Digitalizing on Railway Training Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digitalizing on Railway Training

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 : Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

The global Covid-19 crisis offers the chance to reshape vocational education and training. The exposure of vocational education and training providers (schools & training centers) to long-term closures, which emerged in the first quarter of 2020 with the corona virus epidemic, revealed the necessity of transforming physical classrooms and work-based learning spaces into digital learning environments. In an environment of uncertainty indicated by unpredictable labor market forecasts and other economic and social indicators from Covid-19, students should continue to motivate their learning journeys. Vocational education and training providers and practitioners must be supported with all necessary tools and resources to tackle these challenges.

With our project, a guide will be prepared to guide educators, learners or policy makers in the field of vocational and technical education with a methodology created in line with a hybrid education system that includes a mixture of physical and virtual learning. It will assist vocational education and training providers in addressing the ‘green and digital skills’ demands, curriculum and training-provision methodologies, which are among the priority targets of the EU after 2020. It will guide the way of raising students with high employability skills and sufficient skill intelligence, which the railway labor market needs. In addition, it is aimed to increase their digital and scientific competencies by re-emphasizing effective professional development for teachers and trainers.
Within the scope of our project; Blended training programs specific to Train Driver, Shunter, Traffic Controller, Railway Road Construction-Maintenance Repairer, Rail Systems Signalization Maintenance Repairer professions will be prepared. Digital learning contents specific to these training programs will be developed. In addition, digital learning practices guide in vocational and technical education will be prepared. Activities such as workshops, partnership meetings, pilot distance learning, conferences, capacity building trainings will be organized to achieve these goals. Our project has 4 partners from 3 different program countries and will last 24 months.
TCDD, which operates as a national railway infrastructure operator,
TCDD Taşımacılık Inc., which operates as a railway train operator,
Certifer, an accredited organization for registration, certification and technical training of rail system vehicles in accordance with international rules,
The University of Zagreb, a leading scientific and research institution for education in the field of transport and traffic sciences, are partners in our FTTS project.

The participant profile and estimated number of participants are listed below:
At Local / Regional / National Level:
– Vocational and Technical Education Provider Institutions
– Those who perform their railway professions in the Rail Systems Sector. (about 10,000 people),
– Those who have vocational and technical education and graduates (approximately 12,000 people) in the field of Rail System Technologies,
– Professional and technical education professionals (approximately 350 people) in the field of Rail System Technologies,
– National level policy making institutions (General Directorate of Transport Services Regulation, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Ministry of National Education, etc.)
At EU level:
– Vocational and Technical Education Provider Institutions
– Policy-making and decision-making institutions and networks in the international arena (European Railway Agency (ERA), International Railway Union (UIC), Ministries of Education, Ministries of Transport, EU National Agencies, NGOs, European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) ), European Training Foundation (ETF) Eurofound, EfVET (European Vocational and Technical Education Forum), EVMN (European Vocational Training Mobility Network), EAfA (European Apprenticeship Association) etc.)

Anticipated effects of the project results and benefits to be achieved:
– Re-emphasis on effective professional development for teachers and trainers,
– Helping students to compensate for lost teaching time,
– Trainers and students increase their flexibility to cope with uncertainty and rapid changes,
– Providing an advantage to students who are at risk of leaving vocational and technical education early (young people facing health and psycho-social problems),
– Continuing the railway vocational training, which has been interrupted due to the epidemic, in similar crisis situations,
– Taking advantage of blended education and digital content after the epidemic,
– Having the opportunity to update the training programs and materials with the project,
– Increasing the quality of in-service and pre-employment candidate training in railway professions,
– Increasing the digital scientific competence of trainers,
– Contribution to lifelong learning philosophy,
-The application guide can be applied in differrent countries

Project Website

https://www.digirailvet.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 118734 Eur

Project Coordinator

TCDD (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları İşletmesi) Eğitim Dairesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU
• Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları İşletmesi Taşımacılık Anonim Şirketi
• CERTIFER SA