Workshops
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Internationalisation in VET: How to improve the involvement of the local business network? Facilitator: Ben Bruyndockx (Connectief) |
The workshop addresses the challenge of enhancing local business engagement in vocational education and training (VET) internationalisation efforts. Work placements abroad for students and staff are an essential element of internationalisation in VET, and finding them is crucial for reciprocity in transnational VET-partnerships. . This session will utilize interactive methods, brainstorming, and sharing best practices to foster a collaborative approach. The workshop aims at identifying challenges, brainstorming solutions, and sharing successful practices to provide the participants a clear understanding of challenges, actionable strategies, and a network of peers to support their efforts in enhancing local business involvement in VET internationalisation. |
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Metaskills for International Working Environments: Inclusion, promoting equality and non-discrimination Facilitator: Sirje Hassinen (OMNIA) Roberta Richiero (ENGIM) |
The workshop will present the findings of the META-COIN Erasmus project focused on meta-skills for a global labour market. The second output will be also introduced: a course starting with a “self-assessment wheel”: How to use the course material and for which target groups. Ideas and comments on how to create skills in different mentalities and human growth. How to create skills in different mentalities and human growth? Discussion of implementing the current outcomes and developing the next level in meta-skills: micro-credentials in meta-skills, bridging between VET and labour market, re- and up-skilling workers, cooperation between secondary and higher education. |
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Moving ‘Generation Z’ Facilitator: Karolina Ganowska (UNISER) Silvina Campise (UNISER)
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This workshop is designed to share strategies and good practices to give inspiration to teachers, trainers, educators and international coordinators about how to engage Generation Z in the context of international mobility. Over the course of 1 hour (max 1,5 hours) participants will delve into the unique challenges faced by this generation, explore the Moving Generation digital tool available to support them, and participate in interactive activities aimed at preparing them for real-world experiences. The workshop will incorporate role-playing scenarios, interactive discussions, and knowledge sharing sessions. Participants will leave the workshop with a deeper understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities faced by Generation Z in international mobility. |
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Meet the world, meet Gen Z. Training internationally competent digital natives Facilitator: Hester Zeeman-Hofstee (Nuffic)+ students |
After getting to get to know GenZ, we will take you through the model of international competences. We will discuss necessary competences for your students and teachers with colleagues and students coming from different backgrounds and from different generations. Herein we will work on the needs of GenZ; what competences are important for them? What (digital) activities can you develop to enhance these competences? And what competences do teachers need to work on this and guide GenZ? Participants will leave the workshop with more focus on what really is important to GenZ facing the globalized world. They will be equipped with the international competence and hopefully will share ideas and experiences with each other which they can use and work on in the future. |
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Gender Equal guidance for attracting GEN Z in the labour market Facilitator: Sylvia Liuti (FORMA.Azione srl) Valentina Chanina (EfVET) |
In today's rapidly evolving labour market, attracting and retaining Gen Z talent requires a keen understanding of their unique values, preferences, and expectations. Gender Equality as well as LGBTQI+ rights, as key drivers for a more sustainable and equitable society are highly considered by youngsters while reflecting on their career pathway and job opportunities. How much VET providers’ staff are able to promote fruitful discussions on this, thus developing an appropriate set of skills for the next generation of workers? How much skill like critical thinking and diversity awareness are included in VET provision so as to contrast gender stereotypes and prejudices against LGBTQI+? The focus will be also on how unconscious biases through the lens of privilege are replicated, thus negatively affecting people at the workplace and leading to discriminations and social exclusion. This workshop aims to equip VET providers, HR professionals, counsellors, guidance and career advisors with knowledge and useful skills on gender stereotypes affecting VET and labour market in order to design and implement a more attractive and modern training provision in view of creating a more gender-equal and inclusive workplace. |
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How to attract generation Z to VET? Facilitator: Mari Kontturi (Luovi Vocational College) Anne-Mari Behm (Samiedu Vocational College) |
Vocational education and training is not the most attractive option in all European countries, but some countries are doing better. Why is this the case? What can marketing do about it? Generation Z has different needs from previous generations. Where to reach them, what marketing message to use to attract them to VET, what to avoid. What methods can we use? Join us to discuss how to reach Generation Z and promote VET opportunities! Let's get inspired together! This workshop will give you new ideas and practical examples to promote VET. |
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Enhancing learner wellbeing in VET: Fostering sense of belonging, inclusion, diversity and engagement throughout the InclusiVET project Facilitator: Pelin Ünlü (SEPR) Nik Heerens (Knowledge Innovation Centre) |
This workshop will emphasise the critical role of inclusion, learner engagement, and a sense of belonging in enhancing the overall well-being and success of VET learners. We will begin by discussing and highlighting these key concepts. Using the method of case studies, we will introduce scenarios involving underrepresented learners who face challenges in engaging with their studies. Together, we will explore the obstacles they encounter and discuss how VET schools can implement systematic and cultural changes to better support these specific target groups, such as working learners, mature learners, learners with migration backgrounds, and learners with disabilities. Moderators will then delve into why VET centres should prioritise and develop inclusive practices within their organisations. Additionally, the workshop will present research findings and a self-assessment tool developed through the InclusiVET project. |
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Let's MixUp!: Combatting polarization and social media bubbles Facilitator: Norbert Ruepert (ROC Midden Nederland) Asma Hassanin (ROC Midden Nederland)
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Young people are more and more caught up in a social media loop that limits their exposure to other opinions and view points. Due to the algorithms used in social media young people are more at risk of developing extreme opinions or following conspiracie theories. MixUp is an online tool that brings young of different together in a safe environment and opens up the possibility for exchange and understanding without the necessity for argument. The objective is to bring young people together and to foster communication across opinions and view points. This tool has already been extensively used in VET education in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal. During the workshop participants will be able to get acquainted with the tool and also receive an explanation of the construction of the tool and the results until now. |
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Supporting Internationalisation of VET Excellence Facilitator: Jolien van Uden (ETF) Willem Kleinendorst (CINOP) |
The purpose of this workshop is to inform about tools and support services developed under the project "Internationalising Vocational Excellence" (IntVE). The tools and support services targeting existing Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) and potential CoVEs aim at fostering improvements towards VET excellence and providing recognition to high performance. The audience will be guided through the three pillars of the project: Supporting CoVEs in i) further developing their vocational excellence in general and by using ii) an International Self-Assessment tool for CoVEs (ISATCOVE), and iii) valuing and recognising vocational excellence. During the workshop participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about the usability of the tools and services in their own context. The workshop will collect feedback on the developed tools and services |
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Challenges of Digitalisation into Occupational Health & Safety Facilitator: Violaine Roggeri (EU-OSHA) |
Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence, Robotisation of tasks bring in many opportunities in the workplaces and in ensuring better health and safety at work. However, these technologies come with new risks for workers. Let’s see what these risks are, how to identify and them and how to address them. Useful for teachers, apprentices, future workers but also employers! |
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Videos: know-how transfer Facilitator: Javier Serrano Castilla (FPEMPRESA) |
FPEmpresa and Esprinet every year produce the know-how transfer competition. In this competition the young students have to create a 3 minutes video describing a solution to promote different SDGs and gender equality in VET. |
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Tourism challenges illustrated by Gen Z. Understanding the future of tourism from those who are going to create it Facilitator: Federico Tubiello (APRO Formazione) Tiny Wezenberg (Landstede)
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We talk a lot about Gen Z, but we don't talk enough with Gen Z-ers.
In this workshop organized by the EfVET Tourism Thematic Teams (TTT), students will be the main speakers, giving the participants insights and their perspective on challenges regarding the tourism sector, like skills intelligence, learning methods, work conditions, green transition, innovative tourism services… The session has been co-designed with the students who won the Sustainability Contest organized within TTT. You will be able to interact with the students and work with them on hot topics regarding tourism. This workshop is key to understand the needs and priorities of the main target group of our organizations and to adapt your current tourism education for the future. During the workshop some results of the TEF project (KA2 linked to the TTT) will be presented as well. |
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Virtual reality as a tool to learn customer service situations. Facilitator: Jamie de Vré (ROC van Amsterdam) Laura Koponen (Jyväskylä Educational consortium Gradia) Heini Pennanen (Jyväskylä Educational consortium Gradia) |
In this workshop we will introduce VR4VET environment. Environment is made in Erasmus-project and use of it will increase teachers digital competences as well as students. In this project a VR environment for practicing customer service situations, including several scripted scenarios, will be planned and piloted. By using VR, the students can train customer service in a space which is safe and where they are allowed to fail. Some students have social anxiety and VR environments will offer them a surrounding for rehearsing with avatars. In VR context it’s easier for the teacher, using an avatar, to act as the customer without interference from the role perspective. The service situations can be recorded and discussed afterwards, and the students can learn from each other. VR environments are not place specific and make it possible to practice situations simultaneously no matter where the students are located. Environment can also help international competences across borders without traveling (virtual mobility, improved green practices) in general. Practicing in virtual reality environment will also improve opportunities to practice and assess language skills in customer service e.g., if foreign language speakers are seldom customers during on-the-job learning. VR-simulations are an effective way to learn customer service. |
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Wellbeing in Vocational Education & Training (VET) Facilitator: Arja Flinkman (ESEDU) Laura Vänttinen (ESEDU) |
This workshop will introduce wellbeing in VET related to GEN Z requires a nuanced approach that taken into account the unique values, and challenges of this generation. Wellbeing in VET is increasingly recognised as a crucial aspect of students' overall education experience. It involves ensuring that students are supported not just academically, but also emotionally , socially, and physically. This holistic approach can lead to better outcomes fro students, teachers, both in their training and in their future careers. How are learners and teacher reacting after COVID-19 Is mental wellbeing really a challenges or an inflation of changing attitudes? |
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Masterclass mobile device integrated learning Facilitator: Martin Huizinga (Zadkine) Oscar Prat van Thiel (WSDA) |
This workshop provides you with a broad insight into various applications that you can use in an interactive setting in classrooms or for the use of hybrid learning, as well as some examples of their use applied to gastronomy, automotive and renewables from China.
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