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5.4.1 CLASS MANAGEMENT TO ENGAGE LEARNERS
Beside technical skills some soft skills were listed as well, but most of the educators
indicated that in their opinion soft skills wasn’t as important in online classes as in tra-
ditional classes. Class management have been mentioned most consistently among
interviewed teachers, the skill of keeping all of the participants engaged and interest-
ed, to stay in the class time frames so each point can be evenly emphasized, and be
delivered in proper form. Other skill worth mentioning was creativity, as with help of
the materials found online, allows teachers to invent their own way of teaching and to
adjust their teaching program to the needs of specific learners.

5.4.2 PRESENTATION SKILLS TO RAISE MOTIVATION
Keeping learners’ motivation and engagement seems to be the biggest struggle for
educators. While using technology it is easy to be distracted or to lose focus. It’s hard
to avoid that and there is no direct strategy to deal with it. Although the teachers em-
phasized the importance of presentation skills. If the presentation is engaging, have a
lot of interesting information and is delivered in accessible way, the learners motiva-
tion seems to be increased. Keeping the communication going is another important
aspect. To ask question and to allow other to ask them and encourage to do it have a
great impact on student’s attention. Also gaining feedback from learners is important,
because not only it is used to adjust the class in terms of what is and what is not inter-
esting but also it gives them a feeling that they are contributing to how the class look
like.

5.5 BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES FROM LITHUANIA

The Lithuanian partner likewise concluded that the most important skill for today’s
teachers and trainers is digital literacy. Nowadays that skill stands above all others and
can be a crucial part of the job as the pandemic times had shown. Basic skills are using
Word to create documents, Visual presentation Prezi, Power Point, Canva designing
graphics, presentation, creation assessment, online quizzes.

5.5.1 BEST PRACTICE: FLIPPED STUDIO “SUCCESSFUL INNOVATOR”
Flipped studio “Successful innovator” is an Erasmus+ project with two main target
groups: 1) disadvantaged adult learners willing to develop their sense of innovation in
order to get employed, become self-employed or volunteers in the creative and cul-
tural sector (CCS); 2) adult educators who could run successfully flipped studio “Suc-
cessful Innovator” for disadvantaged adult learners.
The main aim of the project is to develop the flipped studio “Successful Innovator” to
create learners’ awareness about innovation solutions in the CCS during COVID-19,
deepen knowledge on five competences and coherent to them skills (culture aware-
ness and expression’, entrepreneurship, digital, understanding of main components of
innovations in CCS, realising your innovative ideas in CCS) and finally, empower learn-