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In their report on LdV results, IMPULS 10 made by Graham Attwell et al., one of the conclusions of the authors was that in LdV projects much energy had been used for the development of virtual learning platforms and contents, and little work had been made on developing the best means of mainstreaming: teacher pilots. The result is that today many LdV partners have developed many good e-learning or blended learning materials, but because it is relatively complicated to use them, these are mainly used by their developers. At the same time, many TVET institutions have sought to implement e-learning and the new learning methods in their institutions, both because the see that this is necessary to match the requirements from a society where new job profiles and qualifications appear almost daily, and because there is increasing pressure from the national governments to do this. In Denmark, for example TVET institutions are now required to make e-portfolios and career plans, but not many institutions have come far in this direction. Typically, they all have an Learning Management portal, but it is mainly used for administrative purposes.Therefore VITAE will develop a model which will speed up the implementation process of the new technology and new learning methods in EU TVET institutions. VITAE will build on LdV projects VOCA Europe and VOCA 2, and Nordisk Råds Project Den Nordiske stemme.Model development: transfer of project results combined with latest innovation in the field of collaborative learning, social constructivist pedagogy and latest Web 2.0 tools (interactive Internet tools).Model testing: Train-the-trainers pilots Mentor courses Hotline/helpdesk facilities Virtual and physical conferences Virtual communities of practiceFinal Model AdjustmentVITAE Project Handbook with description of best approaches and best practices in implementing e-learning/blended learning in TVET institutions.The Vitae partnership will consist of TVET institutions, universities, private companies and research institutions in 4 EU countries and Norway, and the model developed by the project will facilitate the implementation of the new learning approaches in the EU and thus assist in building a knowledge based economy, a priority called for in the Lisbon Declaration.
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