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Didactic
Concepts
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Student
and Teacher Mobility
The face to face meeting in Ireland facilitates not only student mobility,
but also teacher mobility, by giving student and teachers of the participating
universities an insight into what studying and working in another culture
is like. They meet their colleagues from the partner universities and
work in very close teams. As a result many of them choose to plan a longer
stay abroad later on.
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Online Learning
From October to January the participants take part in online Business
Simulations where they simulate the procedures of a big international
company by using the new media such as email, web pages, work fora and
team blogs. They receive media training on which electronic format is
best suites for which kind of communication.
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Peer to Peer learning
Students are encouraged to learn from other
students within the virtual and real teams. Theoretical input, critical
inspection and solutions are not expected from the trainers, but from
the other team members. The international team is collectively responsible
for their results.
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Interdisciplinary Teamwork
During the preparatory online course and the face to face seminar in Ireland,
students from different fields work together in interdisciplinary teams.
They found a virtual company and depending on their specific disciplines
and backgrounds take on different roles in the simulation.
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"Just in Time" Learning
Learning does not happen for its own sake, but as a pre-requisite
for solving specific tasks. As a consequence, the syllabus for the preparatory
course as well as the face to face meeting is adapted to teaching only
those skills and areas of knowledge which will be relevant at the next
step of the project.
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