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Transnational Connected Learning and Experimentation – Using Live Online Classes and Remote Labs for Preparing International Engineering Students for an International Working World

In: Engineering Education 4.0

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  • Dominik May

    (TU Dortmund University, Engineering Education Research Group, Center for Higher Education)

  • Abdelhakim Sadiki

    (TU Dortmund University, Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction (IUL))

  • Christian Pleul

    (TU Dortmund University, Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction (IUL))

  • A. Erman Tekkaya

    (TU Dortmund University, Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction (IUL))

Abstract

Students, who are leaving their home country for taking part in an international study program, face several challenges. Not only the new course of studies can be very challenging but also their whole living conditions may change significantly. This can be a severe clash especially for students who are moving to a country with a totally different cultural background in comparison to their home countries. Moreover, it can profoundly complicate the first weeks at the new university. Knowing about the difficulties the Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction (IUL) at TU Dortmund University in Germany developed a preparational online course for those international students, who are coming to the IUL for their Master of Science program in Manufacturing Technology (MMT; a special international master program). In context of this course the use of the IUL’s remote laboratory equipment was a key aspect. The course itself was implemented and delivered for the first time in 2014. By now a second updated edition was delivered in 2015. It was designed to prepare the students as best as possible for their new studies at a German university and at the same time prepare them for transnational collaboration. Hence, this course is a good example for a meaningful integration of remote laboratories into an innovative online course concept. On the one hand making use of remote laboratories and its practical integration in online courses helps to connect the international students and on the other hand it brings them into the situation to interact in context of a typical engineering situation, the experiment. The paper presents the course itself and experiences from its first and second implementation.

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  • Dominik May & Abdelhakim Sadiki & Christian Pleul & A. Erman Tekkaya, 2016. "Transnational Connected Learning and Experimentation – Using Live Online Classes and Remote Labs for Preparing International Engineering Students for an International Working World," Springer Books, in: Sulamith Frerich & Tobias Meisen & Anja Richert & Marcus Petermann & Sabina Jeschke & Uwe Wilkesmann (ed.), Engineering Education 4.0, pages 373-393, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-46916-4_30
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46916-4_30
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