Are you thinking of doing some mobilities, but you don’t know where can you go?

With the on your side app you will be able to know all the entities of the European CRITICALTHINKING4VET network, as well as information about the culture and languages ​​of the countries where they are located, with a single click. All this will allow you to know the identity signs of each of these places, favoring your inclusion upon your arrival, but also promoting the value of diversity, tolerance and European heritage, at the same time that it improves their intercultural awareness and active citizenship.

Would you like to know what has been the experience of other students who have carried out mobilities?

Students from various educational fields have collaborated with us to facilitate their experiences so that you can know how positive it has been for them to have the opportunity to carry out Erasmus mobility in Europe.

Do you think language can be a problem?

Don’t worry, we know that it can be scary to face a language other than yours, but acquiring language skills is very important for your inclusion and access to the job market. Therefore, without registering, we offer a linguistic support section in which you will find.

Will you be able to talk to other students in the same situation?

Yes, from the “FORUM” section you will be able to communicate with students who are not doing mobility, but also with those who are doing it, allowing you to answer questions and learn more about their experience. In addition, you will also be able to communicate with tutors from technology companies and VET centers.

Do you want to receive free training?

From the section “Access to the course” you can access a free course, created within the framework of this Erasmus Plus project, aimed at VET students with the aim of acquiring the necessary skills and abilities to participate in innovative projects in technology companies. All this through the development of critical and scientific thinking.

How can I communicate with my tutors and fellow trainees?

Through the “Collaborative work” section you can communicate in real time, through a chat, or in delayed time, through email and a forum, both with your tutors (the company and the educational center) and with other students who they are carrying out mobilities, whether they are in the same company as you or in another company and / or country. Through these tools, you will not only exchange ideas and good practices, you will also collaborate with your colleagues, generating bonds of solidarity and feeling accompanied at all times.

Can I write my daily reports from the App?

Yes, from the “Laboratory notebook” section you must complete this working document, creating a daily report with a structure that allows you to develop critical and scientific thinking skills. In addition, after completing each diary, your tutors will be able to make comments and suggestions that will help you better understand your results and progressively progress in the development of the assigned tasks. The laboratory notebook is a useful and effective learning tool that allows you to develop the necessary skills to face the job market.

How do I obtain information about the company where I am going to do the internship?

From the “Training Resources” section of the app you can access all the relevant information about the company where you are going to do the internship: characteristics of the mobility, the work you are going to do, the technicians of the company with whom you are going to work and the tutor you are going to have.

Will I have access to training resources?

Do not worry, from the app you can directly access the Course “Personalized digital Course for labor training in technological centers” that will allow you to acquire skills and abilities necessary for the development of work in a technology company.
In addition, from the “training resources” section you will also have access to relevant information about the job that you are going to do during the internship, the company where you are going to do it, the characteristics of the mobility and the tutor you are going to. to have in the company. Likewise, you will have access to specific glossaries of the technical field in which you are going to carry out the internship. These glossaries contain hundreds of explanations of relevant concepts related to the work you are going to do.

Before a mobility, you must sign agreements with the company and the educational center.

Before carrying out the mobility, you will sign the Learning Agreement, a document of agreement signed by all the parties involved in the mobility (the company, the educational center and the student) in which it is established that once the student has acquired the learning results , the company will evaluate them and the educational center will validate and recognize them according to the established rules and procedures.
From the “Agreements” section you will have access to downloading this signed document. It will not be necessary to have it on paper, since at all times you will be able to access all the information it contains.

Before a mobility, you must sign agreements with the student and the tutor of the VET center.

From the “Agreements” section you can access the download of the signed agreement documents, both the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the Learning Agreement (LA).

Would you like to be able to follow-up students in real time?

From the “Evaluation and Follow-Up” section you can access all the daily entries in the lab notebook that the students have made and add notes about the work they have done. This allows you to carry out a daily control of the work they are doing in the company, as well as provide information and suggestions that they may need to understand the task they are doing.

Can I carry out the final evaluation reports through the app?

Yes, from the same section where you monitor your students “Evaluation and Follow-Up” you can carry out the final evaluation. Once you have completed the final evaluation document, it will be sent to the tutor of the FP education center so that he can complete his final evaluation and accredit the ECVET credits that the student has obtained.
Thanks to the On your Side App in an easy and simple way you will be able to carry out the monitoring and evaluation of your students, without the need to print and scan documents.

Can I communicate with my students and their tutor at the VET center?

With the On Your Side App you can communicate with your students and their tutor from the VET center at all times, which allows you not only to solve questions for your students but also to maintain fluid communication with their tutor from the educational center. Through the “collaborative work” section you have access to dynamic resources that allow communication in real time (Chat) or delayed (Email and Forum) between the users of the application.

Before a mobility, you must sign agreements with the student and the company tutor.

From the “Agreements” section you can access the download of the signed agreement documents, both the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the Learning Agreement (LA).

Would you like to be able to follow-up students in real time?

From the “Evaluation and Follow-Up” section you can access all the daily entries of the laboratory notebook that the students have made to get a closer look at the work they are doing. You can also add notes on the work they have done in order to improve their learning.

Can I carry out the final evaluation reports through the app?

Yes, from the same section where you monitor your students “Evaluation and Follow-Up” you can carry out the final evaluation, which allows you to access the download of all the documents necessary to carry out the subsequent validation of ECVET credits. Once the tutor of the technology company has filled out the final evaluation document, you can open and read it, as well as add your evaluation in a specific document. Once all the documentation has been completed, a final evaluation report in pdf will be generated that you will receive by email.
Thanks to the On your Side App in an easy and simple way you will be able to carry out the monitoring and evaluation of your students, without the need to print and scan documents.

Can I communicate with my students and their tutor at the technology company?

With the On Your Side App you can communicate with your students and their tutor from the technology company at all times, which allows you to give them your support whenever they need it and solve all the doubts that may arise. Through the “collaborative work” section you have access to dynamic resources that allow communication in real time (Chat) or delayed (Email and Forum) between the users of the application.

This section (“NETWORK”) is devoted to the presentation of the European network of participating technology centers and VET centers.

It have a map with the member entities throughout Europe participating in the mobilities. Selecting each of the entities that appear in the mapping you can find:
• Brief description of each of them.
• Objectives.
• Projects.
• Work profile.
• Web page.
• Specific contact information.

This section (“INCLUSION”) contain information about the culture and languages ​​of the regions where the participating technology centers are located. This allow the student to know the identifying features of each of these places, facilitating their integration when they arrive, but also promoting the value of European diversity, tolerance and heritage while improving their intercultural awareness and active citizenship.

A drop-down allows the user to select a Country and, based on this selection, the map above is updated and useful information about the Country are displayed below, with the aim of helping the students integrating in their hosting Country:
– Description.
– Historical and cultural heritage.
– Gastronomy.
– Festivities.
– Language and/or dialects.
– Inhabitants.
– Emergency numbers

This section (“LAB NOTEBOOK”) is a space where the student must complete the laboratory notebook that serve, not only to monitoring their internships, but to evaluate them. Once completed, it will be sent to the company tutor, the Ikasia tutor and the student’s teacher in a format compatible with ECVET credits and with the final mobility report that the teacher must create to validate the internship.

This software contain dynamic resources for communication not only between the tutor of the VET center, but also with the person responsible for the student in the workplace and with the students of the program who are doing mobility in other technology centers . This section (“COLLABORATIVE WORK”) allow to promote the exchange of good practices and a collaborative methodology among the participants so that they help each other, generate bonds of solidarity and feel accompanied.

This section hosts three tools that allow real-time or delayed communication between
app users. Specifically:

• Students can communicate with all other students and their own tutors
• Tutors can communicate with the student(s) they are tutoring (either as as hosting or a sending tutor), and with the other tutor of each of the students they are tutoring

This section (“EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP”) allows tutors to manage their students, as well as filling in their comments on the students’ daily lab notes, and final reports once a student has finished his or her internship.

From the section (“AGREEMENTS”) students and tutors have access to downloading the agreements signed to carry out the mobilities. students will have access to the Learning Agreement and tutors to this agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding