Exploring intercultural learning through a blended course about open education practices across the Mediterranean

Fabio Nascimbeni; Daniel Burgos; Stefania Aceto; Katherine Wimpenny; Isidro Maya; Cristina Stefanelli; Ayman Eldeib

doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363241

Exploring intercultural learning through a blended course about open education practices across the Mediterranean

Fabio Nascimbeni
, Daniel Burgos
, Stefania Aceto
, Katherine Wimpenny
, Isidro Maya
, Cristina Stefanelli
, Ayman Eldeib

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5 Citations (Scopus)

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	285-288
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538629574, 978-1-5386-2958-1
ISBN (Print)	9781538629574
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363241
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - Emerging Trends and Challenges of Engineering Education - University of La Laguna, University de Vigo and National University of Distance Education, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Duration: 17 Apr 2018 → 20 Apr 2018 http://educon-conference.org/educon2018/

Conference

Conference	2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - Emerging Trends and Challenges of Engineering Education
Abbreviated title	EDUCON 2018
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Period	17/04/18 → 20/04/18
Internet address	http://educon-conference.org/educon2018/

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The OpenMed Course is developed within the OpenMed project, funded by the European Commission Erasmus + Programme, and is counting on the work of a number of institutions, namely: UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union, Italy (coordinator), Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain, University of Seville, Spain, Coventry University, UK, Cairo University, Egypt, Alexandria University, Egypt, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco, Université Ibn Zohr, Morocco, Birzeit University, Palestine, An-Najah National University, Palestine, Association of Arab Universities, Jordan, German Jordanian University, Jordan, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan.

Keywords

Blended Learning
Intercultural learning
Mediterranean region
Open Education
Open Educational resources

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering
Information Systems and Management
Education

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Nascimbeni, F, Burgos, D, Aceto, S, Wimpenny, K, Maya, I, Stefanelli, C & Eldeib, A 2018, Exploring intercultural learning through a blended course about open education practices across the Mediterranean. in 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). IEEE Computer Society, pp. 285-288, 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - Emerging Trends and Challenges of Engineering Education, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 17/04/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363241

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