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Creating videos with Edpuzzle

In vocational studies a lot of machinery and equipment is complex and the video format is best to review and explain. In Akureyri Comprehensive college, VMA, teachers have been experimenting the use of Edpuzzle software to create interactive videos embedding either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, audio notes, audio tracks or comments on a video.  Read more

An app that rewards

At School Centre Novo mesto, students receive a special reward for their successful completion – better quality components in the hardware learning app. The team at the School Centre Novo mesto decided to piloting in the Hardware Maintenance module in the Computer Science Technician programme. The module provides students with detailed knowledge of computer hardware. ...  Read more

Human body movement in a computer game

Virtual and augmented reality present a special challenge for the students and teachers of the School Centre Celje. They help them with spatial modelling, machine control, splicing and capturing body movements for computer games, among other things. As part of Work Package 2.3, the School Centre Celje team is playing with different tools and methods ...  Read more

BlendVET workshop: exploring podcasts and video production

The second teacher training workshop for the EEA Grants project Blended learning in vocational education and training (BlendVET) was held at Østfold University College’s (ØUC) campus Remmen in February 2023. ØUC collaborated with vocational- and subject teachers from the BlendVET partner schools: Åssiden videregående skole and Fagskolen i Viken for a day of practical training ...  Read more

Teacher training for blended learning

More than 80 teachers from Slovenia, Norway, and Iceland participated in trainings about the planning and implementation of blended learning. Our partners, the University of Ljubljana, the University of Akureyri, and Østfold University College, delivered the trainings in a blended format. Teachers were given the opportunity to experience blended learning through the eyes of a ...  Read more

HP5 for practical training

Students and teachers at Upper-secondary VET school Koper made four educational videos that will help students gain knowledge in the field of mechanical engineering (starting a machine), car repair (changing and balancing tires), hairdressing (stepped haircuts) and computer science (video of a computer motherboard). These are special interactive (H5P and 3D) videos, which not only ...  Read more

STPŠ Trbovlje and its digital twin

Creating electrical installations with the help of videos, a digital twin of the school, presenting the hometown with a film in English, creating graphics for computer games … This is how the students and teachers of Upper Secondary VET School Trbovlje (STPŠ Trbovlje) deal with new pedagogical approaches within the framework of blended learning. The ...  Read more

Implementation of school strategies

As part of the work package for the preparation of strategies for the introduction of blended learning into the educational process, the project partner schools carried out a self-evaluation on the use and knowledge of pedagogical approaches and methods, as well as digital technology, necessary for the implementation of the blended form of teaching and ...  Read more

Flipped classroom

The flipped clasroom is another digital tool for blended learning that is often used by teachers at Åssiden videregående skole in Norway. The BlendVET team prepared an instructional video, where students can interact and answer questions while watching, to learn how to use a lathe or turning machine. It is an ongoing project where students ...  Read more

Meeting the BlendVET teachers from Norway

Another important milestone is reached in our EEA Grants- project Blended learning in vocational education and training (BlendVET): Meeting the teachers! To mark the start of our close collaboration with participating teachers from Norway’s two BlendVET schools, Eva Dyrnes, Stine Brynildsen and Sonja Nygaard-Joki from HiØ organized a workshop at the campus of Åssiden in Drammen. ...  Read more

Åssiden videregående skole with e-learning solutions

Åssiden videregående skole has bought a GoPro Max camera that can film and take pictures in 360 degrees. Our teachers in collaboration with our students have created a demo with the H5P tool built into WordPress. The demo is designed for students who need to practice social skills by making a simple purchase in the ...  Read more

Study visit in Norway

Between 4th and 8th of April 2022 we organised a study visit and partner meeting in Norway. We visited partner schools Fagskolen i Viken and Åssiden videregående skole.  At upper-secondary VET school in Åssiden we visited students and teachers in school workshops, where they introduced us, how they managed the epidemic with the use of ...  Read more