DIME – Digital working life practices for Equine studies Erasmus Project

Project Title

DIME – Digital working life practices for Equine studies

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: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

In the DIME -project, five horse sector education organisations from Finland, France, Sweden and Norway will develop a better network to exchange experiences and benchmark how different methods are used in guiding and assessment of work based learning (WBL) periods of students in vocational education. Work safety is one main theme in when sharing good practices.

In all partner organisations work based learning has an significant role in education. Guidance, monitoring and documentation require lot of resources. To have a common rules and also tools and methods would improve the quality of the studies as well as increase the efficiency. Using common forms and platforms would also improve the cooperation between colleges and working places. That will help work place instructors more to the assessment of the horse sector students. Working life is in an important role in this project and will join all project meetings. Project group can easily collect most important things to take into account.

During this project partners will learn how organisations are using different methods and tools in guidance, monitoring and documentation of WBL periods of horse sector students. They will also identify good practices and exchange ideas on how to develop their own WBL. They have learned how digital tools can be used in guidance, monitoring and guidance of WBL. Better work safety issues result in a better learning process. They will find common ways to organize WBL assessment. Participating horse sector education professionals will increase their knowledge and professional skills as well as language and international skills. Participants have found common ideas how to promote the international image of the education and horse business.

After this project, partner organisations will continue working together with student and staff exchanges and new projects – aim is to apply new KA2 to create total new innovation, “guidance template”. The long-term aim is that the partner organisations have a efficient and high-quality way to use same tools and methods to guide, monitor and document horse sector students’ WBL periods. In addition, the use of common rules, forms and tools and would make give all partners clear idea how to arrange work based learning periods

The project coordinator the Federation of Education in Central Ostrobothnia (Kpedu) is vocational college that delivers education to both adults and young in seven educational sectors. Horse sector is sector involved to this project. Other participants are also horse sector educators in France, Sweden and Norway.

The project will result a final report that summarizes the project results:
– Descriptions how partner organisations are currently using different tools and methods in guidance, monitoring, documentation and assessment of students’ WBL periods.
– Work safety checklist
– Good practices and development ideas that have been identified during transnational and national meetings.
– Summary of the survey done to the participants, what they have learned during the project and how they will utilize these things in their own work.

Final report and all other material project produces will be freely available in all partner´s websites.

Partner organisations have already developed and used international exam in the EQUES-program. The EQUES-exam is developed for easier recruitment of trained international employees. Partner organisations already exchange students between them but they have different practices related to work safety instructions and assessment of the students. Because of this, partners have identified a need to develop common understanding and tools related to work safety and student assessment. Work safety needs to be improved during international on-the-job learning periods and impartial assessment must be guaranteed.

Project Website

https://erasmusdime.webnode.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 56845 Eur

Project Coordinator

Keski-Pohjanmaan koulutusyhtymä & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Ecole des courses hippiques
• Stiftelsen Norsk Hestesenter
• Wången AB
• ECH Afasec