Cyber Clever-Integration of cyber security in initial VET-education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Cyber Clever-Integration of cyber security in initial VET-education

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

Since the adoption of the EU Cybersecurity Strategy in 2013, the European Commission has stepped up its efforts to better protect Europeans online. It has adopted a set of legislative proposals, in particular on the network and information security, earmarked more than €600 millions of EU investment for research and innovation in cybersecurity projects during the 2014- 2020 period, and fostered cooperation within the EU and with partners on the global stage.
The Commission has further strengthened its approach in the past year by including cybersecurity at the heart of its political priorities: trust and security are at the core of the Digital Single Market Strategy presented in May 2015, while the fight against cybercrime is one of the three pillars of the European Agenda on Security adopted in April 2015.
Europe as a whole need more security experts and the need for cyber-security in all professions is thus apparent. Especially important is this in ordinary jobs where people normally are very uninformed about the field.
In order to reach that aim we need to start with students in VET since they are the future backbone of Europe’s workforce, and since there is no such education incorporated in VET yet, we see a very clear need for this type of focus at initial VET level.

Objectives:
1. Develop, implement and evaluate a training package for teachers in VET to increase awareness of Cyber-security inspired by the American GenCyber program.
The modules will be:
1. Privacy,
2. Cyber-security,
3. Social media and Internet hygiene,
4. Digital vulnerability,
5. Hacking methods and password security.

Cyber Clever shall:
• Train teachers and students in cybersecurity
• Develop and test a European Cyber-security course for VET students inspired by the American GenCyber program.
• Evaluate and learn from this project so as to allow us to develop further courses and curriculums in Cyber Security in VET
• Increase Teacher’s and student’s awareness of their capacity to act as role models and curators of learning environments where cybersecurity is the main focus in all subjects
• Increase Teacher’s and student’s awareness of cultural differences in Cyber Security focus and the way in which different cultural norms may affect the way in which people act.
• Provide strategies and resources that can be integrated into education setting to allow teachers to provide an integrated school-wide approach to addressing Cybersecurity concerns.
• Provide support for students who are distressed about Cyber Security issues by training teachers to be better at focusing on these issues and better able to be support people or capable of providing relevant referrals.

The final objective – to promote awareness in key stakeholders and policymakers in VET of the impacts of Cyber Security deficits and why it should be an integrated part of VET education

Methodology:
A SCRUM type of methodology will be used in the project. Fundamentally, Scrum is about empowering a self-managing team to deliver and defines roles and responsibilities to create a healthy tension between delivering the right thing, the right way, as fast as possible.

Impact on participants:
-first and foremost increased competence in Cyber Security as a topic and how you teach this to young people who are often more technically advanced than the teachers.
– Broader understanding of practices, policies and research in relation to young people’s usage of technology in everyday life and the security risk it brings along
– Increased capacity to trigger changes in terms of online behaviour
– Greater understanding and responsiveness to social and cultural diversity;
– Increased opportunities for professional and career development: We aim to raise focus on Cyber Security concerns for teachers as a catalyst for permanent change.
– Increased motivation and satisfaction in teachers daily work.

Long term impact:
A workforce that is Cybersecure attentive and who will help SMEs and micro-businesses to focus on the danger of the digital age.

Project Website

http://cyberclever.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 265185 Eur

Project Coordinator

Godalen Videregående Skole & Country: NO

Project Partners

• Tartu Rakenduslik Kolledž
• NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU
• BEST INSTITUT FUR BERUFSBEZOGENE WEITERBILDUNG UND PERSONALTRAINING GMBH
• Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi
• MIDSTOD SIMENNTUNAR A SUDURNESJUM
• HOEGSKOLAN KRISTIANSTAD
• JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS