Innovative digital teaching and learning methodology
About the project
INNO-TEC-LAB
INNO-TEC-LAB “Development of opportunities in the field of design for technical careers through innovation-laboratories” is a Strategic Partnership for Higher Education, co-financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union (Key Action 2). The project aims to create and validate a model based on interdisciplinarity and student-centred learning to support innovation through a network of innovation laboratories that will serve to improve learning tools, knowledge exchange, training of learners and researchers. INNO-TEC-LAB is aimed primarily at teachers, researchers, lecturers and staff of partner organizations and students of technical careers, as well as public authorities, policymakers and the business sector. The project involves 7 entities from different fields (universities, non-profit associations specializing in education, training entities) from 6 different countries in Europe (Italy, Poland, France, Lithuania, Netherlands, and Finland.)
During its lifetime (24 months in total), the project Consortium, formed by 7 European entities (SPOLECZNA AKADEMIA NAUK – Coordinator – and PCG from Poland, EMPHASYS from Cyprus, TXORRIERI from Spain, STEP BY STEP from Croatia, EUROED from Romania and the EUROPEAN DIGITAL LEARNING NETWORK from Italy, will be involved in the development of the following 4 Intellectual Outputs: A MAPPING OF GOOD PRACTICES IN THE COVID-19 ERA, aimed to record and present good practices adopted during the Covid-19 crisis as part of the formal education. Thanks to its results a READINESS DISTANCE LEARNING AUDIT TOOL FOR SCHOOLS and a COMPARATIVE BLUEPRINT REPORT will be developed. A COMPREHENSIVE DISTANCE & DIGITAL LEARNING METHODOLOGY to support educators to develop their schools’ action plan in the Covid-19 era, thus ensuring the modernization and digital transformation of their school practices. TRIPLE FIRST AID PACK, which will gather guidelines, tips and guidance for teachers, students and parents to learn how to deal with the new digital, learning, mentoring and assessment challenges as part of the provision of distance and digital learning. INCLUSIVE INTERACTIVE PLATFORM & MOBILE APP, aimed at providing enriched functionalities to use at anytime and anywhere such as selfie-readiness school tool, podcast discussions, webinars, e-learning tools and more useful online services.
INNO-TEC-LAB with a duration of 24 months starting September 2020 is going to develop these intellectual outputs:
- INNO-TEC-LAB learning module
- Online “train the trainers”
- INNO-TEC-LAB courses for students
- Creation of a platform of innovation laboratories
3D2ACT project will sustain VET trainers and educators in an attempt to strengthen their profiles with the acquisition of new skills with the development of targeted material and the collection of tools and resources, while at the same time it will create opportunities for linking VET schools with the labour market building on synergies and partnerships with established organizations using industry 4.0 and automation or 3D printing and robotics. The key competences to be promoted as part of the 3D2ACT project are: 3D design, modeling and printing skills (3D-P) which appear to be missing from VET curricula and are currently needed to enter the labour market and be included in VET job profiles. 3D-P is currently seen as a cornerstone of the industrial shift towards advanced manufacturing, creating opportunities for employment, value creation, and reallocation of manufacturing production back to Europe; targeted ‘wide and deep’ digital competences, as required by the 2018 Digital Action Plan: coding, robotics and STEAM skills based on a cross-curricular approach away from subject boundaries; Entrepreneurial skills, but with a social impact as they are responding to social challenges/needs and have a benefit for the community, the environment or the culture. Having an entrepreneurial mindset is a great advantage in today’s job market since it is what makes ideas come true and become a reality. Creativity is the engine of entrepreneurship.
The project is developed by the National Center for Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” (Greece), Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri (Spain), Emphasys Centre (Cyprus), Stichting Incubator (The Netherlands), Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of Crete (Crete – Greece), the University of Crete (Crete – Greece) and the European Digital Learning Network (Italy).