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Building Good Practices in Higher Education through ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnerships:

The Case of the INNOSOC Project

Vedran Podobnik sociallab.fer.hr/vedran.podobnik

University of Zagreb

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Croatia

Content

• 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

January 2016 CUBCCE 2016 2

University of Zagreb


CROATIA Osijek

Split

Dubrovnik

Zagreb

Rijeka

Zadar

Pula

University of ZagrebWhere is Zagreb?


• 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, Osijek

University of ZagrebHigher education in Croatia


• 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

University of Zagreb… 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.): ~ 630

University of ZagrebFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in numbers


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INNOSOC project


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 Europe


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

knowledge


General info

• 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)


INNOSOC CONSORTIUM

STEERING COMMITTEE

Zagreb(COORDINATOR)

Valencia Leipzig Gyor

SofiaCOLLEGE

SofiaTU

Zilina Brest

Kosice Oradea

Debrecen

Consortium structure


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 & innovativesocieties

INNOVATION

ICT

INTERCULTURAL

CASE STUDIES

INNOSOC curricula

• multilingual open educational resource (OER) consisting of four main topic groups:• “innovation” as a core topic• intercultural topics, with focus on “Multicultural teams”• ICT topics, with focus on “Innovative engineering based on ICT”• student projects, with focus on “Case studies on how ICT can contribute to

innovative societal development”

• student projects will be based on the “blended” mobility approach and organized 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

• Consortium partners + their business collaborators• (O1) Analyses of emerging ICT trends: "innovation in ICT" and "innovation with ICT”• (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

• 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

• (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 ActivitiesActivity type Number of participants Duration (days)

Blended mobility of higher education students

30 (+ 5 domestic) 12

Intensive programmes for teaching staff

15 (+ 5 domestic) 5

• 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 ValenciaJanuary 2016 CUBCCE 2016 20

Activity plan (project year 1)

9-15 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 8-17

MONTHS M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 M20 M21 M22 M23 M24

Project activity*

INNOSOC 2016 preparation

O1/A1: Analysis of emerging ICT trends in 2015

O2/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 lectures

C1: INNOSOC 2016 blended mobility

C2: INNOSOC 2016 Intensive Programme Workshop (Zagreb)

INNOSOC 2015 follow-up

O4/A1: Open educational resources - Multilingual lectures 2016

O5/A1: Open educational resources - Multilingual case studies 2016

M3: INNOSOC 2016 follow up Steering Committee meeting (Leipzig)

PROJECT TIMETABLE


Activity plan (project year 2)

9-16 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 M24

Project activity*

INNOSOC 2017 preparation

O1/A2: Analysis of emerging ICT trends in 2016

O2/A2: Analysis of societal challenges in 2016

M4: INNOSOC 2017 Steering Committee preparation meeting (Valencia)

E2: Pre-INNOSOC 2017 conference (Valencia)

INNOSOC 2017 implementation

O3/A2: Creation of INNOSOC 2017 lectures

C3: INNOSOC 2017 blended mobility

C4: INNOSOC 2017 Intensive Programme Workshop (Valencia)

INNOSOC 2017 follow-up

O4/A2: Open educational resources - Multilingual lectures 2017

O5/A2: Open educational resources - Multilingual case studies 2017

M5: INNOSOC closing Steering Committee meeting (Gyor)

PROJECT TIMETABLE


Activity plan (visibility & management)

9-15 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 8-17

MONTHS M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 M20 M21 M22 M23 M24

Project 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 TIMETABLE


Project visibility: Internet presence

• Website• sociallab.education/innosoc

• Social media• Facebook (name: innosoc)

• facebook.com/innosoc

• Twitter (name: innosoc)• twitter.com/innosoc


Additional examples of university and business cooperation


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

we teach students to speak the language of social network analysis

what do we learn behind the curves and graphs of

social networks?

social technologies make a consumer the centre of a social network universe

exploring the power of connectedness

Laboratories: beyond science onlySocial Networking and Computing Laboratory


Developing a new bachelor and master programme• 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


Intro to discussion


Do miracles happen today?


Accept the challenges

so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

George S. Patton

Tihomir Oreskovic, new Croatian Prime Minister


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