DA VINCI COLLEGEMarleen Michielsen & Marloes de Vries

Belfast –June 2015

Location Da Vinci College

South West region near Rotterdam; Dordrecht- Gorinchem areaVocational education; intermediatePrivate education; FE college

Economy; focus on

maritime industry

and maintenance

Facts and Figures

8.500 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

Hands- on coaching

Self paced learning

First and foremost; in interaction with

business and industry

Hybrid learning / blended learning

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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 BerlinExcellence program

International collaboration

- Strategic Business Plan ; focus on international collaboration

- Working together on projects- Program exchange and student exchange