Internationalizing engineering education with phased study programs: India-European experience

Achuthan, K.Amrita Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Kerala, India (författare)

Internationalizing engineering education with phased study programs : India-European experience

Most of the critical challenges seen in the past decades have impacted citizens in a global way. Given shrinking resources, educationists find preparing students for the global market place a formidable challenge. Hence exposing students to multi-lateral educational initiatives are critical to their growth, understanding and future contributions. This paper focuses on European Union's Erasmus Mundus programs, involving academic cooperation amongst international universities in engineering programs. A phased undergraduate engineering program with multiple specializations is analyzed within this context. Based on their performance at the end of first phase, selected students were provided opportunities using scholarship to pursue completion of their degree requirements at various European universities. This paper will elaborate the impact of differing pedagogical interventions, language and cultural differences amongst these countries on students in diverse engineering disciplines. The data presented is based on on the feedback analysis from Eramus Mundus students (N=121) that underwent the mobility programs. The findings have given important insights into the structure of the initiative and implications for academia and education policy makers for internationalizing engineering education. These included considering digital interventions such as MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and Virtual Laboratory (VL) initiatives for systemic reorganization of engineering education.

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER Elektroteknik och elektronik hsv//swe
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering hsv//eng
Distance Education
Erasmus Mundus
Global Engineers
International Engineering Education
E-learning
Economic and social effects
Education
International trade
Students
Teaching
Engineering disciplines
European universities
Massive open online course
Undergraduate engineering programs
Virtual laboratories
Engineering education

Ramesh, M. V.Amrita Center for International Programs, Kerala, India (författare)
Punnekkat, SasikumarMälardalens högskola,Inbyggda system(Swepub:mdh)spt01 (författare)
Raman, R.Center for Research in Advanced Technologies for Education, Kerala, India (författare)
Amrita Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Kerala, IndiaAmrita Center for International Programs, Kerala, India (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Achuthan, K.; Ramesh, M. V.; Punnekkat, Sasik ...; Raman, R.

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