Flipped Classroom Approach-Based Professional Development for VET Trainers Erasmus Project

Project Title

Flipped Classroom Approach-Based Professional Development for VET Trainers

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Open and distance learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

This project grew out of the concern that the advancing technology would shape the future of education by changing traditional education models, schools and classrooms and learner teacher interaction which could promote challenges for students, teachers and other stakeholders. In this respect, it is vitally important to keep up with the demands of this fast-growing technology by evolving traditional education methods and models to respond to the demands of technology in a way allowing personalized independent learning, constant access to the learning material and thus promoting lifelong learning. It is also equally significant to train and educate those who are responsible for training of individuals in different vocational fields in terms of improving the quality and efficiency of the training by utilising the pedagogical potential of ICT tools. Within this perspetive, Flipped Classroom Approach-Based Professional Development project for VET Trainers (Flipped-VET) aimed to improve the quality of vocational education and to engage a movement towards work-based, collaborative and problem-oriented learning/teaching by integrating ICT tools into teaching and training of individuals.
The project was coordinated by Aksaray University and conducted with the participation of four institutions, Guimel, Bida e.V. Kultur und Bildung, E.ri.fo. Ente Di Ricerca E Formazione and Onageb.Spain.S.L. respectively.
Aksaray University is a higher education institution in Turkey which benefited from EU grants through Erasmus + programme with its different actions. The main responsibility of the coordinator was organizing and managing the project activities and budget control including monitoring progress, dissemination and sustainability.
Guimel SAS is a non govermental association (NGO) from France aimed to support social and professional insertion of people with difficulties into the society and works to develop autonomy and enpowerment of people supported.
Bida e.V. Kultur und Bildung is an educational centre from Germany having broad experience in vocational training and education in terms of social integration of marginalized groups and groups at risk of social exclusion such as immigrants, women victims of violence, unemployed, low-skilled adults and refugees.
E.ri.fo. Ente Di Ricerca E Formazione is a vocational educational training centre from Italy with a strong experience in LLP and Erasmus+ Programmes as it carried out and participated in many European projects Also, the institution is known for its training programmes and projects in innovative teaching methodologies, ICT based instruction and flipped education
Onageb.Spain.S.L. is an another NGO from Spain composed of experienced trainers with more than 18 years experienced in vocational education teaching as well as development of adult education contents and methodology. The institution has strong experience in methodology training and vocational education contributed to the project through its expertise in needs analysis and valorisation and dissemination of the outcomes.
There were 6 transnational meetings planned during the course of the project including two IP events and creating a web based platform and dissemination of the results as the main project activities. Additionally, a guideline with regard to how to train the VET trainers with Flipped Classroom was planned to be developed on the basis of theoretical and pedagogical literature. Depending on the data obtained from the needs analysis collected from the trainees, the IP event content was determined and the programme was scheduled . With the organization of national meetings, the trainees in each participating country were trained in relevant fields. Furthermore, tutorial videos both in English and the national language were created by each participant. After the implementation of the intensive training programme, qualitative and quantitative data was collected to assess the effectiveness of the application. Finally, the project was disseminated at both local and international levels through conferences, leaflets.
The project was instrumental in contributing to the personal and professional development of both trainees and trainers in terms of technology integrated instruction as it provided opportunity to access the theoretical information, ideas for methods, teaching techniques, best practices, activities and resources on Flipped methodology. Also, the project provided an innovative teaching methodology for the VET trainers through the use of web based platform that they can reach rich source of theoretical and practical knowledge about Flipped Education which allowed for personalized professional development. Additionally, the project paved the way for new teaching methodology for VET institutions that they could train the individuals without being constrained by time and place.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 115936 Eur

Project Coordinator

AKSARAY UNIVERSITESI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• GUIMEL
• E.RI.FO.-ENTE DI RICERCA E FORMAZIONE
• BIDA e.V.Kultur und Bildung
• ONAGEB.SPAIN.S.L