An external committee of experts in innovative educational methodologies has positively evaluated the results and its educational impact of the “VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPS IN TECH CENTERS” project.

To evaluate the achievement of the results and objectives, a Total Quality System of the project was defined, which focused its attention on the results, activities and participants.
Appropriate evaluation instruments have been designed for each result and activity (transnational meetings, preparatory activities, achievement of results, network construction, training, visibility, dissemination, events…), which have been monitored and evaluated throughout the different phases of the project.
The evaluation has been carried out throughout the entire project, but it has been in the last phase when the final evaluation results of the project have been obtained.
To measure the scope of the results and objectives, specific indicators were defined for each result and phase that made it possible to measure the degree of quality as the level of execution of the objectives linked to the expected results, throughout the entire project.

PLANIFICATION PHASE

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PREPARATION PHASE

For the preparation phase, quantitative and qualitative indicators were defined that allowed us to evaluate the achievements of the phase as a whole (activities, meetings, etc.). The results of this evaluation showed that we were not only achieving the proposed objectives, but that we were improving them in certain aspects such as: the number of participants in the phase, the number of participants expected in the internal training days, the number of coordination with collaborating entities, the training materials developed or the visibility and dissemination materials created.

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IMPLEMENTATION PHASE

As in the preparation phase, quantitative and qualitative indicators were defined that allowed us to assess the achievements of the phase as a whole (activities, meetings, etc.). The results of this evaluation showed that in addition to achieving the objectives, we were improving them in certain aspects. Specifically, we managed to increase participation, the number of activities, the number of evaluations carried out on the results and the entities to which we make the project visible.

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DISSEMINATION PHASE

As in previous phases, qualitative and quantitative indicators were established for the evaluation of the dissemination phase. These showed that we achieved the planned objectives, we even managed to raise expectations. It highlights the number of entities and participants in the activities, as well as the participation in educational innovation congresses and the creation of dissemination materials.

Specifically, the following indicators were defined:

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INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS

The evaluation of the achievement of the results was carried out through the analysis of qualitative and quantitative indicators, as well as through satisfaction surveys to the direct beneficiaries of the results (VET students and teachers, heads of educational and technical centers and heads of technology companies).

Both the indicators and the surveys allowed us to measure the degree of quality and the level of implementation of the objectives linked to the results.

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INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT O1

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INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT O2

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TANGIBLE RESULTS

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STRUCTURAL RESULTS

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PILOT TEST

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IMPACT

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EXTERNAL EVALUATION

An external committee of experts in innovative educational methodologies has positively evaluated the results and its educational impact of the project. In order to validate the quality of the project and the results generated in the project, a large number of international expert evaluators in the field of innovative education have been contacted (several of them members of the evaluation committees of the most relevant international congresses on the subject educational innovation).

The expert committee was made up of:

Expert	Entity	Country
Adriana Agnes Repellin-Moreno	Universidad Panamericana	MEXICO
Aileen Cotter	Cork Institute of Technology	IRELAND
Akihiro Maeda	Ryukoku University	JAPAN
Alia Ammar	Drexel University	UNITED STATES
Alexander Mikroyannidis	The Open University	UNITED KINGDOM
Aline Grunewald Nichele	Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul	BRAZIL
Anna Romagnuolo	University of Tuscia	ITALY
Ana Lucas	Universidade Europeia / Laureate International Universities	PORTUGAL
Ana Paula Lopes	Polytechnic Institute of Oporto	PORTUGAL
Anamarija Štefić	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek	CROATIA
Andrew Youde	The University of Huddersfield	UNITED KINGDOM
Anemona Peres	Frontex	POLAND
Asako Ohno	Osaka Sangyo University	JAPAN
Bob Barrett	American Public University	UNITED STATES
Boza Tasic	Ryerson University	CANADA
Bozena Mannova	Czech Technical University in Prague	CZECH REPUBLIC
Breno Deffanti	Graded – The American School of São Paulo	BRAZIL
Catherine O’Donnell	Ulster University	UNITED KINGDOM
Chang-Tik Chan	Monash University Malaysia	MALAYSIA
Chiew Hong Ng	National Institute of Education	SINGAPORE
Christopher Evans	Cardiff University	UNITED KINGDOM
Craig Loewen	University of Lethbridge	CANADA
Craig Walker	Oklahoma State Department of Education	UNITED STATES
Cynthia Rosas Magallanes	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS)	MEXICO
Daniel Abrahams	University of Arkansas – Fayetteville	UNITED STATES
Darren Falconer	The University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
David Jennings	University College Dublin	IRELAND
Elena Savova	University of Library Studies and Information Technologies	BULGARIA
Elmaziye Özgür	Eastern Mediterranean University	CYPRUS
Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska	Jagiellonian University	POLAND
Fausto Brevi	Politecnico di Milano	ITALY
Fedor Duzhin	Nanyang Technological University	SINGAPORE
Fernando Enrique Ortiz Rodriguez	Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas	MEXICO
Filomena Soares	Polytechnic of Porto	PORTUGAL
Frank Brosow	University of Education Ludwigsburg	GERMANY
Hanna-Riitta Kymäläinen	University of Helsinki	FINLAND
Helen Reddy	University of Nottingham	UNITED KINGDOM
Helmut Wöllik	Carinthia University of Applied Sciences	AUSTRIA
Hiroyuki Obari	Aoyama Gakuin University	JAPAN
Ineta Helmane	University of Latvia	LATVIA
Iolie Nicolaidou	Cyprus University of Technology	CYPRUS
Jana Bérešová	University of Trnava	SLOVAKIA
Jane Davies	University of Nottingham	MALAYSIA
James Mackay	Wellington Institute of Technology	NEW ZEALAND
Jaroslaw Kujawski	University of Gdansk	POLAND
Joanna Richardson	City, University of London	UNITED KINGDOM
João Monteiro	ISPGAYA – Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya	PORTUGAL
John Craft	Appalachian State University	UNITED STATES
Joseph Agbenyega	Emirates College for Advanced Education	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Kari Krell	MacEwan University	CANADA
Kathleen O’Sullivan	University College Cork	IRELAND
Kay Gallagher	Zayed University	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Laila Nordstrand Berg	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	NORWAY
Laura Zizka	Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne / HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland	SWITZERLAND
Leonor Silva de Mattos	University of Hertfordshire	UNITED KINGDOM
Louise Robson	University of Sheffield	UNITED KINGDOM
Luis Roseiro	Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra	PORTUGAL
Luke Raeside	Technological University Dublin	IRELAND
Manuel Gericota	Polytechnic of Porto	PORTUGAL
Maria Luisa Spreafico	Politecnico di Torino	ITALY
Maria Susy Rogers	The University of South Wales	UNITED KINGDOM
Marion Milton	Unviersity of Notre Dame	AUSTRALIA
Maria Rudneva	RUDN University (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia)	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Martha Leal-Gonzalez	Institute of Innovation and Technology Transfer of Nuevo Leon	MEXICO
Martina Bode	University of Illinois at Chicago	UNITED STATES
Matome Mashiapata	University of South Africa	SOUTH AFRICA
Mayaugust Finkenberg	Stevenson University	UNITED STATES
Mike Hillis	California Lutheran University	UNITED STATES
Michelle Flood	Royal College of Surgeons	IRELAND
Monika Jakubiak	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University	POLAND
Nathalie Wesseling	Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences	NETHERLANDS
Orlando Belo	Universidade do Minho	PORTUGAL
Paul Hunter	IMD, International Institute for Management Development	SWITZERLAND
Peter Gabor	University of Calgary	CANADA
Peter Haber	Salzburg University of Applied Sciences	AUSTRIA
Pia Palotie	Eezy Tyollisyyspalvelut	FINLAND
Polona Gradišek	University of Ljubljana	SLOVENIA
Rebecca Allen	Mount St. Joseph University	UNITED STATES
Remigijus Bubnys	Vilnius University	LITHUANIA
Rosa Cendros Araujo	Western University	CANADA
Sandra Gomes	IPAM	PORTUGAL
Sean Lancastle	University of Bristol	UNITED KINGDOM
Sinéad McCotter	University of York	UNITED KINGDOM
Siobhan O’Sullivan	Khalifa University in Medical Education	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Suzy Connor	Kyushu University	JAPAN
Sylvia Dempsey	Cork Institute of Technology	IRELAND
Taija Votkin	Aalto University	FINLAND
Taketoshi Yokemura	Shibaura Institute of Technology	JAPAN
Tammy Ladwig	University of Wisconsin Fox Valley	UNITED STATES
Teemu Patala	Context Learning Finland Oy	FINLAND
Teresa Cardoso	Universidade Aberta, LE@D	PORTUGAL
Thomas Rachfall	Hochschule Merseburg	GERMANY
Thomas Lavery	The Royal Academy of Engineering	UNITED KINGDOM
Tunde Szecsi	Florida Gulf Coast University	UNITED STATES
Victor Fester	University of Waikato	NEW ZEALAND
Victoria Brennan	Liverpool John Moores University	UNITED KINGDOM
Victoria Kompanets	Lappeenranta University of Technology	FINLAND
Wayne Bailey	The University of Huddersfield	UNITED KINGDOM
Wendy Gorton	EdTechTeam	UNITED STATES