MUseum Sector Alliance Erasmus Project

Project Title

MUseum Sector Alliance

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 : Sector Skills Alliances in vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

Mu.SA – Museum Sector Alliance project addressed the increasing disconnection between formal education and training and the world of work because of the emergence of new job roles and associated skill needs due to the quickening pace of the adoption of ICT in the museum sector. The project examined the supply and demand of skills for museum professionals, identified and documented 4 job-role profiles, based on extensive research in Greece, Italy and Portugal, encompassing the opinions of various professionals (through focus groups and quantitative surveys), so as to validate the profiles developed.The partnership developed a modular VET curricula methodology, aligned with ECVET and taking into account the EQAVET principles, focusing on learning outcomes. The development methodology of training modules included three stages; (a) definition of learning outcomes, (b) content (learning objects) design, (c) content (learning objects) development. This approach facilitates the recognition of learning and mobility and was used to design and implement the four VET curricula for museum and cultural organizations professionals for the future.The training was offered in three stages. First, current and prospective museum professionals were openly invited to participate in a MOOC. In total, 5291 people from all over the world enrolled and 1371 finished successfully receiving their certificate. Subsequently, all alumni from the three project countries were invited to participate to one of the four specialization courses. Of the 281 people who applied, 120 were selected, with the 80% of them already working in museums and cultural organizations. The specialization courses included online and face-to-face training and, in parallel, workplace learning. In total 82 trainees finished (79 successfully) and received their Job Role certificate with 30 ECVET points.To deliver the VET curricula, Mu.SA partners developed a large set of OERs, enabling the delivery of 64 competence modules through the MOOC and the blended learning, plus a set of indicative workplace learning activities. The competence modules originated from the e-CF 3.0 and the DigComp 2.1 frameworks, amplified by transversal competences / 21st century skills. To teach these competences, 600 learning outcomes were specified. The courses were delivered through a dedicated MOOC platform and an online platform developed especially for Mu.SA, which supported the collaboration between the trainees and their tutors, and the initial establishment of communities of practice.All project results were evaluated using quantitative and qualitative approaches, revealing the demanding but priceless value of the effort. Minor changes were proposed and implement before the finalization of the VET curricula and OERs, and set the route towards the future exploitation of the effort. All four Mu.SA VET curricula were mapped to the ESCO, EQF and the NQFs of the participating countries, addressing the level 5 of the EQF.The project results were disseminated extensively through various means, online and physical. Totally 70 dissemination and communication activities were conducted and 37 events were implemented throughout the project lifecycle and a final (online due to the pandemic) conference where 746 people participated. Lastly, a book was published to record the main project results and lessons learned.Mu.SA has been included in the DigComp User Guide (2018) as one of the 38 existing inspiring practices of DigComp implementations, it has been selected as a global practice of particular interest that uses DigComp in a context which has a strong link to the labour market (DigComp into action), and was identified under the “Training Actions for young people” of the “Innovation Pillar 8: Skills for Heritage: enhancing education and training for the traditional and new professions”, of the European Initiatives of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 1186823 Eur

Project Coordinator

HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY & Country: EL

Project Partners

• LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY
• ETHNIKOS ORGANISMOS PISTOPIISIS PROSONTON & EPAGGELMATIKOU PROSANATOLISMOU
• MAPA DAS IDEIAS – EDICOES DE PUBLICACOES LDA
• UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
• AKMI ANONIMI EKPAIDEFTIKI ETAIRIA
• ISTITUTO PER I BENI ARTISTICI CULTURALI E NATURALI DELLA REGIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA
• ELLINIKO TMIMA TOU DIEFNOUS SYMVOULIOU MOUSION