ERASMUS+ PROJECT TEXMODA – AN ADVANCED TEXTILE COURSE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

• Main Authors: BELINO Nuno, PINHEIRO Cláudia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura Universităţii din Oradea 2019-05-01
• Series: Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork
• Subjects: Erasmus+; Texmoda; MOOC; CAD; Digital Fashion Design
• Online Access: http://textile.webhost.uoradea.ro/Annals/Vol%20XX%20nr.%201-2019/Textile/Art.%20no.%20345%20pag.%2019-24.pdf
• ISSN: 1843-813X; 2457-4880

The aim of the project TEXMODA is to develop a massive open on-line course (MOOC) on Novel Technologies for the textile, apparel and fashion industries. The target audiences are students and recent graduates of higher education and post-secondary VET institutes that attend or have attended related study fields (clothing and textile industry, fashion) and employees of SME’s working in textile and fashion industry. At the level of learning content, the TEXMODA aims to develop a European competence profile on Novel Technologies for textile and fashion industry and a training course based on this competence profile. The project brings together five Universities, two business associations and a consulting company from five EU countries, all of them with experience in different aspects of textile / clothing / fashion industry. The synthesis of the partnership combines academic expertise and institutional capacity to mainstream results, incorporating the new course into the Universities’ curricula and the flexibility and effectiveness of the private non-for profit and profit sectors. In this paper, a special attention will be focused in the module digital fashion design which provides a holistic approach for those who wish to learn more about all the steps involved in the development of a collection.