Multifunctional Innovative Learning Assisting Network for VET in Advanced Manufacturing Erasmus Project

Project Title

Multifunctional Innovative Learning Assisting Network for VET in Advanced Manufacturing

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: Open and distance learning; Cooperation between educational institutions and business; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The results of the MILAN project are directly addressed to the Erasmus+ call 2018 Horizontal priority “Open and innovative practices in a digital era” – the project activities are oriented to the elaboration of high-quality, open and innovative training materials and tools in the field of Robotics and Automation with the support of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. All the training materials developed in MILAN are installed on the multifunctional e-learning platform milan.coursevo.com. This web-based platform delivers a new quality of training oriented on identified needs in the field of Advanced Manufacturing. The MILAN training system contains online e-learning courses, lessons, interactive exercises and multimedia materials available either for PC, tablets, and smartphones. MILAN results use modern ICT solutions, including Virtual and Augmented Reality ​​available without specialised applications but only a web browser.

The project main target groups are:
1) People employed at SMEs: workers tending advanced machines (robots, automats, assembling cells/machines), middle-level technical staff,
2) Teachers/trainers/consultants in the field of Robotics and Automation,
3) Students of vocational schools.

The MILAN training program is divided into 4 blocks, 10 modules and 27 lessons developed in 5 languages (English, Estonian, Greek, Polish, Slovak). The curriculum has been designed in such a way that it is not necessary to carry out all the lessons, but only those that are directly needed by the recipient. This allows course participants to choose only the material that suits their needs and acquire the necessary knowledge in the shortest possible time. In addition, the pilot solutions in the form of materials using AR and VR technologies allows mastering the specialised skills of using robots in advanced production without needing to purchase expensive equipment or travel to specialised training centers.

The MILAN project approach and training platform integrates state-of-the art ICT technologies and solutions that can be effective to implement attractive forms of vocational education and training, and at the same time contribute to reducing the exclusion of people with difficult access to traditional forms of education / training – distance, transport problems, financial restrictions. MILAN supports a more flexible and accessible form of practical training, which is crucial in the Robotics and Automation field, traditionally organized by robot manufacturers in physical equipment with the use of specially prepared educational stations. Towards this end, MILAN provides learning experiences supported by multimedia and AR/VR technologies, as well as advanced communication and collaboration tools allowing connections with remote laboratories.
Targeting on accessibility, MILAN exploits web-based technologies and formats, including recent standards for supporting AR/VR experiences on the Web, making its training platform and content easily accessible across a wide range of devices, not only computer stations with expensive hardware and installations but also popular mobile devices, e.g. smartphones.
Those characteristics make the MILAN approach and training platform promising in supporting training in the field of Robotics and Automation, as well as other related fields where practical training is important, in a wide audience.

Project Website

http://milan-project.eu/en/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 336587,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

POLITECHNIKA BIALOSTOCKA & Country: PL

Project Partners

• POLYTECHNEIO KRITIS
• TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V KOSICIACH
• Spojena skola Juraja Henischa
• SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ – PRZEMYSLOWY INSTYTUT AUTOMATYKI I POMIAROW PIAP
• TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL