A Revolution is happening in the way students learn.The revolution is that technology makes everything you want to learn available to you, both in and outside the classroom. Suddenly students are in charge of their own learning and they can deal with all kinds of information as they deem necessary.Based on present and future needs, the partners believe that institutional education will benefit by adding a high degree of innovative and digital teaching/learning concepts/methods. The goals of the project are: - To collect national experiences of adult learning, selvdirected learning and cooperative learning strategies from 5 participating countries and share them on three consecutive partnership meetings with the aim of achieving a better understanding of the whole area.- After 8 months of project work to identify common features and differences to such an extent that the knowledge can be translated into more general concepts, which the partners produces and evaluates- After 12 months of project work to translate the knowledge gained into specific teaching / learning process in the participants 'own classes and within the partners' own field- To use a common evaluation method to analyze the results of the individual experiments- After 17 months of project work to be able to describe and demonstrate applications of the pedagogical main elements at national multiplier events- During the entire project to establish and maintain communication with partners' professional networks via webblog and a continuous sharing of information via the Internet and social mediaThe partners represents adult and vocal training centers.The partners have a good knowledge of each other, partly by being together through the days of the workshop “The Challenge of Teaching Entrepreneurship in Education and Training” in Copenhagen and through following e-mail conversations. The partners represent 5 countries and consist of 7 persons.The profiles of the participants are:- Iceland contributes with experience within the area of using IT for vocational training in a partly “self-directed”-learning environment and the Iceland participant, Ivar Valbergsson, leads development of robot- and engine simulations as part of his teaching methods. Iceland will contribute with knowhow of "partly selfdirected learning processes".- Spain will bear the evaluation process of the research part of the project and the evaluation of the project itself.- Portugal contributes with experience of Vocational Education. The Portuguese partner is a 25 year-old VET school, which integrates in the teaching process of new technologies construction of a robot to participate in national and international Robotics competitions.-Italy A Rocca, Artistical and Cultural organization would bear the part related to the dissemination of the project. The organisation through EProjectConsult, its international department has a great experience in the dissemination and evaluation of European projects. - Greenland has a vast experience with distance learning and technology used as part of training because of the geografical situation in Greenland with isolated cities and tough weather conditions. The Greenland partner, Kaaka Lund is teacher and project manager of an Greenland-Iceland app-development programme and Greenland will bear the it-platform related subjects.During the timeline of the project the partners will use and share different methodological approaches, based on their different competencies - Project management and implementation will be based on a simplified PRINCE2 model.- For continuous objective and defining development goals, a SMART model will be used- The planned evaluation methods the allow us etablere teaching methodologies based on evidence.- Knowledge sharing methods will be based on extensive use of the Internet and social mediaThe parties expect that the project's goals and knowledge products combined with an OER-sharing attitude will create interest and inspire many colleagues in the partner's national network, but also outside the national borders.The partner's intentions are to create great interest in the problem that the project has as a starting point and thereby initiate a continued co-development of concepts and materials that meet the increased demands of creating life-long learning and greater commitment among adult learners within the European community.
The background of the project was to develop a pedagogy and didactics for technology that is available for every student nowadays, in and outside the classroom. The project researched on the topic to add a high degree of innovative and digital learning/teaching concepts/methods. Objectives: 1) Collect national experiences on adult learning, selvdirected learning and cooperative learning strategies from 5 participating countries and share them on three consecutive partnership meetings with the aim of achieving a better understanding of the whole area. 2) After 8 months of project work to identify common features and differences to such an extent that the knowledge can be translated into more general concepts, the partners produces and evaluates 3) After 12 months of project work to translate the knowledge gained in specific teaching / learning process in the participants 'own classes and within the partners' own field 4) To use a common evaluation method to analyze the results of the individual of experiments 5) After 17 months of project work to be able to describe and demonstrate applications of the pedagogical main elements through national multiplier events 6) During the entire project to establish and maintain communication with partners' professional networks via webblog and a continuous sharing of information via the Internet and social media Number and profile of the participating countries: PIC 919717141 Piareersarfiit (now: Majoriaq) are Job, guidance and qualification centres in Greenland, and there are 17 centres which are placed in the cities. PIC 948307988 The “A Rocca” Associazione Artistica Culturale located in the northern part of Sicily, in the Province of Messina, is a very active non-profit organization. PIC 945173724 Sudurnes Comprehensive College was established in 1976 and has about 1.000 student and a staff of 100. The school is both preparing the students for higher education, as University and for craftsmanship – such as marine engineers, electricians and carpenters. PIC 919704434 Piareersarfik Nuuk is a guidance center where young people can get the grades they need to start an education. They have both counselors and teachers working here. They have around 100 students at all times. PIC 930926364 CEPROF - Centros Escolares de Ensino Profissional Lda. (Vocational Schools Teaching Centres)- is the owner of the VET school Escola Profissional de Espinho (ESPE), close to Porto in Portugal. PIC 949003575 IES “Francisco Ayala” teach compulsory secondary education and upper secondary, with the usual age range from 12 to 18 years old. (Resigned June 2017) Description of undertaken main activities: 1) The partners collected national experiences on adult learning, selfdirected learning and cooperative learning strategies. The material were shared on three consecutive partnership meetings. The first two meetings was also used to visit vocational schools and schools that use IT in teaching/training in various ways. 2) The third meeting was used to collect all the material and knowledge into a pilot test guide and frame and questionnaires that all partners executed after the third meeting. They identified common features and differences and translated them into two ways of pilot testing methods. The spanish partner decided to resign from the project during the third meeting. 3) Four partners described the specific learning / teaching process in their own classes and within their own field and met again at a transnational partnership meeting for the fourth time. The Icelandic partner did not make it to the meeting due to a sudden sickleave just before the meeting. 4) The project did not manage to analyze the results of the individual experiments due to the project managers sudden sick-leave spring/summer 2018 that lead to cancellation of the last transnational partnership meeting. The main findings and the results from the questionnaires were collected in the final report on the project. Objectives 5 and 6 were not achieved. Results and impact attained: The result of the project is a final report on main findings from pilot tests in four partner countries and results from the questionnaires for the involved students, teachers and parents which is uploaded on project results platform. See description of main findings in section 5.3 The impact of the project happened mainly in the local educational institutions where the partners work. It is not clear how much the project's website has been used. Project manager resigned officially in august 2018 due to a sudden sickness in the spring and it is the main reason why the project stopped. The last goals where to describe and demonstrate applications of the pedagogical main elements through national multiplier events and make a dissemination strategy. They were not met.