Lifelong Learning Programme
Erasmus
Intensive Programmes (IP)
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Title: |
ACTUAL CHALLENGES IN LOGISTICS AND MAINTENANCE OF
INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS |
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Acronym: |
LogMain |
methodology
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Main pedagogical and didactical
approaches The
main important aspect of the project will be putting students with different
formation and culture in situations of learn in mixed teams, assisted by teachers
from different universities and countries with different teaching
culture/tools/pedagogical approach. Each staff/student will bring to their
home university the new/different teaching and learning approaches that is
not available in a single institution (and will improve the existing teaching
and learning situation/ conditions). The project will
foster the European transnational exchange of knowledge, competence learning
and curricula development through an exploratory, innovative and
multidisciplinary approach of the issues involved by the IP topic of
logistics and maintenance, which include: courses with strong interactive
teaching characteristic, study cases analysis and design, dialogues and
debates, brainstorming session, practical/applicative exercise and
activities, computer-based simulation, games playing, mixed teamwork in a
competitive manner, individual work, evaluation for individual and teams, 6
ECTS credits awarding, other bonuses and awards. The level of the beneficiary
students of the project and how they are selected The
IP project beneficiaries will be undergraduate students (BA) from the
specialities of engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing and
processing, economical engineering and possible other specialisation related
to support function of logistics and maintenance. The scope is to support the
bachelor students (1st cycle) in acquiring the core technical knowledge,
skills and competences necessary to operate in their future profession, in a
multidisciplinary and multicultural modern approach of logistics and
maintenance as a support function for industrial systems. Each
partner in the project will realise a short information seminar among target
students regarding the IP project. Then each partner will constitute a commission
(2 or 3 professors related to IP domain) that will select the beneficiary
students among eligible candidates who apply for the IP. The selection will
be made (analyzing student’s application file and an interview) using
the criteria such as: average grade previous obtained in firsts years in the
university, English language level, communication skills and abilities,
interest in the field of IP project and potential to use the experiences
gains in the programme in the future line of work. The selected 5 students
from each HEI partner will be informed and preliminary prepare in the
subjects that will be teach in the IP. The planned ratio of teaching
staff to students The project will
create a
frame for internationally teaching and learning in the IP topic, bringing
together 35 students from 5
countries and 7 universities (5 students from each partner) and 9 professors: 3 professors from UPT
(applicant organisation in charge of organisation activities and 3 teaching
modules as titular in charge of teaching material preparation and effective
teaching and as collaborators in other modules) and 6 professors from the 6
partner universities (one from each partner which will be involved in at
least one teaching module as titular in charge of teaching material
preparation and effective teaching and as collaborator in other module). ICT tools and the nature of their
involvement The project will
involved ICT-base content by using web-base content, on-line teaching
materials and evaluation, using computer software related to the IP topic in
game-base and simulation-base teaching and learning with new and modern tools
(such as mind mapping and other creativity software tools). Thus the website
platform available can be use for lifelong learning purpose long after this
project is finished (for on-line teaching materials and evaluations). The plan to assess whether
students have achieved the learning outcomes of the IP As a result of the IP, the
students should be aware of the actual challenges in logistics and maintenance.
They will be able to use cross-cultural communication skills and competences
in a global labour market and will be able to adopt a knowledge seeking
culture in their field of activity. Evaluation of these achievement will be made thorough the whole
programme in following way: - evaluation for each teaching
module (e-forms evaluation and printed); - evaluation of the 3 enterprises visits
(presentation of comparative cases analysis and possible solutions given by the
students (there will be as a result a collection of case studies); - the contribution in key speakers session,
debates and brainstorming session for ideas finding; - final evaluation form (e-forms
and printed). ECTS credits awarded. The
provisions to ensure recognition of the IP studies The
amount of ECTS credits awarded to students participating in the IP will be 6, representing 78 hours of intensive
programme (72 for teaching modules, 3
for students reports after 3 company visits, 3 for final examination).
To ensure recognition of the studies undertaken within the IP the partners
will be ask to sign for each student a learning agreement specific in Erasmus
mobility programme, where will be mentioned the course title and the number
of ECTS credits that the students will receive when they return to the home
university. Also each participant will receive a diploma/certification of
attendance from UPT (host and coordinating HEI). |