2023.03.06.

Eduwood

The Foundation, as the lead partner of the EDUWOOD (ATHU166) project supported by the INTERREG V-A Cross-border Cooperation Programme Austria-Hungary, has developed an online educational platform as the main outcome of the project. The project was motivated by the fact that woodwork education has problems with meeting the needs of the labour market in cross-border relations, leading to drop-outs due to a lack of motivation of students or delays in the completion of the (graduate) training.

On the Hungarian side, education is not sufficiently practice-oriented, the project approach is not wide enough, and the number of professionals involved is still low. Nevertheless, there is a growing demand for the experiential use of online tools. The project will support the development of practice-oriented, project-based woodwork education in the border region in cooperation with educational and industrial partners.

In the first phase of the platform’s operation, following the implementation of mass open online courses (MOOCs), an online learning platform was created, aiming at “skill sharing”. It aims at increasing student motivation and “providing educational experiences” by building communities. In this way, we offer an innovative and project-based tool for woodwork education and have organised career-oriented events, field trips and motivational training for primary and secondary school students. The platform offers a platform for cooperation between teachers, trainers, students and pupils from secondary and higher education institutions in the cross- border region.