VIRTUAL PRACTICAL TRAINING IN ENGINEERING FIELDS

Proiect cofinanţat din Fondul Social European prin Programul Operaţional Dezvoltarea Resurselor Umane 2007-2013, Investeşte în Oameni!

Dr.ing. Diana Andone Prof.dr.ing. Radu Vasiu

S.l.dr.ing. Mihai Onita

Politehnica University of Timisoara

Politehnica University of

Timisoara •  132 co-operation

agreements with regional and national industry

•  Silicon Valley of CEE

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Practical placement 3 weeks / each year of study during the summer in companies in the subject area

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Little time for actual work No real benefit in the first 2 years Top students get full benefits

Virtual mobility or virtual placement

virtual components facilitated through an ICT supported learning environment, where the three key stakeholders (students, universities and enterprises) interact with one another independent of time and space

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Projects

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IS project Simulated enterprise for technical work in technology companies European Social Fund project implemented by the Ministry of Education Politehnica University of Bucharest, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Constantin Brancusi University of Targu-Jiu, conducted between 2011 and 2013

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Involvement

2 areas: Computer Science and Information Technologies Electronics and Telecommunications

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elearning.upt.ro

Environment

IS  online  environment  (KMS,  communica3on,  project  themes,  common  work  area,  

evalua3on)    

Student  

University  tutor  company  

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7  months  

1  face-­‐to-­‐face/month  

Online  communica3on    

Group  work  

evalua3on  

Prac3cal  placement  2  weeks  

2  ECTS  90  hours  

Timeline Groups of 25 students – December 2012– July 2013 Companies and themes presentation – January 2013 Online choice of the projects subjects by students – February 2013 Virtual practical training - Online project work February – June 2013 Evaluation - July 2013 Practical placement in companies – July 2013

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Students

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221 students in second year of studies 1000 students from all universities

Companies

OCE-­‐CANON  Timisoara  S.C.  CONTINENTAL  AUTOMOTIVE  ROMANIA  HELLA  Romania  FLEXTRONICS  ROMANIA  ETA2U      

 Las3ng  Systems  Expert  Consul3ng    Design  MMD  

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Companies’ tutors

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Activities

•  Practical activities of virtual project management;

•  Software virtualization solutions; •  Simulation of the technological flow

specific to the IT companies / telecom; •  Teamwork activities; •  Professional communication specific to

engineering field (communication techniques, professional interaction).

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Companies presentations

• 8 participating companies

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Direct connection company- student

•  Real study cases

•  Company visits

•  constant contact

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face- to-face

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Student’s project evaluation

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Practical placement in companies

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Practical visit to other companies from Timisoara, Bucharest, Targu Jiu

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Project Evaluation from students’ perspective

•  IS has the advantage that it freed student summer holidays; •  Students’ contact with people from companies created a clearer picture

of how to work in a company; •  The suggested topics were related to real problems treated by

employees of the company, so the information the students received came on the shortest path and it was very clear;

•  Issues and documentation were clear and seriously presented, according to the standards of a company;

•  All these issues have been a challenge for students and forced them to take the activity seriously;

•  There have been students who have signed employment contracts for short and medium term with certain companies.

Students’ questionnaire Technical abilities development

Organisational abilities development

Study case work and experience

Project evaluation from companies perspective

•  opportunity to present the company to large groups of students;

•  Strengthened cooperation with Politehnica University of Timisoara;

•  Students’ problems became known and after the professional and organizational evaluation it was possible to find the right students to employ.

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Tutors’ questionnaire

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longer  PP  period  

students'  ac3vity  on  projects  

constant  online  contact  

face-­‐face  mee3ngs  

Human resources use

Hardware resources use

Software resources use

Did you used less resources then in normal PP?

Focus group

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Testimonials

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•  Continuing development of student-university-company relationships

•  Major, multinational companies involved •  New skills and abilities for students •  Training the tutors •  Team work •  New development opportunities for students •  Employment opportunities •  Blended learning – virtual practical training

Conclusions

Project info

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CONTACT

Dr.eng. Diana Andone Director e-Learning Center Tel: +40.256403300, Email:

diana.andone@upt.ro Web Elearning.upt.ro

UPT – CeL Campus Virtual www.cv.upt.ro

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