PROMIS Tempus ProjectPROfessional network of Master’s degrees

in Informatics as a Second Competence (PROMIS)

December 2013 – November 2016

Jean-Michel Adam – Daniel Bardou - Anna Goloubtsova

Université Pierre Mendès France (Grenoble 2)

All the students in the partner countries have to work in parallel of the studies=> dropouts, lower skills in comparison with UE students

Low number of students : only students with grant or scholarship

Academic knowledge is more developed than practical skills Communication between network members is quite low We did not check if the content of the taught syllabi match

with the common syllabi, tests were developed but not used with the students.

Findings and challenges identified in ERAMIS

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PROMIS Tempus project main GoalsExtension of ERAMIS network in Central Asia:

extension in Kazakhstan and Kirghizstan, creation in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.

Improvement of the academic quality of the networkImprovement of the vocational focus of the master degrees in

computer sciences in different waysEstablishment of strong relationships between companies and

universitiesAdapting teaching process to the students working in parallel of

the studies : reverse teaching (1st year of the master)course combined with work experience studies (2nd year)

Improvement of the network by sharing courses and pedagogic material

PROMIS beneficiary universities Kazakhstan

◦ Kazakh-Russian University, Astana◦ Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty*

Kirghizstan◦ Osh Technological University, Osh◦ Kyrgyz State Technical University, Bishkek *

Tadjikistan◦ Technological University of Tajikistan, Dushanbe◦ Kudjand State University, Kudjand

Turkmenistan◦ Turkmen State Institute of Transport and communication, Ashgabat◦ Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, Ashgabat

Uzbekistan◦ National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent◦ Bukhara State University, Bukhara

* Previously involved in ERAMIS project

4ERAMIS and PROMIS Tempus Projects – J.M. Adam – March 2014

PROMIS: European consortium

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Beuth Hochschule fuer Technik Berlin, DE

Lublin University of Technology Lublin, PL

Pierre Mendès France UniversityGrenoble, FR

Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio, FI

Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, LT

ERAMIS and PROMIS Tempus Projects – J.M. Adam – March 2014

SYMETRIX enterprise, Grenoble, FR

eLeDia enterprise, Berlin, DE

Ilmi enterprise, Kuopio, FI

5 Universities and 3 companies

Geographical extension of ERAMIS networkDevelopment of the new ISC masters

Needs analysis : carrying out of a survey of companies to learn about ICT skills they seek

Presentation of the results (2nd coordination meeting) and decision to create or not a new ISC master ; if not decision of what will be developed

Constitution of educational teamsPreparation of accreditation applications and

accreditation by the relevant ministryStudent recruitment and launching of masters degree

Set up flip teaching (1st year) the theoretical part of the teaching is earned on a personal

basis by the students using various teaching documents the teacher-students interactions focus on practical

aspects: problem solving, case studies, answering questions

Þ Course supports available on-line on a e-learning platform, Þ As we work within a network, it will be possible to share

these documents as soon as they are expressed in English or in the official languages of the beneficiary countries (Russian and eventually national languages).

Adaptation of the trainings for students working in parallel

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Development of course combined with work experience studies (2nd year)the student works on a part-time basis in a company which

finances in return a part of the studies

the professional skills acquired during the first year can be used in practice

the student also attend the university teaching on a full-time basis

Master's thesis should be replaced by reports on the professional activity carried out within the company that would be evaluated both by the university and the company.

Adaptation of the trainings for students working in parallel

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Involvement of companies in studies curriculum

Inform Central Asia companies on the opportunity to hire students with

real high level professional skills in informatics right after their

graduation, those skills being the ones expected by companies.

Involvement of companies' fellows in the masters degree teaching

process (participation in steering committees, development of

internships, setting up courses taught by companies' fellows ...)

Close cooperation between companies and universities will be

encouraged

Awareness seminars will be organized in beneficiary universities for

local companies in order to transfer the European partners’ experience.

Establishment of strong relationships between companies and universities

Projet Tempus Eramis 9

Improvement of the quality of the teachingCore courses built together and shared : sharing our

experience will improve the quality of the training course

Elective courses proposed by each partner are open at distance to the students of the networkThe assessment is done by the partner university

proposing the courseThese elective courses are included in the masters

degree accreditation: students get ECTS if exam passed Assessment of all the students in the networkCreation of double (or multiple?) diploma between

universities of the network

Yes we can !

IF we realise all these objectives…

THEN

our PROMIS project will be a success !

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