2 nd Progress Meeting Project Number: 2018-1-EL01-KA203-047794

2nd Progress MeetingProject Number: 2018-1-EL01-KA203-047794 Dr. Konstantinos Petridis, CRETE Project Coordinator, Hellenic Mediterranean University Email: c.petridischania@gmail.com url: https://crete2020.chania.teicrete.gr/?page_id=19

Outline • The project’s Timeline – Where are we? • Intellectual & Learning Activities Implementation Review • What we have implemented • What we are missing • What we have to do • Summary – Conclusions • Evaluation of the Meeting

The Timeline – Where are we? 19/10/18 Greek NA Kick Off Meeting September 2020 Completion of O5 April 2019 F2F Progress Meeting in AAU 1st IC in AAU 30/04/2020 Completion of the O1, O2, O4 19/11/18 CRETE Kick Off Meeting, Warsaw Arrival of 40% of the total budget July 2020 F2F Progress Meeting in TEIoC October 2019 Submission of the Progress Report March 2020 Multiplier Event in TMMA 1/10/18 Start of the Project September 2019 F2F Progress Meeting in TMMA 30/11/18 Transfer of Funds 25/10/18 Sign of the Grant Agreement October 2020 Submission of the Final Report April 2020 IPP Progress Meeting 2nd IC in IPP May 2019 Multiplier Event in HMU July 2020 Completion of O6 May 2020 Completion of O3

Progress Report • To be submitted by the 31/10/2019 using the mobility tool – please click here • Reporting Period: 01/10/2018 – 30/09/2019 • Please send us all the incurred expenses by the 30/09/2019; (the 1st period have been declared by all the partners (01/10/2018 – 30/04/2019)) • What we should submit: • Interim/Progress Report - Interim Report-1 • Two Copies of the Deliverables – Intellectual Outputs (in electronic form)

Progress Report • Remarks: • Please reply to the comments regarding the 1st reporting period – TMMA, IPP • Please within your timesheets declare complete man-days and not non-complete numbers e.g. 5.5!! • All the timesheets should be send to me from your financial office and not from you !! • Please pay attention when you complete the timesheets e.g. write down the correct output (follow the proposal) and provide a justification • Respond to the deadline regarding the 02/10/2019 for declaring the expenses for the period 30/04/2019 – 30/09/2019 • Send me all your deliverables and with an email in order to include them into the storage item I will post to the Agency

Progress Report Check List – Documents I need to have: • Transnational Meetings • Participation Lists – with participants details and be signed by them • Meeting’s Agenda • Certificates of Attendance • Flight & Hotel Invoices and boarding passes

Progress Report Check List – Documents I need to have: • Intellectual Outputs (unit costs) • Staff Cost Timesheets signed by the employer and the employee – pay attention to complete them correctly • Contracts that show the employment relationship with the employee independent of the CRETE project ! • Lecture notes / Exam Questions / Videos & Audio lectures generated If you do not have sent them to me please do it as soon as possible!!!!

Progress Report Check List – Documents I need to have: • Multiplier Events • List signed by the participants accompany with their contact details (name, email) and affiliation (status, address of the sent Institution) • Dissemination material generated or distributed during the event and program of the dissemination activity • 200 Euros per participant from another country than the host and 100 Euros per participant from an Institution as the dissemination event host Institution e.g. 1st Dissemination event took place in Greece so for participants from any University not from HMU from Greece the host will be refunded with 100 Euros whereas the foreigners from Institution not from the consortium the organizer will get 200 Euros

Progress Report Check List – Documents I need to have: • Learning, teaching and training activities • Certificate of Attendance signed by the local host (participant name, name of the event, Institution, dates, and country of origin) • Attendance List signed by all the participants • Educational material generated

Outline • The project’s Timeline – Where are we? • Intellectual & Learning Activities Implementation Review • What we have implemented • What we are missing • What we have to do • Summary – Conclusions • Evaluation of the Meeting

Output Identification – O1 /Hard Skills Minimum Standards for the O1 Modules to be considered complete • Lecture Transparencies / with author notes (PPT) • Assessment Tests per lecture • Middle and Final Exam Papers • Bibliography • Duration: Full Semester Lectures (10 – 12 Weeks); each lecture session 90 minutes • Add Audio or Video into your transparencies • Awarded ECTS: Three

Output Identification – O1 /Hard Skills • Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) • Graphene & 2D Materials and Applications – has started the development • An Introduction to 5G Communications – has started the development • An Introduction to Robotics – has started the development • An Introduction to 3D Modeling & 3D Printing – has started the development • An Introduction to Data Science – no progress

Output Identification – O1 /Hard Skills • Instituto Politecnico Do Porto (IPP) • An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence – no progress • Thomas More (TMMA) • An Introduction to IoT – no progress • An Introduction to Automations & Embedded Systems – no progress

Output Identification – O1 /Hard Skills • University of Warsaw (UW) • An Introduction to Quantum Computing– has almost completed (including audio)! • Graphene & 2D Materials and Applications – has started the development To AAU, EVM and W2L have not be assigned the development of modules regarding the hard skills development

Output Identification – O2 /Soft Skills Minimum Standards for the O2 Modules to be considered complete • Lecture Transparencies / with author notes (PPT) • Assessment Tests per lecture • Middle and Final Exam Papers • Bibliography • Duration: Half Semester Courses (6 Weeks); each lecture session 90 minutes • Add Audio or Video into your transparencies • Awarded ECTS: Two

Output Identification – O2 /Soft Skills • ECOSISTEMAS VIRTUALES Y MODULARES (EVM) • An Introduction to Project Management – no progress • An Introduction to Entrepreneurship - no progress • An Introduction to Human Management & Decision Making - no progress • Professionalism and Ethics – no progress (I have not even a description)

Output Identification – O2 /Soft Skills • WEB2LEARN (W2L) • Oral Presentation Skills – in progress • Academic Writing – in progress

Output Identification – O3 /Teaching Guides for the development of Soft Skills Start Date: 01/10/2019 – End Date: 31/05/2020 • A teaching guide (20 - 40 pages) that advises academics how to cultivate their students targeted soft skills will be developed • Should contain: • Assist Academics to develop lecture plans that will help them to cultivate students’ soft skills • Tips how to develop the targeted soft skills during a lecture session • Tips on how to trigger students interest to realize the importance of the soft skills • Tips how to assess students’ soft skills

Output Identification – O3 /Teaching Guides for the development of Soft Skills • W2L & EVM – no progress

Output Identification – O4 /Training Modules in Modern Teaching methods and modern delivery schemes Minimum Standards for the O4 Modules to be considered complete • Lecture Transparencies / with author notes (PPT) • Assessment Tests per lecture • Middle and Final Exam Papers • Bibliography • Duration: Half Semester Courses (6 Weeks); each lecture session 90 minutes • Add Audio or Video into your transparencies • The teaching manuals for each module • Awarded ECTS: Two

Output Identification – O4 /Training Modules in Modern Teaching methods and modern delivery schemes • Aalborg University (AAU) • Problem Based Learning for Students – no progress • Problem Based Learning for Teachers – under progress • IPP • Principles of Blended Teaching – no progress • EVM • Principles in online teaching - no progress

Output Identification - O5/Moodle Educational Platform & Projects Leading partner: IPP (for Moodle) & EVM (for the website) – HMU has completed all these tasks Start Date: 1/11/2018 – End Date: 30/09/2020 Allocated Time For this Deliverable: • For the Moodle Installation & Partners Training, 25 Technical man-days for installation & maintance and 12 technical man-days for the design of the platform – please check here • For the Web development, 25 technical man-days have been allocated for the installation and maintance of website (IPP). Another 24 technical man-days have been assigned for the design of the website (EVM) please check here

Output Identification – O6/Report on skill upgrade & capacity building in HEI Responsible: W2L Start Date: 1/04/2019 – End Date: 31/07/2020 Allocated Time For this Deliverable: • For the coordination of this output 18 management days will be assigned to the W2L and six management days to the rest of the consortium partners • Six administration days to W2L and three days to the rest of the consortium partners Deliverables: • Questionnaires to be distributed for the evaluation of CRETE actions & outputs by the projects’ stakeholders • Reports that summarize the evaluation findings - In progress (the 1st report from the school in AAU has been delivered)

Multiplier Events • Multiplier Event E1 (May 2019, HMU) – has been completed & Another one will take place at the end of May 2020 Allocated Funds: 30 stakeholders per event beyond consortium (10 within the host country and 20 outside of the host country). Each partner have received 5000 Euros corresponding to 100 Euros per national participant and 200 Euros per international participant

Multiplier Events • Multiplier Event E2 (March 2020, TMMA) – will be organized in De Nayer (organize a session with CRETE modules as well) https://www.thomasmore.be/en/agenda/15th-thomas-more-international-days

Multiplier Events 10th of April, 1st Multiplier Event, CRETE Project, Chalepa, Chania, Department of Electronic Engineering, Crete, Greece Participation List Things to do: (a) Build up the brochure (EVM); (b) Release the 2nd News – Letter (IPP) ; and (c) the dissemination plan (HMU)

Learning/Teaching/Training Activities • The C1 deliverable has been completed in Copenhagen, Aalborg, Denmark (April 2019)

Learning / Teaching /Training Activities • Received Criticism / Negative Feedback: • I hoped to learn some new skills, especially soft skills mentioned in the program of the course (motivation to participate) • Expectations met:

Learning / Teaching /Training Activities • Received Criticism / Negative Feedback: • Some of the teachers delivered boring and low quality lectures • There was a lack of overall cohesion in the course • In the next editions I would address at least some of the following issues:1. Country information. Provide information for outbound students about the country they are visiting (transportation apps or services, costs, etc).2. Additional software. Do not assume attendees will have virtual machines installed on their computers. If additional software is required, please inform what it should be installed.3. Speakers. The process of selecting teachers/speakers who present should be improved. Some of them were really inspirational, while some of them just read the slides.

Learning / Teaching /Training Activities • Received Criticism / Negative Feedback: • The presentation venue was not great, the auditorium was too large for the crowd and it meant we could all hide in the back. Another problem was that the mic was of low quality. Presentations felt uninspiring and un-rehearsed, the delivery was flat, and overall it felt as if a lot of the professors were just reading from their slides. They should have taken notes during the "how to present" lecture. So in conclusion great idea with lots of room for improvement There was a lack of overall cohesion in the course • The teaching staff and topics that were brought to the event should be picked more carefully - some people were not engaging at all, which severely decreased the attention of the crowd on some interesting/useful topics, and some topics were too specific to be of relevance to everyone; either bring more generic topics or narrow the courses that you invite. It would also be nice to have a few more group activities, since it's one of the best ways to learn something

Learning / Teaching /Training Activities • Received Criticism / Negative Feedback: • It could be a good idea to have a little more "teambuilding" exercises during the lectures. So maybe a little more group-work for each topic, so you get more activated, and you are "pushed" into mingling with the different nationalities, as it seemed to have been part of the objectives of the course • The majority of given talks were of poor quality i.e. they were boring and not all speakers really put enough effort to teach us students. I am talking about their soft skills during presentation rather than their professional level. They were not of a good example how one should present their work. • Concerning soft skills if we're about to develop them then in my opinion we should practice more, not just listen to others. Especially when they give a poor quality talk (concerning those soft skills). Maybe some workshop or presentation like Journal Club ones would be a good idea.

Learning / Teaching /Training Activities • Received Criticism / Negative Feedback: • From social site, we could have used some ice breaking activities. That one small activity during the second day was helpful but not enough. The strong advantage of an international IC/student school is you meet various people from various countries. But when you don't interact with them it's nothing. Of course we could have done it by ourselves, which we have finally done, but a small help from organizers would be appreciated. Maybe the local students could have helped with that?

Learning / Teaching /Training Activities • Received Criticism / Negative Feedback: • Moreover the content of the course was really mixed - from quantum computing to PBL learning. I believe that there was no leading thought during the course. Most of the lectures were poorly presented which is unacceptable within the course that concentrates on the soft skills, innovations, presentations and new approach to the teaching • I believe that a better idea would be to, for instance, organize workshops demanding writing scientific abstracts instead of just a lecture about how it should be done. Especially soft skills can be obtained much more effectively when they are taught practically, not just theoretically. In my opinion there is a lot of place for further improvement.

Learning / Teaching / Training Activities • What to do to become better: • Create a more engaging and interactive presentation • Create a more focused and cohesive programme of the Intensive Course • Contacts with local students, more opportunities for cross-cultural exchanges • More collaborative tasks and group work • Less lecturing, more hands-on experience (workshops and knowledge put in practice) • Rethinking of evaluation procedures

Learning / Teaching / Training Activities Learning/Teaching/Training Activities Two training activities have taken funding (from the four has been designed) along the CRETE projects’ lifetime: • In IPP, 20 - 24th of April 2020 (C2, C6) Topic: The Most Critical Skills for an Engineer of 2020 Duration:Five days (without the traveling days) Schedule: A draft schedule has been released within the project’s proposal Funded Participants: 20 Students (five from each Institution) / 12 Academics: 4 (TEIoC), 2 (IPP), 2 (TMMA), 2 (UW), EVM (1), W2L (1) / Extra staff mobility should be covered through the Erasmus Plus International mobility. Ten students and four lecturers from AAU should contribute to the course curriculum

Learning / Teaching / Training Activities • Journal Club - Students will be splitted into multinational teams and will be called to work together on a scientific paper that during the last day will make a presentation • Presentations of their countries & Institutions • Each student should do the 16 personality on line test and during the school try to find five students that match him or her better - check here

Learning/Teaching/Training Activities • The evening sessions will be devoted to workshops that will envision the cultivation of the soft skills & scientific writing (12 - 16 hours) • Other suggestions…….

Learning / Teaching / Training Activities • In IPP, during April 2020 (C2, C6)

Other Future Actions • Please suggest how are you going to exploit the CRETE modules within your curricula • Please suggest / propose other projects that CRETE can be integrated • Suggestions of future & continuation of CRETE • Other suggestions…….

Next Progress Meeting • The same days with the school in IPP; the following flat rates are valid for the management meeting:

End of the Meeting Thank you for your collaboration - Please evaluate us constructively!!

2 nd Progress Meeting Project Number: 2018-1-EL01-KA203-047794