Web-based Technical VET Erasmus Project

Project Title

Web-based Technical 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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

STARTING POINT
Facing the COVID-19 crisis showed that the tools and approaches currently available for technical vocational education and training are suitable to a very limited extent. The common tools from the context of eLearning somehow cover the requirements of general schools with theoretical learning units in a subject-specific didactic approach, but not for conveying a mixture of theoretical and practical knowledge in an action-oriented, task-drivem system – as it is common in technical vocational schools. In addition, it turned out, that there are often good tools for smaller tasks, and therefore only for islands or islets on the global map of a solution. In order to enable appropriate basic homeschooling, the learners needed at least six tools, the teachers about 10 tools – each with its own login and differing operating philosophy.

OUR PROJECT “WebTVET” offers a solution architecture on how new digital technologies can be integrated into all phases of training without giving up the good practice of the current teaching and learning system. This solution architecture is intended to ensure, that web-based teaching is enabled in technical, vocational schools and especially in a larger context.

A CHALLENGE of this project is the school sector, which is the technical, vocational schools. According to current research, the greatest complexity can be found here. The requirements of general education schools, but also those of higher education, are lower. This is due to the fact, that a vocational, technical school needs to teach a mixture of theoretical and practical knowledge. Both need to be applied in a combined interplay to solve realworld, professional tasks. In general very different combinations (such as activities, manufacturing processes or manufacturing parameters) are possible to achieve a solution. At the end, one task can be fulfilled with an almost infinite number of solution approaches. Evaluating a learner solution in this context and enabling the combination of theoretical and practical competences is the specific challenge in this field of technical VET. Conversely, our solution architecture would cover an almost maximum complexity and would therefore be applicable for all training providers, possibly with reductions.

APPROACH
To achieve this challenging goal, we first want to subdivide the overall task of school work into manageable portions. These sub-areas are then examined in detail for their web capability, in particular with practical experience that already exists or that is collected in pilot projects during the project period. In total we will create an experience-based map, which enables teachers and decision-makers to plan and realize their navigation onto a web-based school.

TEAM
In order to have this solution architecture as practical as possible, the main actors of the project are four vocational schools, which themselves have extensive experience, but especially have the opportunity, to try out different approaches in real environments. Our partner arrangement is supplemented by the IT partner INL AG, whose focus is on school IT and thus will underpin our solution architecture with sound technical knowledge and awareness of current developments.

TARGET GROUP
Learners in technical professions should primarily benefit from the solution architecture. The solution modules modernize training and further education and create alternation and motivation. Regarding the learners, we will also take into account disadvantaged people, who rely on the complementary use of teaching content outside of school due to learning difficulties or language problems.
Of course, teachers and trainers from vocational education and training will also benefit from the results, since their work is being increasingly digitized as part of an overall strategy. This overall view is also intended to support authorities and regulatory bodies in their planning of IT and VET framework with well-founded, practical recommendations.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 283428 Eur

Project Coordinator

Staatl. Berufsschule Weilheim i. OB & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Zespol Szkol Nr 2 im. Grzegorza z Sanoka w Sanoku
• 1st EK KAVALAS
• Centro San Juan Bosco – FP Juan Solé – Salesianos Cartagena
• INL Innovative Netzwerk-Loesungen AG
• Cloud4You AG