The goal of the strategic partnership was to increase the knowledge sharing in radiation protection and safe use of radiation sources across the European countries. To achieve this, we have developed different blended learning activities using innovative educational approaches stimulating collaboration and offering a resilience to different kinds of circumstances using E- and M-learning combined with a safe offering of practices. However, special attention was needed for the development of the soft skills using digital education not only from the point of view of competences but also for the wellbeing of the students. During the project, we have developed blended and remote teaching approaches in the form of educational collaborative games that are embedded in a strong learning environment.
The needs of the present market, as well as those envisioned for the coming future, of the nuclear sector for qualified nuclear engineers, technologists, radiation protection officers (RPO) and radiation protection experts (RPE) are enormous. Just think, e.g., of the number of nuclear reactors that are or will soon be shutdown in Europe. Large decommissioning projects and waste management plans demand interdisciplinary teams of workers to be successful while keeping financial, technological, management and human aspects into consideration. Many current workers will have to be retrained on the work floor. Recently the corona pandemic enhanced and forced the digitalization of education. The learning activities need to be more advanced and diverse. Therefore, the ones we propose - online collaborative learning, virtual reality, serious gaming, remote teaching, online organisation of group activities and evaluations, training digital skills for all educators (lifelong learning) - meet this education need for advanced and diverse learning activities. Students and teachers are also encouraged to collaborate outside their own institution to share knowledge.