We are witnessing a particularly changing work environment in which technological advances are offering a change in the industrial paradigm. Industry 4.0 with the incorporation of the Internet of Things, electronic components, Big Data, robotics and the advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are changing the workplace. In addition, new professionals are required to be able to work in multidisciplinary teams, to be especially creative and innovative, and to have the skills developed to lifelong learning, since changes will be constant and adapting to them will be essential. This project brings together four vocational training centres coordinated by IES PABLO DE OLAVIDE from Spain, SOLSKI CENTER NOVO MESTO from Slovenia, CENTRUM KSZTALCENIA ZAWODOWEGO W WYSOKIEM MAZOWIECKIEM from Poland, CEPROF - CENTROS ESCOLARES DE ENSINO PROFISSIONAL LDA from Portugal, together with the technology centre: ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH OF THE RELATED AND RELATED TOY INDUSTRY from Spain, form a balanced consortium with connections and synergies to incorporate AI in the fields of home automation, industrial maintenance and automotive. Within the multiple branches of AI, bots are possibly the most developed in their successful application. A bot is a program that mimics human behaviour by performing automated tasks. Conversational bots or chatbots have had a great development in recent years thanks to the incorporation of AI, allowing natural language and machine learning to advance considerably. The consortium has designed the development of three intellectual outputs for direct application of AI in VET centres in those sectors shared by the project partners: home automation, industrial maintenance, and automotive. For each sector, 6 demonstrators will be modelled that will be based on the cycles of each of the participating schools. Altogether 18 demonstrators. Different chatbots will be used in each intellectual output in order to adapt to the needs of each sector and to have a broader knowledge of the possibilities. In the field of home automation, a voice chatbot will be used. In the case of industrial maintenance, connectivity with mobile devices prevails. In the automotive field, a chatbot will be used to operate on social networks. In this way, the demonstrators will be enriched and our students will be able to advance in the knowledge of various tools, also adapting them to the sectors and studies they are studying. On the other hand, five mobilities have been planned, four for students and one for teachers at the beginning of the project, to be able to train in AI tools that will allow the project to be implemented in the three sectors mentioned. For their part, students will be able to test the AI development activities that will be generated on their mobilities. Five transnational meetings will be organised to complete the project cycle for two years.
The project aims to achieve the following improvements: Support the adoption of innovative approaches and digital technologies for teaching and learning. Further reinforcement of key competences in initial and continuing VET Transparency and recognition of competences and qualifications To this end, it aims to embed artificial intelligence (AI) in European VET institutions. This is why the project falls under the VET priority of supporting the adoption of innovative approaches and digital technology for teaching and learning. In the same way, it is understood that with this project the key competences of our students are reinforced, since, in addition to digital competence, civic and social competences will be worked on with the European partners and the development of the project will strengthen vocational training, bringing it closer to the world of work with greater guarantees. In addition, the recognition and transparency of competences and qualifications is addressed because it is understood that the developments to be carried out in this project can be incorporated into the ECVET system of European credit recognition. Transversally to these objectives, the main themes have been: ICT - New technologies - Digital competence. New innovative curriculum/educational method/training course development. These themes have been worked through the use of computer tools and hardware that allow the application of AI to the different vocational training sectors of the project (home automation, automotive and industrial maintenance) through the creation of the demonstrators that make up the IO's, which are educational materials that can be incorporated into the curricula of the training cycles and thus used in the training of present and future promotions.
The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in all fields. This term appeared in the 70s of the last century and has evolved rapidly in recent years, and encompasses the use of computer systems that simulate human reasoning, in such a way that it uses algorithms that allow machines to learn and make decisions in a given environment. Different studies have highlighted the growth in the number of jobs in Spain related to AI, although it is hardly developed or implemented in terms of teaching in vocational training. The aim is to cover the need for training in AI in the training cycles of the schools and institutes that make up the association. To this end, the aim is to initially train teachers, develop specific materials for the sectors addressed and thus be able to train students in the application of AI technologies to their studies, improving their training and increasing their chances of successful incorporation into the labour market.