European Digital Readiness Strategy for Clothing Studies

The pandemic has proven that digital competencies are now essential than ever before for how we learn, work, and live. The HEIs need to transform their educational content and methodology which is...

The E-DRESS project aims to improve the digital readiness of teaching, technical staff, and create course content according to the new challenges of online/blended learning for clothing studies. An open-source online educational platform will be established which will be available in different languages of Europe including English, German, Czech, Polish, and Romanian. By developing effective digital tools in multiple languages by the mutual efforts of cooperation partnership, effective digital learning across the board will be realized. The proposed project will enable effective student-teacher-technology interaction to mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19 on traditional education. The physical constraints of conventional education in the new scenarios will be addressed by the optimized use of digital technology by the stakeholders of educational establishments to convert current challenges into opportunities. Innovative methods of immersive technologies can offer the learners a digital learning experience that is not much in practice. The partnership aims to use a cohesive and collaborative approach for the realization of digital transformation for clothing studies in their institutions.