Full name: Embedding and Empowering SELFIE WBL Culture (SELFIE WBL Follow up)
Duration: 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2024
Total amount of funding received: € 199.640,00
Grant to the Association of Higher Vocational Colleges: € 32.780,00

BENEFITS FOR COLLEGES, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS?

A tool to discover the digital potential of your school or other organisation.

Help to integrate digital technologies into teaching, learning and assessment processes.

Support for users of SELFIE WBL.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission has developed the SELFIE (Self-reflection on Effective Learning by Fostering the use of Innovative Educational Technologies) tool, based on the European Commission’s Framework for the Promotion of Digital Learning in Educational Organisations. The SELFIE tool has also been enhanced to meet the specific needs of VET that provide practical training through work and practical education, involving companies directly in the learning process – SELFIE WBL. SELFIE WBL has been developed to meet the specific needs of vocational and technical schools that provide practical training through work and practical education, thus involving enterprises in the direct learning process.

The VET community participated in the SELFIE WBL pilot project and the partners of the pilot project have decided to continue their work under the Erasmus+ programme, Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships. Over the next 3 years, we will support our VET pilot schools in France, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia to pave the way for digital transformation using the SELFIE WBL tool.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

The web link to the project is HERE.

PROJECT PARTNERS

• EfVET – The European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Belgium)
• Skupnost VSŠ – Skupnost višjih strokovnih šol Republike Slovenije (Slovenia)
• SEPR – Societé d´Enseignement Professionnelle du Rhone (France)
• BBSW – Berufsbildende Schule Wirtschaft (Germany)
• AHDE – The Association for Hungarian Digital Education (Hungary)
• OICP – Polska Fundacja Osrodków Wspomagania Rozwoju Gospodarczego (Poland)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the SELFIE WBL Follow Up project are:

➢ that the VET Collages have a full understanding of the results obtained through the SELFIE WBL institutional report.
➢ to use these results to effectively address digital transformation actions.
➢ to build capacity for the digital transformation of the collages.
➢ use SELFIE WBL to strengthen the ecosystem and collaboration with companies and other stakeholders, which will contribute to better professional and digital skills and competences of all stakeholders (especially students).
➢ that VET Collages regularly use the SELFIE WBL tool and track their progress towards digital transformation.
➢ to develop guidelines with recommendations and good practices for all other users of the SELFIE WBL tool to facilitate the use of their report.
➢ to propose the results of the project in the SELFIE WBL Support Toolkit as support material to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.
➢ to facilitate the use of the SELFIE WBL tool as an effective contribution to their digital transformation by all further education and vocational schools.

The SELFIE WBL Follow Up project aims to achieve the following results

Continuous professional development solutions for managers, teachers and students:

➢ identification of digitalisation gaps among managers, teachers and students,
➢ developing continuous professional development solutions for managers, teachers and students,
➢ pilot (test) continuous professional development solutions
➢ implementing continuous professional development solutions for management, teachers and students,
➢ evaluating continuous professional development solutions for management, teachers and students.
➢development of a SELFIE WBL support toolkit, including
➢ a guide to preparing for the SELFIE WBL self-reflection,
➢ a follow-up guide,
➢ how to translate the results into an institutional digital action plan,
➢ publishing and sharing a collection of good/bad practices,
➢ country progress reports.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

Translation of materials.
Mobilisation and selection of schools and enterprises in the pilot countries.
Conduct pilot testing of SELFIE WBL in schools and enterprises.
Preparation of preparatory, validation and evaluation webinars, focus groups and interviews.
Preparation of qualitative research, including case studies, summarising the process and lessons learned from the pilot testing of SELFIE WBL in vocational and technical schools and enterprises.
Preparation of a list of digital tools used in the sector for each of the pilot countries.

PROJECT RESULTS:

DEVELOPING CPD SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS (LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS)
By identifying digitalisation gaps among different target groups (leadership/management, teachers and students), the consortium will prepare, pilot and implement Continuing Professional Development (CPD) solutions.

DEVELOPING A SELFIE WBL SUPPORTING TOOLKIT
In order to support the VET schools willing to experiment SELFIE WBL, the consortium will develop a Toolkit that will include a Preparation guide, a Follow-up guide, some Guidelines on how to translate the report results into an institutional DAP, a Collection of good practices, and some Progress Reports from the consortium. The whole toolkit will be available in six languages.