Second Project Meeting

Second Project Meeting

10 June 2020 (online via Google Hangouts Meet)
  • Organiser: University of Exeter / West University of Timișoara
  • Participants: Representatives of the partners
  • Working language: English

Context and background

The “Coordinated Higher Institutions Responses to Digitalization” project was the subject of a successful application to Key Action 2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices – of the Erasmus+ programme. The project has been developed by six partners from five EU countries. The official start of the project is 01.11.2019 and it is a 24-month project with the end date being 31.10.2021.
The project has two linked objectives. Firstly, to help universities understand the scale and depths of the challenges they face from digitalisation – to enable them to formulate effective policy and education system governance – by developing and making freely available new methods and techniques in digital skills acquiring, foresighting and forecasting. Secondly, to develop a new innovative practice (a Digital Skills Escalator) across a selected region in each partner country to test its potential as a mechanism for both identifying where there is unmet demand and subsequent need for new digital skills provision and as a means of building a more holistic offer from education providers. The results will inform a new training course delivered by OVGU Magdeburg together with all partners.

Objectives of the meeting

a). Review draft State-of-the-Art Reports, making recommendations for final content and innovative practices that could be built-on within Thematic work;
b). Scope out the next 6 parallel phases of materials development and creation (WP3 IO2). Discuss and confirm the content of the modules and confirm the structure for the Final Synthesis IO2);
c). Discuss Exeter suggestions regarding work on IO3 including:
  • Devise the methodology(s) for implementation of the Escalator by/with Policymakers in all partner countries;
  • Comparing the use of the Exeter Digital Escalators with similar innovations;
  • Mapping the regional escalator elements in other partner regions;
  • Devise the report structure for both the Partner reporting and the Digital Escalator Summary Report;
d). Conclude evaluation methodologies to analyse the new materials.

Agenda

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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
10:00 – 10:10 CET
Welcome and introduction/greetings
Introduction of the participants: representatives from West University of Timisoara, University of Exeter, University of Stirling, University of Magdeburg, University of Milano Bicocca, Prospektiker
10:10 – 10:50 CET
First session of discussion on IO1 (WP2 - State-of-the-Art - Country Reports and European Compendium
Lead: University of Milano-Bicocca
Discussion: Review draft State-of-the-Art Reports, making recommendations for final content and innovative practices that could be built-on within the Thematic work.
10:50 – 11:00
(Coffee) break
11:00 – 11:40 CET
Second session of discussion on IO2 (WP3 - New Materials Development on 6 topics/modules) 
Lead: Propektiker
Discussion: Agree the focus for WP3 IO2 New Materials Development. Scope out the next 6 parallel phases of materials development and creation (WP3 IO2). Discuss and confirm the content of the modules and confirm the structure for the Final Synthesis (IO2)
11:40 – 11:50
(Coffee) break
12:00 – 12:40 CET
Third session of discussion on IO3 (WP4 - Digital Skills Escalator)
Lead: University of Exeter
Discussion: Discuss Exeter suggestions and materials previously sent by email regarding work on IO3 including: devise the methodology(s) for implementation of the Escalator by/with Policymakers in all partner countries, comparing the use of the Exeter Digital Escalators with similar innovations, mapping the regional escalator elements in other partner regions, devise the report structure for both the Partner reporting and the Digital Escalator Summary Report.
12:40 – 13:00 CET
Resume: concluding remarks, discussion on preparing the IO4 (Magdeburg), dissemination strategy (Stirling), administrative issues.
13:00
End of meeting