E-CIT

The E-Craft Idea Tutor (e-CIT) is a creative e-learning environment for the craft sector. It is a Leonardo da Vinci educational pilot project. The aim of the 24-month project is to develop and test a creative e-learning environment for the young people studying in vocational institutes of handicraft sector in the EU area. e-CIT concentrates on such handicraft areas which are based on manual skills and aim to produce goods for customer markets, e.g. textile, leather, glass, metal, and wood. The secondary target group of the creative e-learning environment is teachers in vocational institutes of handicraft sector. The e-CIT project started 1st October 2005 and will last until 30 September 2007.

The creative learning environment guides students to creativity, working life problematics and to use of multidisciplinary information and new problem-oriented processes in flexible and versatile ways in order to find, develop and design more consumer-oriented products. The New product concepts can be based on e.g. stories, history or cultural heritage, trends and customer research information. This is how the learning environment answers to the rising challenges of the modern story-telling society.

Partnership

The partnership of the project is made of nine partners from six countries (Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Slovenia). Partners from are all over Europe represent different fields of education like vocational institutes, higher education and apprenticeship education. This guarantees the distribution and profitability of the results in different countries. Entrepreneurs are represented by sectoral organisations.

Estonia: Estonian Academy of Arts, Design Innovation Centre

Finland: University of Art and design Helsinki, Western Finland design centre MUOVA (promoter/coordinator)
Seinäjoki Vocational Education Centre TAIKU School of Crafts, Design and Culture
Käsi- ja taideteollisuusliitto Taito Group ry (The Finnish Crafts Organization)
France: CFA de L’Ameublement; CR2i / CIEP - France

Ireland: Dublin Institute of Technology – University, Ireland

Portugal: CFPIMM – VET, Portugal

Slovenia: Technical School Centre, Srednja lesarska in gradbena sola – VET, Slovenia

References

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