Piloting with Sapientia BA students
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On 10 October 2015, dissemination and piloting of the project KeySkills4EUHotelStaff was prepared for a group of 1st year students, Romanian Language and Literature – English Language and Literature BA, at the Miercurea Ciuc campus of Sapientia University.
The presentation mainly focused on the FrontDesk programs and the mobile apps. All the participants of the presentation had been sent the apps and FrontDesk programs to install them on their tablets, PCs and mobile devices so that they could start using them. The students were shown how the FrontDesk programs worked and how they can be used on a tablet or a PC. They were also presented the smartphone apps.
All of them gained useful information on the project. All students present found the presentation of the project useful.
Regarding the smartphone apps all students present answered that they gained useful information. All of them use Android OS. All of them evaluated the design of the apps as being very good. They said it was very easy to use and said it was quite easy to find the information they were looking for in the apps. If the apps were available on their device, 4 of them would likely use it, other 4 would quite likely use it.
Regarding the usefulness of the apps for their university, they answered that the apps would be useful. 6 students would likely recommend the apps to others. All students answered the question about knowing any hospitality-based multilingual apps that this was the only one.
Regarding the FrontDesk programs, all students answered that they gained useful information and use Windows OS.
All of them evaluated the layout and design of the Front Desk programs as being very good.
If the FrontDesk programs were available on their computers, 4 would likely use them, 4 would very likely use them.
Regarding the usefulness of the FrontDesk programs for their university, all of them answered as being useful. All of them would likely recommend the FrontDesk programs to others. All students answered that they did not know any hospitality-based multilingual software programs.
All the students present were advised to feel free to contact project coordinator if they have any further questions regarding the apps.
Zsuzsanna Ajtony
Project team manager of Sapientia University, Romania
Dissemination of the project at AEHT Conference in Cervia, Italy 2015
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Dissemination of the project at AEHT Conference in Cervia, Italy
The 28th edition of the AEHT was ready: starting Monday October 5th till Saturday October 10th, over 700 guests - students, teachers, school directors and jury members - gathered all together at the IPSSA Institute “Tonino Guerra” in Cervia for this international competition, in which 130 Hotel Management and Catering Schools from 35 countries were taking part. During the thrid day of the 28th AEHT Annual Conference in Cervia, Italy, principal of Tourism and Catering School Dubrovnik Antun Perušina took a chance to disseminate the project.
The participants turned out to be very interested in what was being said and were particularly fascinated by the innovative nature of the project. A series of photos were taken during the event. Project flyers were handed to them so that they can contact us if they are interested in more details and to provide other people with some information about the project. Information was also distributed via social media – Facebook.
Hilarija Lozančić Benić
Project team member of TUSDU, Croatia
   
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Participation at ECER conference in Hungary 2015
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„KeySkills4EUHotelStaff” project presented for international scientific audience in Hungary
In September 2015 ECER, the European Conference on Educational Research, brought together over 3.000 participants from Europe and around the world to discuss and present their research in Budapest.
The annual European international scientific conference ECER took place at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary from 7 to 11 September 2015. The aim of the ‘European Conference on Educational Research’ is to create an inclusive platform for initiating, reporting, discussing and promoting high quality educational research, that not only acknowledges its own context but also recognizes wider, transnational contexts with their social, cultural and political similarities and differences. The conference theme of 2015 was "Education and Transition. Contributions from Educational Research".
“The ECER conference in Budapest 2015 addressed different aspects of transition and education across Europe. These include, for example, the changes in the university structure within the fields of humanities and social sciences and their unforeseen effects on educational research. On a larger scale, transitions in political systems are affecting both education and educational research in several regions. Furthermore the economic austerity has forced people across Europe to reorient their lives, not always for the better. Finally, transitions in educational research affect its theoretical and methodological developments.” (ECER 2015 conference website)
Work of ECER is organized in 32 Research Networks each devoted to certain aspects of education and learning. Dr.paed. Ineta Luka, professor of Turiba University, Latvia participated in the conference and presented the project in Network 11 “Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance” session “Adults’ Training and Promotion of Values for Integrated Societies”. The report by Ineta Luka “Enhancing Employability Skills for Tourism and Hospitality Industry Employees in Europe” caused participants’ interest and discussions after the presentation. The discussants expressed a wish to be further informed with the results of the course piloting and the created teaching/learning materials. The report is available on: http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/conference/20/contribution/33787/
Dr.paed. Ineta Luka
Professor
Project manager of Turiba University, Latvia
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