The first LTT will jointly train trainers from each partner to use Virtual Teachers’ Lounge and its different available tools. Teachers and trainers will be the end-users of the tools, so this LTT activity will also be used to collect a reflection from them and structured feedback on the layout and content of the solution will be issued as valuable input for the improvement of the Virtual Teachers’ Lounge development.
Virtual Teachers’ Lounge’s success highly depends on the ability of teachers and trainers to co-create and co-experiment new digital and virtual educational tools, and effectively apply them in the classroom for enriching their professional activities targeted at learners.
The best way to learn how to use such a tool is by exploring and trying it together with peers. For that, a joint train the trainer activity will be developed in Palmela, Portugal, at ATEC premises, where 18 teachers from partner organizations will be guided to experiment the Virtual Teachers’ Lounge and use the different tools available.
In the end, a SWOT analysis will be carried out to have structured feedback from the participants on the layout and content of the solution. The results from this feedback (strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats) will be used as inputs for the improvement of the Virtual Teachers’ Lounge development.
The ongoing changes in Vocational Education and Training are demanding different kinds of support mechanisms for teaching staff, including the need for digital competences to integrate digital technologies in teaching.
Our aim isto increase teachers’ competence by increasing their digital knowledge.
Furthermore, we create an innovative model for hybrid mobilities to enable international cooperation even in difficult situations and for those with fewer opportunities for traveling.
The Learning, Teaching and Training Activities (LTT 2 in Kiel) proposed under this application are key tools for the quality and successful implementation of the project and project objectives.
The LTT 2 in Kiel, Germany will jointly train trainers from each partner of our consortium (Vet 4 all), to show different hybrid mobility models which our consortium developed and how to use them in their own education and training programs, countries and partnerships.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on mobility activities, but, at the same time, paved the way to the development of innovative virtual mobility models.
The consortium will develop possibilities of Hybrid Mobility Models and we investigate in this LTT how this models can be transferred and effectively applied in education and training programs to develop students’ vocational, digital, international and other skills for lifelong learning.
This joint train the trainer activity will be developed in Kiel, Germany at RBZ Schützenpark Kiel where 18 teachers from partner organisations will get to know the different hybrid mobility models available and how to use them in their own education and training programs, countries and partnerships. At the end, a SWOT analysis will be carried out in order to have a structured feedback from the participants on content of the different models and guidance material.
The results from this feedback (strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats) will be used as input for the improvement of the PR1 development. This activity demands previous preparation, especially from the host and the LTT leader, the PR1 leading partner and from all partners’ coordinators: – The host will have to guarantee the availability of a classroom for 18 participants equipped with internet access, computers to the participants from abroad, if needed, all the necessary material for the different activities to carry out and assure logistics for the event.
The LTT will take three days and will be divided in four main parts:
(i) presentation of the host organization; introduction of the participants; introduction of the host school; tour of the premises; introduction to the Hybrid Mobility Models; conclusion of the day
(ii) the Hybrid Mobility Models; Workshop for getting ideas for Hybrid Mobility Models between project partners SWAT analysis; conclusion of the day
(iii) SWOT analysis; finalizing the SWOT analysis report; feedback session for the project team; evaluation of the transferability for different education and training programs, countries and partnerships; cultural experience
(iv) cultural tour.
Thus, this event is not only a learning and training activity about one of the project results, but also a way of connecting with peers from different countries to get to know each other, learn about different cultures and education systems, and to give feedback and recommendations for future work for the project team.
In the end, each participant will receive a certificate of attendance with a description of the gained learning outcomes according to the ECVET method (knowledge, skills and competences) and a Europass Mobilty will be issued.