What We Do

Abstract

Intellectual Outputs

Abstract

Cultural Heritage (CH) is in the focus of the European Union as motor for employment, economic drive and development. In order to guarantee longevity & usability of European Heritage it is inevitable to keep up with the requirements of society like new technology and digitisation.

The Covid19 crisis added some urgency to the issue as training organisations strongly suffer from restrictions and new rules, which are threatening traditional education and training activities. Especially in regards to hands-on-training, where instructors need to get really close to learners in order to teach practical skills.

The consortium of VI-TRAIN-Crafts takes on the challenge of developing innovative training for traditional/threatened crafts and handling of building damages, which will boost the digitisation of training in (built) Cultural Heritage. A big focus is given to crafts that are almost nowhere trained any more. Lots of those crafts do need a lot of experience and guidance by experienced craftspeople. This training in particular will be boosted by various digitisation support.

Intellectual Outputs

IO1

National study on available virtual education for craftspersons of historic buildings

IO2

Comparision of functionality of relevant online collaboration and elearning tools

IO3

Virtual Crafts Training

IO4

Virtual Building Damage Identification Training

IO5

Train-The-Trainer education for instructors for virtual crafts and virtual building damage identification training

IO6

Overcoming human restrictions in using/participating in virtual training for craftspersons, building damage inspectors and instructors

IO 1: National study on available virtual education for craftspersons of historic buildings

Description of available virtual education and further education for craftspersons working in/for historic buildings

In consideration of existing studies
In consideration of own experiences of the partners
All Country reports will be available for all partner country of VI-TRAIN-Crafts
Each of these reports will be generated in respective partner country language
All country reports will also be translated only to EN
Will include also several tool expert interviews to verify the findings

Results:

IO 2: Comparision of functionality of relevant online collaboration and elearning tools

Identification, evaluation and documentation of existing relevant online collaboration and elearning tools (e.g. Video Conferencing Tools like Zoom, GoToMeeting; interactive presentation tools like Mentimeter, iSpring Suite; elearning platforms like moodle) for virtual trainings of craftsperson working in/for historic buildings

In consideration of existing market studies
In consideration of own experiences of the partners, especially the HEC partner
All Country reports will be available for the all partner country of VI-TRAIN-Crafts
Each of these reports will be generated in respective partner country language
All country reports will also be translated only to EN
Will include also several tool expert interviews to verify the findings

Results:

Selected electronic / virtual means
Coordinated list of interview partners
Conducted interviews with experts
Country reports in partner language / digital&paper
Country reports in English / digital&paper

IO 3: Virtual Crafts Training

Training material for “VI-TRAIN-Crafts – Virtual Crafts Training” will be developed and tested:

Develop Learning Outcomes per learning element
Develop self-assessment & exam questions, integrating them into the system, and providing ECQA exam service
Develop training material by using the design.train.mastery Navigator
Translate from EN into partner languages
Convert the training material into multimedia format, establishing the ECQA campus online training, and integrating ECQA skills browsing, exam and learning services.
Support all partners in using the ECQA platform and online joint classes for teaching
Test training material “VI-TRAIN-Crafts – Virtual Crafts Training” (virtual)

Results:

Selected training for virtualisation
Developed curriculum, training setting, training materials and exam questions
Selected craftsperson for implementing virtual crafts training
Developed script for virtual crafts training (draft, finalise and upload to Platform)
Developed manual for using virtual crafts training (develop, evaluate and release execution information, following the design guidelines for presentation slides, structure of training material and ECQA guidelines; finalise and upload to Platform)
Translated Virtual crafts training (translate manual, upload it to Online Platform)
Conducted pilot training (1x 5 days; organise/prepare user tests of the training setting and manual)

IO 4: Virtual Building Damage Identification Training

Based the studies (IO1 and IO2) and defined requirements of the partner organisation and their staff members the structure of the content of the e-learning platform as well as the content of a virtual training course for craftspersons for historic buildings and CH sites will be developed. The final output will include a training curriculum, including the trainer concept and the detailed description of structure, schedule and activities of this virtual training.

Training material for “VI-TRAIN-Crafts – Virtual Building Damage Identification Training” will be developed and tested:

Develop Learning Outcomes per learning element
Develop self-assessment & exam questions, integrating them into the system, and providing ECQA exam service
Develop training material by using the design.train.mastery Navigator
Translate from EN into partner languages
Convert the training material into multimedia format, establishing the ECQA campus online training, and integrating ECQA skills browsing, exam and learning services.
Support all partners in using the ECQA platform and online joint classes for teaching
Test training material “VI-TRAIN-Crafts – Virtual Building Damage Identification Training” (virtual)

Results:

Selected competences for building damage inspection
Developed curriculum, training setting, training materials and exam questions
Selected participants for implementing virtual building damage identification training
Developed script for virtual building damage identification training
Developed training material for using virtual building damage identification training
Translated Virtual building damage identification training
Conducted Pilot training (1x 5 days; organise/prepare user tests of the training setting, curriculum, learning outcomes and training material)

IO 5: Train-The-Trainer education for instructors for virtual crafts and virtual building damage identification training

Based the studies (IO1 and IO2) and defined requirements of the partner organisation and their staff members the structure of the content of the e-learning platform as well as the content of a virtual training course for instructors in virtual crafts resp. virtual building damage identification in historic buildings and CH sites will be developed. The final output will include a training curriculum, including the trainer concept and the detailed description of structure, schedule and activities of this virtual training, based on the existing face-to-face Train-The-Trainer course developed in MODI-FY and adapted in PRO-Heritage.

Results:

Selected competences for instructors
Developed curriculum, training setting, training materials and exam questions
Selected participants for implementing TTT-training
Developed script for virtual TTT-training
Developed training material for using virtual TTT-training
Translated Virtual TTT-training
Conducted Pilot training (1x 5 days; organise/prepare user tests of the training setting, curriculum, learning outcomes and training material)

IO 6: Overcoming human restrictions in using/participating in virtual training for craftspersons, building damage inspectors and instructors

Based the studies (IO1 and IO2) and defined requirements of the partner organisation and their staff members the structure of the content of the e-learning platform as well as the content of a virtual training course for craftspersons, building damage inspectors and instructors for historic buildings and CH sites will be developed. The final output will include an analysis report to overcome restrictions like move sickness in AR/VR for craftspersons, building damage inspectors and instructors, including causes for these restrictions and based on these causes solutions to overcome the restrictions for virtual training for these target groups.

Results:

Defined research design
Derived research questions
Conducted move sickness study
Analysed results of human restrictions in using/participating in virtual training (move sickness study)
Concluded results in a report on "Human Restrictions in using/participating in Virtual Training"