Mevel

To encourage virtual mobility to allow the Metal workers undergo sector changes, taking advantage of their knowledge acquired in previous trainings and jobs, as well as to allow workers move from low-qualified jobs to others with higher contents in the same sector, thus providing higher added value to their performance.

Project title:	MEVEL, Fostering the Virtual Mobility within the Metal Sector
Project No.	2013-1-ES1-LEO05-67974
Project coordinator:	Federacion Vizcaina de Empresas del Metal (FVEM)
Contact person at VMU:	A.Volungevičienė, airina.volungeviciene@vdu.lt
Project run:	23 moths (October, 2013 – September, 2015)
Total cost:	290 759 €

Project partner:

Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, Lithuania
FONDO FORMACIÓN EUSKADI, Spain
INSTITUTO VASCO DE LAS CUALIFICACIONES Y LA FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL, Spain
Berufsförderungsinstitut Steiermark, Austria
Confindustria Veneto SIAV Spa, Italy
POINT Proje Insaat Taahhut Muhendislik ve Ticaret Ltd.Sti. [POINT LLC], Turkey

MeVeL will adapt and transfer the methodology and tools of TeaCamp project (502102-LLP-1-2009-1-LT-ERASMUS-EVC) from the academic to the productive field, to design a Virtual mobility learning environment to facilitate development, management and implementation of virtual mobility in Metal workers and by improving their virtual mobility competences.

(e)VET2EDU

The main aim of the project is to adapt and transfer e-learning course for educators. As such it contributes to LDV general priorities aimed at supporting VET actors in learning and using their skills for enhancing quality and innovation in VET. The project addresses the needs for innovative pedagogies and methods for VET by equipping educators with an e-course that introduces collaborative social learning and learning outcomes- based design. Thus it will give VET institutions the ability to enhance teachers’ pedagogical skills combined with ICT innovative exploitation.

Project title:	(e)VET2EDU – Supporting Vocational Teachers and Trainers in E-Learning
Project No.	2012-1-PL1-LEO05-27465
Project web page:	http://evet2edu.eu
Project coordinator:	Akademia Górniczo – Hutnicza im. St. Staszica w Krakowie, Poland (http://agh.edu.pl; http://cel.agh.edu.pl)
Contact person at VDU:	Estela Daukšienė, estela.dauksiene@vdu.lt
Project run:	24 months (01/10/2012 ¬ – 30/09/2014)

Project partners:

Hrvatska akademska i istaživačka mreža – CARNet (Croatia)
RPIC-ViP (Czech Republic)
Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Center RS za poklicno izobraževanje (Slovenia)
Universidad de Murcia, (Spain)
CESIE – Centro Studi ed Iniziative Europeo (Italy)
HiST Contract Research (Norway)
Obrtna technička škola (Croatia)

Objectives:

Support trainers and teachers from VET sector in implementation of dynamic, open and innovative methods by adapting and transferring validated e-learning course for vocational schools and training sector.
Offer course as open resource in 9 languages together with the facilitator’s detailed manual.
Adapting an e-learning course for educators in Poland to VET teachers and trainers learning needs and requirements in partner countries.
Increasing didactic and digital competences of VET trainers and teachers and raise awareness of online educational solutions based on innovative pedagogy.
Increasing the visibility and role of VET in regular education system and lifelong learning.

Results:

report on the needs and requirements of VET educators towards e-learning, based on interviews with practitioners and best-practice descriptions;
open course environment based on Moodle where the courses in different language versions will be available (EN, PL, CR, SL, LT, IT, ES, NO, CZ);
open e-learning courses on “Design and facilitation of on-line courses” for trainers and educators in VET sector in 9 languages (EN, PL, CR, SL, LT, IT, ES, NO, CZ);
handbook for facilitators;
internal collaboration space: shared experience on selection and development of OS collaboration environment;
workshop scenario and 2 workshops in each country delivered to VET sector; report from the piloting;
numerous presentations;

REVIVE VET

REVIVE VET aims to review and revive VET practices applying innovative ICT integration methodologies and building online communities of VET professionals, who collaboratively work together, seeking to improve the quality, attractiveness and accessibility of VET services.

Project title	Review and Revive VET Practices
Web pages	https://studyonline.lt/en/about/projects/revive-vet/ Curriculum revive: https://teacamp.vdu.lt/course/index.php?categoryid=13
Project number	LLP-LDV-TOI-2011-LT-0087
Project coordinator	Vytautas Magnus University, Innovative Studies Institute
Contact person	Airina Volungevičienė, airina.volungeviciene@vdu.lt
Project run	01/10/2011 – 28/02/2014

Project partners:

European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning ,EFQUEL, Belgium (http://www.efquel.org/)
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BME, Hungary (http://www.edu-inno.bme.hu) SCIENTER, Italy (http://www.scienter.org/)
Lithuanian Association of Distance and E-Learning, LieDM Association, Lithuania (www.liedm.net/en)
Kaunas food industry and trade training center, Lithuania (http://www.mpcentras.lt/)
Fondo Formación Euskadi, FFE, Spain (http://www.ffeuskadi.net/)
European Distance and eLearning Network, EDEN, United Kingdom (http://www.eden-online.org)

Project management

WP1 aims at project management by

establishing project consortium
managing project progress via closed and open management tools
preparing interim and final project reports

WP2 aims at analysis of existing practices, available methodologies and identifying institutional needs by:

development of a questionnaire for online survey and SWOT tool for consortium institutions
organization of online survey on existing practices and institutional needs
partner institutions X-raying their practices and identifying the needs (SWOT analysis)
presenting survey and SWOT results for partner institutions

WP3 aims to adapt and develop Revive and Hextlearn methodologies and to discuss and define quality criteria within expert groups by:

adapting 2 Hextlearn methodologies (case development methodology and peer review methodology) and Revive curriculum methodology to project needs,
building expert groups from consortium institutions to identify quality criteria for two areas:
- continuing professional development (including teacher training)
- ICT application to foster creativity, business and citizen skills
  on four levels:
  – institutional strategy level
  – quality factors and criteria schemes (awareness building)
  – curriculum/ course level
  – professional skill development
developing training material for VET and consortium institutions and individual teachers and trainers.

WP4 aims to facilitate consortium institutions to develop and upload their cases by:

establishing cased development and communication ICT infrastructure
consulting and supervising institutions and individual teachers on case development
consulting and supervising institutions and individual teachers on uploading the cases online at quality community portal.

WP 5 aims to build peer reviewing practices and online community of experts, as well as to ensure internal quality of project progress and outcomes by:

developing internal quality assurance strategy and tools
monitoring project progress and outputs internally
organize peer reviewing of already developed cases (in work package 4)
develop online community of peer reviewers
prepare recommendations for case authors for case improvements.

WP6 aims to ensure dissemination and valorization activities in order to contribute to smooth exploitation of project results and sustainability via:

preparing and distributing project dissemination material and newsletters
producing project story within a project CD (including adapted methodologies and cases from project lifetime).

Project results

Quality criteria identified for ICT integration on institutional level, Curriculum level, professional skill development level and overall quality assurance process (national level);
Case development methodology adapted to VET sector;
Peer review methodology adapted to VET sector;
Training material on application of adapted case development, peer review methodologies and Revive methodology;
32 developed cases in the areas and levels selected.

REVIVE

REVIVE project seeks to contribute to European cooperation in QA focusing on defining QA factors in VET services. More specifically, the project aims at methodology application to ensure quality of VET curriculum at institutional level.

The main goal of REVIVE project is to ensure the quality of VET services by reviewing and reviving existing VET Curriculum on the basis of innovative didactical and technological methodology.

Project title	Reviewing and Reviving Existing VET Curriculum – project website reviveproject.vdu.lt
Project No.	LLP-LdV-TOI-2008-LT-0022
EU funding	248.108 EUR
Contractor	Vytautas Magnus University Distance Study Centre (since 2012 Innovative Studies Institute)
Contact person	Airina Volungeviciene (airina.volungeviciene@vdu.lt)
Duration	September, 2008 – November, 2010

Partners:

Social Innovation Centre, Austria (http://www.zsi.at)
Chamber of Commerce and Navigation of Castellon, Spain (http://www.camaracs.es)
Centre for Learning Innovation and Adult Learning at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary (http://www.edu-inno.bme.hu)
Local Centre of Distance Education at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia (http://www.primakurzy.sk/index_en.php)
Lithuanian Association of Adult Education, Lithuania (http://www.lssa.smm.lt)
European Distance and eLearning Network, EDEN, United Kingdom (http://www.eden-online.org)

Specific objectives of the project are:

to select VET Curriculum which does not meet quality criteria and is not functioning properly. Initial planning and analysis of curriculum will be based on quality criteria indicated by EQAF. This will ensure that European objectives for the improvement of the VET-systems are reflected in the goals and objectives which are to set up in the planning phase of a quality system within the project: at institutional, regional and national levels.
To present pedagogical and technological recommendations for curriculum pedagogical and technological improvement and revival to re-develop Curriculum for distance learning. Identification of two innovative solutions for adaptation and implementation in project countries and sectors (adult education and VET, including adult education, SME and private sector, as well as social innovation centre targets) fully agrees with CQAF action steps. Selected methodologies will not prescribe one principle, but will allow project actors to develop their own solutions, to improve and evaluate their own practices, on the basis of common principles and criteria.
To update, improve and revive curriculum and to test its applicability. As a result of curriculum evaluation, to present recommendations for further improvement and QA.
To present successful cases and highlight methodological input by spreading curriculum cases Europe wide, emphasizing quality influencing factors and quality criteria listed in an online success story publication. Methodological recommendations transferred into the project will be enriched by specific experience of curriculum authors and designers, as well as by end-users’ feedback collected during the project. Therefore, QA procedure will be enriched by REVIVE project experience and will contribute to national and international quality discussions and actions.