The main aim of the B-LAND project is to assist VET educators of low-skilled adult people in 6 partner countries (Spain, Greece, Poland and Bulgaria) to become successful entrepreneurs with a focus on small business development. The partnership aims to increase vocational competences of teachers/trainers of entrepreneurship through an innovative pedagogy and approach to teaching with the use of interactive and innovative mobile learning application applied for agriculture, forestry & rural context. The main output of this project will consist of multilingual INSTANT ACCESS MOBILE CLASSROOM in the form of 5 short learning modules for innovative VET curricula that will address the most important topics on entrepreneurship education as business modeling, design thinking, business planning or use of ICT tools; and will focus on pedagogical approach on how Teachers can develop their skills of personalizing learning and making it more engaging and relevant to young adults from rural areas. B-LAND project approach will prove significant in ensuring people’s enjoyment of, motivation about and engagement with learning enhancement of their skills. This innovative e-learning approach will be completed by BEST PRACTICES GUIDE, that will contain cases of experienced VET and Formal education Teachers/Trainers, in order to guide educators on how to equip their students with knowledge and skills relevant for entrepreneurship and personal development. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE of the project is: - to empower VET trainers/teachers that assist low-skilled adults from rural areas in partner countries to become successful entrepreneurs with a focus on small business development. THE SPECIFIC GOALS of B-LAND project are: - develop the capacity of adult trainers and teachers and VET supporting organisations in entrepreneurship; - strengthening the competences of educational workers to support their target- groups (low-skilled adults from rural areas); - provide participants skills that are necessary to succeed in teaching activities that are focused on; - develop basic and transversal skills: enhance digital integration in learning and teaching through promoting access to and learning through OER; - support ICT-based teaching and ICT-based assessment practices; THE MAIN PRODUCTS OF THE PROJECT ARE: IO1. Competence framework for entrepreneurial learning in rural context (10.2020 - 02.2021) IO2. Training course structure and materials development for 5 learning modules (02.2021 -09.2021) IO3. Multilingual APP - INSTANT ACCESS MOBILE CLASSROOM - ICT tool (11.2019 - 09.2022) IO4. Best Practices Guide on Entrepreneurial Training & Personal Development in Rural Areas (09.2021 - 08.2022) IMPACT The key task for B-LAND project is to support VET trainers/teachers in the development of skills and competencies like entrepreneurship which will help them become successful entrepreneurs with a focus on small rural business development. These new challenges of education providers face created the need for further qualification of VET trainers and professionals in order to foster “train the trainer” programmes to prepare VET staff for new participant groups and demands. This partnership is aware that there´s a need not only to include policies focused rural entrepreneurship but also it's crucial to boost such an environment developing the capacity of educators, trainers and teachers and VET supporting organisations in entrepreneurship. B-LAND outputs will be targeted also to those entities in the field of rural entrepreneurship lifelong learning/training/promotion through accompanying measures such as training, counselling, advising, coaching, mentoring etc. These entities are in direct contact with the current or future entrepreneurs from rural area, especially young adults. The organisations in the lifelong learning can be private or public and in this project we will especially focus on those public authorities that are directly related to agriculture, forestry and rural areas for spread the project results in rural context. The continuing importance of appropriate innovative interventions to support rural education, entrepreneurship & low-educated adult people through VET trainers/teachers brings positive effects of involvement and commitment of participating institutions.
The main objective of the B-Land project has been to empower VET teachers/trainers in entrepreneurship of low-skilled and/or low-qualified adults from rural areas in the partner countries with innovative training materials focused on small rural business development. The specific goals of the project have been to: develop the capacity of adult teachers and trainers and VET supporting organisations in entrepreneurship; strengthen the professional competences of educational workers to support their target groups (low-skilled and/or low qualified adults from rural areas); increase the vocational skills that are necessary to succeed in teaching activities in the field of entrepreneurship; develop basic and transversal skills: enhance digital integration in learning and teaching through promoting access to and learning through Open Educational Resources; support ICT-based teaching and ICT-based assessment practices.
The main aim of the B-LAND project has been to enhance the professional qualifications of VET teachers/trainers in entrepreneurship of low-skilled and/or low-qualified adult people from rural areas in four partner countries (Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, and Poland), and increase their pedagogical skills through the acquisition and implementation of innovative teaching methods with learner-centered approach. The partnership aimed to increase the vocational competences of VET teachers/trainers of entrepreneurship through the development of an innovative training content and approach to teaching with the use of interactive and innovative multilingual mobile learning application, making the training process more engaging and inclusive to potential learners.