Post on 21-Jan-2017
QualiTour is….
Vienna Meeting, 15.7.2015Vienna International Center
Prof. Dr. Harald A. Friedl
Welcome to …
• Developping Blended-Learning Tool for education and training in the area of sustainable tourism
• project consortium: 7 partners• universities, private companies, a foundation, regional authority and a
chamber of commerce…• 10.2013-09.2015
Aims of QualiLearning• improving the qualification of the
people employed in the tourism industry
• offer job opportunities to young people
• allow learners to continue living in the rural areas by increasing new opportunities of employability
• raise awareness on relevant stakeholders and local development associations about tourism potential of their regions
Target Groups• (Future) Entrepreneurs in Tourism
• Local Development Promoters
• Technicians and Professionals of Tourism Sector
Important steps
• Scientific Frame Work
• Content Development of 8 Modules
• Development of eLearning Platform
• Pilot Courses in Italy, Poland and Austria
• Finalisation of eLearning Platform
Scientific Frame Work
Some interesting details:
Identifying relevant terms related to
•Sustainable
•respectful
•high quality tourism
• Sustainability…
• ….is a holistic approach
of a living culture or life style compatible with future challenges:
• How are we treating each other (socio-cultural and political aspect),
• In order to use which resources in which way (ecological aspect)
• to put them into value (economic aspect)
• for being able to live a healthy life on the long run (spiritual aspect).
ChallengesDiversity in participating Experts
•Experts on eLearning:Aidlearn, Consultoria em Recursos Humanos, Lda, Portugal
•Experts on Commercial Administration:Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vratsa, Bulgaria
•Experts on Sustainable Energy:Fondazione Fenice Onlus, Italy
•Experts on Rural Tourism MarketingMolise Region, Italy
•Experts on Management:Spoleczna Akademia Nauk, Poland
•Experts on Sustainable (Nature) Tourism Development:FH JOANNEUM Ges.mbH, Austria :
Leading to divers ideas about…• Tourism
• Sustainability
• Teaching
• eLearning
• Aims of EU-projects…
• Resulting into high degree of
• Efficency orientation• instead of Target- and
Effectivness-Orientation
• Doing instead of Discussing
Results I• Pilot courses were very successful due to
face-to-face teaching…
• Learning Platform is not very user-friendly…
Results II
Aims:
• Learning from successful project cooperation like…
Thank you for your attention!