Technology is fundamentally changing how we teach and learn, making it more engaging but also challenging. Vocational Education and Training faces major challenges including new programmes to improve school to work transition and counter youth unemployment and the updating of workers skills and competences for new technologies including AI, automation and the Green Economy. The use of technology can assist learning in work and in VET schools to overcome these challenges and help teachers give learners more and better learning, coaching and support, while not increasing their workload overall. Technology can facilitate the development of up to date and compelling learning materials.To realise these benefits requires the development of new skills and competences by teachers and trainers in VET. The European JRC has said teacher training in all fields should include advanced digital competence for teachers and their teaching. “The training should consider aspects of using ICT both as a learning tool within subject teaching and as a tool used by learners for their coursework and learning-related activities outside school settings.” This is a challenge for VET. Many teachers and trainers are skilled workers who have only received basic teacher / trainer training. New, scalable models of professional development are needed to support teachers and trainers in using technology for teaching and learning.The JRC has developed the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigiCompEdu). This project focuses on three key areas of the Framework - digital resources, pedagogy and assessment. The JRC has developed the SELFIE tool for both VET and general education to help schools assess where they stand with learning in the digital age. SELFIE generates an aggregated report showing how technologies could support teaching, learning and student assessment in the school. This project will develop tools to identify Continuing Professional Development needs of teachers and trainers based on the outcomes of SELFIE. The project will develop a series of resources for professional development for teachers and trainers in VET for planning and delivering professional development for effective digital, open and innovative education and pedagogies.The objectives of the project are to:-Examine the needs and priorities for professional development for teachers and trainers by developing an online self assessment tool. -Develop learning scenarios for different sectors in VET, and to test the scenarios and associated technologies within VET schools or the workplace-Develop a digital repository of Open Educational Resources and best practice exemplars of using technology for teaching and training in VET in school and workplace settings-Develop innovative learning opportunities and provide learning materials for professional development for VET teachers and trainers-Develop and test different models and practices in delivering professional development for VET teachers and trainers -Develop a Community of Practice in the use of technology for Open Education and training in VET in EuropeThe project will focus on three key sectors in Vocational Education and Training: 1) metalworking and machinery production); 2) social care 3) Hospitality. Through the focus on pedagogy, assessment and the development of digital learning materials we aim to develop new models and programmes which can support teachers and trainers in the use of technology in all sectors of VET practice. Through the activities of the project we can develop models and exemplars which can be transferred to a wide range of different actors, and establish a community of practitioners as the basis for taking forward the project post funding. To do this we propose to bring together experienced researchers in VET in Europe with managers and practitioners from vocational schools. The European perspective is important in allowing us to develop models and solutions which will have applicability in the wide range of VET systems and contexts.The response to the Covid 19 crisis has shown the potential of technology for learning. The project will support teachers and trainers in developing effective digital, open and innovative education and pedagogies.The project is led by the Alytus Vocational Training Centre in Lithuania, with partners in Greece, Italy, Germany, Portugal and the UK.