The Dihub Model for Learning and Innovating

Abstract

This paper describes the Dihub model and its piloting in Helsinki. Dihub (Digital Innovation Hub for Cloud-based Services) is an EU-funded project that aims at the promotion and creation of cloud-based knowledge and innovations in Europe through the construction of an innovation hub platform, a study path and the related processes. These are tested in several pilot rounds during two academic years in five European countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland and Portugal. The educational partners involved are institutions from both vocational and higher education. The stakeholders involved in the Dihub model are business owners and experts in companies using cloud services, experts from cloud technology providers, educators and students.

Curriculum Development for Cloud Services: Answering the Needs of the Job Market

“…This paper describes a curriculum development process that attempted to solve the above described challenges. The work was done as a part of the European Digital Innovation Hub for Cloud based Services (Dihub) project [6]. Producing a curriculum at the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) level 6 [7] for the four cloud services job roles identified during the process was one of the goals of this joint work.…”