A special feature of the Icelandic education system
As the project is about to end, we travelled to Iceland between 8 and 12 April 2024 to visit several partner and other educational institutions, namely the Technical College in Reykjavik, Akureyri University and Akureyri Comprehensive College, and Ólafsfjörður Secondary School. The Icelandic secondary education system is quite unique. With its relatively high autonomy, each ... Read more
Technology alone does not bring progress
On Wednesday, 13 March 2024, the final public event of the Blended Learning in Vocational Education and Training (BlendVET) project took place at the City Hotel in Ljubljana. The event, entitled “Innovative, Combined, Successful!”, was held in a hybrid format, which allowed for the active participation of both Slovenian and international participants. We would like ... Read more
Final public event of the BlendVET project
You are cordially invited to the final public event of the BlendVET project – Blended Learning in Vocational Education and Training Innovative, blended, successful! Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 9:00 – 14:00 Confiva platform Dear partners, we invite you to log in to our online platform, through which our conference will take place for online ... Read more
BlendVET project as part of the international #OurStories campaign
The BlendVET project, in which CPI colleagues and project partners from Slovenia, Iceland and Norway develop school strategies for the introduction of blended learning, provide training for teachers and design and develop practical solutions for e-learning, is part of the international #OurStories campaign. Projects’ story is being shared on the Funding Mechanism website, social media ... Read more
Flipped learning as a blended learning method
Blended learning is a large area. The Norwegian participants in the project have chosen to concentrate on what is known as flipped learning. This involves allowing students to familiarize themselves with what the teacher usually teaches in advance, for example through video, podcasts or digital assignments. This allows more time for student activity, ongoing evaluation ... Read more
On 8 and 9 November 2023, Rimske Terme, Slovenia hosted more than 100 of the best teachers from all over Slovenia. The main theme was opening the door to artificial intelligence in schools. “This is the kind of opportunity and the kind of problem that we cannot imagine,” former President of Republic of Slovenia Borut ... Read more
Project activities at School Centre Novo mesto
The BlendVET project at SC Novo mesto is still going strong. They hosted a part of the international exchange and visited their partner schools in Slovenia along with our foreign partners. In the spring they helped to write a narration for a short film about the project. During the Slovenian study visit one of the ... Read more
In the coming weeks, STPŠ Trbovlje will be setting up student corners for blended learning at the school. They will be designed to be comfortable and to allow students to study, work, network or just relax. The school team is still accepting ideas and suggestions for corners. The WP2.3 project team has developed a computer ... Read more
A flying start to the final year of BlendVET
Experts, teachers and school leaders from Østfold University College, Åssiden vgs. and Fagskolen i Viken met in the Future Classroom Lab at Østfold University College to start the third and final year of BlendVET training and development. After the fruitfull discussion they were challenged to create an engaging video or podcast that could serve as ... Read more
We are thrilled to share a recent scientific article about our project that sheds light on the transformative power of blended learning in vocational education. Title: “Teacher, Think Twice: About the Importance and Pedagogical Value of Blended Learning Design in VET” Authors: Danijela Makovec Radovan and Marko Radovan. You can find full article here (open ... Read more
Digital and Innovative Conference
As part of the study visit, the Digital and Innovative conference was held in Trbovlje on Thursday, 20 April 2023, where participants learned about the digital transformation strategy and the strengthening of digital competences in Slovenian education, and had the opportunity to try out a variety of modern teaching equipment – a suit with motion ... Read more
Blended learning in Slovenian classrooms
From 17 to 21 April 2023, the second study visit of the Blended Learning in Vocational Education and Training – BlendVET (KIPSI) project took place. Representatives from partner vocational schools in Norway and Iceland visited Slovenia. In the BlendVET project, partners from Slovenia, Norway and Iceland are researching and developing the organisational, pedagogical and technical ... Read more
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