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Description
There is a need in Romania for highly trained specialists in the field of renewable''s that can understand renewable energy sources, deliver new technological solutions and design new renewable energy policies. On the other side, Iceland is a good example of how renewable energy can power a modern economy.
The aim of the project is to deliver the best Master programme in renewable energy sources in south-east Europe. Two specific objectives are set in place:
-Create an educational platform between Reykjavik University and University of Bucharest that provides inter-university exchanges / mobilities
- Encourage the rapid transfer of good practices in professional training and innovate teaching methods for the improvement of curriculum for the renewable energies master programme
Results
- Intensive courses, innovative teaching activities and working procedures
- Joint research activities and the development of new projects
- open educational resources for renewable energy specialists
- Intercultural exchange
The students directly involved work in an international environment, improving their knowledge and skills about implementation of renewable energies will benefit from lectures and coaching sessions from international teachers specialised in different kind of renewable energies. They synthesize information and prepare reports and presentations. Non-directly involved students benefit from free access educational materials and case studies. Teachers will improve their educational materials, intercultural and pedagogical skills.
The curriculum improvement in the renewable energies master programmes based on the experiences of international teachers in a wide range of renewable technologies that suit different regions and societies including: geothermal energy, hydroelectric power, wind power, electrochemical energy and energy policy and law, represent the added value of the project.
Summary of project results
In Romania, there is a great demand for highly trained specialists in the field of renewable energy, who understand renewable energy sources, deliver new technological solutions and design new renewable energy policies. Iceland is a good example of how renewable energy can power a modern economy and many experts from around the world have specialized in Iceland, in renewable sources. This project (ITRES) aims to improve the skills of graduates of the University of Bucharest (UB) and further expand the knowledge capacity of the Romanian workforce. By collaborating with specialists from Iceland we wanted to innovate teaching methods to improve the curriculum in the master''s program in renewable energy and create a common educational platform between Reykjavik University (RU) and UB to offer interuniversity mobility.
The actions implemented are focused on:
1. Development of modern teaching tools: explanatory videos produced during the project and made available to the general public; open educational resources as advanced courses and remote laboratory.
2. Promoting the mobility of students and teachers between Romania and Iceland. The mobilities of students were split into 2 categories - e-learning and face-to-face mobilities in Iceland and Romania. Two “short-term joint staff training events” were organized at UB and RU for the training of teachers involved in the renewable energy master programs from the two partner countries.
3. Dissemination of results in joint article published in an ISI open-source journal and presentations at international conferences also in workshop and final conference.
So, during the project were developed 7 open educational resources for renewable energy specialists and 16 students, 5 teachers were involved in mobility between Romania and Iceland.
The students involved in the project worked in an international environment, improved their knowledge and skills about the implementation of renewable energies. Teachers have improved their educational materials, intercultural and pedagogical skills.
The results of the project led to create an educational platform in the master''s programs in renewable energy based on the experiences of international teachers in a wide range of renewable technologies: geothermal, hydroelectric, wind, electrochemical and energy policy. The open educational materials will continue to be used by students involved in renewable energy master from the two countries but also from anywhere in the world.
Summary of bilateral results
The collaboration with a donor project partner from Iceland was essential for the development of a specific geothermal energy module for the students from master SERA Romania. Their advanced knowledge in the use of this type of energy has been shared with our students through a series of courses, some of which have become open resources. Also, the practical applications, the field trips to the geothermal power plants have strengthened their theoretical knowledge. The training of Romanian teachers at partners in Iceland has improve their educational methods and materials, intercultural and pedagogical skills.The bilateral collaboration led to the expansion of the knowledge regarding different sources of renewable energy of the students from the both universities, to the elaboration of open educational resources that can be used by future specialists in this field, from any part of the world.Due to the success of this project among the students in the target group and the outstanding results in relation to the new learning techniques tested in this project, we have extended the bilateral collaboration in a new EEA project (Sustainability in Education for Green Energy Specialists SEGES) that will further develop the common educational platform.