학술논문

Exploring intercultural learning through a blended course about open education practices across the Mediterranean
Document Type
Conference
Source
2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2018 IEEE. :285-288 Apr, 2018
Subject
Bioengineering
Computing and Processing
Engineering Profession
General Topics for Engineers
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Collaboration
Cultural differences
Buildings
Training
Open Educational Resources
Market research
blended learning
intercultural learning
Mediterranean region
Open Education
Open Educational resources
Language
ISSN
2165-9567
Abstract
This paper presents and reflects upon the training course organized by the OpenMed project, aimed at building capacity in Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Education approaches across universities from the South Mediterranean, namely in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine. The course, which is currently being piloted among 10 universities, represents an example of an intercultural and multilingual learning experience, both from the way in which it was conceived and developed, to the way it is actually being delivered. In this paper, we reflect on the challenges and benefits of adopting such an open approach towards intercultural learning.