VITA award for innovative practice and initiatives on validating competences in informal and non-formal learning in Europe
We are looking for innovative learning projects in all educational fields (from school to higher education, vocational training, adult learning, youth, volunteering and mobility projects etc.) that promote the development of these competences in an innovative way and include practical cases or at least ideas on how learning outcomes and competence developments within this specific competence area can be assessed and evidenced also beyond the walls of formal education.
The VITA prize is an award given to most innovative and promising European initiatives and projects that
- work in an innovative and novel fashion;
- focus on integrating SPOC in learning contexts;
- reflect on/consider ways of measuring and documenting learner’s development in relation to these competences;
- promote understanding and awareness for the evaluation / validation of informal and non-formal learning and highlight its value either for the individual (whose competences were validated) or
- for the organisation (who validates competences).
Who can participate?
The competition is targeted towards individuals, companies, training funds, professional groups, NGOs, VET schools, schools, universities, youth organisations, public authorities, institutions of LLL, civic society organisations, social partners, professionals and researchers.
Participants must live in one of the following countries:
27 Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Croatia or Turkey.
How to participate?
Ongoing or completed, existing or planned case studies, initatives or projects can enter the competition.
To participate please click here: http://mahara.vita-eu.org/view/view.php?id=141
When is the closing date?
The competition entries are to be presented by August 20th, 2013.
And the award goes to…
The contributions will be evaluated by an independent jury according to the following criteria:
- Innovation: Original solutions to non-formal and informal learning problems and needs
- Validation: The way learning outcomes are assessed and evidenced
- Impact: Potential and actual effect on participants, learning context and the society in general
- Sustainability: Continuation of this innovation
- Transferability: Potential use of the innovation in other contexts
Award ceremony in Dublin, Ireland
The ten winners will be invited to present their project at the VITA-conference which will be held on October 9th, 2013 in Dublin with an international audience.
The prize includes travel, accomodation and subsistence for a 2-day trip to Dublin. All winners will get the opportunity to present their cases during the final conference and will benefit from a European wide dissemination in a specific newsletter and on our VITA website.
What is VITA?
VITA is a European GRUNDTVIG project funded by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme and stands for Validation of Service related Learning Outcomes with an IT based Assessment and Evidencing System.
You find more information on the project on our VITA website: www.vita-eu.org
We are looking forward to your contributions and wish you the best of luck!
If you have any further questions please contact:
Bozica Ilijic
Tel: +43 1 532 45 45 – 1139
Email: b.ilijic@dieberater.com
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