Tutorbot for VET Erasmus Project

Project Title

Tutorbot for VET

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

In 2018, at the start of the project, chatbots are starting to be mentioned in Europe and in the world, especially due to the initiatives of GAFA and Facebook. The choice is made by the Partnership team to realize a complete platform, based on the most advanced artificial intelligence engine (WIT.AI) and to make this technology accessible for teachers who wish to support VET learners: to provide complementary notions to training sessions, to assist learners in difficulty, to keep a link during the moments when the learner is not in the training institute.

At the end of the TUTORBOT FOR VET project, this platform was created and 7 chatbots are accessible and used by different types of learners, in 5 languages of the partnership. Registration is free and possible from the project website: https://www.tutorbot.eu.

However, the objective of the project goes beyond the delivery of chatbots dedicated to VET created by the partners: it is to empower teachers and propose them to create their own chatbot.
– For this purpose, a complete practical guide has been published in 5 languages (French, English, Spanish, Italian and Greek): it describes the interests of chatbots for teaching and VET, information about DYS publics (very present in this training sector), methods and advice to adapt the contents and of course user instructions to start.
– A learning module has also been designed: 10 videos show the process of creating a chatbot on TUTORBOT, from the basics of login and the creation of the first chatbot to the opening of the chatbot to learners and the tracking of their progress. Here again, tips based on feedback from project partners help teachers save time and go further.
– The feedback from the partners has been synthesized into a collection of video interviews. Named “VET Tutorials”, this series is available on the project website and addresses various topics such as the positive impact of chatbots for VET, how to make a chatbot engaging and motivating for students or indications for adapting content.
– Last but not least, all users registered on the platform can create their own chatbot in a simple and easy-to-use interface, upload their resources and open access to their learners. If the contents are validated and with the author’s agreement, the partners can make the chatbot public so that it can be used in other contexts.

Project Website

https://www.tutorbot.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 243656 Eur

Project Coordinator

EDULOG & Country: FR

Project Partners

• ASSOCIACIO PER A LA CREACIO I ESTUDIS DE PROJECTES SOCIALS C.E.P.S.
• Grone-Bildungszentren Berlin GmbH -gemeinnützig-
• SCS LogoPsyCom
• ANAPTIXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS
• ISTITUTO FORMAZIONE OPERATORI AZIENDALI