About
The website www.stemtrainings.eu has been created within the project "The first steps in STEM, Robotics & Programming", a project financed by the Erasmus+ programme.
"The first steps in STEM, Robotics & Programming" is the initiative of ZURY Association from Romania whose main goal is to tackle the need for online free education in the fields of STEM, robotics and programming among youth people. The project involves 5 partners from Romania, Italy, Finland and Lithuania. It is carried out for 34 months between the 1st of February 2022 and the 30th of November 2024. The partners of the project are: ZURY Association and Predict CSD Consulting from Romania, Euro-Net from Italy, VsI Robotikos mokykla from Lithuania and Vantaan Venäläinen Klubi ry from Finland.
CONTEXT
The idea of the project has been brought up both out of the specific needs of the promoting organization and the challenges educational institutions face in terms of online teaching of the young generation. Parents are usually reluctant when it comes to the technology used by their kids and youth, as such our products will try to shed a different light on the importance of positive consumption of technology by the young generation, stimulating them in the process of acquiring skills needed in the 21st century and growing the path for their future potential carreers. The constant and rapid evolution of technology has grown a sense of pursuit of skills that can accommodate much easier and meet the requirements of a demanding labour force. Through STEM education, we believe youth and children can not only develop relevant skills and stand out but also improve their self-productivity, creativity, imagination and finally innovate their own communities. General predictions and needs analysis has been conducted by the promoters with the following results:
- the demand for mass digitalization and achievement of digital skills, to comply with current and future marketplace;
- the interest in up-scaling educational content and reach larger amounts of participants from the target group concerned;
- the development of a better coping mechanism in terms of supporting educational systems while facing crises situations.
Through this project we have the possibility to offer online training courses to all interested youth for free, thus increasing their interest and motivation to develop competences in a field where the demand is increasing exponentially.
OBJECTIVES
1. Developing basic competencies of 100 youngsters in the fields of programming and robotics in a period of 30 months;
2. Developing basic competencies of 100 youngsters in the fields of STEM education in a period of 30 months;
3. Exercisingthe competencies of 200 young people entering the world of programming through an online e-game in a period of 30 months;
4. Increase the capacity of working with programming, robotics and STEM of at least 30 members of a club of practitioners, for the benefits of young people, throughout the project.
PRODUCTS
The actual results of the project are:
- Basic Robotics and Programming Online Training Course;
- Basics of STEM education Online Training Course;
- The Robot’s Journey e-GAME: SirKwitz.
All these tangible products are being hosted with the support of this educational platform.