Covid-19 restrictions having closed many schools around the world, have caused us to change our thinking about distance learning. The new challenge for educators is that they have to develop continuous teaching plans and associated teaching methods for students staying at home. This situation, especially while the teaching model doesn’t cause many problems for the theoretical/conceptual courses, creates the need for the design knowledge of high quality teaching materials to realize applied courses. This situation reminded educators the importance of neglected digital education. According to a recent study by the Munich IFO Institute with more than 10,000, including parents, the time spent by children on education during the epidemic was cut by half. 74% of the children spent a maximum of four hours a day on educational activities, while 38% spent only two hours a day studying. It was determined that children's screen usage out of class increased from three hours a day to over five hours. Nine out of ten people surveyed called for teachers to train in online education. The project focused on strengthening teacher qualifications in digital education field. OECD/PISA Director Andreas Schleicher said on German education system, "Schools need to be able to understand digital media fields to influence students in the right area. After Covid-19, life is more complex for our outdated curriculum. First class people with intellectual maturity to gain skills should be raised”. In project activities, the design teachings of digital materials that support the basic and cross-development of students are presented. Project title is Developing teacher competencies in the field of digital teaching techniques. The project aim is to improve teachers' lost-teaching rates with student-centered techniques in the digital evolution. Because while the lost-teaching level is 21% during face-to-face education, it is close to 50% in distance education. The priority of the European commission for 2019-2024, "Digital Europe transformation", can be realized with the Industry 4.0 revolution and the pedagogical transformation of digital education systems connected to it. For example:https://intelitek.com/industry-4-0/ The aim of the project is for teachers to adopt an innovative, interactive, result-oriented, skills-based digital education approach. They will comprehend changing student roles inlearning process at the end of the project. In digital field, improvement will be achieved in teaching learning skills. They will develop skill-based objective scales and implement current and concrete teaching evaluation techniques. Adaptation skills will develop from classical education approach to the innovative one. The project starts on 01.03.2021. It will continue for 24 months. the project, a strategic partnership was adopted with 4 vocational schools and 1 higher education institution from 4 countries. The project owner is Berufskolleg Ostvest - Sekundarstufe II - vocational school in NRW state in Germany. University partner Anadolu University,Turkey offers nearly 3 million students in distance education opportunities and offices in 27 countries around the world and is an institution of higher education operating in the 46 examination centers. Czechia (Educanet) is an IT vocational school that follows digital technology in distance education with Google classes, which have educational protocols with technology giants such as IBM and DELL. Romanian (Iuliu Maniu) technical college concentrated on vocational teachings of autonomous driving and simulation software in automotive technologies.GMH MESEM from Turkey is a model vocational school that can develop Android and IOS-based mobile training material for hands-on lessons throughout the distance education process and shares them with local authorities. Transnational mobilities were planned to 4 partner schools for the sustainable effects of project outputs. There are 5 activities targeting the participation of all partners. Participants are teachers, education managers and academicians, each consisting of 3 people.2 TPMs for 2 days will be held as preparation at the beginning and final evaluation at the end. 3 LTTs to be held in the host country consist of 5-day workshop activities. In the project, the target group is 249 teachers who educates 9700 students in partner vocational schools. Indirect target groups are other locally existing vocational schools and EU member school administrators and teachers who will benefit from the dissemination activity. Sharing the outputs with target groups will be provided with a sequence of planned actions. The concrete output of project are e-book, website, recommendation report and e-twining projects.Dissemination tools are conferences, seminars, social media broadcasts and other visual materials. The long-term impact and sustainability expected will be achieved with the pedagogical outputs and the competencies they will create.
Accordingly, the project title was chosen: "Developing Teacher Competencies in Digital Teaching Techniques." Activities that equip teachers with student-centered learning techniques in the area of digital learning and thus avoid so-called "lost-teaching" were considered to make up a large part of the project. Only a nationwide pedagogical transformation (promoted by the European exchange) can lead to the realization of an improvement of digital education systems.
The project idea arose under the direct impression of the Corona pandemic. Especially distance learning and the changing challenges for educators in terms of curricula and teaching methods were taken into account. The schools selected for the project were able to react quickly during the initial lockdown phases and adapted to the adverse conditions. The participating vocational schools in particular, but also the university, were able to ensure a fruitful exchange in the area of theoretical and conceptual learning arrangements. In the context of the project, reference should also be made to international study results (e.g. IFO Institute Munich), which investigate the educational activities of young people. According to this, it was possible to refer to screen activities in connection with learning success. The demand for intensive online training for teachers was raised in this context. Teacher training in the digital sector was established as a central goal of the project. The target group, within this project, are 249 teachers serving 9700 students in partner countries. Indirect target groups are other local vocational schools as well as school supervisors and teachers of EU members who will benefit from the dissemination activity. Sharing the results with the target groups will be provided with a sequence of planned actions. The concrete outcome of the project will be an e-book, a project website and e-twining projects. Dissemination tools are conferences, seminars, social media and other visual materials.