Brussels Delegation Meeting in Sapir
December 05th, 2016
Amit Marantz-Gal,
Lecturer,
Sapir College
[email protected]
Simon Tamir,
Marketing Director,
Sapir College
[email protected]
Dr. Hanan Maoz,
Head of International Programs Office,
Sapir College
[email protected]
+972-54-4345035
EFA Project
Amit Marantz-Gal,
Lecturer,
Sapir College
[email protected]
Simon Tamir,
Marketing Director,
Sapir College
[email protected]
Dr. Hanan Maoz,
Head of International Programs Office,
Sapir College
[email protected]
+972-54-4345035
The EFA Impact
Institutional
culture
Subsequent
projects
Internationalization
team
EFA
Awareness
of needs and
potential
Engaging all
campus
populations
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The objectives
To raise the level of English in academia
and promote collaborative, innovative
learning among lecturers and students.
Learning Portal
System (LPS)
Subject
courses
using EMI
Applied
English Skills
course
Thinking
Skills course
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EFA partners
Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE)
The University of L’Aquila (UNIVAQ)
The University of Nicosia [UNic]
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences [WUELS]
University of Leicester (UK)
The Pyramid Group (Germany)
Sapir Academic College [SAP]
Holon Intitute of Technology (HIT)
The Interdisciplinary Center in Herzelia (IDC)
The Ort Braude Academic College of Engineering [OBC]
The Council for Higher Education (IL)
The Interdisciplinary Center Students Union (IL)
Student's Union Shamoon College of Engineering (IL)
Student's Union Sapir Academic College (IL)
Student's Union Ort Braude College (IL)
Student's Union Holon Institue of Technology (IL)
i-Con Group (IL)
Systematic Inventive Thinking (IL)
Yazamim Zeirim Israel (Young Entrepreneur Israel)
(coordinator)
(Programme Country)
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Tangible deliverables
 Learning Platform System (LPS)
 Collaborative learning and teaching platform,
enhancing innovative approaches to teaching,
where all project assets and content
development are stored and accessed by
partners. Developed with SAP, maintained at
Sapir.
 Applied English Skills course (GES)
 Enhancing professional communication in English
in both oral and written forms
 Thinking Skills course (TRIZ)
 Advanced problem solving methods (Technology
Marketing)
 4 subject courses given in English
 The “HAMAS” Movement (Liberal Arts)
 International Law and Human Rights (Law
School)
 From Idea to Medicine (Technology Marketing)
 Introduction to Financing (Economics)
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Impact on learning / teaching
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High practical value of course contents
Interactive lesson plans
Engaging students with media and collaborative learning tools
Challenging lecturers and students with an English speaking learning
environment
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Impact on curricula reforms
 GES was adopted as a compulsory
course in the Technology
Marketing Department, called
"Talking Business”.
 The addition of practical English
skills into the regular Academic
English program and the inclusion
of a project-based learning unit at
the exemption level course
(Advanced B).
 Inspired the internationalization
process of the Technology
Marketing Department, introducing
3 new professional study tracks as
well as 3rd year studies with
English as medium of instruction.
 Inspired the Internationalization of
the Curriculum TULIP program
http://tempus-efa.proj.ac.il/moodle/course/view.php?id=54
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Impacts on Sapir
New Services
New networks
 Collaboration portal for internal
computing improvements
 Training on system development
for international project for the
computing center teams
 Marketing materials for
dissemination by the student
body and marketing unit
 Publication of newsletter about
EFA activities (English / Hebrew)
 Opening up to the extend
community of practice of English
College Teachers in Israel and
establishing the grounds for
professional collaboration on a
regular basis
 Establishing an initial network of
international partners with whom
there was further collaboration,
particularly L'Aquilia (student
mobility)
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Beneficiaries and Benefits
 Academic departments
 English for Academic Purposes
 Technology Marketing
 Liberal Arts
 Law School
 Students
 A total of about 180 students
participated in EFA courses
 Students body
 Service departments
 Computing center
 Marketing department
 Steep learning curve of
internationalization know-how
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Financial
Academic
Practical
Technological
 Active internationalization “think tank”
among project partners
 Initiation of professional
internationalization team
 Raising awareness of the needs and
potential
 Establishing an institutional culture
around internationalization
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LPS
Learning Platform System
Dr. Hanan Maoz,
Head of International Programs Office,
Sapir College
[email protected]
+972-54-4345035
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Its About Your Success!
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Seven Blended Learning
http://tempus-efa.proj.ac.il/moodle/course/view.php?id=140
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Growing Partnership
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Coordination
5
Countries
19
Partners
43
Academic
Staff
451
Students
20 Courses
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9 PM
11 WP’s
Sapir’s EFA Courses
Semester
Targeted
Attendees
Course
Registration
Registration
(%)
A
30
32
109%
A
70
76
107%
A
35
35
100%
A
20
19
95%
Development of thinking skills
A
35
17
49%
Principals Finance
B
30
Tempus Course Name
The Hamas Movement: Charity,
Politics and Jihad
Translational Research: From
Basic Research to Drugs
Human Rights In International
Law
Applied English - Global English
Skills (GES)
Total:
190
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In Process
179
94%
Academic Collaboration
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Challenges Faced and their Effects
High level
project
performance
Low level
strategic
awareness
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Lesson Learned and Conclusions
 Project level strategy should be embedded as part of institutional level
strategy
 Sustainability will not take place unless the project is situated within a
larger, meaningful context
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Q&A
Success Through Collaboration!
Amit Marantz-Gal,
Lecturer,
Sapir College
[email protected]
Simon Tamir,
Marketing Director,
Sapir College
[email protected]