Teaching of cultural mediators: Views of participants to the T.I.P.S. Program of the Laboratory of Educational Material and Methodology at the Hellenic Open University

Abstract

The HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY, as an innovative distance educational institution, it has coordinated a program which was named T.I.P.S. “T-learning to Improve Professional Skills” in order to educate cultural mediators, in collaboration with institutions from other countries. The purpose of this research was to investigate if the participants of the program T.I.P.S. believe that their attendance at the program helped them, and to what extent, in their daily practice as cultural mediators. According to their opinions they believe that the program helped them to a large extent and it seems that they have a positive overview of it. Moreover, for a better understanding of the program’s implementation, an interview took place with the person in charge of it, the Assistant Professor at the Hellenic Open University, Mr. Achileas Kameas.