Abstract
Continuous training is considered nowadays as a key issue for the evolution of people being at professional and personal levels, enhancing productivity, employability, and social stability in a globally competitive world. Furthermore, the introduction of new technologies, the imposition of new regulations in the maritime industry and the growing challenges at port, shipping and logistics level increase the demand for new educational schemes. Concerning the market needs, TrainMoS II and On the MoSway Network (OTMW-N) European projects aimed for the development of student and professional’s skills and laid the foundations for a cross-European maritime educational programme. TrainMoS II was the evolution of the TrainMoS project, improving the existing tools and covering a whole new range of technical and operational topics, including alternative fuels and technologies, logistics and safety issues such as damage control, evacuation and crisis management operations. TrainMoS II covered also the provision of blended vocational education to undergraduates and professionals who belong to different sectors in the multimodal transport chain. Both projects focused on the establishment of an educational framework facilitating the collaboration between industry and academia and used advanced ICT tools to match the maritime market needs with the training provision and to develop new and enriched content for the online platform with learning material and knowledge for both professionals and students. In the present study, the outcomes and experiences gathered from running the aforementioned projects are presented and discussed for their potential impact on the maritime industry.
Highlights
The maritime transport industry is highly competitive and continuously evolving, adapting to an increasingly dynamic, complex and information-driven business world
When it comes to the vocational education pillar, the Copenhagen Declaration (European Commission 2002) was the first official document revealing the importance of closer cooperation between European countries for the further development of vocational education and training (VET)
The idea of the On the MoSway Network (OTMW-N) project was generated due to the great interest of the market and society in the application of new technologies in the shipping industry. This project aimed to the provision of valuable skills and knowledge to professionals and students regarding the usage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as marine fuel, focusing on the design of a specialised liquefied natural gas (LNG)-oriented VET programme (European Commission 2014)
Summary
The maritime transport industry is highly competitive and continuously evolving, adapting to an increasingly dynamic, complex and information-driven business world. Apart from ‘eudemonia’, both theoretical and practical training are important elements to successfully implement the state of the art in their own position and to significantly contribute to the maintenance of each company’s competitiveness in the race of evolution The development at this educational level can be carried out by specialised training centres and from people with specific integrated skills and knowledge. Distance learning has a long history starting in its first generation with courses of instruction delivered by mail, up to today’s 5th generation using the Internet and the Web (Moore and Kearsley 2012) This latest generation allows the virtual training of learners and it can be achieved by using personal computer networks, utilising software that permits the clear transfer of sound and image between different places. Any professional or student who meets the prerequisites of the training programme may participate in these blended learning modules, without regional boundaries
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