Lessons learned

Developers and tutors are talking about their experiences and challenges and give their professional opinions about the use and sustainability of Open Educational Resources and Open Educational Practices in this focus group video, serving as a summary of feedbacks on the VOCAL results.

 

Final project meeting and new issue of newsletter published

During the last days of summer the final project meeting of the VOCAL partnership has taken place in Ogre, Latvia, at the Ogre Technikums.

The closing of the project is in two months. During the remaining time period, partners concentrate their efforts on dissemination of the project results as well as to formalise and summarise the testimonies of the participating developers, teachers and learners about their experiences with Open Educational Practices.

The results of the project are shared via our latest newsletter.

Introducing re-developed courses: Digital pedagogy by BME

The Digital Pedagogy course is for students of bachelor and master courses of any faculties. It aims to provide an understanding of the main characteristics of digital learning environments and explores current digital learning technologies with the focus on how students can best utilize technology for learning and for personalizing learning

It is developed with the leadership of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.


Teams of collaborators led by development leaders worked on their courses to re-develope it based on the skills and competences acquired during the short-term staff training events or the on-line VOCAL courses. To introduce their courses, deveopment leaders recorded short teasers for the public to learn about the course and the method they entertained.

Introducing re-developed courses: Contemporary Education by LieDM

Contemporary Education course is for students of bachelor studies program, first year students and it covers the basics of the education science with the focus on ICT used for learning.

It is developed with the leadership of the Lithuanian Association of Distance and E-Learning.


Teams of collaborators led by development leaders worked on their courses to re-develope it based on the skills and competences acquired during the short-term staff training events or the on-line VOCAL courses. To introduce their courses, deveopment leaders recorded short teasers for the public to learn about the course and the method they entertained.

Introducing re-developed courses: Audio-visual materials in the learning process by OT

The main audience of the course is vocational teachers in VET and HE, but can be useful for any teacher in other education structures. It focuses mainly on acquiring new practical skills and using of developed audiovisual materials in own work.

The course participant who has successfully passed this course has achieved the following learning outcomes:

  • to acquire new  IT knowledge and skills
  • to prepare and use AV materials and aids
  • personalize own learning environment by using of IT and the experience of colleagues from other countries in creating and using training tools

It is developed with the leadership of the Ogres Tehnikums.


Teams of collaborators led by development leaders worked on their courses to re-develope it based on the skills and competences acquired during the short-term staff training events or the on-line VOCAL courses. To introduce their courses, deveopment leaders recorded short teasers for the public to learn about the course and the method they entertained.