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Facilitating blue growth with open courses by utilizing R&D products and virtual mobility

Interreg South Baltic  Project

 

PROJECT DURATION:
  Start: 2017-01-01
  End: 2019-12-31

Total BUDGET: 1.023.000,00 euro.

FOCUS
Interreg South Baltic

LEAD PARTNER: Klaipeda University (Lithuania)

PARTNERS:

 ASSOCIATED PARTNERS:

  • Lithuanian Biotechnology Association
  • Lithuanian Association of Distance and E. Learning
  • VisitRoskilde
  • Hotel "Smiltyne Yacht Club"
  • Klaipėda vocational school of tourism
  • Curonian Spit National Park Administration
  • Pomeranian Science and Technology Park in Gdynia
  • Kalmar Science Park
  • AD-futuro Anna Dziadkiewicz
  • "PROBUS" Attorney's Office Michał Drobysz
  • Baltic Health Tourism Foundation - coordinator of Baltic Health Tourism Cluster
  • The Regional Council in Kalmar County

PROJECT SCOPE
Stage A:
The project will develop a virtual mobility platform (VMP) to enable virtual learning on marine biotechnology and marine/coastal tourism, and working in cross-border teams to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and transfer of good practices related to BG in the marine sector.
Stage B:
The project will carry out a pilot VMP with teachers, trainers (digital learning experts) and students from countries in the SBR using a digital education system.
During Stage A, the following actions are to be taken:

  • A.1 performing a feasibility study combining required knowledge needs for the marine biotechnology and tourism sector in the SBR, and define human resources skills specific to BG;
  • A.2 identification of at least 5 crucial subjects for the knowledge transfer in the sector;
  • A.3 developing course syllabus related to BG sectors by at least 2 cross-border teams of trainers and teachers, at the same time developing the content for e-Mentoring course by 1 cross-border team;
  • A.4 adaptation of the developed content by the cross-border team of digital learning experts to the virtual training; launching the VMP.

The Stage B will cover:

  • B.1 Pilot delivery of e-Mentoring course for the teachers participating in action A.3;
  • B.2 Pilot online delivery of at least 5 subjects addressing BG topics;
  • B.3 Feedback survey and improvement of content and virtual platform.

The virtual/digital courses developed in FOCUS target both undergraduate/graduate students and employed professionals in need of lifelong learning. VMP will act towards the wider continuous learning/training environment and well prepared professionals in BG sector companies in the SBR.

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Klaipeda, Lithuania ... Firstly the thing that surprised me the most was the beach, just because I was not at all expecting that kind of beach here, the sunset is the best, even it will be cold there i wanna go anyway. The city of Klaipeda is really beautiful, because of the architecture and it is really clean.
It is a little difficult to understand some people like the oldest, because they do not speak english, but at the same time it is a challenge for all of us, because we need to talk with each other, so we need to get another way to explain and learn another languages too. 
I am enjoying this experience too, because I can pursue my dream of traveling to a lot of countries, mainly poland and czech republic, Latvia, and improve my english and myself too.

Maria J. Sousa
Erasmus student from Portugal

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