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Welcome Dear IN2IT partners,

This newsletter includes a review of the first two successful and productive

workshops. We had in WP3 to develop four innovative virtual-international

courses: (i) English for Internationalization Purposes, (ii) Embracing Diversity,

(iii) Essential Skills, and (iv) Global entrepreneurship. In addition, you will find

reference to presentations of the new developed technological platform that

will support the delivery of those courses. The next meeting will be held in

Warsaw on March.

On WP4 we had the first meeting of IN2IT communities of practice to identify

areas for collaboration on international relations and research. Preliminary

actions were initiated and additional are expected to be developed.

From a managerial and administrative perspective, you will find an update on

the monitoring visit that was held by the National Erasmus Office, and

information on the next steps regarding the intermediate report.

Wishing you a pleasant reading,

Vered Holzmann

veredhz@braude.ac.il

MOVING FORWARD

Project IN2IT is going

forward on all tracks to

develop an innovative

technological infrastructure

for the purpose of advancing

internationalization in higher

education by teaching and

learning academic

curriculum and knowledge

sharing by international

relations and research

communities.

JOURNAL OF

ERASMUS +

PROJECT IN2IT ISS UE

February

2017

07

this issue

Welcome Message P.1

Summary: Monitoring Visit P.2

Summary: WP3-WS1 P.4

Summary: WP3-WS2 & WP4-WS1 P.8

Summary: WP9-WS1 P.15

Next Meeting: WP3-WS3 P.18

Update: IN2IT Intermediate Report P.20

P.20 Update: IN2IT Meetings Plan

“TEACHING IN THE INTERNET AGE

MEANS WE MUST TEACH TOMORROW’S

SKILLS TODAY”

JENNIFER FLEMING

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Summary: Monitoring Visit

7 December 2016; Be i t Ber l Co l lege , Is rael

IN2IT monitoring visit was held a little after the end of the first year of the project, with the

participation of the Programme Manager Ms. Róisín Mc Cabe from the Education, Audiovisual

and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Ms. Marissa Gross-Yarm, Director of

the National Erasmus Plus Office (NEO), Prof. Tamar Ariav, the President of

Beit Berl College, and IN2IT partner colleges' Vice Presidents and the

institutional Coordinators.

The NEO received a folder with all the IN2IT documents, including meeting

agenda, list of participants, copy of the partnership agreements, organigram

of the project organization, minutes of the last coordination meeting, copy of

the most relevant pages of the IN2IT website, Facebook, Forum, and additional dissemination

materials (IN2IT notebook, booklet, calendar, newsletters), copy of the quality policy document,

quality assurance and evaluation reports produced so far, and copies of the products/output

produced so far (internationalization strategic plans, internationalization

maturity 1st assessment results, virtual-international courses outlines, etc.).

Prof. Tamar Ariav opened the meeting with a welcome message to the

attendees, emphasizing the importance of internationalization in the college. The Erasmus Plus

Office representatives briefly introduced the program and explained the purpose of the

monitoring visit - to learn about the activities realized and products developed so far, as well as

to observe if the project has encountered any problems in operational and/or financial

implementation that should be discussed and solved.

First, each one of the colleges representatives briefly presented the college and its activities in

internationalization.

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Then, the IN2IT project Manager, Dr. Vered Holzmann, reviewed the project and its progress

from administrative and academic perspectives. Each one of the project work packages was

considered, regarding implementation of the planned tasks and achievement of deliverables.

Special attention was given to activities of quality assurance, dissemination,

exploitation and sustainability, and project management.

The following session included a discussion, where each one of the partners

summarized the tasks that were implemented in the college and talked about the impact of IN2IT

on the stakeholders in the college, including top management, academic and administrative

staff, and students. A short video on Beit Berl College involvement in IN2IT was presented by

Dr. Osnat Dagan. We also discussed challenges such as budget related issues and

sustainability of the project deliverables.

The overall summary of the project was very favorable. The NEO representatives were

impressed by the level of involvement of all partners, the activities performed and the products

developed so far, the impact of the project on the institutions, as well as the clear plan for the

following months until the end of the project. They indicated that IN2IT offers a new form of

internationalization, based on virtual-international courses, that hopefully will be successful and

enable replication in additional institutions and fields of studies.

The NEO will issue an evaluation report that will be distributed to all partners.

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Summary: WP3-1st workshop on development

of virtual-international curriculum

13-15 December 2016; A l Qasemi Academic Co l lege o f Educat ion &

Te l Av iv Ya f fo Academic Co l lege , Is rae l

IN2IT partners participated in the first workshop of WP3: development and delivery of

international online curriculum in Al Qasemi Academic College of Education & Tel Aviv Yaffo

Academic College, Israel.

Prof. Bashar Saed, President of Qasemi Academic College of Education,

welcomed the participants and presented the various departments in the

college. Dr. Wisam Magdly, Head of Teaching Development and Evaluation,

reviewed the topics of research conducted in the college, the international

conference on the educational identity of teachers and educators in a changing socio-political

reality, and explained the process that the college is going through to be a green

institution.

Each one of the participants received a notebook of IN2IT and a calendar with all

the three religions holidays and the IN2IT events for the coming year.

Dr. Fiona Hunter, from UCSC, the leader of WP3, presented the overall plan for this activity that

starts with three workshops – in QSM, UCSC, and WUT, continues with a

pilot during the second half of the second year of the project, and finalizes

with delivery of virtual international courses during the 2017-2018 academic

year. In an introduction lecture, Prof. Susanna Sancassani, Managing Director of METID at the

Politecnico di Milano, talked about “How MOOC can help us in reading the

future in higher education”. She reviewed a variety of tools to be used in

MOOC and referred to it as an additional opportunity to target massive

audience, thanks to its "open" nature that makes it accessible to all. However, as Susanna

stressed, this is only an option and not a must. The higher education of the future has to be able

to scale up dramatically, to include knowledge actors, to annually integrate ICT and support the

evolution of methodologies.

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Next, Ms. Valeria Baudo, from METID, presented the case of MOOC at PoliMi (Politecnico di

Milano). PoliMi open knowledge was presented in numbers: 58 teachers,

18 MOOCS online, 32,770 POK subscribers, and 49,675 enrolled in

MOOCS. PoliMi strategy for MOOC is as a utility to bridge the gap. It is

composed of MOOCs for All and MOOCs for students. The catalog of MOOCs includes different

categories, such as from high school to university, from bachelor to master, from university to

job, for teachers, for citizens, and for researchers.

The following speaker, Dr. Osnat Dagan, from Beit Berl College, talked about face-to-face and

online curriculum. She asked the participants to identify the most important

active learning characteristics by scanning a QRCode to define active

learning. Then, she presented a few examples, including face-to-face

design process where the students understand that design process is an iterative and differ from

each person and problem by experience, and an online course on cyber bulling. Osnat

summarized with the conclusion that each assignment requires learning content and technology

tool (Knowledge), developing curriculum by integrating pedagogy and technology (implement

and create), and analyzing the added value of the technology, where the last assignment is a

personal reflection on what the students learnt during the course (evaluation).

After a preliminary session where the teams develop the four IN2IT courses, we went for a visit

in

the city of Baqa Al-Gharbiyye and in the college. We visited Al-Qasemi College for Science and

Engineering, as well as the radio station, cinema and television

centers of Al Qasemi Academic

College.

Global Entrepreneurship Team Embracing Diversity Team Global Entrepreneurship Team Essential Skills Team

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The second and third days of the meeting were held in Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College.

Prof. Israel Borovich, the Dean of Business and Economics School, welcomed the attendees

and introduced them to the special characteristic of the college, located at

the heart of Jaffa, a mixed city of Jewish and Arab (Muslim and Christian)

residents, which lags behind Tel-Aviv in every socio-economic criterion.

The opening lecture was given by Dr. Merav Asaf, from Kaye Academic College of Education.

She talked about insights of an ICT coordinator with regard to online

curriculum. She explained how to design an effective online course, by

maintaining commitment, raising interest and facilitating interaction. Merav

offered a variety of individual and collaborative activities that can be applied in an online course,

and elaborated on available assessment procedures and tools.

Ms. Amanda Baker, from Brunel University, shared with us the Essential Skills course

development framework, which is composed on content

(elements and structure for curriculum content), delivery

(platforms and approaches to teaching and learning on the

courses, including answers to the questions: how, when and where will delivery

take place), and context (students and staff, locations and wider macro-environmental factors).

Based on those guidelines, the teams continue their work on the courses' development. The

remaining time of the workshop was dedicated to intensive teamwork, which was concluded at

the end of the third day with a clear understanding of the structure and an initial plan for the pilot

for each one of the courses.

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We finalized the meeting with a presentation by Dr. Hanan Maoz, from Sapir Academic College,

who reviewed the current status of WP6: Innovative Technological Platform, focusing on the

requirements and need ananlysis survey reults. The process of designing the survey and

collecting the data was explained and the main findings were presented. Based on that study,

Sapir team recommended to adopt MOODLE platform for IN2IT project.

In the closing session, moderated by Dr. Fiona Hunter, from the Universita Cattolica, and Dr.

Vered Holzmann, from ORT Braude College, we summarized the valuable accomplishments by

each team and discussed the next steps to be taken towards the following meeting in Milan.

On behalf of all IN2IT partners I wish to thank the teams at

Al Qasemi College and in Tel Aviv Yaffo College for their

support in organizing the event.

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Summary: WP3-2n d workshop on development

of virtual-international curriculum & WP4-1st

meeting on IN2IT communities of practice

6-8 February 2017; Univers i tà Catto l ica de l Sacro Cuore & Po l i tecn ico d i Mi lano , I ta ly

A joint meeting for the second workshop of WP3: Development and delivery of international

online curriculum and the first meeting of WP4: Development and delivery of international

Communities of Practice (CoP) for knowledge sharing was held on 6-8 February 2017 in Milan,

Italy.

The meeting of WP3 team was aimed to continue the development of online teaching and

learning curriculum for virtual-international courses on: (1) English for Internationalization

Purposes, (2) Essential Skills, (3) Embracing Diversity, (4) Global Entrepreneurship. The

meeting of WP4 team was aimed to promote collaboration among IN2IT partners and to initiate

the establishment of a network of professionals from the international relations offices and

research units in the partner institutions. The partners presented the main interests for

collaboration in order to find opportunities for future cooperation among all the consortium –

Israeli and Europeans. In the field of international relations, it includes initiatives for study

abroad, faculty and students exchange, joint agreements, joint Erasmus Plus proposals, etc. In

the field of research, it includes joint research by faculty members, joint publications,

international conferences, applications for Horizon 2020, etc.

The first day of the meeting was held in the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Prof. Arie Maharshak, President of ORT Braude College, and Prof. Amanda Murphy, Director of

the Centre for Higher Education Internationalization, welcomed the attendees.

The opening session included a brief presentation of the project, WP3 and WP4 by Dr. Vered

Holzmann, to understand the overall framework of the project and the specific goals of those

WPs. Dr. Fiona Hunter, from UCSC, the leader of WP3 presented the current status of

development and the plan for the workshop. Ms. Nicoletta Trentinaglia and Ms. Valeria Baudo,

from PoliMi, the leader of WP4, presented the idea of CoP to foster collaboration among the

IN2IT partners.

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After the opening session, the teams were working in parallel.

The team for development and delivery of international online curriculum, was introduced to the

IN2IT Technological Platform, based on Moodle, which was

developed by WP6 leader, Sapir Academic College. The team from

Sapir, Prof. Avi Besser, Dr. Hanan Maoz, Ms. Amit Marantz-Gal, Ms.

Aya Elovits, and Mr. Shay Pinsker, presented the Beta release of

the technological platform. They explained the rational of the

platform design, presented its functionality from teachers and

students' perspectives, and demonstrated how to use the platform effectively.

Following a teamwork session of the four teams of online curriculum

development, the participants visited the iLab at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Ms. Flavia

Scott and Ms. Chiara Rizzi presented the education technologies at

the Universita Cattolica, including history of the

iLab since its foundation in 2009 and the current

adoption and use of e-learning platform, based on

Blackboard. With more than 1500 courses available on Blackboard,

3 MOOCs, and 9 blended Master degrees, in the academic year of 2014-2015, the iLab supports

UCSC teachers and students. In addition, several tools and cases were

presented as well as the blended degree model and the program of the

Didatec Corner, which is aimed to train teachers in the use of educational

technologies.

During the second day of the meeting, in the Politecnico di Milano, the team visited METID

recording studio in order to understand the process and requirements for

producing quality recorded lessons.

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The team for development and delivery of international CoPs for knowledge

sharing, was introduced to the IN2IT online environment for CoPs, developed

by METID at the Politecnico di Milano. Ms. Nicoletta Trentinaglia and Ms.

Valeria Baudo, from PoliMi, the leader of WP4, presented the framework of

WP4 and its specific objectives: (1) to facilitate online discussion among WP3

international teams for developing online curriculum; (2) to stimulate sharing

of experiences and needs in internationalization for supporting the creation of new synergies;

and (3) to foster international collaboration among Higher Education Institutions for developing

Joint research project ideas. In order to facilitate the cooperation, each partner institution should

assign a responsible person in the institution for the coordination of the activities in WP4.

In the following sessions, each one of the partner institution, presented the institution, the main

activities of the international relations office, and the main activities of the research unit.

Prof. Shira Huntman, from Tel Hai College, located in the Upper Galilee in Israel, talked about

the diverse student life and pluralistic atmosphere, the growing reputation for

academic excellence that attracts students from across the country to join in

building a unique community of learning, and the attention of scholars and

researchers around the world. The college is interested in research in the fields of food

technologies, nutrition, social work, education, economics, and animal and environmental

sciences.

Dr. Marek Polak, from Warsaw University of Technology, the best technical university in Poland,

described the activities of the IRO, with student exchange programs, mainly

from India and Ukraine, and active collaboration with 120 academic

institutions worldwide. The university carries out about 700 researches,

including 260 research grants. Research priorities is given to new material technologies and

functional materials, chemistry and chemical technology, electronics and computer science,

aviation and aerospace, biomedical engineering, photonics, and renewable energy sources.

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Dr. Nazeh Natur, from Al Qasemi Academic College of Education, an Arab college, located in

Baqa Al-Gharbiyye, presented the international activity in general and focused

on research. The college will conduct two research conferences in April 2017,

in which the partners are welcome to participate. The College has several

international collaborations including institutions from Austria, Italy, Ukraine, and Turkey. The

faculty members are mainly interested in researching the topics of English studies and English

literature, as well as Islamic studies.

Ms. Minke Jakobi, from Ludwigsburg University of Education, with more than 5000 students and

three faculties, described the university and the academic programs. The IRO

is responsible for strategic partnerships, international projects in teaching and

research, and students and staff exchange. The university is involved in

several Erasmus projects on teaching diversity and promoting civic engagement, and

collaborates with institutions from USA, Israel and Egypt. Regarding research, the university is

interested in educational research, and focus on learning, teaching and education in all age-

groups.

Ms. Anat Benson, from Beit Berl College, an academic institution with an applied-social

orientation for the training and development of professionals in the fields of

education, arts and the public service, described the college and its activities with

the Jewish and Arab communities. The IRO develops collaboration by exchange

programs, international conferences, international and European projects, and

partnership agreements with academic institutions. Specific interests include digital humanities,

social sciences, art, and education.

Prof. Israel (Izzy) Borovich, from Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College, a teaching-oriented

institution, and a generator of social action in service of its immediate

community - in Jaffa (Yafo) and southern Tel-Aviv, presented the college. The

college is involved in international entrepreneurship programs and faculty

members are interested in cooperation in the fields of management and economics, high tech,

health studies and healthcare, as well as humanities and social sciences.

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Ms. Francesca Casoni, from Université de Montpellier, which is known as a research university

where scientific activities are performed by 9 departments of scientific themes,

talked about the priority of internationalization in the university. The university is

involved in several Erasmus projects and cooperates with many academic

institutions, including partnerships with HEIs in the Mediterranean. Partnerships

of UM include almost 600 partners in Europe. The university has about 300 incoming students

from Europe and about 600 outgoing student to European countries.

Prof. Avi Besser, from Sapir Academic College, presented the college, which is the largest public

college in Israel, focused on social sciences, business and law, technology

management, and humanities. Research in Sapir is led by departments and

schools as islands of excellence. The main interests of Sapir are: Bologna

process capacity, Erasmus Plus capacity, mobility practices, summer schools, Horizon 2020

initiatives, and research with the high tech industry.

Ms. Adele Roberts-Hunt, from Kingston University London, a public research university with five

faculties, which prides itself on the diversity of its research culture and student

body, presented the excellent relationships with regional and national

institutions and the student entrepreneurship programme. Research is

clustered around Centres of Excellence in engineering, environment and society research, visual

and material culture research, health and social care, research into modern European

philosophy, modern interiors research, small business research centre, digital information

research, and the interdisciplinary hub for the study of health and age-related conditions.

Ms. Inna Smirnov, from Kaye Academic College of Education, located in the south of Israel,

serving both the Jewish and Bedouin populations, said that they are interested

in collaboration with other institutions in Israel and abroad. Broadly, the areas

of expertise and interest include: teacher identity in various teaching

situations, innovative methods and pedagogy (e.g. Eutagogy), using arts, music and drama for

teaching purposes, diversity, heterogeneity, and multiculturalism, border literacy and pedagogy,

K-12 education, special education, and Phys. Ed. For excluded communities.

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Mr. Shmuel Gazit and Prof. Sammar Marei, from ORT Braude College, presented the

international and research activities. The college supports students and staff

exchange with partner institutions from USA, Europe and Asia, and offers a

special study abroad program. ORT Braude is involved in Erasmus Plus project

and has an experience in leading successful international and European projects.

Research in ORT Braude is related to technology and engineering in a variety

of fields. Faculty members participate in COST, Horizon2020, and bi-national

funded research projects.

At the end of the first day, WP4 team visited the research authority of Università Cattolica del

Sacro Cuore. Ms. Alessandra Amato presented the research administration

in UCSC. She talked about the challenges of supporting 10 main areas of

research in 12 faculties located in 4 different campuses. The research unit is

responsible for policies and the administrative support including management of research funds

at the pre-award and post-award stages. The overall investment in research is 30M Euro each

year, composed of own funds, national grants, international grants, and applied research with

external entities.

On the second day of the meeting, the attendees visited the Politecnico di Milano. Ms. Susanna

Sancassani, Managing Director of METID, presented the university and the role

of METID (Metodi E Tecnologie Innovative per la Didattica - Innovative Methods

and Technologies for Learning) which operates since 1996 to foster the commitment of

Politecnico to teaching and learning innovation. METID is devoted to design, develop, and

deliver e-learning and e-collaboration services and takes part in several research and training

projects collaborating with the most qualified European universities.

Ms. Dora Longoni, Head of International Projects Service in PoliMi, presented the array of

international activities, including partnership agreements with academic institutions

around the world, joint projects, staff and students exchange, and Master degree

programs delivered in English.

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Mr. Gianluca Pappalardo, from PoliMi Research Office, reviewed the research @ Politecnico di

Milano. As the leading university in Italy for architecture, design and engineering,

PoliMi operates in 12 departments and 65 research areas. However, the key to

success is multidisciplinary research, supported by joint research centers at PoliMi and with

companies.

The participants in WP4 summarized the topics of interest to identify opportunities for

collaboration. Those initiatives include international conference on education, joint project on

advanced mathematics teaching, cooperation in Arabic and Islamic studies, research on

blended teaching and learning, collaboration on diversity studies, and mobilities. The teams will

continue to develop the ideas through online communication until the next WP4 meeting.

At the end of that day, the attendees were invited to visit two of PoliMi Labs, the building

materials analysis & diagnostics lab and the micro & nanostructured materials lab. It

was an interesting and educating guided tour, in which we learned how

the university works with and for the industry in different fields.

The meeting in Milan was very fruitful. WP3 team made a big progress towards the development

of the courses in general and the forthcoming pilot in particular. WP4 team had the opportunity

to create a professional network that will be utilized for future partnerships.

On behalf of all the participants, I am gratefully thanking the teams at

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Politecnico di Milano for

professional organization and very warm hospitality.

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Summary: WP9-1st meeting on exploitation and

sustainability

15 February 2017; Kaye Academic Col lege o f Educat ion , Is rae l

The first meeting of IN2IT team to discuss challenges and alternative solutions for effective

exploitation and sustainability, was held in Kaye Academic College of Education, the leader of

WP9, on 15 February 2017.

Prof. Lea Kozminsky, President of Kaye Academic College of Education, welcomed the

participants. She emphasized the importance of long term sustainability on both the institutional

and the IN2IT consortium levels. The utilization of the project deliverables, after the project will

end, is the interest of all project partners, and each one of us should make an effort to create

the appropriate environment for that, with the support of technology and the involvement of

faculty and students.

The opening session by Dr. Vered Holzmann, included a review of WP9 tasks that should be

carried out until the end of the project in order to support sustainability of the project's results

within the partner colleges after the project lifetime, to continue implementation of project IN2IT

practices, competencies, tools and techniques within the partner institutions after the project will

end, and to expand IN2IT results among additional HEIs.

Ms. Liron Ohayon-Shokty presented the agenda for the meeting, which was based on

introductory presentations and discussions on the micro and macro levels. She raised a few

questions for discussion related to the way we can continue with the implementation of each

one of the courses that will be developed and the way we can support all the courses as one

coherent system.

Dr. Doron Narkiss mentioned some of the challenges that emerged during the development of

the English for Internationalization Purposes course, though they are relevant for all the other

course as well. Some of those questions are if and how the developers of the course will be

compensated, who will be in charge on updating the content, will the courses remain in the

modular structure, what is needed in order to make the courses accredited, and how the

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academic calendar of Israeli and European institutions will be coordinated for the purpose of

delivering a course.

Dr. Hanan Maoz, from Sapir Academic College, responsible for the development of the IN2IT

technological platform, presented a few challenges and issues in this context. The Learning

Management System (LMS) is not inherently connected to the other existing platforms in the

institutions and in order to ensure long term sustained courses they probably

should be accredited by institutional committees. The team at Sapir developed

the platform with the aim to share information and knowledge, thus they

encourage the users to use the "lecturer sandbox" and the "partners needs

forum". Hanan updated that an external professional committee was established to provide

pedagogical support to the team.

Dr. Merav Asaf, from Kaye Academic College of Education, presented the subject of

sustainability within forces of disruption. She explained what a disruptive

innovation is and provided a few examples such as the personal camera,

newspapers, and taxis. Then, she raised the provoking question, whether

education in general and higher education in particular are endangered.

In an additional presentation, Dr. Merav Asaf, engaged the participants

in a discussion on three cycles of exploitation and sustainability

challenges: (1) the infrastructures; (2) the micromanagement; and (3) the macro management,

with a series of questions on what should be sustained? how? and by whom?

During the discussion session, several ideas were examined. The main points of discussion and

agreement included the following.

Sustainability will be achieved through the involvement of ALL IN2IT partners – Israeli

and European institutions.

Top management support is a critical success factor.

Copyright and intellectual property rights should be considered.

The platform should be accessible and available for management by all partners.

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The partner institutions and the faculty members should have an ownership and

commitment to continue the development.

The courses should be available for individual utilization of the partner institutions to

enable exploitation and collaboration with non-IN2IT partners.

IN2IT courses are unique thanks to the international aspect, thus this aspect should be

maintained and emphasized.

Ongoing financing for the platform maintenance and the courses' content development

should be taken into consideration.

Research on the development and implementation of the virtual-international IN2IT

courses should be encouraged.

The meeting was summarized with the insight that there are two parallel paths of sustainability

that we wish to take:

(1) Sustainability of content will be achieved by continuing the development and delivery of the

courses in the partner institutions and by enabling the IN2IT partners to create partnerships

with external HEIs that are not part of the IN2IT project, to deliver those courses and

additional new courses.

(2) Sustainability of concept will be achieved by summarizing the acquired knowledge and

insights on how to develop virtual-international course and suggesting a framework and/or

guidelines that will be available for academics interested in the development of similar type

of courses and programs.

The discussions on exploitation and sustainability will continue in parallel to the other activities

that will be performed until the end of the project. The contribution of all partners on this important

subject will be much appreciated.

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Next Meeting: WP3-WS3

Development of virtual -international curriculum

13-15 March 2017, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

IN2IT third workshop of WP3: Development and delivery of international

online curriculum will be held on 13-15 March 2017 in Warsaw University

of Technology, Poland.

Registration is open until 1 march 2017.

The workshop main goals are to :

1) Pilot the pilot. Each one of the teams will have 90 minutes to

demonstrate the pilot of the course to the IN2IT colleagues, based on

their active participation. The pilot of the pilot will be used to test the pilot

and it will include feedback by peers in order to make the required

improvements .

2) Finalize the development of the virtual-international courses on: (i)

English for Internationalization Purposes, (ii) Essential Skills, (iii)

Embracing Diversity, (iv) Global Entrepreneurship, so that all four

courses will be ready for delivery on the third year of the project.

Administrative:

The MDM hotel http://www.hotelmdm.com.pl/default-en.html ) confirmed booking for the group

for 13-15/03/2017. All participants have to make bookings individually. Please send an email to:

hotel.mdm@syrena.com.pl or call by telephone at: +48-22-31-82-888.

The guarantee by credit card or cash deposit required. Payments (cash

or credit card) at check-out.

The rates of 270 PLN (appr. 64 EUR) for the single room & breakfast or 309

PLN (appr. 73 EUR) for double room & breakfast, are valid until 19/02/2017.

Please use reservation code: "Project IN2IT".

Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.

Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) is the oldest and the largest university of technology in Poland. WUT offers programmes at B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels in every field of technology – ranging from civil engineering and architecture to optoelectronics, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology and biomedical technology.

WUT primary aims are to educate responsible professionals, committed to the values of civic life, and to contribute to the development of research and innovation, which are the driving forces of progress in the society of the 21st century.

Address: Pl. Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw https://www.pw.edu.pl/engpw

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Meeting Agenda

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Update: IN2IT Intermediate Report

The project intermediate progress report is composed of a narrative part (word document) and

a financial part (excel file). It is a summary report that refers the overall project. Hence, the draft

will be prepared by the coordinator and sent to the partners for review and comments. However,

all partners must submit all financial reports (staff costs, travel costs

& costs of stay, equipment, subcontracting) by 15 March, 2017.

The intermediate progress report, including the narrative part and the

financial part, must be completed and submitted by the coordinator

to the Agency no later than 15 April 2017.

Update: IN2IT Meetings Plan

On 20 March 2017 the project will be presented to the members of VARAM – the Board of Public

Academic Colleges in Israel.

The project meetings plan is available on the project website.

As was announced in the last meeting, the IN2IT international conference that was planned for

May 2017, will be held in the University of Montpellier, in joint with the DigiworldWeek, on 14-16

November 2017.

Please note that the next consortium meeting will be held in Tel Yaffo Academic College, Israel,

on 5-7 September 2017.

IN2IT Contact details:

Dr. Vered Holzmann veredhz@braude.ac.il +972-544-274568

IN2IT website: www.braude.ac.il/IN2IT

IN2IT CoP Forum: https://in2it.vbulletin.net/in2it-community-of-practice

IN2IT LMS: http://in2it-lms.erasmus-plus.org.il/

Project number 561642-EPP-1-2015-1-IL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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