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1st Conference on IoT for VET: Cases and practical uses in the classroom

10 de May de 20227 de April de 2022

This event is aimed at Vocational Training teachers of the Valencian Community of any Vocational Family, proposed by the General Directorate of Vocational Training, in collaboration with Distrito digital and organised by CIDA. The aim of the conference is to bring emerging technologies, in this case “Internet of Things” (IoT) to the different Vocational Families, as well as to promote the exchange of experiences and synergies between VET teachers and companies in the technology sector.
From the Centre for Advanced Digital Innovation (CIDA) we will coordinate the activities of this conference with the aim of bringing together companies and schools and thus give visibility to the enormous potential found in vocational training to meet the needs of different productive sectors

Where?

Distrito Digital, Edificio 1, Salón de cristal (planta 2)

https://www.google.es/maps/place/Distrito+Digital+CV+Edificio+1/@38.3083565,-0.5282977,18.48z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xd624b00909f4129:0xb249936beb9ad839!8m2!3d38.3084295!4d-0.5276547

Objective of the 1st IoT Conference for Vocational Training

To bring new technologies, in this case “Internet of Things” to the Professional Families.
To present cases of use in the field of IoT, in different productive sectors.
To demonstrate practical applications on sensors, IoT, Next Generation Networks.
Promote the implementation of innovative projects in the vocational training centres of different families that are related to sensors, IoT, Next Generation Networks, etc.
Encourage the exchange of experiences and synergies between the P.F. teaching staff and companies in the technology sector.

Which teaching staff can participate in the 1st IoT Conference for Public Education?

I Conference of IoT for VET is aimed at teachers of Vocational Training of any family that is interested in applying sensorics and Internet of Things in the classroom and want to know practical examples made in other centres of the Valencian Community.
The 1st IoT Conference for Vocational Training seeks to generate innovative and entrepreneurial projects between schools and companies in the technology sector.

Programme of the 1st IoT Conference for VET

Link to the programme

Inscription form: http://cefire.edu.gva.es/sfp/index.php?seccion=edicion&id=10210350&usuario=formacion&idioma=es

Organizers

Participating companies:

I workshop of educative innovation: RetODS

6 de April de 202222 de March de 2022

On March 3rd, we celebrated in the facilities of Distrito Digital, in the magnificent Crystal Hall and in CIDA facilities, the first RetODS Innovation Day with students who come from Higher Level of VET degrees in the Valencian Community.

The event was organized by the Center for Advanced Digital Innovation FOR VET (CIDA) under the auspices of the General Directorate of VET, on which we depend. The day was opened thanking the entity Sociedad de Proyectos Temáticos de la Comunitat Valenciana for allowing us to use their facilities and the facilities to contact companies belonging to that entity. Also the assistance of the General Manager of Innovation and European Programs, Carmen Navarro, who explained the programs that education goverment facilitates for the centers of our Community to develop their entrepreneurship programs (Empren program), improvement of educational quality (Qualitas program), methodological innovation (Innovatec program) and accreditation of competences (Acredita program).

And indispensable were the companies, that were a representation of innovative companies in the technology and digital sector, located in the digital district that have been the promoters, drivers and facilitators of the challenges that the students had to solve:

Aire Networks, national telecommunications operator.
Teralco Group, digital transformation in companies.
Accenture, consulting and innovative solutions for companies.
Mediapro, leading company in the audiovisual sector.
Minsait by Indra, information technology digital transformation consulting firm.
Verne Tecnology Group, telecommunications services provider.
Barrabés, company promoting innovation program in tourism.
Tilúa, assistive home automation.

The aim of this day was to promote entrepreneurial vocations in the students of FP and that students give innovative solutions to the challenges and problems posed by companies, working in record time and collaboratively in teams, between people from different backgrounds that had never met before. A real challenge that they solved in a magnificent way, giving a lesson to their teachers and facilitators who work with them in the classrooms. They changed their educational environment and faced for the first time a professional environment, accompanied by professionals from a different sector than their own who, on the other hand, facilitated and helped them in the resolution of this task.

Our role, as an Administration, is to contribute to spread objectives that improve people’s lives and to establish alliances to achieve them. On this occasion, the objectives that were being worked on the following

Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda

To give them visibility and that they could easily relate to the challenges, we had the help of four teachers from IES La Costera de Xàtiva who knew how to make students to understand how this Agenda allows citizens to improve the lives of others and our environment. A sample, once again of what the education system is capable of doing, linking the needs of businesses, the environment and the lives of people.

The companies presented the students with four different challenges related to the Objectives:

1 – How to improve teacher training in underdeveloped countries? How to solve the problem of difficult access to technology and the Internet?

How could you demystify that the STEAM world is made for them? How could you highlight the attractiveness of STEAM professions (science, technology, art, engineering, mathematics) in VET to increase the number of women in them?

How to improve people’s safety when traveling in individual mobility vehicles?

Audiovisual media for everyone: How to make audiovisual content 100% accessible?

VET students demonstrated that, with quality education, it is possible to improve health and wellbeing, gender equality and the reduction of inequalities and, through the use of affordable and non-polluting energies, apply them to industry and innovation to develop decent jobs and economic growth.
The companies were able to discover the enormous talent of the VET students. They gave in a short period of time, just for one day, innovative, creative, ingenious and sustainable answers. At the same time they showed their social commitment and social skills, something so necessary to perform a profession.
The participating centers were:

IES José Antonio Cavanilles of Alicante, with students of the CFGS of Telecommunications and Computer Systems.
CIPFP Batoi de Alcoi, with the CFGS of Social Integration.
IES La Torreta de Elda, with the CFGS in Automation and Industrial Robotics.
IES Severo Ochoa de Elche, with the CFGS in Web Applications Development and the CFGS in Marketing and Advertising.
IES Maciá Abela, in Crevillente, with the CFGS in Physical Conditioning.
IES San Vicente del Raspeig with the CFGS in Network Computer Systems Administration.
IES Salvador Gadea de Aldaia with the CFGS of Styling and Hairdressing Management.

CIDA Advisors who have been in the work rooms have proven that it is possible to establish partnerships to achieve shared objectives between business and vocational training. This was demonstrated by the results obtained with the excellent work done by all of them who gave as solutions:

These are the solutions that emerged as products created by the students and that the jury valued for each of the rooms.

Finally, the companies promoting the event proceeded to give the prizes to the winners as a token of the excellent work done, surrounded by the smiles of satisfaction of all attendees.

A great job that we will repeat in future editions expanding the number of participants, both educationally and professionally, to show the enormous talent found in our vocational education training.

RetODS Innovation Day

21 de March de 202215 de February de 2022

Why RetODS innovation day?

This event is addressed to students of Vocational Education Training of the Valencian Community participating in the Innovatec program. Proposed and coordinated by the VET Regional Goberment, in collaboration with Distrito Digital and dynamized by CIDA.

The aim of the event is that the leading companies of technology and digital sector propose to VET students from different professional VET fields, some of the challenges that they will encounter in their work environment. These challenges are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Teachers and professional specialists from the most advanced technological sector of companies will work hand by hand to propose solutions that allow them to discover the talent offered by the most modern and innovative VET.

From the Advanced Digital Innovation Center we will coordinate the activities of this day with the aim of connecting companies and VET centers and give visibility to the enormous potential found in this training to meet the needs of different professional sectors.

Objectives of RetODS Innovation Day

To become familiar with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
To raise awareness of entrepreneurship opportunities based on business needs and social challenges.
To discover the talent of VET students in a team competition.
To use in a collaborative way and with learning-by-doing methodologies the spirit of entrepreneurship as one of the key competences for the professional development of students.
To discover solutions to social, environmental and economic problems that improve the future of society.
To create solutions with the possibility to become a real social project.

Who can participate in the RetODS Innovation Day?

The RetODS Innovation Day is addressed to students of Higher Level Training Cycles of the Valencian Community and who are working with active methodologies within the Innovatec program.

They will work in groups of students from different professional families and different vocational training centers in the Valencian Community to give innovative, creative and ingenious answers to some of the challenges presented by companies in the Digital District.

The RetODS Innovation Day aims to generate innovative and entrepreneurial projects of enormous social impact, as well as to raise awareness among students about the opportunities for entrepreneurship based on the needs of companies and social challenges.

RetODS Innovation Day program

RetODS Innovation Day Awards.

Participants will receive a gift from the organization.

In addition, the teams that come up with the best solution to each challenge will receive a prize.

Organizers

Participating companies

360º tour of the CIDA facilities

21 de March de 20221 de February de 2022

360º multimedia content is here to stay.

In addition to recreational applications, many companies are already opting for 360º cameras because of their advantages. It can also be a very useful tool for teaching in vocational training degrees. A 360º camera can be used to show any facility, company, tourist visit and allow students to make virtual visits from the centre or from their homes.

It is a further step in virtual visits and a possibility that has been very well received, especially with the pandemic. It also allows them to see facilities that may be dangerous or have very limited capacity.

The possibility of adding information, whether text, images or even videos to a virtual tour, multiplies its possibilities as an educational tool. It is also possible to carry out these visits with Virtual Reality glasses, increasing the feeling of immersion.

360º tour of the CIDA facilities:

MICROALGAE Project

1 de February de 20221 de February de 2022

The Microalgae Project is a collaborative network generated by the teachers’ interested in the cultivation of microalgae, their uses and how to adapt this challenge in the classroom, using active methodologies and introducing digital technologies in the process. The idea comes from the pioneering centre IES DR. Peset Aleixandre, with six more schools joining as:

IES Virgen del Remedio (Alicante)
CIPFP Batoi (Alcoi)
IES La Melva (Elda)
IES Gonzalo Anaya (Xirivella)
CIPFP Blasco Ibánez (Valencia)
IES Alto Palancia (Segorbe)

This project involves Vocational Training teachers from the Chemistry, Safety and Environment, Health, Computer Systems and Applications and Agriculture families, as well as secondary school teachers specialising in Physics and Chemistry and Technology.
They are working on the design and manufacture of an automated microalgae cultivation plant, looking for different applications such as water purification, the manufacture of a nutritional supplement or incorporation into a cosmetic product.
It is a multidisciplinary project where all the teaching staff contribute their vision of the challenge and work on it in the classroom, through challenge-based learning.

On 20 November, a conference was organised between IES Dr. Peset Aleixandre and the Advanced Digital Innovation Centre (CIDA), in which the participants of the collaborative network had talks from colleagues about the cultivation of microalgae and its digitalisation. At the end of the day, they participated in a talk and workshop given by AINIA Technology Centre.

Artificial Intelligence – Autonomous Vehicle

31 de January de 2022

From the area of Digital Application of the CIDA and with the aim of boosting experimentation, innovation and digital research in all sectors related to the professional families of vocational training, five introductory kits to Artificial Intelligence have been acquired, consisting of:

Radio-controlled car chassis
Jetson Nano, a small, powerful computer designed to power basic AI-based applications and devices
An attachable camera on the car chassis

The kits were distributed to the following schools:

IES El Caminàs de Castellón
CIPFP of Cheste
IES La Torreta Secondary School in Elche
IES Severo Ochoa Secondary School in Elche

In order to familiarising the students of these centres with the processes associated with AI and especially with autonomous driving.

These schools teach several professional fields (Computer Science and Communications, Transport and Vehicle Maintenance, Electricity and Electronics) that could collaborate with each other to achieve that, by applying AI, the model car and, why not, karts or real cars could drive autonomously on a circuit.

Year 2021 – 22	Year 2022 – 23
Sharing of training data	Working group: generate useful material for other schools (video tutorials, etc.)
Attract students through an exhibition at the end of the course at a fair/competition/presential event.	Create collaborative network with other schools and, ideally, other VET areas
Propose a collaborative project of our own to be carried out in 2022-23
Work with innovative methodologies (ACBR)

IoT Course

31 de January de 2022

During this month of January and February, is being carried out a IoT course for teachers of Vocational Training of different professional families, organized by Advanced Digital Innovation Centre (CIDA) and Cefire of Alcoi. Through the course, teachers will work in a practical way the use of sensors, data collection and data management in the cloud. It is carried out through a basic kit that has been distributed to the centres.

Currently, 31 centres in the Valencian Community are participating, 20 different Professional Families, with a total of approximately 100 teachers.

The main objectives of the course are: to bring this type of technology to the classroom, through challenges, working with active methodologies, as well as to promote interdisciplinary projects between Professional Families and Centres on this subject.

This Saturday, 22 January, we held the first face-to-face classroom session, divided into two headquarters, Alicante and Valencia, where the teaching staff carried the practices and solved their doubts.

What is the Innovatec programme?

25 de January de 2022

The Innovatec , together with the Empren, Qualitas and Acredita programmes, make up the Novigi Network, a collaborative network of educational centres whose aim is to promote the quality of Vocational Education Training.

The Innovatec programme aims to implement digitalisation, technologies applied to all professional VET areas, as well as the implementation of active methodologies or other innovative models, which along with future technological trends to be implemented in production processes, improve the personal, social and professional skills of students.

One of the main characteristics of the Innovatec programme is the application of Active Methodologies, especially the Collaborative Project-Based Learning (CPBL), where it is adopted an active role by students and furthermore students become the protagonist of his own learning, and teachers become a guide instead of a mere transmitter of knowledge, using new technologies, (ICT/LKT), and creating a summative and certifying assessment as the central axis of the teaching-learning process, accompanied by continuous feedback. Likewise, the aim is to implement advanced competences related to digitalisation, innovation and the technical procedures that the different productive sectors need in the medium term.

The benefits of working with this methodology are:

For students to become the protagonist of their learning, developing strategies for working in teams, solving challenges or projects set throughout the school year, favouring their autonomy, creativity and responsibility, achieving the general competence, general objectives and professional, personal and social competences set out in their curriculum.
For companies and collaborating professionals and institutions, to be able to advise and accompany schools in the design, implementation and dissemination of business projects and challenges. Collaborate in the design of professional profiles and create a pool of professionals adapted to their needs, as well as participate in conferences, competitions and events that are organised, creating collaborative networks.

During this academic year 2021-2022, thirty three centres are participating in the Innovatec program, which are receiving training in collaborative learning based on projects (CPBL) and challenges (ETHAZI).

The participating teachers develop their work both in their respective centres, implementing active methodologies in degrees, and in the working meetings among VET centres, where they share experiences and conclusions of the implementation of these methodologies.

The Innovatec programme will continue to be developed in the coming years with other vocational education centres, in order to achieve the objective of implementing active methodologies in all areas of VET in the Valencian Community.

I CONVENTION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EMPLOYMENT – DIGITAL DISTRICT

25 de January de 202215 de January de 2022

The December 2nd 2021, was held the first employment convention in Digital District

This meeting is part of the strategy of the General Direction of Vocational Education Training and Special Education Status, through the Advanced Digital Innovation Centre (CIDA), to implement measures that facilitate the formation and the access to the technological job market of Vocational Training students.

Thirty industry and technological leader companies participated, such as Accenture, Air Networks, Avanade, Branch Creation, COCEMFE and Hub Diversity, Dinamic Brain, Dodit, Ecommaster, Facephi, FUNDAE, Group Atu, Group Soledad, Harmonic, HUAWEI, Infojobs, Inycom, Laberit, MINSAIT by Indra, NTTData, Ofimare, Orizon, PavaBits, Solitium, Sopra Steria, Teralco Group, Upicus and Verne.

These companies and entities, together with the Directorate-General for Vocational Training, have offered an extensive programme of activities. Students of Vocational Training have visited stands and meeting points to learn more about job offers of the companies of Digital District, participating in workshops, presentations, speed-dating and inspirational talks, being able to know first-hand the trends and current needs of the tech labor market.

Students of the first year of tourism VET degree from Miguel Hernández High School have participated as assistants of services in the event.

Erasmus+ Project. Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE)

25 de January de 202215 de January de 2022

The Centre for Advanced Digital Innovation (CIDA) has made a project proposal within the Erasmus+ call of the European Union.

The general objective of the call is to support the creation and development of transnational cooperation platforms of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) to connect Centres operating in a specific local context at a European level, with two aspects: the first one is the creation and development of transnational cooperation platforms of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE).
local context at European level, with two strands:

Bring together institutions that share a common interest in specific sectors or trades.
They will jointly develop innovative approaches to address social, technological and economic challenges (climate change, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, sustainable development goals, etc.).

CIDA’s proposal aims to develop an international platform to develop the creation of an observatory of innovative technologies in digitisation in vocational families, within Vocational Training in the Valencian Community and at European level.