During Nextstep process (Picture 1) the Activity Analysis of improving project have been used. The process have six stages, including kichoff and final evaluation. Each stage includes pre-tasks for all partners, training event and blended mobility. The Nextstep mobility have been realised according different themes: variety of the on-the-job learning, pre entry on the job learning, guiding during on-the-job learning, evaluation of the on-the-job learning.
Before each training week, TAMK has prepared task for staff, and that was been handled together with other partners during the project meeting. Each time TAMK had an introduction to the subject and facilitated the working process during the meeting. The was that through pedagogical methods staff members would also improve their own skills and get new ideas to their own teaching tools.
After each blended mobility week feedback was collected from staff and students.
Tristram Hooleys 7 C:s framework was used as the framework for whole project (Picture 2). All these 7 C:s meaning and had very interesting discussions about what they mean in reality, what is their deeper meaning, why they are important and why teachers and other staff members giving guidance to the students, must support students to develop their digital career skills. Idea is, that during each mobility week we concentrate to some skills, what they mean and how they can be improved. So each skill was handled during this Nextstep project. As a digital career skill connecting and changing were handled.
The theme of our second meeting in Turin was Pre entry on-the-job learning and Collecting and Critiquing as digital career skills. Staff members were asked to make a short presentation of how they prepare students to on-the-job-learning and best practices used for pre-entry. They were also asked to prepare to present their task in Turin.
The theme of our third meeting in Jihlava was during on-the-job learning and Communication and Creating as digital career skills. Staff members were asked to prepare Stories of Guiding experience - successful and not so successful guiding experience. They were also asked to think about their own experience or have a discussion with their colleagues about different kind of digital tools used 1) to guide students during on-the-job-learning and 2) in communication with students and working life during on-the-job-learning.
The theme of our fourth meeting in Tampere was Evaluation on-the-job learning and Curating as digital career skill. Staff members were asked to Prepare a short presentation of their organization’s approach to this “Evaluation of the On- the-job learning” theme. They were asked to describe process during and in the end of on-the-job-learning (including Skills demonstrations / Final evaluation) for example how it is organized, how the participants (students, working life) are informed and prepaired for evaluation beforehand, who will take part to the evaluation process , what tools are used (digital and manual), support for the students and working life during the evaluation process, feedback of on-the-job-learning, how feedback from students about on-the-job-learning is collected and how feedback from working life about on-the-job-learning is collected. Also how the feedback is used to develop on-the-job-learning process.