Post on 25-Dec-2015
ECOTOUR TOI PROJECTan innovative tool for Work Based Learning
ROXANA PINTILESCU
REGIONAL STUDIES CENTER DIRECTOR
NORTH-EAST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Government, employers and training providers are increasingly recognizing that e-learning has a potentially important role to play in developing and maintaining the skills required by the workforce.
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Source: The Mackinnon Partnership, 2001, The use of ICT and e-learning for work-based learning in the skills sector
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INNOVATION
Innovation is introducing something new that produces improvement, an improvement in relation with:
METHODOLOGYMATERIALS
WORKING PATTERNS…
(Moreno, 1995).
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS5
Source: http://world.edu/innovation-exhaustion-and-a-path-to-moving-forward/
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
Schemed process that persecutes to modify the existing reality, changing conceptions and attitudes, modifying methods and actions, and improving and changing the teaching and learning processes.
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Definition of e-learning for WBL adjusted by The Mackinnon Partnership, based on Pollard and Hillage (2001):
‘The delivery and administration of learning opportunities and support via computer, networked and web-based technology to help individual performance and development and where the learning is undertaken in or linked to the workplace.’
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Source: http://www.exponentlogic.com/e-learning-systems
E‐learning is the interaction between teaching\ learning process and information technologies – ICT (Information and Communication Technology) – covering a wide range of activities, from computer‐assisted education up to education taking place entirely in an online manner.
An e‐learning system consist of a planned teaching experience, organized by an institution that provides educational resources stored on electronic media in a sequential and logical order ready to be treated by the trainees in their own manner.
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ADVANTAGES OF E-LEARNING IN WBL11
New role of the teacher…Sherpa “Knowing deeply the field, guiding the students
in order to step over the obstacles and being leaded only by the student’ interest, objectives and knowledge” (Couros, 2013)
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ECOTOUR- LLP-LdV-ToI-2013-RO-026Energy Efficiency Management in
Tourism Industry
LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Sub-programme: LEONARDO DA VINCI
Action: LEONARDO DA VINCI Transfer of innovation
Call: 31-01-2013
Contract signed by Lead Partner with ANPCDEFP (Romanian National Agency) on 18.10.2013
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GENERAL INFORMATION
ECOTOUR aims to transfer the know how of ECVET using the qualification of Tourism Energy Manager as a sample
qualification. The enhancement of transnational mobility in training Tourism Energy Managers will be realized through the
transfer of know-how and materials from the transnational partnership.
LP: NERDA
North-East Regional Development Agency Romania
Duration: 1 January 2014- 31 December 2015
24 months
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MAIN OBJECTIVES
Creating an Tourism Energy Manager ECVET MODEL for recognizing the KSC acquired on informal learning methods;creation of www.ecotourplatform.com an e-learning tool that will provide support training materials for acquiring competences and knowledge on Energy Efficiency in Tourism sector;elaboration of an occupational standard for the Tourism Energy Manager profile as the labor market to recognize the competences obtained within formal frameworks of learning.
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PARTNERSHIP
1. P0 (LEAD PARTNER/BENEFICIARY): North-East Regional Development Agency, - NERDA - Romania
2. P1: ENERGON ENERGIE - UND UMWELTMANAGEMENT GMBH –ENERGON -Austria
3. P2: Fundación Fundecyt Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Extremadura- FUNDECYT PCTEX- Spain
4. P3: Asociación Valenciana de Empresas del Sector de la Energía- AVAESEN –Spain
5. P4: Fundación para el Desarrollo y la Innovación Tecnológica - Spain6. P5: KAINUU ETU - Finland7. P6: ASOCIATIA PENTRU TURISM BUCOVINA – APT BUCOVINA – Romania 8. P7: EUROCREA MERCHANT SRL –EUROCREA – Italy 9. P8: Stichting Business Development Friesland – BDF – Netherland
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E-learning platformwww.ecotourplatform.com
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TRAINING MATERIALSAVAILABLE ON E-LEARNING PLATFORM
EU Ecolabel criteria
HVAC- Heat recovery
Energy consumption monitoring
Insulation of outer walls, roof and windows
Heating systems
Warm water generation and usage
Cooling (Refrigerators, cooling chambers)
Energy efficient equipment and eco-design
Spa, Pool and Sauna
Laundry
Illumination
Renewable energies (e.g. Solar collectors, biomass)
Lift
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ECVET Model
integrated document including all the tools needed to facilitate the validation, recognition and accumulation of work-related skills and knowledge of Tourism Energy Manager qualification acquired during a stay in another country or in different situations.
describes qualifications in terms of units of learning outcomes, and it includes assessment, transfer, accumulation and recognition procedures.
includes: Common Reference Units; Grid of Competences; Memorandum of Understanding; Learning Agreement .
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ECOTOUR EVENTSCLIMAVAL, VALENCIA, SPAIN, 2014
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oIn this edition of Climaval the main theme has been the energy efficiency in the hotel sector, introducing new technologies that are the immediate future of a sector whose costs determine their competitiveness. oToday energy represents an average of 9% of the operating costs of a hotel, reaching 25 % in those who have a pool or spa.
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THANK YOU!
PROJECT CONTACT DETAILS
www.ecotourproject.com
Roxana Pintilescu Regional Studies Center Director
North-East Regional Development Agency
Tel/Fax: 0040 233 222 432
E-mail: rpintilescu@adrnordest.ro
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