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Description
Project partners (Estonian Aviation Academy and UiT Arctic University of Norway) provide various curricula for aviation majors. The planned cooperation under this project will culminate in a jointly designed simulation-based learning module that will be suitable for both, Bachelor and Master level students. The module grounds on a specific digital platform that allows designing tailor-made simulation models for learning purposes. That kind of models are innovative learning instruments that provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how sophisticatedly aviation institutions operate. These learning methods increase students’ creativity, develop their digital skills and give a large-scale understanding about aviation sector’s complexity. The module is developed jointly, because international academic cooperation enables accumulating of resources, experience and knowledge.
As a result, added value from the project comes from the fully compound and integrated module, which will be taught as one single unit at the partner institutions.
Summary of project results
The project was implemented in partnership between the Estonian Aviation Academy (ELA) and UiT Arctic University of Norway (Tromso). The objective of the project was to implement digital learning instruments into the teaching process of aviation-related subjects. The project outcome is a set (module) of digital simulations (models), created on the basis of SIMIO software. The simulation models were developed in cooperation with the partner institutions. The simulation models were integrated into partners` academic courses and designed on the basis of aviation sector data. Within the courses, the students will be taught how to create and use the models and design simulations on their own. That allows students comprehensively understand complex aviation processes, increases their creativity and digital skills. The project activities included special webinars for the partner institutions’ staff. In the webinars were given theoretical context for use of simulation methods in the learning process and discussed opportunities of digital simulation programs. There was given an overview of created models and inspired teachers to implement digital simulation into their study courses. Developing digital simulation instruments allow also closer academy-industry cooperation. During the project implementation, there were introduced to aviation industry representatives the prospects of digital modeling and its efficient use in managing real processes in aviation. In perspective, the obtained capability of the partner institution in using modeling skills allows them to provide their expertise to the aviation sector on a larger scale. Implementing the project provided a basis for future academic cooperation between partner institutions.
Summary of bilateral results
The cooperation between project partners continues also beyond the funding of this project. Particularily is interest in cooperation related to UiT simulation centre, unmanned aviation systems and teaching methods.