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Mobile Training for Home and Health Caregiver For People with Disabilities and Older

People

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What is M-CARE and the need for such training - How we met EQF and implemented ECVET

principles Karel Van Isacker – Phoenix KM BVBA

Andrean Lazarov – Interprojects Ltd.


Why M-CARE?

• European people with disabilities depend heavily on personal care givers (PCGs).

• Ensuring a daily quality of life is still quantitatively and qualitatively a huge problem.


Why M-CARE?

• Lack of existing proper training courses

• The impact of this will be pan-European (VET, ICT driven), and immediately measurable in increased PCG employment.


What is M-CARE?

• M-CARE provides the training framework covering all types of disabilities and content for low skilled people to become employed personal caregivers.


PCG’ s innovative training course

• Online desktop and mobile learning – www.pcgcare.eu

• Mobile app facilitating everyday tasks of the PCG – Google play “M-CARE”

http://www.pcgcare.eu/


Direct twofold effect:

• low skilled people will gain skills needed to undertake the PCG job

• while the beneficiaries (PwD) will benefit from improved PCG service provision.

• requires a strict assessment to ensure that the candidates are competent and can meet the requirements of a PCG job (online pre- and post self-assessment)

implementing inductive approach (started with the specifics) = Curriculum model (Taba H.(1962) model): • Identify the needs of staff (what are current gaps in the staff

knowledge) • Develop objectives • Choose content that matches the objectives • Organise content considering the learners experiences and

background • Select instructional method that promotes trainees

engagement • Organise learning activities • Checking for the balance and sequence

Our approach:

Our approach: The M-CARE curriculum is designed on the basis of the following principles: • Challenge and enjoyment • Breadth (broad scope) • Progression • Depth • Coherence • Personalisation and choice • Relevance

To benefit from M-CARE course the following is expected:

• Regular attendance and participation (blended learning approach)

• Satisfactory performance on assessments through dedicated pre-, post- and self-assessment tools covering all training modules

• Following curriculum approach

• Achievement of learning outcomes


• EQF levels 2 (Bulgaria, Greece) – level 3 (Belgium)

• Very detailed and complete description which Knowledge, Skills and Competences

• Participant may achieve the above

– when following the M-Care-course modules

– passing the M-Care-assessment process

– embedded M-Care-quizzes


ECVET - European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training

• a technical framework for the transfer, recognition and, where appropriate, accumulation of individuals’ learning outcomes with a view to achieving a qualification

• description of qualifications in terms of units of learning outcomes with associated points, a transfer and accumulation process and complementary documents

Modules and Units

Definition “Unit” • Unit of learning outcomes means a component of a qualification,

consisting of a coherent set of knowledge, skills and competence, which can be assessed and validated.

Definition “Module” • Modules are a coherent bundle of learning-units bound together

under a common subject matter. They allow the learners to choose when and in which order they will pass a certain subject and to follow the needs in their job, so they don’t have to follow their course straight-line but more flexibly.

Unit of learning outcomes means a component of a qualification, consisting of a coherent set of knowledge, skills and competences,

that can be assessed and validated

Unit of the learning

outcomes

Knowledge

Skills

Competences

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What is a unit of the learning outcomes?

Learning outcomes

Influence standards

Occupational

Educational

Establish descriptors of qualification

frameworks

Describe qualifications

Design curricula

Design assessment

Guidance

Validation

Flexible learning pathways

CV

Various purposes


Google play – “M-CARE”

www.pcgcare.eu


The end:

Thank you for your attention!