<< Background >>The VOLT (Video Online Learning and Training) project responds to an ongoing need for inclusive and accessible digital learning opportunities; a need that became all the more apparent during the periods of COVID-19 lockdown. The project aims at creating training resources for staff and learners in VET services for people with disabilities. VET service need to equip their staff with the knowledge and digital skills needed to quickly adapt to online training and to use digital learning environments. In order to digitally transform their services, they need tools that cater for the abilities of people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities. In this way, they can continue providing inclusive programs to learners without excluding them from the plethora of online tools that usually require an adequate level of digital and literacy skills. The familiar but powerful learning medium of videos will be utilised to create a learning platform easily accessible by all. The innovation of this project is utilising the simplicity of video learning and implementing this familiar and motivating teaching tool in distance learning in a digital environment with all the necessary accessibiliity features.<< Objectives >>The objectives of the VOLT project are to:• Develop basic digital skills and competences in VET staff providing services to people with disabilities so that they can implement online, blended and distance teaching and training.• Equip VET staff in disability services with knowledge and skills based on the Universal Design for Learning and the Video Modeling methodology. Training staff and creating user-friendly tools will be motivating and will facilitate the provision of inclusive learning opportunities for learners with challenges accessing text-based materials. • Provide VET staff with knowledge, tools and training resources to train learners with disabilities in basic digital skills so that they can continue to engage in the education and training process when distance learning is required.• Train learners to acquire basic digital skills, using easily accessible and inclusive tools and tachnologies, so that participation in online, blended and distance teaching and training is possible.• Engage learners in the use of digital tools by producing video content for the VOLT Online Learning and Training platform. The co-production of videos will motivate the learners to actively engaging in digital training processes. • Create the open license with no-fee access VOLT Online Learning and Training platform, which will include videos modelling curricular, personal and work-related topics.• Improve the digital education and training readiness of VET services.<< Implementation >>A needs analysis will be comprised of defining the baseline of VET staff and learners’ digital skills and video skills. The European Digital Competence Framework will be used as a reference and a task-oriented questionnaire on video skills will be created. The needs analysis will also include the identification of good practices and existing digital tools.Based on the results of the needs analysis, the partners will create the following resources:1. Guide for VET staff: Teaching and Training through Videos in distance learning.2. Toolkit for vocational trainees: Learning through Videos.3. VOLT Online Learning and Training platform.These resources will be used in the training activities that will involve training 14 staff members as VOLT Ambassadors who will then train 15 VOLT Pioneers per partner organisation. The VOLT Pioneers will support the implementation of the project results and train the learners using the Toolkit to improve digital skills and access to the VOLT Platform. The training and support materials will be available online in 4 languages (English, German, Greek, Spanish). At least 40 videos will be created during the implementation period of the project. The VET staff trained as VOLT Pioneers will produce the videos to be uploaded to the VOLT Platform, ensuring that all the functions and accessibility features are available. The videos will be in easy-to-understand language, with closed captioning and have the ability to embed a pop-up with sign language. Co-production and video modelling techniques will be used to further engage the learners. They will participate in creating videos for the VOLT Platform based on their preferences. Evaluation activities will be an ongoing process throughout the project and information from feedback from all participants will be incorporated into the final versions of all project results. The launch of the VOLT Platform will be an online EU level dissemination event that will provide useful feedback and suggestions for improvement to be incorporated into the platform. The National and European dissemination activities will ensure that the project outputs and results reach a wide relevant audience.<< Results >>The VOLT project intends to promote the digital transformation of VET services by developing digital skills in staff and learners. Staff will improve their capacity to create inclusive and accessible digital learning opportunities for learners who cannot access text-based online tools. Overall, digital skills and competences will be improved, for both staff and trainers, enabling them to use other digital technologies, products and services beyond the scope of the project.The Needs Analysis results will highlight the barriers and needs of staff and learners in using digital technologies.The “Guide for VET staff: Teaching and Training through Videos in distance learning” will provide VET services with quality training materials for staff, where the content and approach responds to staff’s needs and expectations.14 staff members will be trained as VOLT Ambassadors. They will train 15 VOLT Pioneers per partner organisation, amounting to 60 VOLT Pioneers across all partners. The total number of learners participating in the implementation of the project results is 300 learners.Staff will gain knowledge and skills and be equipped with a practical guide to use in implementing online and distance teaching and training in order to cater for the needs of all services users and especially those from the most disadvantaged groups.The “Toolkit for vocational trainees: Learning through Videos” will assist learners to develop digital skills. The familiar medium of videos will motivate them to engage in learning and provide a means to practice and reinforce knowledge and skills in their own time.The project expects to create an accessible online learning and training platform where trainers can upload content covering a wide range of topics presented in video format. The videos created during the project will be the beginning for this online tool, as it is expected to be maintained in the future with the addition of more videos after the end of the project.The project aims at making a long-term impact on the participating organisations by increasing their digital capacity and readiness. They will have the Guide for VET staff and the Toolkit for Learners to use to train digital skills in the future with new staff and learners.Through the dissemination activities and the open access nature of the VOLT platform, the project aims at reaching a wide audience and making an impact on other VET organisations providing services to people with various disabilities. The project results will have high transferability potential to staff and learners from other organisation and VET services. It is hoped that the platform will have wide-reaching applicability, use and future contributions from learners and staff outside the partnership.