The Mongolian delegation participated in the international conference on the use of UDL to enhance inclusive education, organised by the local association for teachers and the Faculty of Education of the University of Bialystok.
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Broadcasting of the Erasmus+ MELINC project on the Polish Public Radio and Television, 23 March 2023
Inclusive education intensive training, 23 March 2023, Bialystok (Poland)
Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities engaged in practical training in Białystok at the Stanisław Staszic Technical and Comprehensive School Complex in the integration and inclusive classes.In the late afternoon, they visited the OSTO Centre in Białystok Read More …
Inclusive education intensive training, 22 March 2023, Bialystok (Poland)
Practical training in groups of the twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities at the non-public therapeutic work adjustment school “Prologue” (Niepubliczna Terapeutyczna Szkoła Przysposabiająca do Pracy “Prolog”) and at the non-public therapeutic elementary school “Fairy Tale” (Niepubliczna Read More …
Inclusive education intensive training, 21 March 2023, Bialystok (Poland)
Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities followed the training bij Prof. Georgeta Ion on evidence-informed practice for school inclusion. Prof. Marta Kowalczuk-Walędziak, chaired the workshop on critical assessment of examples of evidence-informed practice in inclusive education in Read More …
Inclusive education intensive training, 20 March 2023, Bialystok (Poland)
Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities followed the training in the subjects of the curriculum of teacher training at the University of Bialystok, and inclusive education. The training was realised by Prof. Mirosław Sobecki (Dean of the Read More …
Inclusive education national conference, 7 February 2023, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
On 7 February 2023 the Mongolian consortium partners organised at MNUE a national conference on inclusive education. Teachers participants of education authorities and ngo’s were introduced to the Mongolian online modules on inclusive education developed within the MELINC project and Read More …
MELINC national consortium meeting, 6 February 2023, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
Inclusive modular course completed, 27 January 2023, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
The Mongolian Sign Language translators converted the Mongolian texts of the 15 online MELINC modules on inclusive education into Mongolian Sign Language, to be used by people with speech and hearing impairment. The MELINC consortium expressed their thanks and gratitude Read More …
Outreach to schools, 19 January 2023, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
Professor Odgerel Dandii delivered a lecture at school #29. School #29 is the only school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Mongolia.The teachers (about 50 with 25 deaf or hard of hearing themselves) who attended the lecture were Read More …
Outreach to schools, 5-6 January 2023, Khovd (Mongolia)
Professor Dorj Battulga, head of the Department of Educational Studies and Methodology, and Professor Unurnasan D., head of the Department of Mathematics and Informatics, organized two days of intensive training on inclusive education at Khovd Branch School of National University Read More …
Intensive training on inclusive education, 6 January 2023, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
On 6 January 2023 the Mongolian consortium partners organised at MNUE an intensive training on inclusive education at the School for Primary Teachers Education. The participants were introduced to the Mongolian online modules on inclusive education developed within the MELINC Read More …
Mongolian Ministerial working group with MELINC experts on disability terminology, 20 December 2022, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
Workshop on inclusive education, 26 November 2022, Mongolia
The teachers of the MNUE project team presented the content of the 15-module online course “Law and Methodology of Inclusive Education” to colleagues. Together, they worked on the development of the program and on the course outcomes, and discussed the Read More …
Teaching inclusive education in the Psychology Pogramme, November 2022, Mongolia
MELINC projectleader for Mongolia, Prof. Odgerel Dandii, teaches the inclusive education course, thereby using the project video tutorials. The teaching consists of 4 hours lectures in 16 seminars on inclusive education. The teaching was don in the 4th training course Read More …
Impact and sustainability of the MELINC project, 4 November 2022 and ongoing, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
The Mongolian partners are working with the Mongolian Minstry of Education to establish an assessment and support system for children with disabilities and SEN children including the 3 project regions.The 3 SEN centres, like MNUE’s Child Development support Center with Read More …
Project management at MNUE, 31 October 2022, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
D&S of the MELINC project, 27 October 2022, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
The Mongolian MELINC project leader, Professor Odgerel Dandii, Head of the Child Support Center at the Mongolian National University of Education, spoke about the MELINC project at the international scientific conference on “Development of primary education in Mongolia – 100 Read More …
MNUE workshop “Teacher Training for Inclusion”, 22 September 2022, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
MNUE team held a workshop on “Teacher Training for Inclusion” on 22 September 2022, presided by the Head of the Child Support Center at the Mongolian National University of Education Odgerel Dandii. The meeting was attended inter alia by Ts. Read More …
Preparatory workshop at the start of the academic year, online, 12 September 2022
On 12 September 2022, the Mongolian consortium partners held an online workshop on the project progress including the Mongolian voice recording of the modules, Mongolian editing of the slides of the modules, Mongolian sign language, the progress of the textbook, Read More …
Curriculum development meeting, 2 June 2022, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
The workgroup on curriculum development of inclusive education met on 2 June 2022 in MNUE (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia). The workgroup used the occassion to also discuss terminology, to distribute the booklet on inclusive education terminology, to focus on the main points Read More …
Intensive Training for Graduate Students, 24 May 2022, Khovd (Mongolia)
On 24 May 2022, a workshop for graduate students on “Education Challenges and Inclusive Education in the Western Region of Mongolia” was organized at Khovd University (with the online participation of the other Mongolian MELINC partners). Researchers and stakeholders discussed Read More …
Intensive Training for Undergraduate Students, 11 May 2022, Khovd (Mongolia)
On 11 May 2022, a workshop for undergraduate students on “Education Challenges and Inclusive Education in the Western Region of Mongolia” was organized at Khovd University. The purpose of the training was to get acquainted with the problems and challenges Read More …
Intensive Training Webinars, May 2022, online
On 6 and 13 May 2022, the interactive MELINC online intensive training on pedagogical aspects of inclusive education took place using Zoom webinar platform.The target group of the intensive trainings were teaching staff from the MNUE, Dornod and Khovd universities Read More …
Mongolian QC meeting, face-to-face, Mongolia, 29-30 April 2022
Participants from Khovd University and Mongolian National University of Education conduct the quality control of the online modules. The Khovd and MNUE teams conduct a meeting for in-service graduates of i.e. Khovd University in Ulaanbaatar on the need for inclusive Read More …
National Conference, face-to-face, Dornod (Mongolia), 25 till 28 April 2022
The Dornod national conference and workshops were the third national face-to-face MELINC events with digital interventions from non-Mongolian partners for participants from mainly the Eastern aimags (provinces) including Dornod aimag, Khentii aimag and Sukhbaatar aimag. The event was hosted by Read More …
Erasmus+ MELINC at the World Autism Awareness Day, 2 April 2022, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
The ERASMUS+ MELINC Project and its deliverables produced during the first year – the online course on inclusive education – were presented and discussed at the “World Autism Awareness Day” in Ulaanbaatar by Mongolian projectleader, Prof. Odgerel Dandii, Head of Read More …
Broadcasting of the Erasmus+ MELINC project on the Mongolian National Public Radio and Television, 30 March 2022
During the Khovd University conference on inclusive education, the Mongolian National Public Radio and Television dedicated an emission promoting the Erasmus+ MELINC project and the course on inclusive education. The broadcasting with interviews with the main project leaders of the Read More …
National Conference, face-to-face, Khovd (Mongolia), 23 and 26 March 2022
The Khovd national conference and workshops were the second national face-to-face MELINC events with digital interventions from non-Mongolian partners. The conference also included the broader public and representatives of Mongolian ngo’s for persons with disabilities and governmental institutions from the Read More …
Mongolian Steering Committee meeting, online, 25 February 2022
On 25th February 2022 the MELINC Project held its Mongolian MNG steering committee meeting bringing together all new members of the team and institutional projectmanagers. The new members got an introduction to MELINC and to the project year 1 activities. Read More …
Bialystok team of educators and psychologists meeting, 16 February 2022
The Polish team of educators and psychologists working on the MELINC project met on the 16th of February 2022 at the University of Białystok Faculty of Education. They discussed the content of the SEN pedagogical modules, working to translate theoretical Read More …
Steering Committee meeting, online, 28 January 2022
On the 28th January 2022 the MELINC Project held its annual MNG steering committee meeting bringing together all institutional projectmanagers and the modular teamleaders of the consortium. The project year 1 was evaluated including the implementation of the project goals Read More …
Meeting ‚Working with newcomers’, 25 January 2022, online
Experts from Belgium, Poland, Russia and Albania discussed collaborative efforts and innovative methodologies to teach modules on the European Union, methodologies to increase the accessibility of students and staff with fewer opportunities through digitalisation of education, and virtual exchanges that Read More …
Outreach meeting, online, 17 January 2022
Meeting ‘What virtual exchanges are next’, 17 January 2022, online
Experts from Belgium, Russia and Lithuania looked for answers to the questions on virtual exchange to deliver collaborative intensive courses and in which direction these initiatives should be heading, methodological developments to be used, which scholars in their HEIs are Read More …
International Conference, face-to-face, Ulaanbaator (Mongolia), 16 and 17 December 2021
The Ulaanbaator international conference and workshops were the first national face-to-face MELINC event with digital interventions from non-Mongolian partners. The conference also included the broader public and representatives of Mongolian ngo’s for persons with disabilities and governmental institutions. The event Read More …
Preparatory workshops for the International Conference, Mongolia, November-December 2021
The teams of the Mongolian institutional projectmanagers assembled to prepare the year 1 D&S international conference of the MELINC project. The international conference programme was outlined and guidelines for the speakers were discussed as well as ways that the whole Read More …
International Conference, online (UoB Poland), 23 November 2021
In November 2021, MELINC experts participated in the online conference on the 60th anniversary of the European Social Charter hosted by the consortium partner University of Bialystok. This enabled the participants to exchange views with MELINC experts on subjects associated Read More …
Teaching of modules with a pilot group, online, 8-18 November 2021
From 8 till 18 November 2021, the grantholder completed the teaching of an intensive course, thereby using the modules written by consortium members. The teaching provided the opportunity to get feedback from the students involved and will be used to Read More …
Consortium meeting with the EU partners, online, 10 November 2021
The European consortium teamleaders discussed the project progress online, outlined the tasks to be completed by the teams and provided guidelines for the Mongolian colleagues, and assigned members who will on behalf of the MELINC project give a presentation at Read More …
Development of a conference for the eastern region, Mongolia, June-October 2021
Dornod University, as the teacher training center for the eastern region of Mongolia, started the organisation of the conference on inclusive education issues and solutions in the eastern region of Mongolia this year and discussed with the other partners the Read More …
Development of a conference for the western region, Mongolia, June-October 2021
Khovd University, as the teacher training center for the western region of Mongolia, started the organisation of the conference on inclusive education issues and solutions in the western region of Mongolia this year and discussed with the other partners the Read More …
Surlegmaa Rentsen
Prof. Rentsen is vice-rector for research, innovation and foreign relations at Dornod University. Prof. Rentsen studied at the Mongolian State University of Education, Saint Petersburg State University, and Irkutsk University. She followed training courses on Project management, Research methodology, Adult Educationand Education reform and leadership. She was in charge of the translation Read More …
Odgerel Dandii
Ph.D from University of Tsukuba, Japan Head of “Child development support centre at Mongolian State University of EducationAssociate professor for Special and Inclusive EducationDr Odgerel is a associate professor at the Mongolian National University of Education and head of the Read More …
Paul Van Caesbroeck
Director of Project Management.Paul Van Caesbroeck takes up the post of daily running of ELA and of the project management at ELA, which includes responsibility for finances and monitoring of the continuous progress of the projects and risk management.He led Read More …
Roelf Reyneke
Department of Social Work of the University of the Free State, specializes in diversity, communication, inclusion. His focus is (1) on diversity as a phenomenon that social workers are confronted with in their daily practice, and its significance as reflected Read More …
Mariette Reyneke
Centre for Human Rights, specializes in inclusive education, character education, restorative justicePublications: Reviewing the guidelines for adopting a code of conduct for schools (2019 accepted for publication); The Right to Dignity and Restorative Justice in Schools, June 2017; Aligning school Read More …
Ingo Richter
Prof. dr. Richter is a German scholar with a focus on issues of education reforms. He studied at the Universities of Göttingen, Munich, Hamburg and Paris. He was secretary of the German Committee on Education and Training in Bonn and Read More …
Other ELA members
Other ELA members with expertise in administration of projects, ICT issues and/or disability law will be invited at internships and workshops to share their expertise on a particular issue of rights of persons with disabilities or learners with special needs Read More …
Battulga Dorj
Academic coordination.Dr. B. Dorj was educated at the Mongolian National University of Education, School of Social Sciences He followed additional training on inter alia “Inclusive Education” for teachers of teacher training HEI, funded by United Nation’s Children’s Fund (2014); Teacher Training on Distance Education, National Center Read More …