Scientific Director: Spiros Sirmakessis, Professor

Funding Agency: Erasmus+ Program – Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education Strand 1

Duration: 01/02/2024- 31/01/2026

Approved Budget: 38.725,00 € 

Website: https://digitalskills.uj.ac.za/index.php

PRO – Telde: Promotion of Technology-Enhanced Learning and Digital Education in South African University and TVET Colleges funded by Erasmus+ Program – Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education Strand 1

Project Summary

Digitalization has led to extensive changes in the skills required for work and life. For Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions to remain relevant and attractive, they need to identify and introduce digital skills and competencies for the changing world of work, and to better utilize the opportunities provided by digitalization, particularly distance learning.     

The project aims to provide the target groups with basics skills to exploit digital solutions for teaching. Furthermore, and more importantly, the project aims to provide the target groups of the skills and competences to:

  • Identify and select existing open digital sources that can be used for teaching business and economics subjects.
  • Make full use of all the potentialities of digital education and technology-enhanced learning (TEL) as an integration or alternative to traditional teaching
  • Create their own digital teaching sources in the field of business and economics

The project will also provide South African HEIs and TVET lecturers with a Repository of validated TEL and digital Teaching Sources in the field of business and economics

The project is addressed to South African HEIs and TVET lecturers of business and economics subjects.

The project will produce the following deliverables:

  • 1 online course on how to identify, select and use existing digital teaching sources in the field of business and economics
  • 1 online course on how to create digital teaching sources in the field of business and economics
  • 120 validated digital teaching sources in the field of business and economics made available online via the Repository

Partners

  • University of Johannesburg (ZA)
  • Central Johannesburg TVET College (ZA)
  • Majuba TVET College (ZA)
  • Vhembe TVET College (ZA)
  • PIXEL (IT)
  • Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (IT)
  • University of Peloponnese (EL)

 

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