Project summary:

The aim of the TEECH-in project is to create through the Internet/WWW an exciting cultural learning environment. Authors and cultural operators will experiment with new methods and styles of collaborative and open work. During the project the audience actively participated in writing a "Web novel". Everybody had the chance to influence or extend the story plot with his/her own contributions, moderated by a team of authors and cultural operators. The (train) journey with its diverse cultural connotations provided the leading metaphor for this collaborative work in the Web. The hyperfictional journey "started" at the different European locations of the participants. In the fictional story more and more elements of the real world (e.g. locations as e.g. real train stations) were integrated and at the "finale" participants met each other during a workshop on Achill Island in Ireland. The "journey" turned from fictional and virtual to real. Results were be published in a book.

Contents

1. Project Activities 
2. Function and Involvement of the project co-organisers
3. Documentation of and publicity for the project
4. Follow-up

1. Project Activities 

Date 	Outcome, Participation of professionals and/or audience	
Formal activities	
30.7.99	- proposal for the CONNECT-Project " TEECH-in Transactive Exploration of European Cultural Heritage – in Intercultural Teams" sent to the European Commission	
1.9.99	- proposed start of the project	
6.12.99	- press announcement by the European Commission about selected projects within the CONNECT-framework	
13.1.00	- official confirmation about the project grant by the European Commission	
17.5.00	- project contract signed by the project coordinator Dr. Laurent Borgmann and by the European Commission	
19.6.00	- initial payment of 50% of the project grant received by the coordinating institution 	
31.8.00	- interim report including the financial breakdown sent to the European Commission	
5.01.01	- payment of 30% of the project grant received by the coordinating institution	
30.04.01	- final report including the financial statement sent to the European Commission	
Ongoing Project activities	
1.9.99 – (30.04.01)	- Setup, configuration and expansion of a virtual platform for project communication, collaboration and coordination consisting of an Email based and a Web based platform (electronic groups):
Email:
 – main group:  eu-connect@egroups.com (for all people involved in project organisation); this group will stay active after the completion of the project to discuss follow-up activities by (former) project co-organisers, maintained by the institute inter.research e.V. (currently 31 people are subscribed)
- sub group: connect-assistants@egroups.com (for all student assistants and the technical subgroup ("Web-team") of the project; this group will be closed after the end of the project
- subgroup: public-connect@egroups.com (general interest group of people who are not formally part of the project), this group will stay active for people who would like to stay in contact with each other but without maintenance by the (former) project team (currently 65 people are subscribed)
WWW: accompanying the Email based electronic groups there are Web based groups also, which include message archive, file and link archive to share project related materials such as concepts, minutes of meetings, pictures and sound files etc., group calendar to plan project meetings, chat forum for virtual meetings. For data protection reasons only the subscribers have access. Here the bulk of the project information is stored. If you need access please contact project leader:
www.egroups.com/group/eu-connect
www.egroups.com/group/connect-assistants
www.egroups.com/group/public-connect  	
20.5.00 – (30.04.01)	Setup of the project domain www.EU-TRAIN.net and development and maintenance  of the project web-site, which provides access to the Web-story, to general project information, to the profiles and contact info of project co-organisers and project participants, to a discussion forum , to the event calendar and to guidelines concerning the participation in the project and creative writing in the Net, the project coorganisers have agreed that the web-site www.eu-train.net will be maintained at least until 31.12.2004	
30.7.99- (30.04.01)	Continuous documentation of project contacts and events using the information management software OctoOffice based on the groupware Lotus Notes (as a supplementation of the Internet based egroups-platform)	
1.9.99 – 30.04.01	Quality management, ongoing evaluation of the quality of distance contacts and communication – example consequences: - the project management have always provided "low-tech" alternatives to access important project materials to provide less technically equipped participants with access to project activities, usability test with users outside the project took place in between November and December 2000 resulting in a relaunch of the navigation concept of the project web-site - project co-organisers offered "online- office hours" from 09/00 to provide reliable opportunities for synchronous communication	
1.6.00 – 1.9.00

1.9.00-31.01.01

1.1.01-15.02.01	Start phase of the Web-story: - contributions of hypertexts by partner institutions to the "love-train", which is the initial hypermedia story for the Web-story at www.eu-train.net
Virtual phase of the Project: 
-- participants created fictional characters for the Web-story as part of courses run in the participating organisations
-- a framework story was created by the Irish partner (a virtual letter of invitation: http://www.eu-train.net/connect/story/letter_artgallery.htm , which was sent as a real letter to the participating institutions in Europe as well)
-- a net-train framework (map of train routes for the virtual journey of the characters of the Web-story) was created by co-organisers to allow virtual encounters of characters during the virtual train journey of the characters through Europe (following the "mysterious invitation"): http://www.eu-train.net/connect/story/nettrain_map.htm
-- participants contributed interlinked web-story episodes, describing the journey of their fictional characters, building collaboratively a growing Web-story-network: http://www.eu-train.net/connect/menu/frameset_stories.htm
"Real world phase of the project"
-- the fictional journey in cyberspace was transformed into a real journey of participants following the footsteps of their fictional characters
- participants prepared the finale of the project on Achill Island (Ireland) using the Internet as a tool for communication and organisation – e.g. proposals for workshops during the finale could be published in the Web using templates prepared by co-organisers 
- participants went on a joint excursion to Achill island to prepare in an intercultural group the finale of the web-story in several workshops 
- following the framework story the finale of the project and the finale of the Web-story (which went finally from virtual to real) were celebrated in a big cultural event, which consisted of:
-- a theater play (of a selected part of the Web-story – an auction of paintings, which were especially created in a painting workshop during the week)
-- a multimedia performance (presenting results of a photography and writing workshop)
-- a performance of an intercultural piece of music, representing different musical traditions of participants (result of a music and singing workshop)
-- readings and performances of the Irish hosts of the event 
- participants documented their experiences in their final web-story episodes but also in a travelogue, which was updated regularly so that the finale could be followed through the Internet: http://www.eu-train.net/connect/story/travel2001/	
15.2.01-30.04.01	- Evaluation of the project by co-organisers:
-- participants received an email survey about their experiences, problems, suggestions within the project
-- co-organisers discussed project results and identified successful elements for future projects and for the work in their respective institutions 	
Main Project meetings, events, workshops, seminars	
22.9.99	Workshop in Fulda (DE) "Transactive collaboration in virtual and cultural communities" with lectures on interactive graphics design on the web, collaborative writing concepts in the Net and a presentation of the concept of the TEECH-in project to 22 participants consisting of German project co-organisers and representatives of university and adult education – 
http://www.inter-research.de/akademie/akad_tagung1.html	
1.2.00-5.2.00	Pilot-Workshop on Achill Island (IE)  (coordinators and students from 4 countries (SE, DE, UK, IE)
- research (interviews with local people) of legends and history of the old train station and train station hotel near Achill
- discussion of the project concept, especially brainstorm of ideas for the finale of the Web-story, which will take place on Achill Island in February 2001
- discussion of cultural connotations of the train metaphor of the Web-story especially in the context of immigration
- discovery of literary and other artistic connections of Achill Island with continental Europe in the context of the artists’ community of Achill Island
participants: project co-organisers from Ireland, Great Britain (Brighton), Sweden (Umea), Germany (Fulda), 25 international students and young people, 20 inhabitants of Achill Island at a public intercultural event (Intensive Programme)
http://www.rheinahrcampus.de/international/projects/achill2000/	
28.2.00	Project meeting in Fulda (DE):
- discussion of the project concept and its integration in educational activities 
- brainstorming about train metaphor of the web-story
- technical introduction to electronic groups for the project co-ordination
participants: 4 co-organisers from Frankfurt, Fulda (DE) and Volterra (IT) 	
24.3.00	Pre-Conference Workshop by Dr. Borgmann (Fulda/Germany)/Wilson (Brighton/UK) at IATEFL International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language conference in Dublin (IE): - presentation of the project concept and discussion of language learning elements of the project to 30 international workshop participants (language teachers)	
5.5.00-7.5.00	Project meeting in Frankfurt (DE)
- Hyperfiction workshop by Susana Tosca (Madrid/ES) and Wolfgang Tischer (literaturcafe/DE)
- discussion of the Web-story concept and planning of the start phase of the web-story "love-train"
- development of an adjusted project timetable 
- planning of project meetings
- discussion of the train metaphor for the Web-story:
participants: 10 project co-organisers from Umea(SE), Achill Island (IE), Madrid (ES), Fulda, Frankfurt, Kassel, Köln, Stuttgart (DE)	
14.7.-17.7.00	Project meeting in Brighton (UK)
- creative writing and fictional characters workshop by Alexandra Haas (DE)
- discussion of web-story structure and hypermedia elements
- discussion and further development of the project web-site www.eu-train.net
- planning of public kick-off events for the web-story
- evaluation of the "love-train" – start phase of the web-story
participants: 9 co-orgnaisers from Brighton (UK), Umea(SE), Frankfurt, Fulda/Remagen, Stuttgart, Kassel (DE) 	
13.7-21.7.00	Kick-off for event phase in Brighton, England (participants, Dr. Borgmann, Fachhochschule Fulda/Remagen; Pat Shrimpton, University of Umea, Sweden, Lili Wilson, Brighton University, Thomas Berger, Inter.Research, Germany )
- Kick-off meeting for the English "Network Events" at Brighton Station  (14.7.)
- Lecture about the layout of the connect project (18.7.) 
- Workshops for writing the web stories (14./15./16. 8.) (Alexandra Haas)
- Staff meeting with teachers of the university and representatives of local schools (18.7.)
- Visit to the computer lab Brighton University (18.07.)
- first joint 4 hour seminar Wilson/Dr. Borgmann for the new students (participants on the project) (19.07.)
- media coverage about the project in a local newspaper 
- Joint visit of  "Volks Railway" – oldest electric Railway in the world (Brighton)
-Visit to Brighton Train Station (after renovation)	
1.6.00-31.08.00	Internship of Swedish student Anders Wäppling from partner institution Umea at the Fachhochschule Fulda/Remagen
- coordination between the two universities
- creation of web pages for: www.eu-train.net
- creation of PR materials for the project (pens, T-Shirts, etc.)
-preparation of the travel of Students to Achill (synchronising time tables for international arrivals in Dublin, train passage to Achill, Accommodation Dublin and Achill)	
9.8.00	Pre-Visit Cologne (participants Wäppling, Stenschke, Haas, Walter; 9. August 2000, Cologne, Germany)
visiting Railway establishments in Cologne with three CONNECT student assistants to select locations for the project meeting in November
Tram museum Köln Thielenbruch, Main Railway station, Schmieder's Gaststätte, Old Waiting Room (a traditional waiting room) of main station, KOMED (former freight train station – now media park), Bimmelbahn (local street car)
all five locations and the Bimmelbahn were selected for the public event in Cologne and quotations were requested afterwards by mail	
21.8.00	Project meeting of the "web-team" in Fulda (Berger, Tischer and assistants Muschko, Jossa, Wäppling):
- workshop for the future design, structure and navigation of the web-site: www.eu-train.net 	
28.8.00-31.8.00	Kick-off for event phase in Umea, Sweden (participants, Dr. Borgmann, Fachhochschule Fulda/Remagen; Pat Shrimpton, University of Umea, Sweden 28. –31. August 2000, Umea, Sweden)
-Kick-off meeting for the Swedish "Autumn of Events" of the Internet-Train in the Station Cafe in Umea, Sweden (28.8.)
-Lecture about the layout of the connect project (30.8.) 
-Staff meeting with teachers of the university and representatives of local schools (30.8.)
-demonstration of the new media software "Active Worlds" in the new Humanities Lab (29.08)
-first joint 4 hour seminar Shrimpton/Dr. Borgmann for the new students (participants on the project) (31.08.)
-media coverage about the project in the local newspaper and one radio station	
29.8.00	Project meeting in Kassel (DE) for co.organisers involved in adult education (Wolf, Benedix, Berger, Haas, Groppe)
- discussion of specific adult education requirements in the project context
- planning of kick-off events for the web-story
- presentation of an instructors' toolbox by Alexandra Haas	
15.9.-19.9.00	Official kick-off of the project by presenting the project on an own stand (following the railway metaphor of the Web-story a real train compartment was rebuild for the fair) at the Science Fair Bonn – a big public event in the center of the former capital of Germany (50.000 visitors were counted during the 4 days)
- Involvement of audience in the "spirit of the project" by little creative writing games
- Presentation of the project to teachers in a parallel conference 
- Presentation of the project through web-presentations, flyers etc.
- Activities at the stand were transferred to the Internet through a WebCam
- Joint presentations of the project with other European co-organisers took place via video conferences 
- The concept of the project stand was selected by the organisers of the science fair for support – that meant that the costs for building the stand were covered by "Deutscher Stifterverband" (the association of German foundations)	
29.9.-30.9.00	Project meeting in Cologne (DE)
- detailed planning of the virtual phase of the project
- time planning – coordination of different semester/course times at the participating organisations, time planning for the "real world phase" of the project
- agreement about framework story and net-train map
- organisation of the publication of Web-story episodes (through a central email-address: stories@eu-train.net) 
- agreement about entry-levels (beginners can submit text files, when links to other text are clearly marked by author, title, paragraph)
- organisation of PR-work (contact of journalists especially for project finale) 	
22.10.00	Public Project event at "Kunststation Kleinsassen" (art station) (DE) with about 40 participants
- exploration of railroad as a setting for stories, as a metaphor for the Computer network Internet, as a parable of the development and acceptance of new technologies
- discussion of creative (open, interactive) means of expression in traditional media (painting, music) 
- presentation of the TEECH-in project in the context of other art projects in the field of new media (e.g. the ars electronica winner tx-transform)
- creative hypertext writing workshops
http://www.eu-train.net/connect/story/program_kleinsassen.htm 	
25-26.11	Project meeting Cologne (DE)
- discussion of project progress
- discussion of methods to facilitate the transition of participants from traditional creative writing to "Web-writing" (giving examples for creative use of links and link patterns, setting rules for the length of a single text, creating "sieve stories" – episodes which lead to a number of story paths...)
- detailed planning of the "real world phase" – journey to Ireland and finale on Achill Island
- discussion of possible activities and workshops on Achill and necessary equipment (especially technical equipment) 
- media plan to create awareness for the project in the region of Mayo (Ireland)
- planning and discussion of further project events (open new media seminars, excursions in the context of the Web-story etc.)	
1.-2.12.01	Project event in Gällivare (SE)
- Exploration of cultural heritage in the north of Sweden:
--- railway excursion (exploration of history, architecture – culture of railway)
--- encounters with Sames – sharing of stories, discussion of impact of new technologies (railroad in the past, Internet at present) on the Sames' culture
--- transfer of experiences into web-stories – to share them with other participants:
http://www.eng.umu.se/intekht2000/trip.htm 	
2.2.01-11.201	Project Finale – intercultural excursion and workshop week on Achill Island (Ireland)
- start of Finale in Dublin (Ireland)
-- workshop about the relation of the works by James Joyce and Hypertext, visit to the James Joyce center, visit of places in Dublin related to the novel Ulysses, visit of the Irish Film Center in Temple Bar (movie Ulysses after the novel by James Joyce)
-- cultural heritage workshop about public transport in Ireland (transport museum) – discussion of cultural differences in Europe concerning history and present of public transport
-- presentation of planned workshops on Achill Island by participants (workshop leader and assistants were participants – coorganisers played the role of facilitators and stayed when possible in the background)
- journey to Achill Island 
-- participants prepared during the journey their presentations for a reception  on Achill Island (official presentation and welcome of the project by representatives of Achill and the county Mayo (e.g. the arts councellor)
-- readings of the Irish Journal by Heinrich Böll (description of the train journey in the 50's )
-Project week on Achill Island: - participants work together with local artists and inhabitants in intercultural workshops, on their web-stories, on the online-travelogue
and on the preparation of the story and project finale – a big cultural event at the 9.2.01 on Achill Island	
3.4.01	Project meeting in Fulda for co-organisers from adult education institutions (DE)
- evaluation of the project from the perspective of adult education	
17.04.-22.04.01	Project event and project meeting in Brighton (UK)
- presentation of the project at the international IATEFL-conference (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language)
- public presentation of the project at Volks' Railway (oldest running electrical railway of the world)
- evaluation of the project and discussion of results of the survey among participants	

2. Function and Involvement of the project co-organisers

Participating countries: Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Co-organiser 
(by alphabetical order)	Function/involvement	
Berger/ inter.research e.V. (DE)	- Project Manager – administrative support to the project coordinator
- administrator of information management environment and electronic groups, accountancy for the project 
- leader of "web-team" (responsible for project web-site)
-support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers etc., participation in conferences, preparatory activities for kick-off events 
- - preparatory activities for a course and running a New Media course at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda in the context of the project
- hosting of Fulda meetings
- support of project administration (budget) and supervision (surveys to participants etc.)	

Borgmann/ FH Fulda/Remagen (DE)	- Project Co-ordinator – responsible for quality management  and general supervision of the project
- drawing up budget plans
-scheduling and organisation of major project meetings
- contact point for German and international participants
--support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers etc., participation in conferences, preparatory activities for kick-off events
- evaluation of project 	
Cimerman/LFI-Steiermark (AU)	-support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-conncect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers etc.
-electronic support of moderation of the web novel 
- preparatory activities for a course in the context of the project
- contact point for Austrian participants	
Huhta/Helsinki Polytechnic (FI)	-support of dissemination of project information: distribution of project flyers etc.
- contact point forFinish participants	
S. McHugh/Cannon/AIACLA (IE)	- contact point for Irish participants
- hosting of Achill Island meeting
- support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers, press releases to newspapers etc
- contribution of photos to the web-site www.eu-train.net
- preparatory activities for a course in a local school in the Context of the project
- preparatory activities for the Web-story finale on Achill Island
- support of the Finale on Achill Island (local organisation, workshops etc.) 
- evaluation of project from school education perspective and from the perspective of the community of Achill	
J. McHugh/Achill North West Ltd (IE)	- support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers etc.
- hosting of Achill Island meeting
- preparatory activities for the Web-story finale on Achill Island	
Shrimpton/Umea Universitet (SE)	- contact point for Swedish participants
- preparatory activities for a course at the university in the context of the project
- In addition  arrangements were made for Anders Wäppling - an International Business Administration/English student -  to work as an assistant on the project in Germany for a period of two and half months in the summer of 2000. He will now serve as a liaison between Umeå and the partners in Germany.
- Contact has been established with Minerva School in Umeå. Pupils from the school - aged 7 -14 - will participate in the project through work within their own curriculum and international contact with other TEECH- IN partners.
- preparatory activities for kick-off events "An Autumn of Activities" at the station cafe in Umea
- - support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers
- evaluation of project from higher education perspective	
Stillitano/VillaPalagione Volterra (IT)	- contact point for Italien participants
- support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers etc	
Tischer/literaturcafe (DE)	- Hypertext consultant - coordination of the start phase of the Web-story "love-train", web design
- workshop about net literature
-support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers etc.	
Tosca/Universidad Complutensenb Madrid (ES)	- hypertext consultant  - hyperfiction workshop leader 
- contact point for Spanish participants
- support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers, participation in conferences, contacts to Spanish Internet portals etc.	
Wilson/University of Brighton (UK)	- contact point for English participants
- hosting of the Brighton meetings
- preparatory activities for kick-off events at Brighton station and event at Brighton Volks Electric Railway
- preparatory activities for a course at the University of Brighton in the context of the project
- support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers, participation in conferences
- evaluation of project from higher education perspective	
Wolf/ HVV Frankfurt (DE)	-support of dissemination of project information: subscription to eu-connect@egroups.com, distribution of project flyers etc., participation in adult education conferences, preparatory activities for kick-off events, hosting of Frankfurt meeting
- contact point and co-ordinator for the associated Volkshochschulen (adult education institutions):
VHS Kassel (Benedix, Schmitt, Haas), 
- preparatory activities for courses in the Context of the project in Kassel and Bonn
- Creative writing workshop (Haas) and instructors' toolbox (Haas)
- preparation of kick-off events in Bonn and Cologne (Haas)
- Alexandra Haas is also Literary Advisor for the project
- hosting of Kassel meeting
VHS Hamburg (Hermann-Groppe, Otto)
- preparatory activities for courses in the Context of the project in cooperation with the "Landesmedienanstalt"
- preparatory activities for a kick-off event at the Hamburg Train-station
VHS Köln (Pohlmann-Jochheim/Tarut
- preparatory activities for kick-off events in Cologne 
- preparatory activities for courses in the Context of the project
- facilitation of the production of project flyer
- evaluation of project especially from adult education perspective	

3. Documentation of and publicity for the project

Project web-site
The web-site www.eu-train.net is the central project platform for all project participants and the interested public. The project address has been submitted to all major search engines and catalogues to facilitate access to the web-site. The web-site is also mentioned in print publications and on PR-materials such as T-Shirts and pens of the project. In the context of major events such as the finale in Ireland, announcements have been made in big virtual communities such as TRACE Online Writing Centre.

PR-materials
T-Shirts, flyers, posters and pens were  produced to publicize the project and the contribution of the European Commission

Scientific papers and conferences
The project was presented on scientific conferences such as
- PDC 2000 — the Participatory Design Conference in New York Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2000
(the paper with reference to the European Connect Programme has been published in 
Berger, Thomas; Borgmann, Laurent:  "Strategies for participation of learners in virtual learning
 communities" in PDC2000 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference, T. Cherasky, J. Greenbaum, P. Mambrey, J.K.Pors (Eds.), New York, NY, USA 2000 S. 237-241
- IATEFL Conference 2001 in Brighton  (conference of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language)
- Workshop and Presentation at IATEFL International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language conference in Dublin (speakers: Dr. Borgmann, Fachhochschule Fulda/Remagen, Lili Wilson, Birghton Univeristy, Dublin, Ireland, March 2000)
-Coverage in the IATEFL Learner Independence newsletter (Dr. Borgmann)
-Pre-Conference Workshop (Dr. Borgmann/Wilson) invited by chairman Mark Stone
-Presentation Dr. Borgmann
-Presentaiton Lili Wilson
- Presentation at Workshop "Transactive collaboration in virtual and cultural communities" in Fulda (DE) by Dr. Borgmann and Thomas Berger
- project presentations in lectures in Fulda, Umea, Brighton

Newspaper Articles 
- several press releases about the TEECH-in project were published in German newspapers
- articles about project events were published in local newspapers of the participating organisations in UK. SE and Germany, Irleand
- from December to February every week an article  was published in Mayo News (Ireland ) to create awareness of the project and the project finale, consequently the project got extensive coverage during and after the finale on Achill Island (Ireland) 
the project has been announced in the course catalogues of the Volkshochschulen Hamburg, Kassel, and Cologne

Book about this Connect project:
Borgmann, Laurent (Ed.) (with articles from the other co-organisers!): Intercultural-Interactive-Interpersonal. Verlag Akademischer Schriften, Frankfurt. Herbst 2001 (Book Fair Frankfurt)

TV/Radio
- the project was presented in a TV-Programme (guest in the studio: Dr. Laurent Borgmann):
"Education and Culture" - Education on the Move - on hessen fernsehen  (45 minutes)
- Film about activities
- Interviews with Dr. Borgmann and students
- the project was presented in a Radio-Interview about adult education with Bernhard S.T. Wolf (Hessischer Rundfunk)
- the project was presented in a radio Interview with Dr. Laurent Borgmann at the Cologne Radio Channel (DE)
- a journalist from Hessischer Rundfunk participated in the "Real World Phase" of the project in Ireland and will produce an one hour radio feature about the project, which will be transmitted in June 2001 in the cultural programme of HR2 (German radio channel) 

Web-magazines
- a project presentation was submitted to the German/English web-magazine: www.dichtung-digital.de
- the project was announced in the newsletter of the TRACE Online Writing Centre: http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/. (February 2001)
- the project got coverage in the newsletter of the ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION: http://www.eliterature.org (Nov. 2000)
- the project got coverage in the "Hypertext Kitchen", a newsletter by Eastgate, a Hypertext Publisher (Nov. 2000)

Other
- reports of the project were published in the institutional publications of the participating organisations such as University magazines, course catalogues etc.
- the project got wide coverage (2 articles) in the "Irland journal" – a German magazine of the Irish-German Association
- all co-organisers (and interested participants) will receive a project documentation on CD-ROM in Summer (when the radio feature is available)

A note about the contribution of the European Commission to the project is included in all publications (see samples in enclosure).

4. Outlook to forthcoming activities

The main results of the project evaluation are:
-	the mixture of widely different generations was very rewarding for all participants (combination of new media knowledge of young participants and life experience and creative skills of elder participants) – in future projects the participating organisations will try to keep this element by expanding the contacts between adult education and school and higher education; the partners of the "TEECH-in" project will form a starting network for future co-operations
-	Hypertext and Hypermedia proved to be a great tool to support communicative and creative energies among participants – as soon as the participants master the initial difficulties (technology, foreign language) they work very self-motivated and produced much more contributions to the Web-story than expected – the combination of real and virtual phases is a strong element to keep the participants motivated and to create a (learning) community feeling – some participating organisations already plan new courses based on the experiences and concepts of TEECH-in, e.g. the VHS Cologne will co-operate with other former partners in a "Web-soap" project as part of the regular course programme 
-	Co-organisers have to be careful not to overwhelm participants in the beginning with too many new concepts – new media, hypertext, creative expression in a foreign language etc. – in the project many participants were very interested in the creative use of new media but had very few practical Internet experience – these participants had some problems in the beginning and needed a phase were they continued with traditional writing forms in order to master the new media first
-	Active involvement of cultural heritage started despite of efforts of co-organisers quite late in the project as the concentration of many participants were focused on new media issues and they had not enough capacity left for the cultural aspect – it seems that interlinking different forms of writing – travelogues and stories- can increase cultural awareness
-	Co-organisers with less initial technology experiences agreed that the project has been a great learning experience for them as well – especially experiencing the computer mediated communication in a "virtual team" and the creative potential concerning means of expressions in the Internet
-	The project has a big impact on Achill Island as it took place during the quite February (there is only a short summer season and a short Christmas/Easter season on Achill leading to a high rate of unemployment)  and it was a real international and first of all a co-operative project as all kinds of inhabitants (from school children, artists until the retired Gaelic teacher) of Achill were involved in the workshops and got interested in the new media (especially the elder ones), which was presented in a very different form in contrast to the known online-shopping and business applications – the metaphors and concepts used in the project will be used by the participating organisations in future events to attract people, which still hesitate to get in contact with new technologies, to (creative) new media courses.