Blended learning in vocational education and training (BlendVET)

Project facts

Project promoter:
Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training(SI)
Project Number:
SI-EDUCATION-0002
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€1,607,844
Donor Project Partners:
Akureyri Comprehensive College(IS)
Åssiden upper secondary school(NO)
Østfold University College(NO)
University of Akureyri(IS)
Viken Vocational College(NO)
Other Project Partners
School centre Celje(SI)
School centre Novo mesto(SI)
University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Arts(SI)
Upper-secondary VET school Koper(SI)
Upper-secondary VET school Trbovlje(SI)

Description

The main objective of the project BlendVET is to establish conditions at the project partner schools for the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning in VET.

The BlendVET project comprises a series of development and training activities aiming to support the development of VET professionals’ pedagogical and digital competencies, and to provide comprehensive didactical and digital solutions for teaching and learning processes.

Main activities include:

  • Elaboration and development of schools’ strategies of digital transformation, which will be achieved by defining the elements of the blended/digital learning strategy, training for VET school headmasters and development teams, self-evaluation on how technology is used in school, creation of blended learning strategies and implementation plans with a feedback during the process and elaboration of strategic model blended/digital learning development at VET schools;
  • Development of pedagogical solutions and piloting, which will be achieved by defining elements of blended learning model and teachers’ pedagogical and digital competencies, development and implementation of (blended training) courses for VET teachers, development of didactical plans for blended learning units (curriculum in use), preparation of video tutorials, pilot implementation of blended learning in selected courses, blended training for teachers of additional VET schools and evaluation of the whole process developing and implementing the blended learning;
  • Design and development of e-learning solutions, which will be achieved by identification of learning units and learning goals, scripts development, production of interactive learning materials and tutorials.

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