Technological literacy for lab and health technology professionals

The main objective of this project is to develop novel approaches to teaching digital and technological literacy and competences in three technology-driven professions: BIO, LAB, RAD to 1): Prepare the graduates better for these professions with rapid digital and technological development; 2) Enable the graduates to be active participants and drivers in this development; 3) Provide a template for other areas of education due to the frontline nature of BIO, LAB and RAD.

Implementation: What activities are you going to implement?
These objectives will be achieved by: 1) Sharing and discussing existing teaching activities on cutting-edge technologies across countries and education programs, 2) co-development with representatives from the practice fields of these professions (mainly laboratories in hospitals and industry), and, 3) building on this basis, to develop new, cross-curricular, approaches to teaching technological literacy both in these three technological professions and other professional bachelors´ programs.

One of the current key challenges for educators in the technological professional bachelor’s degree programs is to ensure
that young professionals are prepared, and have the skills and competences to use, understand, and develop new digital
technologies throughout their professional careers. TechLit (Technological literacy for laboratory and health technology professional education) is implemented 2024-2026. It funded by Erasmus +.
At the first phase the aim is to identify and formulate skills and competencies of digital competences of these professions. The Digital Competence Framework for Citizen (DigComp) is published by EU Commission.

1) Sharing experiences, mapping porgressions, and initating development of novel teaching approaches
2) Co-creation in the practice fileds
3) Implemeting and disseminating novel teaching approaches

The wider impact on the participating institutions will be ensured by involving multiple collaborators among teachers and
management, and by presentations and workshops at the involved education programs, and for the entire institution. New formats for teaching technological literacy are highly sought after, and therefore there are platforms for implementing the teaching innovations that will be the result of TechLit in the involved organisations, Impact on other organizations will be promoted by including representatives, and organizations, from employer fields in the project.  WP3 details how we will share findings with representatives from organisations from the employment fields of LAB, BIO and RAD.

Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships 2021-2027

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