Last DETVET meeting in Tampere

You can find a similar family photo on the first port of this blog:
It was from the first meeting in Klaipeda 1½ years ago.

 The last DETVET-project meeting took place in Tampere yesterday and today. We have been busy making the last decisions and preparing the project book and final report.

 The meeting took place in the old Cotton mill Finlayson, the home of TAMK Art and Media programmes.

DETVET participants and the biggest steam engine in Noric countries

We also made a Finlayson tour which introduced the Textile Museum and the Steam Engine Museum.

The roof topgarden of Art and Media

We will be soon back with a more detailed report of the meeting and project results.
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DETVET in Olomouc, part II

Happy DETVET delegates on their way to session

The second day of the DETVET meeting in Olomouc focused on the tasks of the project. We also made a summary about what the project has given the participants by now:

• sharing of skills and expertise
• networking
• new ideas
• learning
• comparison
• inspiration
• self confidence
• sharing of problems
• research resources
• surprise
• joint effort

You can soon see the minutes and the documents of the meeting on the Meetings page of this blog. A photo gallery of the meeting is already there to see.

The next and last meeting of DETVET will be in Tampere, Finland May 26-27. The host will be Tampere University of Applied Sciences, TAMK.

Story and photos: Cai Melakoski
Head of TAMK Degree Programme in Media

Read the DETVET session report on TAMK's Artmedia-blog

The Programme also featured a visit to Hitrádio Apollo, which adds value to broadcasts with
social media. On left Milena Hobzová introducing the studio.

DETVET Meeting in Olomouc

In the hearth of Olomouc

The fifth and second but last meeting of the DETVET project started yesterday in the beautiful Moravian city of Olomouc, Czech Republic.

The day started with a guided tour around the city center hosted by Eva Kaněčková. The participants were welcomed by Helena Grecmanová, Kateřina Vitásková and Jana Poláchová Vašťatková.

The participants got familiar with the Czech practice and experience with Role of Tutor in Distance Education and Selfstudy, e-learning:

Afternoon session about to begin

Pavla Mrůzková introduced the Czech school system and Luboš Valenta gave a presentation on the VET sector and its current issues. Iveta Bednaříková and Milena Öbrink Hobzová demonstrated tutorship in adult education.

Today the focus will be on DETVET project issues. 

DETVET meeting in Sant' Angelo in Vado

The third meeting meeting for DETVET took place in Sant'Angelo in Vado on April 7-8, 2010.
We enjoyed an effective meeting, good weather and interesting cultural visits. Our heartfelt thanks go out to Elmo de Angelis, Kylene de Angelis and Settimio Bravi (the mayor of Sant'Angelo) for hosting the meeting in their pictoresque town and making all the arrangements that made the meeting easy and enjoyable. We are saddened to leave Italy and Sant'Angelo and hope to return soon again.
Elmo de Angelis opened the first meeting day by welcoming us to Sant'Angelo. He layed out some of the goals of the meeting. Next, we heard from the partners on the subject of the questionnaire and the results. The results in general were somewhat expected but there were also some interesting patterns. Like that the results for Sweden and Denmark were practically the same. The result for social media and coaching was similar in all partner organisations and there is a need to learn more.

In the afternoon we had the priviledge of hearing from Kylene de Angelis about the use of ICT in education. Jarno Tolonen presented his case for the use of social media in education.

Elmo opening the meeting

On the second day, Loreta Staskuniene lead the discussion about the goals to be reached before the next meeting in Odense, Denmark. The look and content for the brochure was agreed upon.

Elmo de Angelis presented an idea about using the mobilities for the project to bring teachers along for the remaining project meetings and running workshops simultaneously to the meetings. It was widely felt that it was a good idea to involve and engage teachers in the project but there was some serious doubt wether the scope of the project and the resources of the partner organisation would allow it.

Due to illness, Cai Melakoski was not able to attend the meeting. Everybody were sure to send their best wishes and were hopeful and confident in seeing him in Odense.

Enjoying a break between meetings

DETVET Project Meeting in Östra Grevie

Östra Grevie Folkhögskola

The second project meeting took place in Östra Grevie yesterday and today in Folkhögskolan Östra Grevie close to Malmö, Sweden. The main objective of the meetin was to learn more about pedagogical methods and techniques.

After the welcome speech by the session organiser Katarina Andersson the meeting digested the presentations:Coaching as a pedagogical method in VET, theory and practice (Tord Hansson and Maria Beres, Sweden)What's the challenge and teachers role, when the students go abroad? (Henrik Hjort and Kaare Jorgensen, Denmark Tutorship In Adult Education and Management Of Self-Study (Helena Grecmanová and Pavla Mruzkova, Czech Republic)

Finalising the questionnaire DETVET uses to collect data from VET teachers was done under supervision by Irena Pasilyte and Pavla Mruzkova, Czech Republic).
Dissemination was discussed after the presentation by Elmo de Angelis, Italy, and Cai Melakoski (Finland) led the discussion about developing the social media tools of the project, the blog and the Google group.

Finally DETVET project manager Loreta Staskuniene chaired the final talks about the work and tasks until the next meeting.

The next meeting will be held in Sant'Angelo in Vado, Italy April 7-8.

Östra Grevie Folkhögskola

The host delegation Tord Hansson, Maria Beres and Katarina Andersson preparing their group assignment

DETVET Had a Brilliant Start

The kick-off session of the DETVET project was rounded off late Thursday afternoon with a tour to Klaipeda's old brewery.

Earlier all the important decisions to make the project running efficiently over the next two years. The project plan was scrutinised in detail and many specifications made.

The main form of activities is partner meetings, to be arranged January 2010 in Malmö/Lund, Sweden, April in Sant'Angelo, Italy, October in Odense, Denmark, January 2011 in Olomouc, Czech Republic and May 2011 in Tampere, Finland.

The meeting also started the DETVET blog to be launced in November and the DETVET Google-group for communication and work between the meetings.

The steering committee members were chosen, dissemination plan made and the tools for investigations discussed.

The meeting was exemplary well organised by Loreta, Asta and Alina and everybody felt very welcome and comfortable. Also all expectations according the kick-off meeting were more than fulfilled.

The only problem we other partners face now is; how to reach the high standard the hosts have set to a DETVET meeting now that we still are in turn to be in charge of meetings.

Pictured: Most members in a DETVET family photo

DETVET Started Today

Today representatives of all DETVET project partners gatheded at Klaipeda University Continuing Studies Institute (KU CSI) to kick off the project. The welcome speech was made by by the director of KU CSI Ruta Marija Andriekiene and the opening presentation by Head of the Project Group Loreta Staskuniene.

Birute Jatkauskiene, the head of the of Andragogy Department of KU CSI gave a presentation titled Peculiarities of Andragogue’s Professionalization. All partners made presentations of the possibilities of improvement of education techniques for lecturers in different countries.

The aim of the project is to form an international sustainable partnership in order to improve VET teachers’ competencies in education techniques.

The objectives of the project are:

• to make an inventory, exchange, evaluate and disseminate the best in-service training practice, methods which enable VET teachers to acquire and develop their competencies focused on education techniques,
• to compare educational competencies development needs of VET teachers in participating countries,
• to test a chosen method in the partner institution or silent partner,
• to produce a Common Methodology Framework for the teachers from various fields of VET system enabling to reach an optimal efficiency when assisting students in learning process, also helping them in choosing adequate material and tools for their knowledge practical implementation.

The partners of DETVET are:

• Klaipeda University Continuing Studies Institute (KU CSI), Lithuania, coordinator
• Folkuniversitetet (FU), Sweden
• SDE College (Syddansk Erhvervsskole), Denmark
• Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Finland
• The Municipality of Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
• Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

There are additionally two silent partners, Training 2000 from Italy and Kaunas Vocational Training Centre for Business Specialists from Lithuania.

The project will run until end of July 2011. DETVET is a partnership project funded by the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

VET = Vocational education and training
DETVET = Development of Educational Techniques in Vocational Education and Training

Pictured: The entrance to Klaipeda University Continuing Studies Institute