INDUSTRY 4.0 for VET Erasmus Project

Project Title

INDUSTRY 4.0 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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

The industrial revolution is something unique, something that is not happening every year or every decade: 1st industrial revolution – 1784, 2nd industrial revolution – 1879, 3rd industrial revolution – 1969. Now, at this very moment, we live in such a special time when the 4th industrial revolution is in the process! The fact is, that these days people are overloaded by information and it is not easy, or better it is not possible to read all newspapers, web info servers, etc., moreover, for media, in general, the 4th industrial revolution is not the main topic for the evening news. As a result of that, we live in a society that roughly knows what the 4th industrial revolution is. Also somehow there is a lack of people with technical skills in the labor market – a combination of lack of interest in technical education and growing demand for technically educated people could have a devastating impact on the industry within the EU. Employees, employers, young adults as well as VET/UNI students do not have enough information as well, there is not enough communication, support, and political influence to solve this situation.
What is smart industry and what does “INDUSTRY 4.0” exactly mean? Put simply, INDUSTRY 4.0 represents the coming fourth industrial revolution on the way to an Internet of Things, Data, and Services. Using the methods and tools of INDUSTRY 4.0 would lead to savings in time and money and increased flexibility of companies. InVET offers a standardized non-academic knowledge base with the learning material to spread out the information about the 4th industrial revolution within the EU. National contexts were taken into account as well as transnational contexts. The knowledge platform users are able to get into the core of the INDUSTRY 4.0, understand its content, and are able to transform achieved information in their work, companies, future studies, or/and everyday life.

PROJECT AIMS
The project aims at spreading information and innovation, which delivers Industry 4.0. The specific content – knowledge base – comes from the deep researches and analyses (legislature, web, educational systems) and surveys (VET, teachers). This unique knowledge base was implemented into the knowledge platform. Following the feedback from the survey – all information was adjusted for optimum readability and then transferred to the knowledge platform. A final platform is a valuable tool for spreading information among the target group. Everyone can find there a lot of new information useful during the teaching and it should motivate students for further technical studies etc. The platform can be also an inspiration for educational centers, due to train the trainer methodology/handouts – they implement innovative elements in their courses. The knowledge base can be also used by universities. The target group of InVET can be divided as follows: VET (also UNI) students, educators like (VET/UNI) teachers, trainers, coaches, employers, employees, adults, and the general public.

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS
• O1 Current Status of the Industry 4.0
• O2 Expert interviews and specific research in the field of education in INDUSTRY 4.0 context
• O3 InVET Development of the specialized texts
– learning material fulfills all criteria of nowadays expectations on learning material – easy to read, easy to understand, easy to learn! The pilot test showed that all partners did a good job and target groups have a very good toll where they can learn core parts about INDUSTRY 4.0
• O4 InVET 4.0 Online knowledge platform development
– https://lms.project-invet.eu/

TARGET GROUP
The target group of InVET can be divided as follows:
• VET (also UNI) students
• Educators like (VET/UNI) teachers, trainers, coaches
• Employers, employees
• Adults
• General public

Partners
…during the project lifetime many situations showed, that the consortium was set up pretty well. Thanks to the global pandemic situation all partners had to deal with big troubles in their companies/schools and also still focus on supporting other partners in case of need plus deliver on time their outcomes in best possible quality. Pretty hard test and all partners succeed!

In accordance with the Erasmus+ program, InVET contributes to:
• Supporting ICT-based teaching and better exploitation of the ICT potential
• Supporting technical education
• Access to open educational resources (OER)
• Development and delivery of new teaching/training materials and methods
• Supporting innovation practices in a digital era.

Project Website

https://www.project-invet.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 190212,34 Eur

Project Coordinator

bit cz training, s.r.o. & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• CENTRO DE FORMACION PROFESIONAL XABEC
• bit Schulungscenter GmbH
• ITA Emilio Sereni
• E.RI.FO.-ENTE DI RICERCA E FORMAZIONE
• Landesberufsschule Murau
• INSTALOFI LEVANTE SL