Virtual Work-Based Learning to simulate real experience in VET digital training Erasmus Project

Project Title

Virtual Work-Based Learning to simulate real experience in VET digital 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 : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project vWBL “Virtual Work-Based Learning to simulate real experience in VET digital training” is focused on providing tailor-made solutions to the real needs of the VET systems in the forthcoming European post-pandemic societies, with special regards to the Work-Based-Learning (WBL) as key component of the VET having been particularly affected by the social distancing imposed also to VET teaching during the pandemic. vWBL will propose not only virtual situations allowing to transfer alternative experience to practise, when there will be obstacles to the real work-based learning. But the vWBL project will particularly operate in the area of the competences of the VET teachers to be aware of the potential effectivenesss of the virtual vWBL (virtual Work-Based Learning) and develop competences in creating their own impacting simulations of WBL.
The project will proposed specific training to VET teachers on virtual vWBL.
Furthermore, the vWBL training will pay special attention to the digital divide issue, including in the training all necessary support to inform the VET teachers about the issue of creating vWBL that will be usuable also by students having poor digital connection or device. In this way, the project will contribute to enhance inclusion and prevent the risk that categories of learners would be disadvantaged or excluded from learning.
vWBL is promoted by seven partners from the six European countries Portugal, Estonia, Italy, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Poland, which are VET institutes, outstanding HEI undertaking research and training in the VET sector, provider of IT services to education and training, VET training designers and providers and international platform motivating learning and social development in more than 20 countries in Europe.

| The vWBL Activities
A1 Preparation (Months 1-9) Leader EPRALIMA / Collaboration: ALL PARTNERS
A2 Coordination and Management (Months 1-24) Leader EPRALIMA / Collaboration: ALL PARTNERS
A3 Implementation (Months 8-20) Leader JANUS / Collaboration: ALL PARTNERS
A4 Quality monitoring and evaluation (Months 3-24) Leader EUROSC / Collaboration: ALL PARTNERS
A5 Dissemination (Months 3-23) Leader IPCP / Collaboration: ALL PARTNERS

| The vWBL Outputs
Each activity will produce fundamental results and outputs.

Some activities will produce reports as direct outputs documenting the undertaken process and the results achieved:
A2 Management (Interim report at Month 12 and Financial report Month 24);
A4 Quality monitoring and Evaluation (4 Interim reports, each one before the month after each TPM, Sustainability report at Month 23 and final QA report at Month 24);
A6 Dissemination (Dissemination report at Month 23).

The other activities will create the following intellectual outputs.

A1 Preparation:
O1 Guide for VET teachers to virtual WBL (Leader KRTC / Contribution: ALL PARTNERS) Months 1-9
A3 Implementation:
O2 Virtual WBL pilots (Leader JANUS / Contribution: ALL PARTNERS) Months 8-20

| The vWBL transnational project meetings (TPMs)
Kick-off meeting (KoM), organized in Naples (Italy), at Month 3;
TPM2, organized in Kuressaare (Estonia), at Month 7;
TPM3, organized in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), at Month 11;
TPM4, organized in Lublin (Poland), at Month 16;
TPM5, organized in Arcos de Valvedez (Portugal), at Month 22, in the same dates of the final conference E6

| The vWBL events

National multiplier events, organized in all project countries at the same Month 20
E1 Promotion and validation seminar organized in Arcos de Valvedez (Portugal)
E2 Promotion and validation seminar organized in Kuressaare (Estonia)
E3 Promotion and validation seminar organized in Naples (Italy)
E4 Promotion and validation seminar organized in Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
E5 Promotion and validation seminar organized in Nicosia (Cyprus)
E6 Promotion and validation seminar organized in Lublin (Poland)

International closing conference organized by the coordinator EPRALIMA
E7 Final international conference organized in Arcos de Valvedez (Portugal) at Month 22, in a date close to the TPM5

| Short-term joint staff training events
C1 Awareness and competences of VET teachers on WBL training , organized in Nicosia (Cyprus) at Month 8
C2 Perspective strategies on virtual WBL, organized by organized in Naples (Italy) at Month 14

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 272725 Eur

Project Coordinator

EPRALIMA – ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DOALTO LIMA – COOPERATIVA DE INTERESSE PUBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE LIMITADA & Country: PT

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II
• Kuressaare Ametikool
• JANUS S.R.L.
• Polska Fundacja Osrodkow Wspomagania Rozwoju Gospodarczego OIC POLAND z siedziba w Lublinie
• G.G. EUROSUCCESS CONSULTING LIMITED
• INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM FOR CITIZEN PARTIICPATION