Digital transformation could be defined as “anything from IT modernization (for example, cloud computing), to digital optimization and the invention of new digital business models. The Global Edtech Landscape 3.0 report states that “schools, colleges, universities and institutions are now enterprises with increasingly complex and sophisticated needs”. Furthermore, “this area of transformation supports the management of the three dimensions of education as an operational business: the institution itself, students and staff”. EU VET institutions face challenges in developing approaches to deliver quality and inclusive education through virtual means, whilst ensuring support for learners, teachers and trainers is in place to help them adapt to online/distance learning. The ADMiC project aims to support colleges, across the EU, adapt to new ways of digital working. This may require adaptations and/or enhancements to; digital strategy, digital culture and the digital resources and infrastructure required to enhance their digital maturity, accelerate digital transformation and increase the quality of online/distance learning. The objectives of the project are to: 1. Enhance the digitally maturity of 50 VET institutes within partner countries by March 2023; 2. Increase the knowledge & skills of 300 VET staff on how digital transformation can improve education delivery and support for learners, teachers and trainers by March 2023; 3. Develop and disseminate a suite of open online educational resources that support VET institutes in adopting systematic and robust actions that enable and accelerate digital transformation and enhance their digital maturity by March 2023. 6 partners from 4 EU states will work together to produce a self-assessment tool for assessing approaches to creating or optimising digital strategy, digital culture and the resources and infrastructure required to accelerate the pace of digital transformation. The project team will develop joint curricula to upskill VET staff in the skills and competences required to accelerate digital transformation and also develop admic.eu, an open educational resource (OER) that will increase the accessibility to digital resources in the key areas of development required for this transformation. These include; Digital Strategy & Leadership, Developing a Digital First Culture, Optimising Digital Skills and Capabilities, Data and Decision Making and Developing Collaborative Ecosystems. These resources will include a Best Practice Guide and case studies. Participants in the project will mainly be VET staff across the EU. These will include VET Practitioners, VET Managers, VET Senior Managers/Executives and VET Support Staff. The project team will also engage with VET policy makers, digital professionals working in the fields of the technologies applied in the project, Government agencies (with a focus on Digital Transformation, VET and/or skills), Skills Agencies and Industry to realise our project objectives. The project will have a range of quantitative and qualitative measures to assess impact. We hope that these impacts will be felt at local, regional, national and EU/international levels. These include; an upskilled, more knowledgeable and competent workforce, an enhanced capacity to accelerate digital transformation to improve education delivery and a more inclusive culture in embracing digital technologies as part of learning. The project will have a strong project management governance structure to implement the project activities using a proper budget control and time management process. The outcomes/outputs of this project will support the creation of an environment encouraging digital transformation in VET institutes across the EU and bring digital transformation to all levels of VET education and training. The project will enhance the learning experience of students by “fostering the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem” and will have a positive impact on Europe’s digital ambitions, as well as its productivity, competitiveness and position in global education.
There were 3 main project objectives: 1. Enhance the digitally maturity of 50 VET institutes within partner countries by November 2023; 2. Increase the knowledge & skills of 300 VET staff on how digital transformation can improve education delivery and support for learners, teachers and trainers by November 2023; 3. Develop and disseminate a suite of open online educational resources that support VET institutes in adopting systematic and robust actions that enable and accelerate digital transformation and enhance their digital maturity by November 2023. To achieve these, we created 4 tangible outputs: 1. A Digital Maturity Assessment Tool (DMAT) 2. An Online Learning Programme (OLP) 3. The ADMiC OER (www.admic.eu) 4. A Best Practice Guide (BPG) These 4 outputs will allow VET institutions to analyse the extent to which they have the ability and means to implement a systematic and robust set of actions to enable digital transformation and enhance their digital maturity. They will support wider recognition across the sector of approaches for creating and optimising their digital strategy, digital culture and the resources and infrastructure required to accelerate digital transformation.
Digital transformation can be defined as “anything from IT modernization (for example, cloud computing), to digital optimization and the invention of new digital business models”(Gartner). The Global Edtech Landscape 3.0 report stated that “schools, colleges, universities and institutions are now enterprises with increasingly complex and sophisticated needs”. Furthermore, “this area of transformation supports the management of the three dimensions of education as an operational business: the institution itself, students and staff and teaching the next generation of learners to think creatively, solve problems and collaborate in new ways requires immersive, engaging learning tools.” Whilst taking the above into consideration, and pre-project surveys of VET leaders, practitioners and support staff from the partners countries the following needs were identified: - to further develop leadership driven and articulated digital strategy - to enhance a culture and mindset that is pro digital - to develop new operating models to optimise the digital journey of students, teacher, trainers and industry. It was found that 66% of colleges focused on developing digital competence in students & teachers as a key strategic focus.