Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture 4.0
Online course for teachers on digital agriculture
Description
Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture 4.0 is an Erasmus+ project that strengthens digital skills and competences in agriculture by focusing on vocational education and training for Vocational Education and Training (VET) teachers. The project develops and pilots the Teachers for Farming 4.0 online course, together with a Farming 4.0 curriculum, guidelines and handbooks that show how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools can be integrated into agricultural teaching and advisory work.
Technology
Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture 4.0 is structured around a set of digital outputs, including a needs analysis, an e-collaboration platform, a Farming 4.0 curriculum, guidelines for integration into national VET programmes and online handbooks for ICT skills in agriculture. The project uses a cloud-hosted, Moodle-based e-learning platform where teachers and advisors can enroll in the course, access multimedia learning modules, complete assignments, and interact through discussion forums and collaborative activities. The course content is organized around key digital agriculture technologies such as farm management information systems, monitoring and automation tools, GIS applications and online advisory services.
Target
Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture 4.0 primarily targets agricultural VET teachers and trainers, as well as advisors and extension staff.
Business model
Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture 4.0 operates as a grant-funded project under the Erasmus+ programme with a budget of EUR 39 045. The project outputs remain available after the project period, allowing VET providers to continue using and integrating the resources into their regular training offer.
Impact
Connecting VET Teachers to Agriculture 4.0 aims to improve the capacity of agricultural VET systems to respond to labour market needs for digitally skilled workers. According to available report on the project, in North Macedonia, 20 teachers from seven VET schools enrolled in the pilot course and 16 teachers from six schools successfully completed it. In Hungary, 61 teachers from 22 VET schools enrolled in the pilot training and 51 successfully completed it.
Partners
FAO
Four Betters
Better production
Better environment
Better life
