VIRTUAL TRAINING CENTRE FOR SHOE DESIGN: A SAMPLE VIRTUAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENT

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VIRTUAL TRAINING CENTRE FOR SHOE DESIGN A SAMPLE
VIRTUAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENT

• MIHAI
• Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi Romania
• M. Sahin, S. Yaldiz, G. Yalçin
• Mechanical Department, Technical Science College,
  Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
• N. Bilalis, A. Antoniadis, E. Maravelakis
• Dept of Production Engineering and management,
• Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

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About VTC-Shoe
What is VTC-Shoe?
VTC-SHOE is an Internet based e-learning tool,
which includes a virtual space (a shoe design
training portal) on the Internet at elementary
and intermediate level.
What Facilities VTC-Shoe will allow
It will allow constant sharing of e-learning and
the further development of e-learning based shoe
design training and educational contents.
The Stages of VTC-Shoe
Observation, collection and evaluation of new
equipment, methods, curriculum and techniques
currently used for shoe design training by
partner countries.
Formation of a common curriculum for shoe design
training to be used first in partner countries,
then, in EU.
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Importance of VTC-SHOE
VTC-Shoe
VTC-Shoe project will create a common ICT-based
content and will help for upgrading competences
and skills of teaching staff and exchange
experiences over the virtual training centre.
VTC-Shoe project intends to contribute to the
development of quality in the lifelong learning
and to promote high performance, innovation and a
European dimension in the system and practice in
the field.
VTC-Shoe project intends to improve vocational
and educational training curricula on shoe design
in Romania, Turkey and Greece by focusing on
the development of innovation and good practice .
VTC-Shoe will help both workers and footwear
companies to transform the way they learn,
interact and work in order to meet the footwear
sector needs for competitiveness, employability
and the growth of an entrepreneurial spirit.
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Partners of VTC-SHOE Project
Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania
P1
Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
P2
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
P3
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Content of VTC-Shoe
Content
Methods, curriculum and techniques currently
being used for shoe design training in partner
countries.
Depending on this curriculum, an interactive
teaching program developed and put into the
website to form a virtual training centre.
The site along with the interactive teaching
program.
Users being able to access a newsletter, a
bulletin board, online surveys and survey
reports, information on VET networks, an
electronic library with references, a bookshop
with downloadable publications and a number of
databases.
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Target Groups of VTC-Shoe
Trainers, trainees, technicians, apprentices and
all enthusiasts about shoe design.
VTC
The training organisations, the SMEs dealing with
shoe design and production
The universities, colleges, vocational schools,
training centres related to shoe design
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http//www.virtual-shoedesign.com The
Communication Website for VTC-Shoe
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Impact of VTC-Shoe
Impact of VTC-Shoe
In the long term, trainers will broaden their
training ability by means of communication over
virtual training centre trainees and apprentices
will have better employment opportunities in
their countries and especially in other
partnering countries technicians will be a
subject to lifelong learning and e-learning as a
member of modern society shoe designers will be
more creative by contributing their creative
feedbacks.
In the short term, the partners country will have
trainers from colleges, vocational schools being
up to date with the a new common curricula and
having necessary skill for teaching on-line
trainees with more extensive knowledge in shoe
design, more skilled design technicians,
designers, who are actually responsible for
designing shoes and apprentices prepared for a
new job. who are newly recruited for shoe design.
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Innovation in VTC-Shoe
Innovation in the project

• Virtual training will be an innovative approach
  in shoe design training, as the Virtual Training
  Centre will include interactive training software
  based on the new and common curriculum. In this
  way more trainees will benefit from the same and
  reliable source of training.
• The Simulation program served on VTC will be
  expected to solve lack of unification of the shoe
  design tools necessary for training purpose for
  numerous trainees.
• The common curriculum will enable the partner
  countries to cooperate in shoe design training.
  Thus the authorities will be able to obtain
  mutually a means to measure the level of outcomes
  in shoe design training in partner countries.
• Creating an interactive teaching program served
  on Internet will help even while at work and
  disseminating information regarding the latest
  technology and innovations through observation
  and implementation will be beneficial to the shoe
  manufacturers.

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The aims of the VTC-Shoe
to improve the skills and competences of people
to promote and reinforce the contribution of
vocational training in the process of innovation,
with a view to improving competitiveness and
entrepreneurship, also in view of new employment
possibilities.
to improve the quality of, and access to,
continuing VET
to improve the qualifications and competences of
the trainees in VET
to improve, through its dynamic and continuous
characteristics, the quality of vocational and
technical education, and accession to VET
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The specific aims and the expected results from
VTC-Shoe
Training the trainers, trainees, technicians and
apprentices and all enthusiastic about shoe design
Preparing technicians as intermediates having
common measurable qualities the industry is
seeking
Helping to form a labor force that can use
current knowledge and technology, and thus, in
search for life-long learning
specific aims
Supporting the sectoral communication through the
national centres in partners. Helping to improve
and upgrade competences and skills of the
involving institutions didactic staff and
exchange experiences over the virtual training
centre
Increasing the quality of employment through
qualified workers
Having a labor power in accordance with common
design and production standards
Contributing to labor market by using the common
technology and equipment effectively
A new and common curriculum in shoe design
training
A new training method, which is virtually served
on the web and interactive simulation software,
with a user manual for both trainers and trainees
will be the other products
expected results
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Finally, thanks to
    
EU commission and to the national agencies of the
partner countries for their support throughout
all the project stages,
And thanks to you for your attention!