Blended Intensive Programs, ...
... in which the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences has sent students and staff
Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) is a term introduced with the new Erasmus Plus program. It refers to projects in teaching between at least three higher education institutions from three different Erasmus countries, in which short physical mobility is complemented by a mandatory virtual component.
Blended Intensive Programs offer teachers and learners new and creative opportunities for international educational collaboration and participation in jointly designed courses.
Partners:
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (Germany), VID Specialized University (Norway), University of Tartu (Estonia), University College Cork (Ireland)
Location:
Helsinki
Focus:
Eco-social change
Description:
The course provided a foundation for understanding the concepts and debates underlying the key issue of Eco social change: How can populations achieve sustainable lives within the limits that the Earth's ecosystems can support by implementing social and economic policies that lead to a more just and equitable society?
Students explored the key themes of this question, the relationship between society and the environment through key concepts such as green growth vs. degrowth, sustainable development, climate change and health, demographic change, digitization, sustainable health care and well-being, social inequality, and intergenerational equity.
Students also learned to apply these concepts to analyze key factors for transforming society through eco-social policies.
Contact person at CUAS:
Andrea Stitzel, A.Stitzel[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Link:
https://www.diak.fi/en/studying/international/intensive-programmes/eco-social-change/
Partners:
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (Germany), VID Specialist University (Norway).
Location:
Helsinki
Focus:
Digitization in the context of different healthcare professions
Description:
In BIP Digital Competences 2022, international students from different health professions came together and worked on digitized solutions. Already in the online program that took place in advance, the groups came together and were able to work together on different topics (e.g. digitalization in general, universal design, etc.) through teambuilding activities and exercises and to get to know the different perspectives of the health professions. On site, the team structure was strengthened by the hackathon that was held and the groups competed against each other in a competitive hackathon. In addition to further theoretical input, the main focus was to support the students and develop a concept. At the end of the hackathon, there were pitches and a winning group was chosen by a jury. Apart from the teaching and learning activities, teambuilding was also not neglected on site, with a visit to the cinema and an Amazing Race through Helsinki organized by the on-site partner university Diakonia.
Contact person at CUAS:
Andrea Stitzel, A.Stitzel[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
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Partners:
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), University of Gent (Belgium)
Location:
Ljubljana
Focus:
Inclusion and diversity
Description:
The Blended Intensive program focuses on inclusion and diversity, viewed from the students' perspective. International students come together in Ljubljana to collaboratively understand the impact of diversity and discrimination and develop a comparative mindset around the capacity for inclusion. Students will gain an understanding of the inclusion process and awareness in higher education. Additionally, practical presentation and debating skills will be developed as part of the BIP.
Contact person at CUAS:
Claudia Morocutti, c.morocutti[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Link:
https://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/international-relations/bip/
Partners:
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (Germany), VID Specialist University (Norway).
Location:
Helsinki
Focus:
eHealth in an interdisciplinary context
Description: study material:
In BIP Digital Competences 2023, international students from different health professions, and this year newly also students with a background in medical informatics, come together and jointly develop digitized solutions, e.g. to support vulnerable groups. Already in the online program that takes place in advance, the groups get together and can work together in teambuilding activities and exercises on different topics (e.g. digital accessibility, artificial intelligence, etc.) and get to know the different fields of education. On site, the team structure is strengthened by the hackathon that is held and the groups compete against each other in a competitive hackathon. In addition to further theoretical input, the main goal is to support the students and develop a concept of a digitalized solution. At the end of the hackathon, there are pitches and a winning group is chosen by a jury.
Contact person at CUAS:
Daniela Ströckl,D.Stroeckl[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
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Partner:
University of South-Eastern Norway Campus Drammen (Norwegen), Università degli studi di Udnie (Italien)
Location:
Udine
Focus:
Stroke world between professions and cultures: getting to know, be interested and exchange to care
Description: study material:
Das Blended Intenisive Programme wird genutzt, um den Austausch von bewährten Praktiken und evidenzbasierten Ansätzen in der Schlaganfallversorgung zu fördern. Digitale Werkzeuge werden genutzt, um Erfahrungen zwischen Erasmus-Partnern auszutauschen. Das Projekt hat spezifische Ziele wie die Identifizierung der wichtigsten Strategien für die Schlaganfallversorgung, den Austausch von Informationen über die Epidemiologie von zerebrovaskulären Erkrankungen und das Untersuchen des Managements der Schlaganfallversorgung in den beteiligten Ländern. Die Analyse der klinischen Instrumente und der Teamansatz in der Akutphase eines Schlaganfalls werden in der Präsenzphase durchgeführt, während die Erfahrungen von Fachkräften und Nicht-Gesundheitsberufen in verschiedenen Versorgungskontexten hauptsächlich in der Online-Phase untersucht werden.
Contact person at CUAS:
Sabine Spanz, S.Spanz@fh-kaernten.at
Link:
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Blended Intensive Programs ...
... at the CUAS
Partners:
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), University of Ghent (Belgium), Linnaeus University (Sweden), WSB University(Poland).
Location:
Villach
Focus:
Facets of social change
Description:
The Blended Intensive Program, with its focus on facets of societal change, enables international student teams to work on societally relevant focus topics in an organizational context. The focus changes each year and ranges from gender & youth to inclusion & diversity to sustainability. The goal is for students to acquire a broad range of skills and develop an understanding of the impact of societal trends on the corporate and organizational landscape and thus on our future working world.
Contact:
Claudia Morocutti, c.morocutti[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Link Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7avqrQlzoU
Partners:
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Location:
Villach
Focus:
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Description:
Around 50 students from FACHHOCHSCHULE KÄRNTEN and from all over the Alps-Adriatic region as well as from Barcelona enjoyed the fantastic opportunity to collaborate across languages and cultures at Makerspace Carinthia. Nine teams developed business ideas embedded in sustainability and the SDGs. This cross-border Alps-Adriatic project contributed to a global, conscious and sustainable community (#GCSC) of entrepreneurial thinkers and leaders and has been supported so far by trainers from FACHHOCHSCHULE KÄRNTEN, Turismo y Dirección Hotelera UAB, Global Case Study Challenge, Slovenian and Carinthian startup scene, including Iris E., Daniela Planinschetz-Riepl, Dr. Johann Schabauer, Gerald Mueller, Philippa Hell-Höflinger and Gloria Bottaro.
Contact:
Eithne Knappitsch, e.knappitsch[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Partners:
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain), Escola FUABformació (Spain), Università degli Studi di Udine (Italy), ATHENA European University
Location:
Klagenfurt
Focus:
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Description:
Teams of students from FACHHOCHSCHULE KÄRNTEN and from all over the Alps-Adriatic region as well as from Barcelona will develop business ideas embedding sustainability and the SDGs. This cross-border collaboration does not only contribute to the entrepreneurial mindset of the students, it also strengthens their consciousness about sustainability and helps them develop intercultural and language skills.
Contact:
Eithne Knappitsch, e.knappitsch[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Partners:
Karelia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany)
Location:
Klagenfurt
Focus:
Digital transformation, inclusion/diversity
Description: study material:
The aim of the BIP is for students to work internationally in inter- and transdisciplinary teams on the one hand and to acquire multi-professional perspectives on the other. The thematic framework for this is provided by the content of the BIP, which is about critically reflecting on diversity in the digitalized world in order to discuss, in a further step, the challenges and opportunities that can contribute to the (re)creation of social justice through digitalization. Phenomenon-oriented learning enables students to get to the bottom of a phenomenon and stimulate a group process. The goal is to develop a vision of how social justice can be achieved through digitalization, based on the students' personal knowledge interest. The aim is to combine the students' own experiential knowledge with scientific findings and thus achieve a critical level of reflection. The BIP teachers see themselves as mentors who accompany the students' learning process, provide expert input, make connections and offer the framework so that group processes can develop. The goal of the on-site intensive week is to give students the opportunity to work in an international environment after the online exchange, to get to know each other personally, and to deepen their group vision. Experimentation with different technological systems stimulates phenomena-based (experiential) learning. At the same time, students' communication skills and intercultural competencies are trained and strengthened.
Contact person:
Christine Pichler, C.Pichler[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
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Contact person:
Wolfgang Grillitsch, Wolfgang.Grillitsch[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
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Location:
Klagenfurt
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Contact person:
Turajd Zarinfar, h.zarinfar[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
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Partners:
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Finnland), Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg‐Schweinfurt (Deutschland), VID Specialized University, University of Tartu, University College Cork
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Klagenfurt
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contact person:
Andrea Stitzel, A.Stitzel[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
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Virtual Exchanges
Co-developed by FH-Prof. Dr. Eithne Knappitsch from Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, the Global Case Study Challenge (GCSC) is an innovative, high-impact career-oriented teaching and learning virtual exchange (VE) project, providing educators and students with invaluable experience in intercultural, international and virtual interaction.
Focusing on intercultural, digital communication and sustainability competencies, this virtual exchange program showcases how new virtual models of teaching and learning within real-world contexts can support the development of new global and future-oriented work competencies.
Educators from 30 universities across the globe with more than 1450 students participated in this experiential COIL and virtual exchange project in the past editions, and the GCSC has received several accolades and awards in teaching and e-learning excellence.
The next edition will start in early October 2023 and culminate with the Global Virtual Conference on 22 November.
