The project aimed at:
a) overcoming the “magical” approach to digital technologies, allowing the generation of real effects out of nothing through a simple act of will by the user. This is a necessary cultural shift for the development of adequate online teaching and learning skills.
b) setting the ground for professions and skills that do not yet exist today, but which will soon become established in the world of work with the transition from reactive systems management and maintenance to predictive maintenance as a result of the spread of sensors (IoT) and machine learning methods.
The European Commission publications “White Paper on Artificial Intelligence” (COM(2020) 65) and “A European strategy for data” (COM(2020) 66) of 19.02.2020 clearly indicated AI technologies as a primary driver for the economic and social development of Europe.
The field of energy efficiency of digital systems is perfect for enhancing teachers’ ability to implement innovative and open pedagogical activities that:
a) raise awareness of the material nature of digital technology, measuring its enormous consumption of natural resources,
b) train students in innovative ways of remote analysis and detection enabled by augmented reality and IoT technologies
c) are based on a circular mechanism of OER production in collaboration with local stakeholders according to an “open school” model,
d) refer to the ‘DigComp’ e-skills framework,
e) immediately free up resources for investment by reducing energy waste.
OBJECTIVES
The general objective of the project was to develop and test a methodology and a learning platform for VET teachers and students, aimed at fostering a continuous and sustainable growth strategy of sectoral competences on digital energy efficiency.
The specific objectives were:
a) Creating a Knowledge Management System to support continuous training on digital energy efficiency from school age.
b) Creating a Training Toolkit for VET teachers for continuous training on digital energy efficiency from school age.
c) Creating the “Online Good DEEDs” platform for circular training on digital energy efficiency
At the end of the project, the pilot’s 60 teachers acquired useful knowledge to strengthen a specific key competence of their 1200 students: the digital energy efficiency.