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VET education is an effective and accessible way for students to improve their employability and inclusion possibilities. It allows them to train technically in a short time to do a job and try to access the labor market. However, not even obtaining a qualification aimed at vocational training ensures access to the labor market or real possibilities of emancipation. The success of VET graduates in their first work experience when joining technology companies requires not only the development of many skills that are common to all professional careers, but also specific skills that derive from the innovative nature of the work method and objectives of these companies. For this reason, within the framework of the Erasmus + Program, the project VET STUDENTS İNTO TECHNOLOGY COMPANİES: A VET students mobility network in the technological sector through a virtual environment with specific materials for critical thinking is being developed with the aim of promoting employability and inclusion of VET students at risk of exclusion. The project focuses on the creation of virtual tools, collaborative work methodologies and virtual training materials that allow these young people to improve their critical thinking capacity and their technological and digital skills. The project's methodology combines the creation of training materials and a network of mobility in high-tech centres, where students will carry out a first work experience.Regarding training materials, one of the main results of this project is PERSONALIZED DIGITAL COURSE FOR LABOR TRAINING IN A TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER. This course generates personalized learning based on the student's previous knowledge and the characteristics of the technological company in which they will carry out their internship. The course follows an innovative methodology based on micro learning, small exercises (pills) to develop technical and work skills and reinforce critical thinking as a fundamental mechanism. The objective of this course is not so much to provide new knowledge as to develop specific skills for innovative work. The course aims at allowing the students to face problems or tasks unknown to them until then. Critical thinking skills that will be addressed are self-training, assess their own way of reasoning, set objectives, raise relevant questions, state hypothesis, search for information, intellectual integrity, oral and written communication, work in multidisciplinary teams. Also, within the framework of this project we are developing the App ON YOUR SIDE . This is a digital educational software available for mobile devices, which will accompany the student throughout the mobility process, providing useful information such as specific training resources focused on the company where they will carry out their mobility, linguistic resources, collaborative work tools, as well as social integration resources in the destination country, among others. From this App, students will be able to access the aforementioned course. In this paper we present how, through micro learning me...

basado en la metodología del Aprendizaje Basado en Retos. El objetivo principal fue proporcionar a los alumnos una experiencia profesional en el campo de la ingeniería geotécnica, de tal forma que aumentase su confianza en los conocimientos adquiridos de cara a su incorporación al mundo laboral. El reto planteado fue la reparación de una rotura de talud, y el proceso seguido asemejó al que se realizaría en una empresa de ingeniería. Para facilitar la labor del alumno y mejorar la calidad de la experiencia, se organizaron, a lo largo del trabajo, reuniones con especialistas del sector. En este artículo se describe la metodología planteada, así como los resultados obtenidos. Aunque los alumnos valoraron positivamente la propuesta, no se pudo completar la actividad debido al abandono generalizado aproximadamente a la mitad de la misma. En el documento se analizan las causas de este abandono, siendo la principal de ellas la elevada carga de trabajo de los alumnos en la época final del curso.