585760-EPP-1- 2017-1-AMEPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Yerevan State University (YSU) – Armenia

Vanadzor State University after H. Tumanyan Foundation (VSU): Ms. Gohar Dokholyan – dokholyangohar@mail.ru

National Center For Strategic Research in Higher Education: Mr. Yuri Sargsyan – ncshre@gmail.com

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Belgium

Linkopings Universitet – Sweden

Universidade Do Porto – Portugal

Universitat De Barcelona – Spain

National Polytechnic University of Armenia Foundation (NPUA)

Vanadzor State University after H. Tumanyan Foundation (VSU)

National Center For Strategic Research in Higher Education

Georgia

Georgian Technical University

Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University

Ilia State University

Belarus

Belarusian State University

Brest State Technical University

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

The aims of this project are:

• To enhance student learning experience in PCs in accordance with the ET 2020 objectives by promoting development and innovation in T&L, supporting integration of technology & research, and dissemination of good practice

• To modernize HE in the PCs in line with Bologna agenda and to establish cooperation in education & training between EU & PCs and amongst PCs by promoting virtual mobility of teachers & students, and enhancing lifelong learning resources & means

These aims will be achieved through completion of the following objectives:

• To strengthen Teaching Staff Development Centres (TSDC)

• To build up capacities of PC HEIs’ teaching staff

• To establish a Virtual Academy of Teaching & Learning (VATL)

• To promote greater awareness on innovative & technology-enhanced T&L

About 30 staff & 100 trainers will be trained on innovative T&L methods and ICT-based interactive and elearning technologies for TSDCs. 28 technology-enhanced teacher training (TET) classrooms, 9 multimedia content building studios, other e-learning facilities and 5 new TET courses will be set up in PC HEIs.

The project places a strong emphasis on the capacity building of a wide cohort of teaching staff in PC HEIs by utilizing a multiplier effect via “train the trainer” initiative. The trained trainers will adapt & deliver newly developed TET courses to over 530 university teachers.

The project will provide PCs’ HE communities with an interactive professional communication, mutual learning and virtual mobility platform & Open Educational Resources – the VATL, to promote innovative T&L practices and continuous development of teaching staff.

As a result of the project implementation 6 virtual VATL’s communities of teaching practice around particular teaching approaches & disciplinary groups, an annual virtual forum on innovative T&L, as well as internal institutional incentives will be established to promote awareness on innovative pedagogy and excellence in T&L.

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