital-based
education for children with medical conditions. The initiative is coordinated by the Fondazione Politecnico
di Milano and involves 9 organisations that include universities, hospital schools, IT solution providers and
European networks.
In the first phase of this 3-year project, a definition of the key educational factors and highlighting good
practice in the field are the initial outcomes that will be used to access further aims, such as providing a
Practical Guide and a Toolkit for everybody involved in Home and Hospital Education (HHE) including
medical staff, nurses, volunteers, teachers, parents, etc. By the end of the project, the resulting resource will
target the policy makers and will conclude the experiences of the participants and contributors of LeHo,
highlighting strengths, challenges and weaknesses that may require further development across the
partner countries.
The LeHo online hub is already available and open for everybody involved and interested in the topic and
includes resources that are being developed or collected by the LeHo team. A Board of Experts was
founded in order to support LeHo's work. Members of the BoE include professionals with a high level of
experience in the field of HHE who also take on a liason role between the teachers, medical staff and the
decision makers at policy level. Focus group discussions are and will be also presented on the online hub.
Main target groups of the project:
• teachers already involved or potentially involved in HHE;
• other personnel/workers of schools not directly involved in the education process:
• technicians (IT administrators, usually) in charge of ICT structures (from computers to webcam to
printer, scanners or cables...)
• medical staff (nurses, doctors...)
• volunteers and volunteers associations;
• students, not only with medical needs but in general: this is because in many cases the students
themselves are the main ‘engine’ and helpers for their classmates with medical need and even for
their own teachers, especially in the use of technology.
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