On July 12 and 13, 2022, the organization SI4life hosted the 2nd Transnational Project Meeting of the project DigiPath – Digital Education Readiness for VET Teachers through Tool Assisted Learning PathwaysThe meeting was held at the facilities of Aquarium of Genova, in Genova, Italy, with the participation of the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University and the organisations AFBB Akademie Furberufliche Bildung GMBH (Germany), TERCIFORMA — Estudos de Comércio e Serviços, SA (Portugal), Valencia Culinary Center S.L. (Spain) και Kauno buitiniu paslaugu ir verslo mokykla (Lithuania).
During the two-day meeting, the partners had the opportunity to discuss the main findings of the research conducted to VET institutions regarding teachers’ perspectives on digital teaching and the mapping of their digital skills development needs. The research findings constituted the baseline for discussion and analysis of the design of the learning paths, development of the educational material, as well as the piloting of the blended course of DigiPath project. In addition, horizontal issues of the project regarding the exploitation and promotion of its results, as well as its management, were discussed.
The DigiPath project aims to build VET teachers’ Digital Education Readiness (DER), by developing an Open Education Resource (OER) in the form of a blended learning course, incorporating Learning Paths for learners with varied levels of digital readiness and skills. DigiPath will produce lightweight educational offers that can be seamlessly integrated into the daily routine of VET teachers, taking into account their specific work setting. The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University participates in all the Work Packages, undertaking the implementation of the e-learning platform that will support the pilot blended course of the project.
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