Digitalization for in groups integrative training - international network for support, connection ,innovation and know-how share in digital vocational education

Our project reunited 10 diverse partners , 4 NGO ,1 SME 1 SE, 4 VET schools and 14 associated partners , with the common interest to support disadvantaged learners for best integration in digita...

O1.Increase the number of VET Teachers and learners from partner schools participating in international remote teaching/training by improvement of training offers and use of innovative and integrative team-learning digital support. O2.Decrease the number of learners from partner schools at risk of school dump with low level of skills and social exclusion by offer them tailored remedial lessons, increase their digital skills, use of innovative training methods based on integrative team-learning . O3.Increase international dimension of participant schools by adding accessible and transferable digital courses/modules in their curricula, and give solutions for mutual recognition of skills acquired in international contexts. Tangible results needed for the objectives achievement be created and spread to final beneficiaries We decided to create following intellectual outputs as main work instruments. IO1 DIGIT+interactive platform is technical support for training, evaluation and built learning interactive spaces. IO2 Guide for teachers,IO3 and IO4 DIGIT STEPS courses for students, IO5. International counselling&guidance support network,IO6 Guide for managing burnout,IO7 Guide for creation of transferable learning modules/courses/units

1. Project management and coordination at European level was realised by the applicant ASCETISby coordinator Mrs Eleonora Dragomir, the main responsible of day-by-day management of entire project. Each partner had also own management team informing the coordinator and other partners of all practical issues related to their performance in the project. The coordinator had the same responsibility towards the partners. ASCETIS made centralized compilations of intermediate and final reports of activities coming from each partner and kept in touch with national agency ANPCDEFP. 2. Organization of transnational meetings was in responsibility of each the host organization: Meeting no 1 in Piatra Neamt Romania responsible ASCETIS with help of Hello PC and CT ”Gheorghe Cartianu” Meeting no 2 In Barcelona Spain responsible M&M Profuture Training SL Meeting no 3 in Arcos de Valdevez Portugal responsible Epralima Meeting no 4 in Izmir Turkey responsible Ataturk Vocational High School The responsibles of transnational meetings had the following tasks: -recommend/organize accommodation in the city of the meeting; -recommend or organize transportation for transfer to airport/railway station; -create the meeting program, agenda with the help of coordinator and partners also attendance list, issue the participating certificates -inshore the meeting space and logistics, and consumables -recommend cultural activities for the free time of meeting period; -write the meeting minutes. -inshore the measures of health protection -each meeting have a purpose, first meeting .was Meeting No 3 and it was held in Portugalia EPRALIMA in September 2020 it was realized a first compilation of partners pedagogical works and research in the project topic and was underlined how final form of the intellectual outputs must look an d when it had to be delvered by each IO responsible. Meeting No 1 was held in Romania in January 2023 and it was with purpose of collecting all information and evidences for project intermediate report and to design the pilot trainings for testing the project Intellectual outputs. Meeting no 2 nheld in Barcelona in June 2023 was with purpose of collect information after pilot trainings and evaluate all project results and impact .Some improvements had been proposed. Meeting No4 was in Izmir in September 2023 with final evaluation scope and design of multiplier events. Monitoring and evaluation task had responsible M&M Profuture Training, all the other partners helped We used: -monitoring plan; -monitoring and evaluation forms for tangible results, progress of the project , transnational meetings; - evaluations forms in paper during TPMs and on INTERNET during local events and dissemination; -M&M created reports of monitoring and evaluation for tangible results , progress of the project , transnational meetings. 4. Dissemination and visibility task -responsible Eesti People to People and HELLO PC Romania all the other partners helped.We used : -dissemination plan; -dissemination materials (fliers, brochures) in English and all partners made translation and distribution of DM -project newsletter and it's distribution by campaigns -press release in English -project FB page and project website, -Registration in SEG 5.Communication task-responsible Stowarzyszenie VESUVIO Poland all partners helped. The responsible with help of project coordinator created -communication plan; -channels of communication a mailing list, messenger and instagram connections , trimestrial zoom meetings, google and canva calendars for creation of common and local schedules of project events, -It was also created an annual newsletter and informative materials as fliers. 6 Tangible results tasks been coordinated as described in the section results. Each of the 7 partners coordinating the production of one tangible result with help of experienced specialists, organized cooperation and share of results with all the other partners ,the products assessment actions and improvement been done. The organizations that conducted the creation of intellectual outputs managed the final form of the intellectual outputs and published them as OER .with the help of project cooperation platform and interactive learning platform designer, Mr.Sipos Iulian Ilie. 7 Multiplier and follow up events been organized in each participating country and each partner had responsibility to organize his event, to spread and evaluate the project intellectual outputs. In Romania was a single event with the contribution of the 3 Romanian partners .The coordinator of the event was ASCETIS, the others added specific tasks in organize event. Colegiul Cartianu organized practical demonstrations with traineed students and Hello PC organized on-line presentations from teachers participating in the pilot trainings. The pilot training activities for 200 teachers and 200 studenta with special educational needs been organized by each partner with support of Hello PC and ASCETIS.

The project intellectual outputs are the following IO1 Digit+learning platform built by ASCETIS coordinator with all partners contribution . It is sustainable OER containing: A.Curriculum and evaluation instruments for teachers for adaptation of remote teaching to students needs, inshore equal opportunities&access to quality education for disadvantaged students and tackling early school leaving, and lesson creation wizard with a library of tools. Digit+ - Main page: All courses (digit-platform.ro) B.Virtual laboratories templates for 7 technical domains adequate for special learning needs and database containing instruments for digital integrative team-learning. Platform offers possibility of evaluation and awarding certificates to learners after courses completion. The organization of trainings was in form of pilot courses made with all partners contribution and will be in the responsibility of the future platform users. Evaluation can be done after each lesson completion. Trained VET teachers created original digital teaching projects at final for the course graduation and their final works arre available in library. All teachers trained by project platform received right of using platform as teachers/trainers and could create accounts for their students. IO2 Guide digit-platform.ro/ghid/ghid-Digit-.htm for creation and use digital learning instruments dedicated to teachers/trainers/researchers had CT 'Gh.Cartianu`` as coordinator and ASCETIS, Epralima , SABA, ATATURK MTAL, KOGED, M&M, Hello PC, EEsti and Vesuvio added contribution for each of the 3 chapters -First chapter with innovative methods and practical examples on how to observe students needs and problems and to choose the most appropriate tools and use them in an adequate form, in lessons differentiated for disadvantaged students, ghid-Digit-chapter-1-1.pdf (digitplus.eu) -Second chapter web (digitplus.eu) is created as electronic publication with examples from 7 technical domains It offers to schools that go for internationalization possibility of choosing the best offers of digital training modules/curriculum/learning units that can be integrated in specific professionalization path, suitable for direct and distance learning and are presented in an accessible form. IO3- DIGIT STEP1 IO3 STEP1 Curs Studenți Modul de formare inițială – DigitPlus.Eu Initial training module for disadvantaged learners deliverable face to face and/or remotely for disadvantaged learners that will inshore them basic skills for the use of digital learning instruments and was created by KOGED. It is dedicated to disadvantaged persons that have no kind of digital skills and this is making it useful not only for schools but also for all entities providing integrative education. digitplus.eu/documents/DIGIT-IO3-Final-version-with-amendments.htm IO4-DIGIT STEP2 Advanced training module for digital learning dedicated to students with intuitive step by step manual for access on-line teaching and communication platforms, learning resources and instruments was created by M&M Profuture Training. digit-platform.ro/IO4_Course Advanced training module.htm IO5 International counselling&guidance support network that sustain digital education- Platform for connection ,cooperation, counselling and know-how sharing was created by Hello PC. DigitPlus.Eu – „Digitalization for In Groups Integrative Training – international network for support, connection, innovation and know-how share in digital vocational education”- PROJECT NUMBER 2021 -1-RO01- KA220-VET-000032924 1.01.2022 – 31.12.2023 The network ease transfer of practical examples, know-how and innovation from one organization to another, spread innovative teaching methods as examples, to contribute to disadvantaged students integration. It will help spread of news and information about digital teaching ,team learning, integrative education. It has a FACEBOOK page, and a public group for discussions, very good channels of communication and dissemination to main stakeholders and to the large public about the project activities, problems and solutions, news, results. IO6 Methodology and recommendations how to teach online with focus on emotional management not to burnout because of distance teaching/learning was created by EEsti People to People and will lead to increase efficiency of digital teaching as it is recommended to be followed in preparation of on-line trainings, It can be consulted at the link digitplus.eu/documents/Estonia_module-IO6.htm IO7 Guide for creation of transferable learning units, integration of learning outcomes from abroad or distance learning experiences into main path for VET schools internationalization was created by EPRALIMA.It can be consulted at the link : https://digitplus.eu/documents/DIGIT+Internacionalizacao_2019_2022.htm All results appear in the mother tongues if selected because a special script for translations was set on the main project platform . Less tangible outcomes: 200 Students and 200 teachers from participant schools have better digital skills, bigger interest for digital education, better integration of SEN students into learning groups decreased number of students at risk of school dump in participating schools and schools have better educational offers The network of partner schools collaborating in teaching digitalization been extended to more than 30 new schools from which more than 400 teachers enrolled on the learning platform and are using it for their digital skills development and also for their students.