Innovative models for collaboration and student mobility in Europe

This report is based on new developments in higher education and international collaboration as collected by EADTU's Task Force and Peer Learning Activity on Virtual Mobility. The result is a report on three types of collaboration mobility: physical, blended and online. Main parameters for innovative education and mobility formats are defined as well as basic principles of international course and curriculum design. Examples illustrate the complete opportunity space between fully face to face and fully online collaboration. They relate to mobility within single courses, exchange mobility (classical Erasmus), networked programmes and mobility windows and joint programmes with embedded mobility. Mobility offers opportunities to institutions to strengthen their programmes and to students to enrich their study. They benefit from an international learning experience or following courses not provided by their own institution. The report shows concrete mobility schemes used in the membership (and beyond). It underpins policies for international networking and delivers tools to organise innovative education and mobility formats

Improvement of study programs for bachelor’s and master’s studies in Mechatronics in response to the requirements of Industry 4.0

This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, and these results are parts of the Grant No. 451-03-68/2022-14/200132 with University of Kragujevac - Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čacak.Development in information technology has resulted in revolutionizing all aspects of life and this revolution has been realized as Industry 4.0. A main approach that universities' educational systems may take towards Industry 4.0 is educating students who have the right skill set for reacting to the changes in their working environment, adapting their performance, and learning to cope with technological development. This paper presents the results of the project "Improvement of study programs for bachelor's and master's studies in Mechatronics in response to the requirements of Industry 4.0", which was funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia as a part of program activity "Development of higher education" and performed in the 2020/21 academic year.Publishe

Scientific component of masters ICT competence in modern university

The article is devoted to a systematic approach to the formation of the ICT competency of masters in the modern university: development and approval of corporate standard identify necessary and sufficient conditions for its software, development of tools for the evaluation of the ICT competency formation of masters and mechanisms for the integration of ICT in education system. An example of one of the ways of forming the ICT competence of masters in the process of scientific activity by training on a specially designed course of study, which can serve as an example of open course in informal learning, and system evaluation of their formation through the use of the University e-learning resources

Drama as an educational approach to enhance student nurses' comprehension of patient advocacy: a quantitative study

Background: In nursing education, educational theatre can be used for integrative and experiential learning. Integrative learning entails connecting knowledge and skills from a variety of sources and putting theory into practise, allowing students to learn how to put pieces together and transfer knowledge into a whole, a skill that will prepare them for complex situations in their personal and professional lives. Objectives: The aims of the study was to explore the use of drama as an educational approach to enhance student nurses’ understanding of patient advocacy. Methods: A pre-test and post-test quantitative study design was used in the study. A convenience sample of 275 pre-registration nurses was used. Results: Following the module, the participants' patient advocacy increased significantly (P 0.05). A paired Student's t-test was used to compare pre and post scores, with a P-value of P 0.05 considered significant. Before the session, the participants scored an average of 160 (SD= 18.4) on the advocacy scale, however after the intervention, they scored an average of 200 (SD= 23.3). This suggests that following the module, there was a considerable increase of 26.3 percent. Conclusion: The study's findings imply that theatre is regarded as a useful and acceptable supplement to nursing education. As a result, adapting to educate nursing students in today's world of science and technology could be a beneficial pedagogic method