BOOST

Small and micro enterprises have a decreasing participation in vocational education and training. There is a real need to engage them in developing a positive attitude towards training. BOOST will integrate tools from 2 projects (BeCome and ROLE) and develop associated methodologies. These will enable enterprises with less than 20 employees to identify their critical business needs and then also to find appropriate and customized learning resources to meet these needs. The project will publish all relevant information on its website and communicate with the target groups also via social media. The most important results will be the technical prototype and platform, which are based on an innovative methodology. At least 15 case studies are planned, in order to evaluate the prototype. More than 40 small enterprises will be involved and over 100 individual employees will test the tools, which will enable to identify their skill gaps and fulfill the business critical demands. At the end of the project a conference for training providers, business networks, and policy makers will take place in Aachen. A suitable sustainability strategy for project outcomes will be developed too.

Publications

2016

• Milos Kravcik, Kateryna Neulinger, Ralf Klamma

  Using Personal Learning Environments to Support Workplace Learning in Small Companies

  Published in Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2016. Volume 10013 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

• Milos Kravcik, Kateryna Neulinger, Ralf Klamma

  Boosting Vocational Education and Training in Small Enterprises

  Published in Adaptive and Adaptable Learning. Volume 9891 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 600-604.

• Milos Kravcik, Kateryna Neulinger, Ralf Klamma

  Data Analysis of Workplace Learning with BOOST

  Published in Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Learning Analytics Across Physical and Digital Spaces, co-located with 6th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 2016). Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, April 25-29, 2016.

2015

• Milos Kravcik, Olga C. Santos, Jesus G. Boticario, Mária Bieliková, Tomas Horvath

  PALE 2015: 5th International Workshop on Personalization Approaches in Learning Environments

  Published in UMAP 2015 Extended Proceedings. Posters, Demos, Late-breaking Results and Workshop Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization. Dublin, Ireland, June 29 - July 3, 2015.

• Milos Kravcik, Alexander Mikroyannidis, Viktoria Pammer, Michael Prilla, Thomas Daniel Ullmann

  ARTEL 2015: 5th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning

  Published in Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning. In conjunction with the 10th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Design for Teaching and Learning in a Networked World (EC-TEL 2015). Toledo, Spain, September 15, 2015.

• Yanyan Li, Maiga Chang, Milos Kravcik, Elvira Popescu, Ronghuai Huang, Kinshuk, Nian-Shing Chen

  State-of-the-Art and Future Directions of Smart Learning

  Published in Lecture Notes in Educational Technology

2014

• Milos Kravcik, Ralf Klamma

  Self-Regulated Learning Nudges

  Published in Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Decision Making and Recommender Systems (DMRS2014). Bolzano, Italy, September 18-19, 2014.

• Milos Kravcik, Kateryna Neulinger, Ralf Klamma

  Supporting Workplace Learning in Small Enterprises by Personal Learning Environments

  Published in UMAP 2014 Extended Proceedings. Posters, Demos, Late-breaking Results and Workshop Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (UMAP2014). Aalborg, Denmark, July 7-11, 2014.

• Milos Kravcik, Olga C. Santos, Jesus G. Boticario

  PALE 2014: Personalization Approaches in Learning Environments

  Published in UMAP 2014 Extended Proceedings. Posters, Demos, Late-breaking Results and Workshop Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (UMAP2014). Aalborg, Denmark, July 7-11, 2014.

• Milos Kravcik, Alexander Mikroyannidis, Viktoria Pammer, Michael Prilla, Thomas Daniel Ullmann, Fridolin Wild

  ARTEL 2014: Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning

  Published in Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning. In conjunction with the 9th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities (ECTEL 2014) Graz, Austria, September 16, 2014.