June 2022 – Page 2 – Enne Project

Teaching and learning with VR in vet

How to use Virtual Reality for VET? The Erasmus+ project TeachINVR will develop a combination of methodology, guide, and “to-do” lists that will include all the necessary information about using VR for teaching and learning as a (VET) teacher or trainer. ENNE partner Wisamar is one of the project partners.

The motivation

The Covid-19 Pandemic has severely impacted education due to the lack of digital competencies of the teachers and trainers. However, the situation provides an excellent opportunity for digitalization and new knowledge as well as capacity building for all VET stakeholders, including learners, providers, teachers, and policymakers.

The problem

VET educators, teachers and trainers still face obstacles of the new methods of teaching online and the use of thousands of available tools.

Knowledge gaps in the VET community are substantial and the gap is affecting the learning community as a whole.

The solution

A platform where VET teachers, trainers and educators can find effective tools and where they can exchange knowledge and good practices with peers.

The Objectives of TeachINVR

The project aims to …

Modernization and Innovation of VET education
Acquisition of new digital competences
Use of Virtual Reality in VET education
Teach the VET educators how to use VR
Provide access to tools and methodologies

The expected results of TeachINVR

Innovative VR training/learning methodology for teachers and trainers. An on-boarding material in form of a pdf containing necessary knowledge about the technology itself and the methodology for educators to use it.
A manual for design, implementation and evaluation of VR in classes. The manual is the application of the methodology into an actual training manual addressed both to educators.
A VR experience for educators which will provide hands-on training in a simulator aimed. The contents of the VR course will be a practical application of the Methodology and the Manual.
A guide for teachers which they could use in case they do not have time to go through the materials (Methodology and Manual). It is a sort of a checklist or a To-do list for educators. The guide links back to the previous materials pointing to the chapters where educators can find more detailed information.

For more information see https://teachinvr.eu/

International training course on Quality Assurance System (QAS) in Sofia, Bulgaria

The ENNE project team is happy to announce that the International training course on Quality Assurance System (QAS) was held in Sofia, Bulgaria!

The QAS course was organized by the Bulgarian partner – European Center for Quality Ltd. with the support of all project partners. The training was with total duration of 5 days from 30.05 to 03.06.2022 and was attended by a total of 17 participants from 13 educational institutions from 5 EU countries (Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Portugal and Belgium).

During each of the five days, participants were engaged in interactive activities aimed at:

enriching their knowledge on international cooperation in VET; quality in VET mobilities, project preparation and implementation, etc.
promoting networking, team work and exchange of good practices between participants;
establishing a good foundation for further international cooperation between participants and their organisations;

The first day of the training was aimed at creating prerequisites for group forming and was devoted to introduction of all participants and their organisations through various ice-breaking sessions and activities.

On the second day participants’ attention was focused on defining quality from A to Z – both in general and in mobility projects. Later participants were split into 3 teams and were asked to describe what are the roles and responsibilities of hosting and sending organisations as well as participants in mobilities and to present the results. Day 2 ended with presentation of the Quality Assurance System (QAS) and a group reflection session devoted to the applicability of QAS.

On day 3, participants were engaged in a World café workshop devoted to the important aspects of VET mobilities. In this session also experts from the ENNE partner organisations took part. Each partner was covering an important topic within their expertise such as “Accreditation and project preparation”, “Interaction with companies and labour market”, etc. and participants were switching tables based on their interests and most pressing questions.

The afternoon session was devoted on the importance of human relations in VET mobilities during which participants were engaged in a discussion about the most important qualities of mentors in VET mobilities.

Day 4 of the training was focused on introduction to Erasmus Quality Standards
for mobility projects in VET – 2021-2027 and in the afternoon, participants were engaged in designing their own quality framework by defining categories for quality assessment, indicators, source of verification. Afterwards each team presented their framework and the logic behind it.

The last day of the QAS international training included a study visit to the National High School in Finance and Business (NHSFB) and an afternoon wrap up session.

The QAS training created great prerequisites for boosting participants’ knowledge and capacity to prepare and implement VET mobility projects as well as for networking and exchange of good practices and know-how between participating educational organisations from the partner countries. Therefore, the QAS training ended with many ideas for further international cooperation between participants and the organisations they were representing as well as many creative plans for common project initiatives