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"<< Background >>D-TASTING PROJECT aims to contribute to achieving this goal by increasing innovation in the VET training sector and employability in the post-pandemic phase, especially in the EU wine and food sector, one of the most affected by the pandemic. In the wine & food sector, new digital practices were born, such as digital and virtual tasting. More and more companies are shifting to online strategies to become more resilient toward the “new normal” pandemic phase. A report by GlobalWebIndex [2020, pp. 99–100] shows that many people expect to continue with new digital media behaviours even after the pandemic ends. But this new wave of digitalisation forced by pandemic REQUESTS NEW SKILLS TRAINING to be transformed into an opportunity for social and economic development.The project aims to address some needs in particular:NEW DIGITAL VET TRAINING FOR THE “NEW NORMAL”. As we enter the COVID-19 recovery phase (the so-called “new normal”), it will be critical to reflect on the role of educational systems – and particularly vocational education – in fostering resilient societies. This includes rethinking how the Vocational and Educational Training should evolve after the cultural and societal changes brought by Covid-19. More specifically, in the VET sector: a) we need to support teachers and trainers in providing digital solutions (e-learning); b) we need to produce online vocational SPECIFIC material; c) we need to overcome the extra-obstacles to internet access by some groups (e.g. immigrants and low-income families); d) we need to assess and certify new competencies digitally INNOVATION THROUGH E-LEARNING SOLUTIONSVET programmes suffered a double disadvantage because of the pandemic. The combination between social distancing requirements and the closure of enterprises have made practical and work-based learning - so crucial for the success of vocational education - difficult to be implemented. In this context, to develop digital solutions (e-learning) that are able to close the gap between VET and the workplace is necessary more than before. Nevertheless, the digitalisation of VET training courses should not be considered just a solution to overcome the pandemic, but as an opportunity to introduce innovative learning methods in the VET training. FUTURE SKILLS TO HELP EU ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL RECOVERY Because of the pandemic, a series of digital resilience activities have been put in place to overcome the difficulties of the lockdowns. For example, in the Wine and Food sector, new digital practices were born, such as wine clubs, masterclasses, digital and virtual tasting. Virtual tasting defines an interactive virtual wine tasting experience that can be enjoyed directly at home through the use of technology such as Zoom. After having shipped wines, companies and clients meet together online to interact with each other enjoying a virtual wine tasting. A social and educational experience that needs new digital skills to be implemented (design a format for virtual tasting etc.). Consequently, to transform the pandemic crisis into an opportunity for social and economic development, increasing job opportunities for all, WE NEED TO BETTER IDENTIFY, DEVELOP AND CERTIFY these new digital skills born during the pandemic. DISSEMINATE EU FARM TO FORK STRATEGY THROUGH VET TRAINING IN THE FOOD AND WINE SECTOR.The EU Farm to Fork Strategy is the strategy launched by European Union in 2020 that aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable food system that should: a) have a neutral or positive environmental impact; b) ensure food security, nutrition and public health; c) make sure that everyone has access to sufficient, safe, nutritious, sustainable food. VET training in the Food and Wine Sector can play an important role in the dissemination of Farm to Fork strategies content and values.<< Objectives >>The project addresses two general objectives and a set of correlated specific objectives:GENERAL OBJECTIVES: INNOVATE VET TRAINING THROUGH DIGITAL The first general objective of the D-Tasting Project is to INNOVATE VET TRAINING THROUGH DIGITAL in order to transform a problem (covid-19) into an opportunity for innovation for VET providers, trainers and trainees. Specific Objectives:DEVELOP INNOVATIVE DIGITAL COMPETENCIES (DIGITAL TASTING) IN FOOD AND WINE PROFESSIONALS.DEVELOP INNOVATIVE E-LEARNING COURSES FOR VET PROVIDERS.INCREASE YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPLOYABILITY THROUGH E-LEARNING COURSES AND COMPETENCE CERTIFICATION.The challenges for VET created by COVID-19 are unprecedented. Necessity is the mother of invention. Youth and women employment has been one of the most affected by the pandemic crisis [ILO Report, 2020]. The second general objective of the D-TASTING Project consists in increasing youth and woman employability through e-learning course: 1) in a format that is very usable (microlearning), also in “pills”, in a form that does not need work-based training, not possible under pandemic restrictions; 2) increasing the course info and enrollment towards unemployed women and youth groups; 3) certifying the new digital competence acquired...in a digital way (Open Budge).Specific Objectives:INNOVATE VET TRAINING THROUGH DIGITALISATIONINCREASE YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPLOYABILITY IN THE FOOD AND WINE SECTOR.<< Implementation >>Project activities are defined through a specific workplan1 - Project activities related to all the project management and communication:WORK PACKAGE 1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Leader Bic Ljubljana) M1-M24A.1.1 REPORTING and OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT A.1.2 QUALITY ASSURANCEWORK PACKAGE 2 - COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION (Leader I-Strategies) M1-M24A 2.1 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION PLAN A 2.2 COMMUNICATION TEMPLATES AND GRAPHICSA 2.3 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIESA 2.4 PROJECT WEBSITE2 - Project activities related to the delivery of planned project results:Work package 3 - Digital Tasting Skillset frame and course design scheme (Leader VCC Amico del Vino, Bic Ljubljana) M2-M10Task 3.1 Literature review and inspirational material and data gatheringTask 3.2 Creation of the Instructional Design Document (IDD). The IDD is a high-quality plan of the whole instructional approach of the course. At this stage, it is also decided how the content will be broken down. Task 3.3 Scripting. In this stage, the outline text content of the course is finalized, divided into modules e visually presented in a PowerPoint. Task 3.4 Course outline undergoes critical review by all partners. Feedbacks are gathered and the final version is approvedTask 3.5 Finalization and publishing. The Digital Tasting Skillset frame and course design scheme is finalized and made available on the project dissemination outletsWork package 4 - Microlearning Course on ""Digital Wine and Food Tasting"" (Leader BTS/I-strategies) M10-M20Task 4.1 Content development: Organization of all the material designed in output 1 and collection of all additional material the partnership will consider necessary.Task 4.2 Creation of Microlearning modules on the basis of IO1 design documents and decisions.Task 4.3 On-field testing Implementation. The course is delivered to learners for a pilot test (3 test-learners from project partners during the LTTA). As many of the project partners' staff as possible will test the validity of the outputTask 4.4Post-pilot evaluation. Feedback from learners is collected by the project consortium in order to modify/improve the microlearning course.Task 4.5 Finalization and publishing. Microlearning Course on ""Digital Wine and Food Tasting"" is finalized and made available on the project dissemination outletsWork package 5 - Design and Setup of the Open Badge Certification System(Leader EFCOCERT) M19-M24Task 5.1 Definition of the recognition use casesTask 5.2 Setting-up the Open Recognition InfrastructureTask 5.3 Configuration, activation and testing the Open Recognition EcosystemTask 5.4 Final review, Adjustment & improvement of the Open Recognition Ecosystem<< Results >>The project will produce three main project results, namely:Project result 1 - Digital Tasting Skillset frame and course design schemeThe O1 consists of co-design a Microlearning online course Syllabus on wine and food tasting. IO1 will be the result of the cooperation among partners with complementary expertise in the field of Wine and Food Tasting (Amico del Vino), Microlearning Course Design (BTS), wine and food storytelling (i-strategies) and VET providers with courses and higher education programmes on Wine and Food (Valencia Culinary Center and BIC Ljubljana). The course Syllabus will be based on, at least, 6 chapters: a) Introduction and Course Philosophy (values: Farm to Fork Strategy); b) “Plots” Contents (number of “plots” modules, titles and content description); c) target groups (Learning persona description); d) Technical Requirements (e.g., how to access to the free microlearning D-Tasting courses, etc.); e) Learners Input for Course Improvement (hot to collect learners feedback for course improvement); f) course certification (e.g. how to achieve the course certificate). Project result 2 - Microlearning course on digital wine and food tastingMicrolearning Course on “Digital Tasting” is an e-learning non-synchronous course that provides practical instructions for developing Wine and Food Tasting online. The IO2 will consist of the technical development of the microlearning course designed through the IO1 Syllabus. The Microlearning course will have specific technical and content features. Technical features: 1) Short duration; 2) Focus on a single learning objective: Wine and Food tasting; 3) Independent use; 4) Having interactive elements. Content features: 1) Farm to Fork values references; 2) Work-Based “plots” developed by companies partners with experiences on Wine and Food Tasting; 3) Focus on some case studies of wine and food digital tasting; 4) Wine and Food Storytelling; 5) Course Certification through Open Badge technology.Project result 3 - Open Badge Certification SystemOpen Badges are digital, verified by secure metadata, and a means for individuals to display, and organizations to easily verify certifications, achievements and awards online, including milestones on the way to full certification. Open Badges can be used in email signatures, personal websites, social media sites such as LinkedIn and Twitter, as well as on electronic copies of resumes. The IO3 of the project D-Tasting will develop an OPEN BADGE CERTIFICATION SYSTEM of D-Tasting competencies based on open badges. This open badges ecosystem bring flexibility, agility and timeliness within the competence certification, leading to an in-depth radical rethinking and putting into questions all paradigms on which competence certification has been based for the last 20 years, e.g.: only an examiner with a superior level of education & competence compared to the candidate is habilitated to assess the demonstrated competence level."