Smart home models in VET

<< Background >>VTSNS contacted us in 2022and we were happy to accept cooperation. Besides the growing need for energy and finding ways to save it in the era of energy insecurity it was an answer to the request of the local employers we interviewed in 2019 stating that is a shortage of technicians with skills and knowledge on smart homes.After discussing the project within team we realized companies will be key to learn and to provide our partners support needed to do the same.We contacted several companies and they expressed same problems; lack of skills and information about benefits of smart homes. Smart Touch Osijek offered support the project and help us to introduce students with skills. VTSNS previously developed the model and had ideas and methodology to share. We found establishing cooperation with similar schools would benefit efforts as teaching in the international environment would be a good first step for them to enter EU labour market. In the KA1 project we started cooperating with IKNX Ingeneria Cordoba.Other schools agreed as skills are needed and not many learning programs available. All of the partner schools are educational centres of their region and found necessary to offer students these programs I the future.<< Objectives >>Main objectives of the project were: create smart home models for teaching/training purposes, develop VET programmes on smart home technology and produce teaching materials to be used along with the smart home models in the newly created programmes.We created: Five smart home models, toolkit in several languages for creating smart home models and vide content, Guidelines on instruction methods; Short programmme with 30 ECTS on smart home technologies developed and accredited; Smart Home Club programme developed and delivered; Innovated existing courses with new smart home content; and A variety of VET resources on smart home technologies (teacher’s book, student reader, glossary, video and animated short film), Smart Home VET Net formed by the partnership through webinars for VET professionals outside the partnership and Smart Home Open Days. Objectives correspond to the selected priorities Environment and fight against climate change and Contributing to innovation in vocational education and training via the results attained and their content. Technology is new which offers innovation to VET, and more importantly, directly contributes to lower energy consumption which reduces carbon emission and energy poverty.<< Implementation >>WP1: TMs, Management Plan development and adoption, Risk Plan development and adoption, Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plan development and adoption, Procurement of material and equipment for smart home model, Collaboration with smart home industry, Management of activities and monitoring of executionWP2: Smart home model planning, Smart home mobile application or hub development, Smart home model building and testing, Toolkit for creating smart home modelsWP3; Defining modalities of instruction, Development and accreditation of a short programme of studies on smart home technology, Smart Home Clubs programme development, Smart Home Clubs programme piloting and evaluation, Innovating existing courses with new smart home content.WP4:Workshop for VET organisations on the project, Creation of instruction materials, Peer reviewing, Glossary of terms frequently used in smart home technology, Video on making the model and its operation, 'Home Smart Home' animated short filmWP5: Dissemination Plan development and adoption, Project visual identity creation, Project website development and maintenance, Newsletter and media, Five national webinars for VET staff, National Smart Home Open Days, Smart Home VET Net formation<< Results >>Results of the project are: Five smart home models developed within the partnership, toolkit in several languages for creating smart home models, video and nimation content, which guides those intending to develop such a model in VET organisations outside the partnership.Guidelines on instruction methods; Short programmme with 30 ECTS on smart home technologies developed and accredited; Smart Home Club programme developed; Smart Home Club programme delivered; and Existing courses innovated with new smart home content.Preparatory workshop for VET teachers and trainers on the project; and A variety of VET resources on smart home technologies (teacher’s book, student reader, glossary, video and animated short film).The project website as a display of all activities and results achieved; Newsletter; and The Smart Home VET Net were created and expanded on the basis of webinars for VET professionals outside the partnership and and Smart Home Open Days.