Thanks to the activities carried out in the framework of the crowdsourcing experience, the number of YEES associated partners increased. A total of 44 amongst schools, enterprises and VET training agencies officially joined the YEES project, in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years. The updated list is available at: https://yees.pixel-online.org/associated-partners.php.
The project partners are currently creating the network of companies interested in developing campaign marketing using social networks. Several companies have already been informed in the four countries. Entrepreneurs and employees will work together with the project partners and the students form the school involved in oddslot order benefit from the social networks for their business. Do not hesitate to contact the partners and participate in the activities!
How a crodsourcing experience can be useful for didactical reasons? How can it be exported in different didactical contexts? The answers to those questions are now available in the document entitled after Crowdsourcing Experience: Tutorial and Didactical Value, from which teachers can take advantage from the experiences carried out by the YEES crowdsourcing actors. The document is available at: https://yees.pixel-online.org/project_results.php.
The National Reports on the Crowdsourcing Experience are now availble. For each Crowdsourcing Experience carried out at national level a specific report has been produced, focusing on: the recruitement process, the participation of teachers and students, the obtained results. In addition, each group produced a Strategic Plan specifically addressed to the involved company, providing suggestions and feedbacks on how to promote their digital online reputation. Results are available at: https://yees.pixel-online.org/project_results.php
The YEES Final Conference was held on 27 April 2017 in Algemesi (Spain). Participants in the YEES Final Conference were: more than 400 participants from 10 different VET schools in the Valencian region; students from the 10 schools involved in the project; more than 40VET teachers; one representative of the local authorities; one representative from the UGT Trade Union; two inspectors of education; several representatives of the entrepreneurs’ association of Algemesí The Final Conference was organized to disseminate the project results and to promote the use of social media for employment. During the event YEES results were presented to the participants,with a specific focus on the advantages to work with crowdsourcing and how to use the project portal to access to the results.
The fourth meeting took place in Valencia (ES) on 28 April 2017. Antonio Giordano presented the project activities carried out and to be carried out by the partners. The meeting had the objective to discuss about the national results obtained in the framework of both the MOOC course and the crowdsourcing activity. The meeting also had the objective to make a detailed planning of the project future activities in order to finalize the “adopt an enterprise” crowdsourcing experience.
The Discussion on the Crowdsourcing platform "Adopt an Enterprise" successfully started. Several inputs have been already posted by students and trainers, providing their feedbacks on the enterprises involved in this activity. The mission of the crowdsourcing platform is to provide involved enterprises with strategic recommendations about how to develop their digital online reputation.
The Crowdsourcing platform "Adopt an Enterprise" is now available. Students, companies and teachers cooperatively develop the brand image of a real enterprise in the four countries involved.
Several workshops have been organised by project partners with representatives of the target groups. The aims of the workshops were to present to the school teachers: the MOOC course, its purposes, how to use it and how to use it with the students; the “Adopt an Enterprise” experience, how to cooperate in the working groups and how to get the most from it.
The third meeting took place in Sosnowiec (PL) on 5 – 6 December 2016. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the second meeting of the project to present, share and assess the in progress results. The meeting also had the objective to make a detailed planning of the project future activities and to organize the project's work that will focus on the delivery of the MOOC course and the organization of the Crowdsourcing experience.
This online course focuses on the Monitoring of Changes in the Labour Market. Monitoring of changes in the labour market is a very broad and very important issue. It can be seen in many ways and from many perspectives. Labour market is changing day by day. These changes are not evenly, easy to spot and obvious in no case. This module was designed to assist in understanding the mechanisms of the market, causes and consequences of discussed changes, and the related trends.
This online course focuses on the Digital Identity for Companies. The contents of this MOOC course addresses the issues related to the identity and digital reputation of companies: how to create, how to control, how to monitor and improve it.
This online course focuses on the Digital Identity of each single person. The aim of the course is to provide the participants with the competences to create, monitor and maintain an online digital identity with a special attention to the issue of job research.
The second meeting took place in Paredes (PT) on 5 – 6 July 2016. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the first meeting of the project to present, share and assess the in progress results. The meeting also had the objective to make a detailed planning of the project future activities and to organize the project's work that will focus on the finalization of the MOOC course.
The first guide for teachers is available: Personal Digital Identity. The guide has the aim to provide teachers with the competences on how to train their students on web reputation related issues
The second guide for teachers is available: Digital Identity for Companies. The guide has the aim to provide teachers with the competences related to the the creation and promotion of e-companies through the effective use of social media.
Several educational web sites promoted the YEES project through a dedicated link. The complete list of web sites promoting the YEES Portal is available in the section Press Review .
A number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years. They include no profit associations, NGOs, training institutions, universities, public authorities, etc. The information about all associated partners is available on the project portal under the Associated Partners section.
The Kick-off meeting took place in Florence on 28 – 29 January 2016. The meeting was also an opportunity for the partners to get to know each other and to discuss all details related to the project's activities. All the partners presented the schools involved in their countries. At the end of the meeting all the partners had a clear view of the future project's implementation.
The project partners are currently creating the network of schools interested in creating synergies between school and the labour market. Several schools have already been involved from the four countries. Teachers will work together with the project partners in order to use social networks to enhance students’ employability. Do not hesitate to contact them!
The YEES project is available on Facebook. Join the community and post your opinion on the importance of Social Media for job opportunities!
The YEES Portal is available and it will collect all the resources produced during the project lifetime. The resources will be available for free for all the teachers, students, school directors and companies willing to access them. Contact the project partners!