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Final Management Board and Sustainability Meeting, 20-22 December 2021 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan The final management board and sustainability meeting, which was attended by over 30 project partners face-to-face, took place in Dushanbe from 20-22 December 2022. The first day was hosted by the Technological University of Tajikistan (TUT) and the second and third days by the Tajik National University (TNU). |
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EXTEND Final online conference, 16-17 December 2021The conference was held by Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. All partner universities took an active part in it. The Project Coordinator Elisabeth Lazarou started the conference with her speech about the challenges of engineering education and reasons for starting the project, explained the system of EXTEND modules and the goals of each Work package. |
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Field Monitoring at Tajik National University, Dushanbe, 1 July 2021On the first of July 2021, an Erasmus+ field monitoring took place at Tajik National University. In this context, the activities of the centre since 2020 were presented, the developed course "Assessment" as well as activities that should lead to the networking of the centre with the local economy and external stakeholders from different fields. |
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EXTEND PhD School, 15-20 November 2021, Magnitogorsk, RF
The event “EXTEND PhD School” was held at NMSTU. The organizers and key participants of the event were the members of NMSTU EXTEND project team Natalia N. Zerkina (teacher/ trainer/ researcher), Iuliia A. Savinova (teacher/ trainer/ researcher, manager), Konstantin A. Ruban (technical specialist). About 30 PhD students and teachers from Russia and Tajikistan met to learn about the best European practices in the field of project activities.... |
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Scientific Workshop “Excellence in Engineering Education through e-Learning and ICT Tools (EXTEND)”, at eLSE Conference, Bucharest, Romania (2019, 2020, 2021)The scientific workshop on “Excellence in Engineering Education through e-Learning and ICT Tools (EXTEND)” took place on April in 2019 (face-to-face), in April 2020 (online), and in May 2021 (online) within the framework of The International Scientific Conference on "eLearning and software for education" (eLSE), Bucharest, Romania. The chairs of the workshop were Maria-Iuliana Dascalu and Elisabeth Lazarou, members of EXTEND project team from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania, .... |
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Piloting of EXTEND training courses for teachers of the Ogarev Mordovia Research State University (II stage of piloting)From March 02 to April 02, 2021, the second stage of the pilot testing of the educational course "Design of educational programs: integrating the experience of European and Russian universities" took place at MRSU. The purpose of this training course is to increase the level of knowledge and development of professional competencies of teachers and postgraduates in the field of design of educational programs from the standpoint of project management and a practice-oriented approach to learning... |
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Piloting of EXTEND training courses for teachers in Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University12 April 2020 “Foreign Languages in Engineering. Academic Writing” course was elaborated by NMSTU EXTEND team members Natalia Zerkina, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, and Yuliya Savinova, PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor. “Foreign Languages for Engineering. Academic Writing” is a concise but comprehensive course on how to: represent yourself and communicate in the modern real and virtual world; feel safety at modern enterprises; equip modern engineers, teachers in engineering, PhD students with... |
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Piloting of EXTEND training courses for teachers in Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityOn 25th and 26th of February 2020 two EXTEND training courses for teachers were piloted in BMSTU: “E-learning and ICT tools” and “Project Based Learning”. Each course worth 1 ECTS or 25 academic hours including face-to-face lectures and independent work of trainees. Both courses were included as a variable modules in the 3ECTS regular teacher training course of the BMSTU and after EXTEND project lifetime will be supported by BMSTU infrastructure and funds. “E-learning and ICT tools” was... |
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Piloting of EXTEND training courses for teachers at the Ogarev Mordovia Research State University (I stage of piloting)From 13 to 25 February 2020, aт educational course "Design of educational programs: integration of experience of European and Russian universities " was implemented at MRSU, the project was actively attended by teachers of MRSU, preparing students and postgraduates of engineering specialties, as well as teachers of Tashkent State Technical University. The course was piloted as a part of the advanced training program at the Faculty of Continuing Education MRSU. The participants expanded the... |
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Pre-piloting meeting in Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 27-30 November 2019Between 27th and 30th of November 2019 EXTEND pre-piloting meeting was held hosted by Bauman Moscow State Technical University. 26 delegates from Riga Technical University, University of Minho, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Tajik National University, Tajik Technological University, Kulob State University, Khudjand State Technical University participated in the meeting... |
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Dissemination Conference - “Development of Engineering Teaching through the New Pedagogy Approaches in Higher Education Institutions of Tajikistan”, 26-27 June 2019 in Dushanbe, TajikistanIn the dissemination conference under the project ERASMUS -EXTEND "Excellence in Engineering Education through Teacher Training and New Pedagogical Approaches in Russia and Tajikistan" on "Improving Engineering Education through New Pedagogical Approaches.... |
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Dissemination Conference “Modern Engineering Education: Contemporary International Challenges and Perspectives", 3-4 June 2019, Magnitogorsk, RussiaInternational Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Engineering Education: Contemporary International Challenges and Perspectives" is organized under the patronage of NMSTU and EXTEND Project 586060-EPP-1-2017- RO-EPPKA2-CBHE JP «Excellence in Engineering Education through Teacher Training and New Pedagogic Approaches in Russia and Tajikistan» and is held in Magnitogorsk, June, 3 – 4 2019. Conference Topics New Pedagogic Approaches for Engineering Education. Elaboration and... |
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Training seminar at the University of Minho in Guimaraes, Portugal, 13-17 May 2019The seminar of the EXTEND project "Excellence in engineering education through teacher training and new pedagogic approaches in Russia and Tajikistan". The seminar was attended by representatives of four Russian universities, four universities of the Republic of Tajikistan and four universities in Europe. Within the framework of the traditional "round tables" and workshops discussed the following issues were discussed... |
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Training seminar at Riga Technical University, Latvia, 11-15 March 2019Tthe next seminar of the EXTEND project "Excellence in engineering education through teacher training and new pedagogical approaches in Russia and Tajikistan"was held in Riga Technical University (RTU, Riga). The seminar was attended by representatives of four Russian universities, four universities of the Republic of Tajikistan and four European universities. Within the framework of the traditional "round tables" and workshops the following issues were discussed: use... |
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TEMPUS and Erasmus + Cluster Monitoring at Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityEXTEND project participated on December 27, 2018 in the cluster monitoring of Tempus and Erasmus+ projects in the field of engineering education, organized by the National Erasmus+ Office of in Russia. Monitoring meeting was hosted by Bauman Moscow State Technical University. The event was opened by professor Yuri Borisovich Tsvetkov - the Vice-rector for academic Affairs of BMSTU and by professor Olga Nikolaevna Oleinikova – the Director of the National Erasmus+ Office in Russian Federation.... |
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3rd consortium meeting at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, 4-8 June 2018Members of the consortium studied examples of Centres of Excellence in European countries, as well as best European practices in teaching engineering disciplines. Prof. Robin Clerk from Warwick University made a presentation on Teacher Professional Development. EXTEND Quality Plan has been thoroughly discussed and agreed upon. Much attention has been paid to Project Management issues: tendering, staff conventions, travel reports, financial statement and templates. All HEIs made presentations on... |
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2nd consortium meeting at Ogarev Mordovia Research State University, 24 February - 3 March 2018A joint meeting was organized by Erasmus+ KA2 capacity building in higher education project “EXTEND” (Excellence in Engineering Education through Teacher Training and New Pedagogic Approaches in Russia and Tajikistan) consortium in Saransk, Russia, hosted by National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University. The meeting was dedicated to the introduction of Russian and Tajik teachers to the innovative pedagogical approaches used in the EU, namely... |
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Kick-off-meeting at Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Russia, 20-21 December 2017At the first meeting the coordinator of the project Elisabeth Lazarou (University of Politehnica Bucharest) outlined the main objectives and outcomes, logical framework and tasks of Work Package 1 and Work Package 2. Members of the consortium discussed the working plan for 2018, nominated Evaluation Working Group (EWG) and External Quality Control Team (EQCT). Also the dissemination and sustainability plans, financial rules and documents for correct reports have been discussed and agreed upon.... |
