DERIN – Digital Education Readiness in Maritime and Inland Navigation – 2020-1-RO01-KA226-VET-095726

General objective: improving institutional capacities and multi-level transnational cooperation of vocational education and training (VET) institutions and key actors for educational achievements and recognition of qualification levels within and across national borders, to ensure access to digital tools and technologies for every student/learner and teacher/trainer. This general objective was achieved through 3 specific objectives and the development of the intellectual products of the project.

The EU co-funded partnership consisted of a VET school, three maritime and inland waterways training centres (either on their own or as part of maritime technical academies/universities), a globally operating education and research institution, and a higher education institution.

Aiming to improve the capacity and efficiency of vocational education and training institutions to provide digital training, the 6 partners from as many EU countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Netherlands, Latvia, and Estonia) decided to work together to enhance the digital training and assessment of shipping personnel by increasing the digital skills of teachers/trainers and identifying current needs and challenges in their ability to deliver digital education. The common solution was to develop tools and adapt appropriate digital solutions with the support of technology providers as associated partners and stakeholders.

By more effectively adopting digital technologies for teaching and learning in a consolidated manner across the EU, high-quality outcomes of the educational process were maintained, even when the traditional "classroom" environment could not be used 100% of the time. Since the theoretical part of the training was almost completely available in digital format, the DERIN project focused on the practical training, with the aim of moving at least a certain percentage of it to the digital environment.

Partners selected relevant learning modules adaptable to innovative multimedia tools, applications, and resources. They tested and familiarized themselves with these tools using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality smart glasses, user-friendly video cameras, and specialized software and applications for producing such materials. They then developed appropriate multimedia learning materials (curriculum, teaching methods, procedures, role-play scenarios, videos, etc.) as a toolkit for practical training, including a trainer's guide. For relevant results, didactic training activities hosted by partners in Bulgaria and Latvia were carried out..

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