- Is a record of focused learning achievement verifying what the learner knows, understands or can do. - Includes assessment based on clearly defined standards and is awarded by a trusted provider. - Has standalone value and may also contribute to or complement other micro-credentials or macro-credentials, including through recognition of prior learning. - Meets the standards required by relevant quality assurance.

Source: UNESCO Link

some of the most desirable competencies of the future include:

• Analytical thinking

• Creative thinking

• Resilience, flexibility, agility

• Motivation and self-awareness

• Curiosity and lifelong learning

• Ability to use technology

• Reliability and attention to detail

• Empathy and active listening

• Leadership and social influence

• Quality control

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Conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) are fixed-wing aircraft that need a runway to take off and land.

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Drone robotics is the most advanced of robotics where you can learn soldering skills and microelectronics knowledge. As technologies develop, this knowledge and skills remain very relevant. Do you know a single electronic device without solder? And drones are a special electrotechnical device that must be soldered in such a way that no accidents affect its ability to continue operating. While learning to pilot drones, students develop spatial sense, the ability to concentrate, and strategic thinking.
Source: e-klase.lv

When Leonardo da Vinci in the second half of the 15th century drew a sketch very similar to a modern unmanned aerial vehicle among other inventions, he probably did not think that four hundred years would pass until such devices would gradually acquire real outlines and applications. First of all, as has often happened elsewhere in the history of mankind, this innovation was pushed forward by wars and military needs, but in the XXI century, the development of technology has given unmanned aerial vehicles a victory march in the civilian world as well.
Source:epale.ec.europa.eu

European Commission defines e-learning as “the use of new multimedia technologies and the Internet to improve the quality of learning by facilitating access to resources and services as well as remote exchange and collaboration”.
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E-learning: Learning that is supported by information and communication technologies (ICT). E-learning is, therefore, not limited to ‘digital literacy’ (the acquisition of IT competence) but may encompass multiple formats and hybrid methodologies, in particular, the use of software, Internet, CD-ROM, online learning or any other electronic or interactive media.

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CEDEFOP 2002, E-learning and training in Europe. A survey into the use of e-learning in training and professional development in the European Union

e-Learning is an umbrella term that refers to the use of any digital device or media (multi-media) for teaching and learning, especially for delivery or accessing of content. Thus e-Learning can take place without any reference to a network or connectivity. The digital device used by the learner to access materials need not be connected to a digital network, either a local area network or to the Internet (or even to a cell phone network if a Tablet is used as a terminal or access device).

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 COL, Open and distance learning: key terms and definitions, 2015 (revised 2020)

The EQF is an 8-level, learning outcomes-based framework for all types of qualifications that serves as a translation tool between different national qualifications frameworks. This framework helps improve transparency, comparability and portability of people’s qualifications and makes it possible to compare qualifications from different countries and institutions.

Source: Europass European Union Link

is the European multilingual classification of Skills, Competences and Occupations. ESCO works as a dictionary, describing, identifying and classifying professional occupations and skills relevant for the EU labour market and education and training.

Source: European Commission Link.

The European employment services (EURES) is a European cooperation network between the European Commission, the European Labour Authority (ELA), the national public and other admitted employment services in all the EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Source: ELA (European Labour Authority) Link.

is a set of online tools and information that helps you manage every step of your learning and career. The tools and information support you in communicating your skills, qualifications and experiences clearly and consistently across Europe. The European Commission developed Europass.

Source: Europass European Union Link

The Federal Aviation Administrator is the regulator of all the nation’s civil aviation activities, including management of air traffic in U.S. airspace.

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the practice of making activities more like games in order to make them more interesting or enjoyable.

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innovation competences are skills and attitudes that young people will need in the future, regardless of their knowledge and profession, in order to be effective in their private life, in the labour market, and in the social realm.

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A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a measurable target that indicates how individuals or businesses are performing in terms of meeting their goals. Reviewing and evaluating KPIs helps organizations determine whether or not they are on track for hitting their desired objectives.< /> Source: Forbes (Link)

- 1: praise given for achievement
- 2: fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement: PRESTIGE Deriving from Greek, kudos entered English as slang popular at British universities in the 19th century. In its earliest use, the word referred to the prestige or renown that one gained by having accomplished something noteworthy. The sense meaning "praise given for achievement" came about in the 1920s. As this later sense became the predominant one, some English speakers, unaware of the word's Greek origin, began to treat the word as a plural count noun, inevitably coming up with the back-formation kudo to refer to a single instance of praise. For the same reason, when kudos is used as a subject you may see it with either a singular or plural verb.
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary

- Learning Content Management System (LCMS) platform is a platform that allows you to create, manage, host and track digital learning content. LCMS stands for learning content management system. You can think of it like a one-stop-shop for corporate elearning, from creation to delivery.
Source: Elucidat

are the measurement, collection, and analysis of educational-related data to understand and improve the learning and educational process in a given domain.
Source: Maastricht University Link

Lidar, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth. These light pulses—combined with other data recorded by the airborne system — generate precise, three-dimensional information about the shape of the Earth and its surface characteristics.

Source: National Ocean Service
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lidar.html

- A learning management system (LMS) is a software application or web-based technology used to plan, implement and assess a specific learning process. Source: TargetTech Network - A learning management system (LMS) is a specialized software system designed to manage, store, track, and deliver educational materials via online courses. Learning management systems are often called learning management platforms or simply LMSes.
Source: The European Business Review

a set of numbers that give information about a particular process or activity.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary Link

When we use the term “responsive”, we above all mean “responsive design”. This means making a website accessible and adaptable across all devices: tablets, smartphones, etc. The principle of responsive design is achieved through cascading style sheets (CSS) and programming techniques (HTML). With these techniques, you can avoid integrating the same content several times, as the goal of responsive design is to adapt the same set of content to the different technologies being used.
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics including biology, geography, physics, chemistry, design and technology, computer science, engineering, programming, robotics and digital design. One of the key components of future education is the development of 21st century skills, assessed, technology and science skills play an important role, so they are closely related to future employment and quality of life.

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Undoubtedly, interest in drones as a consumer product is growing. Thus, the demand for education and training around them is increasing. The STEM Drone Orientation is one example of a program that paves the way for STEM education for students.
Source: tryengineering.org

STEAM is an approach to teaching that involves project and workshop work which helps to acquire knowledge faster and to retain it better. Children are more focused because classes focus on solving, searching and discovering. Students are given the opportunity to create new things, which they can then explore, verify and test to acquire a very important competence, namely the ability to draw constructive conclusions.
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the basis of STEAM projects that involve analysis of real-world scenarios. Inspiration may come from the observation of everyday life, such as phenomena and changes taking place in nature, problems in the immediate or more distant environment or issues faced daily by the students. STEAM education is an approach that develops the skills of not only students, but also teachers. STEAM projects are multidisciplinary, therefore they require collaboration between teachers. Planning, discussing and implementing a project provides a good opportunity to exchange experiences, observe each other’s teaching skills, and take a look from a much oader perspective because “two (or more) heads are better than one”!

Source: https://www.nowaera.pl/eduone/edukacja-STEAM

stands for Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, (Arts) and Mathematics. The concept of STREAM education was created in the US and was initially called STEM. It stood for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and mainly focused on the exact sciences. Over time, “A” (for “Arts”) has been added to the acronym to include the right hemisphere of the ain, and STEAM education has become the leading approach in many educational institutions around the world.
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The model is named after Swiss cheese because it compares complex human systems to several slices of Swiss cheese piled up together, reducing the severity of every threat to it by its different layers and individual defenses which are layered one after another.
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An unmanned aircraft system is an unmanned aircraft and the equipment necessary for the safe and efficient operation of that aircraft. An unmanned aircraft is a component of a UAS. It is defined by statute as an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft (Public Law 112-95, Section 331(8)).

Source: Federal Aviation Administration
https://www.faa.gov/faq/what-unmanned-aircraft-system-uas

An unmanned aircraft system is an unmanned aircraft and the equipment necessary for the safe and efficient operation of that aircraft. An unmanned aircraft is a component of a UAS. It is defined by statute as an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft (Public Law 112-95, Section 331(8)).

Source: Federal Aviation Administration
https://www.faa.gov/faq/what-unmanned-aircraft-system-uas

- Webinar: a live online educational presentation during which participating viewers can submit questions and comments Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary - A Webinar is a seminar or other presentation that takes place on the internet, allowing participants in different locations to see and hear the presenter, ask questions, and sometimes answer polls.

Source: Dictionary.com