DA VINCI COLLEGE Marleen Michielsen & Marloes de Vries Belfast –June 2015

Location Da Vinci College South West region near Rotterdam; Dordrecht- Gorinchem area Vocational education; intermediate Private education; FE college Economy; focus on maritime industry and maintenance

Facts and Figures students; full time and apprenticeships Technology, Economics, Health Care

Educational concept for technology Companies and education interact; -The practice of companies is our starting point, it is the basis of hybrid learning - We integrate business and educational systems -We focus on flexibility and mutual understanding

The virtual classroom Educational concept for technology Face to Face Classroom style Face to Face Classroom style Hands- on coaching Self paced learning First and foremost; in interaction with business and industry Hybrid learning / blended learning Blended Learning Blended Learning

Sustainability Factory Technical university students think of concepts Actual business practice is the basis of students’ assignments Hub where vocational education and business / industry meet Results of assignments applicable in the workplace FE & intermediate students design prototypes and do production work

Projects: Centres for innovative craftsmanship: -Maritime technology -Energy transition -Smart technology -Smart Industry -Combustion engines -Water management New jobs, new skills Projects in hybrid learning Excellence programmes

Dream … 3d printing

Create interaction teacher and students

Produce ………. Welding

DaVinci Apprenticeship of Siemens in Berlin Excellence program

International collaboration -Strategic Business Plan ; focus on international collaboration -Working together on projects -Program exchange and student exchange