E-LEARNING ON THE VALIDATION OF COMPETENCES IN THE EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SECTOR
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E-LEARNING ON THE VALIDATION OF COMPETENCES IN
THE EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SECTOR
E-LEARNING Online
ON THE Course to
VALIDATION recognise
OF the dynamic
COMPETEN work of
CES IN THE volunteers
EUROPEAN across the
VOLUNTARY sector
SECTOR
Who are the E-Voc Project partners?
Spanish Platform of Volunteering (Spain). A non-profit organisation coordinating the promotion of volunteering at national
level in Spain. The Spanish Platform of Volunteering was founded in 1986 and is composed of 79 organisations active at national
level as well as regional and provincial platforms from all around Spain. In total, the Spanish Platform of Volunteering represents
more than 29.000 voluntary organisations and 4 million volunteers.
CSVnet (Italy) is the national coordinating body of the Italian Volunteer Support Centres (CSVs). CSVnet was established in
2003, enhancing the former experience of the CSVs' National Union, active since 1999. Nowadays it brings together and
represents over 95% of the 74 Italian CSVs with more than 300 branches all over Italy.
NUI Galway (Ireland). With over 17.000 students and more than 2.400 staff, National University of Ireland Galway has a
distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence. Each year, NUI Galway students have positive impacts on the
community with over 1,400 students learning and applying their knowledge in the real world through service learning
studentvolunteer.ie
EDOS Foundation (The Netherlands) initiates training courses, projects, and other educational activities to stimulate and
facilitate the personal and professional development of adults and youngsters who are professionally or voluntary active in the
field of adult education, youth work, and welfare work.
Who are the E-Voc Project partners? Irish Collaboration! ● Stuart Garland - Volunteer Ireland ● Dr. Maria Gallo - St Angela’s College Sligo ● Lorraine Tansey, NUI Galway
Details of the E-Voc Project
● Project financed by the Erasmus+ of the European Union, KA2: Strategic partnerships in the field
of Vocational Education and Training.
● EU funding: 129,598.00 Euros.
● Duration: 1st November 2016 to 31st October 2018.
● Target group: Volunteer Coordinators and other professionals from the voluntary sector.
● Result: the first online training course on the validation of competences in the European voluntary
sector.
● Objective: to improve the offer, accessibility and quality of training on the validation of competences
in the European voluntary sector.
What is the Erasmus+ programme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2guv2PFco
Project activities
Kick-off meeting in Madrid (Spain), December 2016
Revision of the Programme of Work for the two years of project implementation.
Presentation of the partners’ proposals for the online training course.
Presentation of the proposal for the e-learning platform.
Phase 1-DEVELOPMENT
Project activities
Second transnational project meeting in Bemmel (The Netherlands), May 2017
Presentation and group evaluation of the content developed by each partner up to date.
First testing of the e-learning platform.
Phase 2 -TESTING
Project activities
Testing, September 2017 to January 2018
In order to evaluate how effective the online training course was in delivering the target
learning outcomes and to identify what needed to be improved, the project partners tested it
with 20 professional Volunteer Coordinators (10 from Italy and 10 from Spain)
Project activities
Third transnational project meeting in Rome (Italy), January 2018
Presentation and group evaluation of the results from the testing.
Definition of the improvements to implement on the online training course.
Phase 2 -IMPROVEMENTSProject activities
Fourth transnational project meeting in Galway (Ireland), June 2018
Presentation and group evaluation of the final version of the online training course.
Revision of the guidelines for the dissemination and exploitation of the project results.Project activities
Multiplier events, September 2018
In order to present the project results to potential users, the project partners will organise multiplier events in the four
countries represented in the partnership.Project results
Online training course on the validation of competences in the European voluntary sector
www.e-voc.euAn example
A volunteer manager in Scouts can
take the online course and then
implement the ideas in the course
into the training programme and
activities that volunteers undertake.
The volunteer can then approach
an institution and ask for RPL -
course credit - or admission - based
on the evidence of their scouting
activities.● This course is a free online open source course - available to all. ● It is not accredited formally. ● If your organisation undertakes this course then your volunteers will be able to identify what they are doing as a Certificate, Diploma, Degree (QQI - Level 5, 6, 7).
What is in the online training course in 4 Units ?
Introduction to Competences
The European Qualifications Framework, the ECVET and the ECTS, and the main European validation tools
• what are the EQF and the European credit systems ECTS and ECVET?
They are the mechanisms of the European credit systems ECTS and ECVET for the validation of the non-formal and informal
learning.
• what are the most popular European tools for the validation of competences and how they work?
Present the competences acquired by volunteers using the Europass documents (Europass CV, Europass Skills Passport,
and Europass Mobility).
Interactive: Videos; Quizzes; Toolkit sheetsWhy would a volunteer manager engage with this online course?
The E-Voc online training programme is an opportunity to
add a new dimension to your work and your volunteers’
experiences.
- develop your skills
- investment in your existing volunteers
- attracting new volunteers
- will benefit your volunteers who would like to build their
skills, take on lifelong learning opportunities and
engage more deeply in your valuable work
- measure and map your organisations valuable work to
national and international educational standardsWhy would a volunteer manager engage with this online course?
The E-Voc online training programme is an opportunity to
add a new dimension to your work and your volunteers’
experiences.
- develop your skills: CPD opportunity
- investment in your existing volunteers
- attracting new volunteers
- will benefit your volunteers who would like to build their
skills, take on lifelong learning opportunities and
engage more deeply in your valuable work
- measure and map your organisation’s valuable work to
national and international educational standardsMany thanks for your attention!
lorraine.tansey@nuigalway.ie
Further information at www.e-voc.euYou can also read
