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The ICT College of ROC Midden Nederland in Nieuwegein, together with partner Dialogic, has been nominated for the Best ICT Trainer of the Year award at the Computable Awards 2017. The ICT Lab is being praised for bringing education closer to the business world.
You can vote until 8th October. Click here to cast your vote!
"It is remarkable that a vocational training programme is nominated in a field consisting mainly of HBO and WO educational institutions" (Baudina, 2017).
The formula of ICT Lab Utrecht consists of enthusiastic students, intensive guidance, an innovative environment, and a focus on current themes and issues.
Enthusiastic students
Yassine Sebbar, student in Application and Media Development: "I am working on a demo assignment at ICT Lab Utrecht in the Smart Cities domain. Together with HBO students, we are programming a dashboard for Civity to visualise traffic data. The web app allows the city to see when and where traffic is congested, such as during rush hours or festivals. Our product has garnered interest from various municipalities in the province of Utrecht. It's amazing to know what you are working for."
Intensive guidance
Jasper Veldman: "In my role as a researcher and advisor at Dialogic, I typically write policy reports. ICT Lab Utrecht offers me the opportunity to work hands-on: with real people and real hardware. It is very rewarding to see the students grow as they explore new technologies and develop new skills."
Innovative environment
Sven Maltha: "ICT Lab is a learning/work environment in a business setting. This differs slightly from a typical school environment. In a professional setting, there are fewer distractions, and students work not just for a grade, but for delivering results to a client."
Current themes and issues
At ICT Lab, students work on demos, proof-of-concepts, and apps related to current themes and issues, such as:
- What will shopping look like in the future?
- How do you build a LoRa Gateway? And what can you do with it in a smart city?
- How will the municipality of the future communicate with its citizens?
- How can you present open data attractively in a dashboard?
Visit www.ictlabutrecht.nl
ICT Lab is an initiative of Dialogic and ROC MN and is partly financed by EBU / Province of Utrecht and CA-ICT.