Italiano (Italia)
Framework
LifeLong Learning Programme – Leonardo da Vinci sub-programme
Objectives
The main objectives of the Sloop2desc project are:
to improve European teachers’ knowledge of the new systems of qualification and competencies developed and/or adopted in Members States;
to innovate the pedagogical competencies of teachers and trainers through the acquisition of new digital competencies, of new languages and communication tools
to spread the practice of sharing and developing Open Educational Resources cooperatively
to foster a debate between the education world and the labour market around the potential benefits of the European systems of certification.
Workplan
To support VET teachers in developing pedagogical competencies to be applied in educational activities that take new evaluation systems into consideration.
To lead teachers to greater involvement in the drawing up of study programs.
To activate strategies to improve the links between education and training professionals and the world of work.
Results
- - A Moodle course to train teachers on: innovative e-learning strategies, production and sharing of OERs, competence-based education. The course reflects the e-learning methodology already tested in the former SLOOP project, and innovated according to the new advancements in the Educational technology field; the course is available in English, Italian, Romanian and Slovenian languages;
- - More than 40 Moodle courses, produced by the teachers who have enrolled the online courses activated in the project, on the topics related to the selected certification systems (EUCIP and ECDL for informatics professionals; IMO for experts in the maritime navigation field; the European Framework for Language for teachers of Languages L2); each of the Moodle course implements a didactic model, and includes tens of OER; most of the Moodle courses are in Italian, with some in Slovenian and Romanian;
- - More than 300 OER developed by using several tools and in different formats, from digital videos to SCORM-compliant learning objects
- - FreeLOms, a repository of OERs aimed at high-school teachers, including whole Moodle courses;
- - A book containing a detailed description of the work done, and of the results achieved, with general reflections on benefits and drawbacks of the sloop2desc model.