GIVE

GIVE - GUIDANCE IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS IN RURAL AREAS

LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME, LEONARDO DA VINCI – TRANSFER OF INNOVATION

Учене през целия живот, Леонардо да Винчи, Трансфер на иновации

GIVE - Kick-off meeting of the testing of LMS platform within project “Guidance in Vocational Education for students in rural areas

GIVE

On the 28-th of November 2013, in the town of Smolyan, the kick-off meeting of the testing of LMS platform by VET professionals within European project GIVE, was held. The project is funded by sector program Leonardo de Vinci, Transfer of innovations within Lifelong Learning Program. Its activities are implemented in Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. The project’s main aim is to improve knowledge and skills of the VET professionals working with young people from rural areas by the creation of an innovative training platform integrated with social media.

GIVE - Guidance In Vocational Education for students in rural areas

GIVE

GIVE 2011-1-PL1-LEO05-19885

The idea of the project is to utilise modern methods using social media for improvement of vocational knowledge. VET professionals use traditional ways of education which lowers effectiveness of learning process and does not allow to develop IT competences. Due to rapid development of Web2.0 services, and need for providing attractive and high quality learning content, a slow movement towards integration of learning systems and social media applications arises. Social media applications such as Twitter, blogs and Facebook are used more and more in our daily personal and professional lives. Educational institutions are becoming increasingly aware that such applications can be effectively integrated into their learning delivery systems but very few are actually using these applications to innovate their training systems and to offer more learner-centred services. Equipping VET professionals with skills allowing them to deliver knowledge with use of social media will provide attractive VET opportunities and encourage youth participation in learning process.