IN2IT INTERNATIONALIZATION BY INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY Erasmus+ EU Programme for education, training, youth and sport Vered Holzmann, IN2IT Project Manager
The Goal Project IN2IT aims to develop and implement an innovative technological infrastructure for the purpose of advancing internationalization in higher education, and thereby to expand the practical applications of internationalization in Israeli academic colleges, to strengthen the capacities for teaching, learning, research, and training, and to improve the quality and positioning of Israeli state-funded academic colleges in higher education. Internationalization will be accomplished by focusing on three core international academic activities: (a) (b) (c) teaching and learning academic curriculum; knowledge sharing by research communities; academy-industry cooperation. All three core academic activities will be internationalized with the support of contemporary innovative technologies.
Objectives 1) Establish a framework for assessing internationalization capability maturity level to identify leading organizational units, enable benchmarking analyses between institutions, and measure progress within institutions. 2) Form international teams for academic cooperation agreements to be engaged in multidisciplinary academic development activities. 3) Develop curriculum for international academic programs; prepare online, virtual, teaching materials, and train academic staff in the partner HEIs for effective virtual teaching and learning practices. 4) Develop international professional communities of practice (CoPs) to share knowledge and research opportunities that will be communicated via virtual tools and techniques. 5) Develop and exploit international academy-industry cooperation between partner HEIs and global organizations for academic staff to understand industry/community needs and for students' traineeship and employment experience in the global economy.
Objectives (cont.) 6) Develop and implement an innovative technological platform to support internationalization by identification and analysis of available technologies and stakeholder requirements; and then customize and integrate technological tools to foster enablers of internationalization academic activities. 7) Develop sustainability and exploitation work plans within partner colleges and on national level to expand implementation of the project practices, competencies, tools, and techniques. 8) Disseminate the project's results and outcomes to HEIs and decision makers in Israel and Europe by delivery of on-site and online materials in seminars, conferences, videos, social networks, advertisements, and more.
Rational In the current era of globalization, the role of HEIs as providers of global citizenship competencies increases (Dewey & Duff, 2009). In this context, internationalization in HEIs contributes to the development of students' skills and employability in the 21 st century. The Tempus IRIS project accomplished the goals to introduce internationalization into Israeli state-funded colleges, develop a strategy, raise awareness, increase visibility of internationalization within the campus culture, and establish a functioning International Relations Office (IRO). The successful results of IRIS yielded an environment that encourages the colleges to move forward by taking internalization to practical realization. Project IN2IT aims to build on the strategic capabilities developed in TEMPUS IRIS by developing and delivering operational capabilities for internationalizations. Project IN2IT aspires to exploit available information and communications technologies (ICT), as relatively low cost available tools to be used in the service of advancing internationalization and make it accessible to all global citizens, in the classroom and at home (Altbach, Reisberg, & Rumbley, 2009; van der Wende, 2007).
Rational The technological platform will support three major academic activities, which were identified by the consortium partners as the prominent tasks, to promote academic international relations: 1) Development and delivery of multidisciplinary international curriculum by international academic teams. Development of multidisciplinary studies, which promote open-minded, critical, and innovative thinking by international teams, will result in a glocalized curriculum that integrates global and local aspects. The developed curriculum will be supported by teaching materials to be used with modern teaching technologies such as Web 2.0 tools, MOOCs, e-learning, webinars, and videoconferencing. 2) Development and implementation of international interactive online knowledge sharing hubs for subject matter. The knowledge sharing hubs will be used by communities of practice of academic and administrative staff to streamline the international dimensions via modern applications such as social networks or file sharing utilities. 3) Development and employment of international academy-industry/community cooperation that will be performed with the collaboration of global organizations to facilitate enhancement of the skills and employability of students in the global era.
Rational The collaboration of Israeli colleges, which have strong entrepreneurial and technological capabilities, with EU universities, which have solid substantial international experience, creates a unique opportunity for the development and implementation of an advanced, state-of-the-art, sustainable technological platform for internationalization in higher education that will create a competitive advantage for colleges in Israel.
Partners Organization Country ORT Braude College Sapir Academic College Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education Beit Berl College Kaye Academic College of Education Tel Hai Academic College Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College Warsaw University of Technology Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Politecnico di Milano Ludwigsburg University of Education Université de Montpellier Kingston University London VARAM Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Poland Italy Italy Germany France UK Israel
Project Scope WP1: International Capability Maturity Framework WP2: International Team Building WP3: International Virtual Curriculum WP4: International CoP for knowledgesharing WP5:Academyindustry/community cooperation WP6: Innovative technological platform WP7: Quality assurance WP8: Dissemination WP9: Sustainability and Exploitation WP10: Project Management
WP1: International Capability Maturity Framework Goals (1) to analyse the vision, mission, goals and priorities of Israeli colleges with regards to internationalization; (2) to develop a capability maturity framework for internationalization to be utilized in the Colleges; (3) to assess the international capability maturity level of the organizational units in the colleges in different points of time during the project life cycle. Tasks T1.1 T1.2 T1.3 T1.4 Analysis of international strategic plans Development and delivery of workshops on international maturity scale Development and utilization of institutional maturity assessment Development of guidelines/toolkit for establishment of international cooperation Leader: Warsaw University of Technology (PL) Participants: OBC, SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, KC, MTA (IL); UM (FR)
WP2: International Team Building Goals (1) to establish effective international teams from the Israeli colleges and EU Universities; (2) to prepare work plans for international teams for implementation of internationalization by innovative technologies. Tasks T2.1 T2.2 T2.3 Development and delivery of training workshops on international teamwork Planning and performance of training study visits Development of work plans for international teams Leader: ORT Braude College (IL) Participants: SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, KC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), UCSC, PoliMi (IT), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
WP3: Development & delivery of international online curriculum Goals (1) to develop international online/virtual teaching program modules; (2) to develop supporting teaching materials for online course sessions; (3) to implement pilot online teaching programs; (4) to analyse experiences of online teaching and learning for improvement of practices. Tasks T3.1 Development and delivery of training workshops on virtual international curriculum. T3.2 Development of international virtual teaching programs. T3.3 Implementation and mentoring pilot international virtual courses. T3.4 Delivery of virtual international program. T3.5 Summary meeting on international virtual program. UCSC Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT) Participants: OBC, SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, KC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), PoliMi (IT), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
WP4: Development & delivery of int l CoP for knowledge-sharing Goals (1) to create international communities of practice (CoP) for knowledgesharing and initiation of joint research projects and grants; (2) to develop international interactive online arena for academic CoP that will promote the establishment of research capacity in the partner institutions; (3) to promote opportunities of international CoP for collaboration. Tasks T4.1 T4.2 T4.3 Establishment of communities of practice. Organization of online and on-site meetings. Development of international relations network for collaboration PoliMi - Politecnico di Milano (IT) Participants: OBC, SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, KC, MTA (IL); UCSC (IT), WUT (PL), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
WP5: Development & exploitation academy-industry/comm. cooperation Goals (1) to develop international online academy-industry plans; (2) to implement pilot online academy-industry activities; (3) to analyse experiences of online learning for improvement of practices. Tasks T5.1 Development and delivery of training sessions on international academyindustry cooperation. T5.2 Development of international online academy-industry plans. T5.3 Implementation and mentoring pilot international academy-industry activities. T5.4 Delivery of online academy-industry plans. T5.5 Summary meeting on international online academy-industry cooperation. KU Kingston University London (UK) Participants: OBC, SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, KC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), UCSC, PoliMi (IT), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
WP6: Development & delivery of an innovative technological platform Goals (1) to define the specifications of an innovative technological platform for internationalization in higher education that will derive from a requirements analysis, a benchmarking analysis, and needs surveys, and to define constraints and priorities of prospective users; (2) to select the applicable available technologies for implementation of internationalization in HEIs; (3) to make the required adaptations and customization of the selected tools and devices and to make efficient integration of those modules into a sustainable platform; (4) to support pilot online activities for teaching and learning, knowledgesharing, and cooperating with the industry/community; (5) to analyse experiences from utilization of the platform for improvement of application.
WP6: Development & delivery of an innovative technological platform Tasks T6.1 Requirements and benchmarking analyses and preparation of a specifications report T6.2 Implementation of technological adaptations and customizations. T6.3 Setting up the technologies for pilot online activities T6.4 Maintenance and support to online activities SAP Sapir Academic College (IL) Participants: OBC, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, KC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), UCSC, PoliMi (IT), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
WP7: Quality Assurance Goals (1) to ensure that the project is executed following the project plan and that it is performed in a controlled manner; (2) to make sure that the processes and deliverables are designed, developed and operated according to the plans. Tasks T7.1 T7.2 T7.3 T7.4 Preparation of quality policy document and quality work plan Development and delivery of IN2IT WPs quality evaluation reports. Development and delivery of IN2IT products quality measurement reports. Development and delivery of IN2IT project progress assessment reports. UM - University of Montpellier (FR) Participants: OBC, SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, KC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), UCSC, PoliMi (IT), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE)
WP8: Dissemination Goals (1) to raise awareness to the IN2IT project and its deliverables; (2) to introduce internationalization and innovative technologies as complementary concepts; (3) to strengths the positioning of Israeli academic colleges perceived by decision makers at Israeli higher education governing bodies and general public. Tasks T8.1 T8.2 T8.3 Preparation of a dissemination work plan Development and distribution of non-digital communication materials. Development and employment of digital communication materials. THC Tel Hai College (IL) Participants: OBC, SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, KC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), UCSC, PoliMi (IT), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
WP9: Sustainability & Exploitation Goals (1) to support sustainability of the project's results within the partner colleges after the project lifetime; (2) to continue implementation of project IN2IT practices, competencies, tools and techniques within the partner institutions and beyond the consortium after the project ends; (3) to expand IN2IT results among additional HEIs. Tasks T9.1 T9.2 T9.3 T9.4 Preparation of a sustainability and exploitation work plan Establishment of an international network of stakeholders. Development and delivery of an advocacy campaign. Development and launch of professional help desk. KC Kaye Academic College of Education (IL) Participants: OBC, SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, THC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), UCSC, PoliMi (IT), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
WP10: Project Management Goals 1) to maintain a cooperative environment to lead the team towards the desired project outcomes; (2) to set up an effective management infrastructure, including committees, procedures, project management tools, etc.; (3) to achieve the project goals on time and in budget, staying in scope and delivering quality results. Tasks T10.1 Coordination and communications management. T10.2 Administrative management and control of the WPs and deliverables. T10.3 Financial management and control of the project budget OBC ORT Braude College (IL) Participants: SAP, SHENKAR, BBC, QSM, KC, THC, MTA (IL); WUT (PL), UCSC, PoliMi (IT), KU (UK), PHL/LUE (DE), UM (FR)
Schedule Start Date: 15 October, 2015 Finish Date: 14 October, 2018 3 Years Activities Total duration Ref.nr/ Title (number of weeks) WP1 International Capability Maturity Framework 142 WP2 International Team Building 22 WP3 International Virtual Curriculum 73 WP4 International CoP for knowledge-sharing 77 WP5 Academy-industry/community cooperation 78 WP6 Innovative technological platform 120 WP7 Quality assurance 144 WP8 Dissemination 144 WP9 Sustainability and Exploitation 76 WP10 Project Management 144 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 M20 M21 M22 M23 M24 M25 M26 M27 M28 M29 M30 M31 M32 M33 M34 M35 M36
Meetings WP (task) Days Duration Place Topic Participants 10 (T10.1) 3 3-5/11/2015 OBC (Israel) 1 st Consortium meeting, Steering Committee (SC), and Executive Committee (EC) meeting ALL PARTNERS 1 (T1.2) 3 20-22/1/2016 WUT (Poland) Introductory Intl. Maturity Workshop: Introducing approaches and methodologies for development of assessment tools and techniques Colleges + UM 1 (T1.2) 3 08-10/3/2016 UM (France) 2 (T2.1) 3 17-19/5/2016 SAP (Israel) Closing Intl. Maturity workshop: presenting and discussing the institutional capability maturity scales and evaluating the assessment results Introduction team building: forming teams by meeting each other and learn about partners' characteristics, opportunities and challenges to agree on joint goals for cooperation 2 (T2.2) 3 1-30/6/2016 PoliMi (Italy) UCSC (Italy) Each college representatives will visit one of the EU universities for 3 days. The visit will include meetings and discussions with management, IRO managers and professionals, teachers, researchers, and administrative PHL/LUE staff (Germany) UM (France) KU (UK) WUT (Poland) Colleges + WUT ALL PARTNERS QSM KC, MTA BBC SAP SHENKAR, THC OBC
Meetings WP (task) Days Duration Place Topic Participants 2 (T2.1) 3 11-13/7/2016 PHL/LUE (Germany) Establishment of Intl. teams: storming by discussing differences and resolving conflicts to grow mature teams, and norming by agreeing on priorities, procedures, and responsibility assignments ALL PARTNERS 10 (T10.1) 3 11-13/7/2016 PHL/LUE (Germany) 2 nd Consortium meeting, Steering Committee (SC), and Executive Committee (EC) meeting * will be held at the same time of WP2(T2.1): establishment of Intl. teams ALL PARTNERS 5 (T5.1) 4 12-15/9/16 KU (UK) 3 (T3.1) 3 25-27/10/2016 UCSC (Italy) 3 (T3.1) 3 5-7/12/2016 QSM (Israel) 3 (T3.1) 3 13-15/3/2017 WUT (Poland) 3 days workshop to introduce global companies and organizations, presentations of applied academy-industry cooperation models and methodologies, and discussions on the industry's and the community's needs + 1 day visits in global companies and organizations 1 st training workshop on international virtual curriculum: introduction to online teaching and learning, models and methodologies, opportunities and challenges 2nd training workshop on international virtual curriculum: QSM (Israel): pedagogical approaches in virtual education, strengths and weaknesses of different styles in virtual class 3rd training workshop on international virtual curriculum: supporting teaching materials for e-learning, characteristics, utilization and deployment, evaluation of effectiveness ALL PARTNERS ALL PARTNERS ALL PARTNERS ALL PARTNERS
Meetings WP (task) Days Duration Place Topic Participants 8 (T8.2) 3 15-17/5/2017 UM (France) International Conference on internationalization and technology ALL PARTNERS 9 (T9.3) 2 10-11/7/2017 THC (Israel) 2 nd sustainability meeting for Israeli partners Colleges 10 (T10.1) 3 5-7/9/2017 Shekar (IL) 3 rd Consortium meeting, Steering Committee (SC), and Executive Committee (EC) meeting ALL PARTNERS 8 (T8.2) 3 20-22/2/2018 THC (Israel) National Conference on internationalization and technology ALL APRTNERS 9 (T9.3) 2 10-11/4/2018 OBC (Israel) 3 rd sustainability meeting for Israeli partners Colleges 4 (T4.2) 3 8-10/5/2018 BBC (Israel) 3 (T3.5) 3 11-13/6/2018 UCSC (Italy) 5 (T5.5) 3 9-11/7/18 KU (UK) A professional meeting for administrative and academic staff to support online communication with F2F dialogue Summary meeting: representatives of the professional academic staff, teachers and students, from each one of the participating HEIs, will present their deliverables and insights and discussing challenges, best practices and key recommendations KU (UK): best in class students, teachers, and practitioners from global organizations, an opportunity to conclude this experience by presenting their deliverables and insights and by discussing challenges, best practices and key recommendations ALL PARTNERS ALL PARTNERS (2 staff + 5 students) ALL PARTNERS (1 or 2 staff + 4 students) 10 (T10.1) 3 3-5/9/2018 MTA (Israel) 4 th Consortium meeting, Steering Committee (SC), and Executive Committee (EC) meeting ALL PARTNERS
Budget Equipment Costs 79,500.00 9% Subcontracting Costs 83,900.00 9% Staff Costs 362,498.00 39% Costs of Stay 194,880.00 21% Travel Costs 204,330.00 22%
Budget Organization Budget ORT Braude College 112,731 Sapir Academic College 96,231 Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art 67,359 Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education 65,325 Beit Berl College 65,325 Kaye Academic College of Education 75,601 Tel Hai Academic College 89,121 Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College 65,669 Warsaw University of Technology 42,569 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 46,862 Politecnico di Milano 45,981 Ludwigsburg University of Education 43,796 Université de Montpellier 56,670 Kingston University London 51,868 Total 925,108