Let’s unify IT! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s unify IT!

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

The need to have unified IT programme for Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Spain and Portugal was noticed when partners of the project started to organize common international contests for IT students. Then turned out, that despite the fact, that vocational training institutions have the same called IT programme, curricula of that programme, teaching resources, subjects, number of hours are different. So, partners decided that it would easier to organize common events, to organize practices for students abroad, to share good experience, if all institutions would have the same innovative and unified teaching/learning programme for IT sector students.

Project “Let’s unify IT” was developed to create new, innovative and unified it teaching/learning IT programme for vocational training institutions in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Spain and Portugal. Project partners: AEVA – ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DE AVEIRO (Portugal), IES LA SÈNIA (Spain), VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMPETENCE CENTRE “DAUGAVPILS TECHNICAL SCHOOL” (Latvia),
Tallinn Polytechnic School (Estonia), Zespół Szkół nr 5 w Ełku (Poland) and Vilnius Vocational Training School or Railways and Business Services (Lithuania, project coordinator).

The duration of the project was 24 months. During this period 4 international partner meetings were organized in order to share experience and agree on the main points of the intelectual output. Finally, the new vocational training programme, which has 20 modules, was created in English language and translated in Lithuanian, Latvian, Spanish, Portuguese and Estonian languages,

What is important to mention is that ECVET is used in this unified IT programme. What is more, the developed unified IT programme is published on the Internet and is available for free. Therefore, all institutions, who is interested to work with this programme is very welcomed.

After successfull realization of the project, teaching curricula in IT sector is renewed, the international internships for students to the project’s partners’ countries has become easier and the quality of the international exchange has improved. In the long-term, the project will have positive impact on making vocational training more popular as innovative vocational training programs make it more attractive and the possibility to gain experience abroad foster students motivation.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 102035 Eur

Project Coordinator

Vilniaus gelezinkelio transporto ir & Country: LT

Project Partners

• Profesionalas izglitibas kompetences centrs “Daugavpils tehnikums”
• Zespol Szkol nr 5 im. Karola Brzostowskiego
• IES LA SENIA
• AEVA – ASSOCIACAO PARA A EDUCACAO EVALORIZACAO DA REGIAO DE AVEIRO
• Tallinna Polütehnikum