ECOTOUR TOI PROJECTan innovative tool for Work Based Learning

ROXANA PINTILESCU

REGIONAL STUDIES CENTER DIRECTOR

NORTH-EAST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Government, employers and training providers are increasingly recognizing that e-learning has a potentially important role to play in developing and maintaining the skills required by the workforce.

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Source: The Mackinnon Partnership, 2001, The use of ICT and e-learning for work-based learning in the skills sector

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INNOVATION

Innovation is introducing something new that produces improvement, an improvement in relation with:

METHODOLOGYMATERIALS

WORKING PATTERNS…

(Moreno, 1995).

EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS5

Source: http://world.edu/innovation-exhaustion-and-a-path-to-moving-forward/

EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION

Schemed process that persecutes to modify the existing reality, changing conceptions and attitudes, modifying methods and actions, and improving and changing the teaching and learning processes.

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Definition of e-learning for WBL adjusted by The Mackinnon Partnership, based on Pollard and Hillage (2001):

‘The delivery and administration of learning opportunities and support via computer, networked and web-based technology to help individual performance and development and where the learning is undertaken in or linked to the workplace.’

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Source: http://www.exponentlogic.com/e-learning-systems

E‐learning is the interaction between teaching\ learning process and information technologies – ICT (Information and Communication Technology) – covering a wide range of activities, from computer‐assisted education up to education taking place entirely in an online manner.

An e‐learning system consist of a planned teaching experience, organized by an institution that provides educational resources stored on electronic media in a sequential and logical order ready to be treated by the trainees in their own manner.

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ADVANTAGES OF E-LEARNING IN WBL11

New role of the teacher…Sherpa “Knowing deeply the field, guiding the students

in order to step over the obstacles and being leaded only by the student’ interest, objectives and knowledge” (Couros, 2013)

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ECOTOUR- LLP-LdV-ToI-2013-RO-026Energy Efficiency Management in

Tourism Industry 

LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME

Sub-programme: LEONARDO DA VINCI

Action: LEONARDO DA VINCI Transfer of innovation

Call: 31-01-2013

Contract signed by Lead Partner with ANPCDEFP (Romanian National Agency) on 18.10.2013

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GENERAL INFORMATION

ECOTOUR aims to transfer the know how of ECVET using the qualification of Tourism Energy Manager as a sample

qualification. The enhancement of transnational mobility in training Tourism Energy Managers will be realized through the

transfer of know-how and materials from the transnational partnership.

LP: NERDA

North-East Regional Development Agency Romania

  

Duration: 1 January 2014- 31 December 2015

 24 months

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MAIN OBJECTIVES

Creating an Tourism Energy Manager ECVET MODEL for recognizing the KSC acquired on informal learning methods;creation of www.ecotourplatform.com an e-learning tool that will provide support training materials for acquiring competences and knowledge on Energy Efficiency in Tourism sector;elaboration of an occupational standard for the Tourism Energy Manager profile as the labor market to recognize the competences obtained within formal frameworks of learning.

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PARTNERSHIP

1. P0 (LEAD PARTNER/BENEFICIARY): North-East Regional Development Agency, - NERDA - Romania

2. P1: ENERGON ENERGIE - UND UMWELTMANAGEMENT GMBH –ENERGON -Austria

3. P2: Fundación Fundecyt Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Extremadura- FUNDECYT PCTEX- Spain

4. P3: Asociación Valenciana de Empresas del Sector de la Energía- AVAESEN –Spain

5. P4: Fundación para el Desarrollo y la Innovación Tecnológica - Spain6. P5: KAINUU ETU - Finland7. P6: ASOCIATIA PENTRU TURISM BUCOVINA – APT BUCOVINA – Romania 8. P7: EUROCREA MERCHANT SRL –EUROCREA – Italy 9. P8: Stichting Business Development Friesland – BDF – Netherland

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E-learning platformwww.ecotourplatform.com

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TRAINING MATERIALSAVAILABLE ON E-LEARNING PLATFORM

EU Ecolabel criteria        

HVAC- Heat recovery        

Energy consumption monitoring        

Insulation of outer walls, roof and windows        

Heating systems        

Warm water generation and usage       

Cooling (Refrigerators, cooling chambers)        

 Energy efficient equipment and eco-design     

Spa, Pool and Sauna       

Laundry      

Illumination        

Renewable energies (e.g. Solar collectors, biomass)     

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ECVET Model

integrated document including all the tools needed to facilitate the validation, recognition and accumulation of work-related skills and knowledge of Tourism Energy Manager qualification acquired during a stay in another country or in different situations.

describes qualifications in terms of units of learning outcomes, and it includes assessment, transfer, accumulation and recognition procedures.

includes: Common Reference Units; Grid of Competences; Memorandum of Understanding; Learning Agreement .

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ECOTOUR EVENTSCLIMAVAL, VALENCIA, SPAIN, 2014

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oIn this edition of Climaval the main theme has been the energy efficiency in the hotel sector, introducing new technologies that are the immediate future of a sector whose costs determine their competitiveness. oToday energy represents an average of 9% of the operating costs of a hotel, reaching 25 % in those who have a pool or spa.

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THANK YOU!

PROJECT CONTACT DETAILS

www.ecotourproject.com

Roxana Pintilescu Regional Studies Center Director

North-East Regional Development Agency

Tel/Fax: 0040 233 222 432

E-mail: rpintilescu@adrnordest.ro

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