Polyxeni Kontodiakou
ABSTRACT
IT professionals need to have the technical skills to practice their profession but in order to improve their career prospects in their working environment, they should also cultivate their soft skills to interact effectively with others and manage efficiently projects and teams. This paper highlights the process that was followed for the design and delivery of a VET training program on specific soft skills for IT professionals within the framework of SEnDIng project. It provides details about the different phases of the training cycle that were followed, adopting the ADDIE model, to design and deliver a 20h program that addresses the needs of IT professionals in soft skills specialized in the domains of Internet of Things and Data Science.
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