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Building Good Practices in Higher Education through ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnerships:The Case of the INNOSOC Project
Vedran Podobniksociallab.fer.hr/vedran.podobnik
University of ZagrebFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Croatia
Content
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• University of Zagreb• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
• INNOSOC project• ERASMUS+ programme• Consortium• Project goal• Project outputs• Activity plan
• Additional examples of university-business cooperation at theUniversity of Zagreb
University of ZagrebJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 3
CROATIA
Osijek
Pula
Zadar
Split
Dubrovnik
Zagreb
Rijeka
University of ZagrebWhere is Zagreb?
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Higher education in Croatia• Area land: 56,594 km2
• Area sea: 31,067 km2
• Population: ~ 4.44 million• Population density: 78.5 /km2
• Labour force: ~ 1.9 million• Higher education students: ~ 135,000• Capital: Zagreb
• population: 779,145 (2001)
• 7 (+2) Universities by size: Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Pula
• 4 Technology centres: Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, OsijekJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 5
University of Zagreb
… in numbers
• University of Zagreb was officially founded in 1669
• 30 Faculties + 3 Art Academies
• 70,000+ students (55% females)
• around 50% of all students in Croatia
• Teaching and administrative full time staff: about 8,000
• Study programs
• 140 BA• 170 MA• 100 PhD
programs
• Postgraduate students: 5,500
• Foreign students: about 300
• http://www.unizg.hr
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University of Zagreb
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in numbers
• Professors: 175• Assistants and researchers: 200• Staff: 125• 12 departments• Undergraduate students: ~ 4300• Postgraduate students: ~ 450• Freshmen each year: ~ 650• Graduating students each year: ~ 550• Graduated since 1956 (Dipl.Ing.): ~ 16,000• Graduated since 1956 (M.Sc.): ~ 2,100• Graduated since 1956 (Ph.D.): ~ 630January 2016 CUBCCE 2016 7
University of Zagreb
More CUBCEE presentations from Croatia
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INNOSOC projectJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 9
ERASMUS+EU programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport for 2014-2020
• aims to boost skills and employability, as well as modernizing Education, Training, and Youth work
• supports transnational partnerships among Education, Training, and Youth institutions and organizations to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of education and work in order to tackle the skills gaps we are facing in EuropeJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 10
ERASMUS+ Key Action 2Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
• organisations from different participating countries to work together, to develop, share and transfer best practices and innovative approaches in the fields of education, training and youth
• priorities• improve achievement in relevant and high-level basic and
transversal competences• open and innovative education, training and youth work, embedded in
the digital era
• cooperation with businesses• companies and higher education institutions work together to share
knowledgeJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 11
General info
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• Project title• Innovative ICT Solutions for the Societal
Challenges• Project acronym
• INNOSOC• Duration
• 2 years• 1/9/2015-30/8/2017
• Budget• 203,389.00 EUR
Consortium• 11 universities from 8 EU
countries• Bulgaria (Sofia COLLEGE, Sofia TU)• Croatia (Zagreb)• France (Brest)• Germany (Leipzig)• Hungary (Gyor, Debrecen)• Romania (Oradea)• Slovakia (Kosice, Zilina)• Spain (Valencia)
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INNOSOC CONSORTIUM
STEERING COMMITTEE
Zagreb(COORDINATOR)
Valencia Leipzig Gyor
SofiaCOLLEGE
SofiaTU
Zilina Brest
Kosice Oradea
Debrecen
Consortium structure
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Project Goal• Set up a transnational multidisciplinary intensive study program in the field
of innovations based on ICT targeting societal challenges defined by Europe 2020 and Horizon 2020 programs
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and
the bioeconomy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, environment, resource
efficiency and raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and reflective
societies
Secure & innovative societies
INNOVATION ICT
INTERCULTURAL CASE STUDIES
INNOSOC curricula
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• multilingual open educational resource (OER) consisting of four main topicgroups:
• ͞7innovation͟ as a core topic• intercultural topiĐs, ǁ i th foĐus oŶ ͞MultiĐultural teaŵs͟• ICT topiĐs, ǁ i th foĐus oŶ ͞IŶŶoǀ atiǀ e eŶgiŶeeriŶg ďased oŶ ICT͟• student projects, ǁ i th foĐus oŶ C͞ase studies oŶ hoǁ ICT ĐaŶ ĐoŶtriďute
to iŶŶoǀ atiǀ e soĐietal deǀ elopŵeŶt͟• student projects will be based on the ͞ďleŶded͟ ŵoďility approaĐh
andorganized in two phases
• preparatory (virtual mobility)• execution phase (physical mobility)
• two two-week workshops hosted by partner universities in 2016 (Zagreb) and 2017 (Valencia)
Project Outputs (1): Intellectual Outputs
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• Consortium partners + their business collaborators• (O1) Analyses of emerging ICT trends: "innovation in ICT" and "innovation with ICT͟• (O2) Analyses of major societal challenges• (O3) INNOSOC lectures
• Consortium partners• (O4) Open educational resources - Multilingual lectures• (O5) Open educational resources - Multilingual case studies
• All intellectual outputs (O1)-(O5) have 2 editions• (Ox).2015-2016• (Ox).2016-2017
Zagreb 2016 Case Studies
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• 2 professors and 5 students develop case studies• Innovative Application of Electric Vehicles in Sustainable Energy Systems
of the Future• Promoting STEM studies among young students• Issues and Challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
in the ICT Sector• Intelligent Transport Systems and Vehicular Ad hoc Networks• Seamless Connectivity for a Digital Life• Innovative solutions for assistance of active daily life at home• Microwave sintering• Recognition of patterns of maleficent objects on medical images
Project Outputs (2): Multiplier Events
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• (E1) Pre-INNOSOC 2016 conference• 18-19/2/2016 in Zagreb
• (E2) Pre-INNOSOC 2017 conference• 2/2017 in Valencia
Project Outputs (3):Learning/Teaching/Training Activities
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• Students• 10 partners x 3 students + 5 domestic students
• Teaching staff• 1-2 lecturers per INNOSOC partner• Industry experts from workshop hosting country
• INNOSOC 2016 workshop: 19-28/4/2016 in Zagreb
• INNOSOC 2017 workshop: 4/2017 in Valencia
Activity type Number of participants Duration (days)
Blended mobility of highereducation students
30 (+ 5 domestic) 12
Intensive programmes for teaching staff
15 (+ 5 domestic) 5
Activity plan (project year 1)
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PROJECT TIMETABLE9-15 10-15 11-15 12-15 1-16 2-16 3-16 4-16 5-16 6-16 7-16 8-16 9-16
MONTHS M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 M13Project activity*
INNOSOC 2016 preparationO1/A1: Analysis of emerging ICT trends in 2015O2/A1: Analysis of societal challenges in 2015
M1: Steering Committee kick-off meeting (Zagreb)M2: INNOSOC 2015 Steering Committee preparation meeting (Zagreb)
E1: Pre-INNOSOC 2016 conference (Zagreb)INNOSOC 2016 implementation
O3/A1: Creation of INNOSOC 2016 lecturesC1: INNOSOC 2016 blended mobility
C2: INNOSOC 2016 Intensive Programme Workshop (Zagreb)INNOSOC 2015 follow-up
O4/A1: Open educational resources - Multilingual lectures 2016O5/A1: Open educational resources - Multilingual case studies 2016M3: INNOSOC 2016 follow up Steering Committee meeting (Leipzig)
Activity plan (project year 2)
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PROJECT TIMETABLE9-16 10-16 11-16 12-16
1-17 2-17 3-17 4-17 5-17 6-17 7-17 8-17
MONTHS M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 M20 M21 M22 M23 M24Project activity*
INNOSOC 2017 preparationO1/A2: Analysis of emerging ICT trends in 2016O2/A2: Analysis of societal challenges in 2016
M4: INNOSOC 2017 Steering Committee preparation meeting (Valencia)E2: Pre-INNOSOC 2017 conference (Valencia)
INNOSOC 2017 implementationO3/A2: Creation of INNOSOC 2017 lectures
C3: INNOSOC 2017 blended mobilityC4: INNOSOC 2017 Intensive Programme Workshop (Valencia)
INNOSOC 2017 follow-upO4/A2: Open educational resources - Multilingual lectures 2017
O5/A2: Open educational resources - Multilingual case studies 2017M5: INNOSOC closing Steering Committee meeting (Gyor)
Activity plan (visibility & management)
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PROJECT TIMETABLE9-15 10-15 11-15 12-15 1-16 2-16 3-16 4-16 5-16 6-16 7-16 8-16 9-16 10-16 11-16 12-16 1-17 2-17 3-17 4-17 5-17 6-17 7-17 8-
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MONTHS M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 M20 M21 M22 M23 M24Project activity*
O6/A1: Project visibility infrastructure: web page set-up and maintenance
O6/A2: Project visibility infrastructure: administering social media sites
A: Project management
Project visibility: Internet presence• Website
• sociallab.education/innosoc
• Social media• Facebook (name:
innosoc)• facebook.com/innosoc
• Twitter (name: innosoc)• twitter.com/innosoc
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Additional examples of universityand business cooperationJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 25
App Start Contest (ASC)• 8-year long project to establish the major Croatian
web & mobile application start-up contest• started in 2008 with 30 students from one higher
education institution• evolved to be the largest national competition in the field
of ICT consisting of 400 students coming from 20 different higher education institutions
• students get 4 ECTS• joint activity of student association and university
• opportunity for further improvement• university-supported incubator/accelerator for best teams
• student start-ups/spin-offs
www.estudent.hr/category/natjecanja/app-start-contest
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we teach students to speak the language of social network analysis
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what do we learn behind the curves and
graphs of social networks?
social technologies make a consumer the centre of a social network universe
Social Networking and Computing Laboratory
exploring the power of connectedness
Laboratories: beyond science only
Developing a new bachelor and masterprogramme• currently a programme lifecycle is around 10 years
• UNIZG-FER-1 programme (1995-2005)• UNIZG-FER-2 programme (2005-2017?)
• in line with the Bologna process• internationally accredited
• UNIZG-FER-3 programme (2017?- )• internships as a integral part of the programme ???• position of transversal skills in the programme
• 0-10% of ECTS ???• Transition from ex-cathedra teaching to project-based
learning
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Intro to discussionJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 29
Do miracles happen today?
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Accept the challengesso that you can feel the exhilaration of
victory.
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George S. Patton Tihomir Oreskovic, new Croatian Prime Minister