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ECVET development
Turning mobility into high-quality mo-
bility using ECVET principles and ap-
proaches means above all working with
learning outcomes on a practical level,
providing guidelines for the definition,
description and assessment of (units of)
learning outcomes as well as providing
examples for basic documents like Memoranda
of Understanding (MoUs) or
Learning Agreements.
The workshop concept
Participants in the workshops are ‘developers’
on the one hand and ‘users’
on the other hand. The developers
are represented through altogether 40
good practice projects which have been
identified by the National Agencies and
which can contribute to the building of
the toolkit with their products. These
products have been classified according
to the different mobility phases ‘before,
during and after the mobility’. They
can for example be helpful in the phase
‘before mobility’ which means that they
can support either the description of
qualifications based on ECVET principles
(units, learning outcomes, ECTS
points), or network building through a
model for a Memorandum of Understanding
or the preparation of concrete
mobility through a template for a Learning
Agreement. Other products target
the phase ‘during mobility’ and address
learning arrangements, assessment
and the documentation of Learning
Agreements. Others address questions
of validation and recognition for which in
the timeline is ‘after mobility’.
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These ‘developers’ discuss and work
together with experienced mobility practitioners
who are ‘ECVET-ready’ and
who are interested in applying ECVET in
order to improve their mobility projects.
The mobility projects are nominated by
the National Agencies.
Furthermore, there is a third group
which consists of stakeholders, competent
bodies, regional or national authorities
or researchers, who can introduce
and express their point of view.
Why a toolkit?
There is still a large demand for information,
examples, and models in the
ECVET implementation process. A recent
survey in Germany showed that
out of 257 responding VET providers,
about 60% have heard about ECVET,
but that their level of knowledge is very
basic and that only very few have practical
experience.
In order to meet these challenges Net-
ECVET will develop an ECVET toolkit
which will support and guide VET practitioners
through the process of applying
ECVET. This toolkit will offer a broad
variety of solutions starting with tailor-made
approaches and ending with
concrete examples and models.
The toolkit will contain information on
national preconditions, existing mobility
units, activities at sectoral level and required
partnership functions and it will
provide templates for MoUs or for the
Learning Agreements. In addition to the
development of the toolkit, NetECVET
will also prepare and train VET professionals
by providing training material in
order to support the self-tutoring of VET
schools or companies in how to use the
toolkit.
What will the toolkit
look like?
The toolkit will be an interactive webbased
platform. The project is currently
in the final conceptual phase; which
will be followed by technical realisation
and testing. Maintaining the success-