Training on curriculum development and course content (A3.2.1)

Date:	23rd April - 25th May 2018
Venue:	RTU / P1, Grenoble INP / P2, TUKE / P3
Attendees:	Teachers/course developers from partners: P4 - P10
Meeting description:	According to Proposal of the project ESSENCE there was realised Training on curriculum development and course content (A3.2.1) at 3 partners universities (RTU, Grenoble INP, TUKE)
Evaluation:	Questionnaires on Training on curriculum development and course content form

Date:	23rd – 27th April 2018
Venue:	Grenoble INP, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Energie, l'Eau et l'Environnement, Ense3 / G2Elab, 21 avenue des Martyrs, CS 90624, 38031 GRENOBLE, CEDEX 1, France
Organizer/Host:	Grenoble INP / P2
Program of the day:	23.4.2018
	Welcome and reminder of the ILO presentation from Raphael Caire Material presented: ILOs_introduction_RC.pdf
Room:	GreEn-ER – 4D001
Program of the day:	24.4.2018
	Training faility visits (G2Elab and PREDIS center with reduced scale grids to research and teaching purpose + real ime simulator). Blended and Challenge Based Education presentation from Raphael Caire Material presented: https://tinyurl.com/canarykeynote2018
Room:	GreEn-ER – 1C007
Program of the day:	25.4.2018
	Full day working on Sillabi on Smart Grid, Microgrid and Supergrid + Digital Relay Protection Communication Material presented: Presentation_module_ICT_for_Smart Grids.pdf Material presented: Syllabi
Room:	GreEn-ER – 1C007
Program of the day:	26.4.2018
	Review of Sillabi from Grenoble training and remote sillabi from other partners Material presented: Syllabi
Room:	GreEn-ER – 1C007
Program of the day:	27.4.2018
	Final review of Sillabi and presentation of Grenoble INP philosophy on Smart Grid, Microgrid and Supergrid + Digital Relay Protection Communication lab associated to the ICT for Smart Grid module including a 61850 course Material presented: Syllabi
Room:	GreEn-ER – 1C007
Meeting preparation:	Name tags; agenda; paper and pens; water; room with presentation equipment (PC, microphone, projector, pointer, etc.) for 10–15 people; coffee break/lunch, etc.
Attendees:	P4 (TPU); P5 (INRTU) according to the participant list (registration)

Some photos from the visit:

Date:	14th – 18th May 2018
Venue:	Technical University in Košice; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics; Department of Electric Power Engineering FEI TU; Mäsiarska 74; 042 01 Košice; Slovak Republic
Organizer/Host:	TUKE / P3
Meeting description:	A3.2.1 Training on curriculum development and course content; aim: P3, P6, (P9) through discussions will work together on selected 2+2 courses which in their common opinion form the core master curriculum in SES field. There will be taken into account also interconnections among the Russian and Vietnamese universities possibilities to applying them into educational process. The proposed achieved learning outcomes will be considered by the set of stakeholders’ expertise and EU framework requirements.
Meeting preparation:	Name tags; agenda; paper and pens; water; room with presentation equipment (PC, microphone, projector, pointer, etc.) for 10–15 people; coffee break/lunch, etc.
Attendees:	P6; (P9) according to the participant list (registration)

Some photos from the visit:

According to a proposed time table of the project there was realized the visit of project's partner P6 - Ural Federal University (UrFU) at Technical University in Košice during the week 14th – 18th May 2018. There were discussed various fruitful topics that were necessary for justifying the curriculum on chosen courses (mostly for the courses that will be covered by UrFU: Technologies of energy conversion in Smart Energy Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in SES).

During this week there were discussed the following topics:

Brief welcome and training opening by WPL3

Presentations by P6 and (P9) (15 min each)

Inspection of department laboratories

List of courses and discussion

Analysis of the current syllabi content

Content of courses and discussion

Adjustment of detail requirements for curricula content:
- achieving the intended learning outcomes (ILOs)
- content of syllabi
- applying the supposed teaching techniques

Inspection in specific department laboratories
- testing equipment and devices

Inspection in Regional Power Distribution Centre (VSE, a.s.)
- control centre (electricity distribution)
- intelligent measuring devices
- smart metering

Discussion on syllabi content (courses content)

Customisation of requirements for courses content:
- achieving the intended learning outcomes (ILOs)
- content of courses
- risk management of the supposed teaching techniques

Brief opening for implementation of courses

Implementation of suggested courses at universities

Interconnection among the Russian and Vietnamese universities

Considering the stakeholders, expertise and EU framework requirements

Opening to implementation of courses content

Implementation of suggested courses content at Russian and Vietnamese universities

Procedures to mounting the suggested courses at the Russian and Vietnamese universities

Adjusting and modifying the courses syllabi according to EU framework requirements

Setting the main milestones to cooperate during the courses content development

Allocation of persons, time, knowledge to course content development

Opening to review and assistance to implementation of courses content

Review, implementation and assistance during the implementation and development of course content

Procedures to checking the implementation and setting the corrections to development of courses content at the Russian and Vietnamese universities

Conclusion from the discussion on Training on curriculum development and course content (A3.2.1)

The realised visit fulfill the proposed aims of the visit and there were achieved the targeting settings (2nd draft of the syllabi content). Partner of the project P9 - Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) realised the visit two weeks later at the university of project coordinator - Riga Technical University (RTU).

Date:	21st – 25th May 2018
Venue:	Riga Technical University (RTU), Faculty of Power and Electrical Engineering, 12 Azenes Street, Building 1, Riga, Latvia
Organizer/Host:	RTU / P1
Meeting description:	A training seminar dedicated to improving skills in curriculum development and course content; as the result the 2nd draft of course syllabi will be prepared by participants form partner institutions.
Meeting preparation:	Name tags; agenda; paper and pens; water; room with presentation equipment (PC, microphone, projector, pointer, etc.) for 10–15 people; coffee break/lunch, etc.
Attendees:	P1/RTU: Diana Zalostiba, Anastasija Ziravecka; Laila Zemite; Sandra Vitolina, P7/ KSPEU: Yulia Zatsarinnaya, Evgeny Fedotov, P8/NEFU: Roman Gogolev, Marina Rozhina, P8/HCMUTE: Minh Tam Nguyen, Duc Hung Phan, P10/HUMG: Le Xuan Thanh, Do Nhu Y according to the participant list (registration)

Some photos from the visit:

During this week there were discussed the following topics/events:

Arrival/Networking

Brief welcome and opening

Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)

Brief presentations of 1st draft of syllabi by P7, P8, P9 and P10 (10-15 min. each)

Discussion on evaluation criteria for course syllabi in the framework of Essence project

European qualification framework EQF

Typical structure and requirements for a curriculum and course syllabus

Development of the 2nd draft (Training Session: general description)

Development of the 2nd draft (Training Session: learning outcomes)

Development of the 2nd draft (Training Session: Learning outcomes; grading, assessment methods and criteria; learning activities and teaching methods)

Development of the 2nd draft (Training Session: recommended or required reading)

Excursion to National Library of Latvia

Development of the 2nd draft (Training Session: contents - course outline)

Project “Essence” in brief

European power markets: the Baltic context and research at RTU

Brief presentations about their universities by P7, P8, P9 and P10 (20-25 min. each) as guest lecture

Excursions to RTU laboratories

Development of the 2nd draft (Training Session: equipment required, prerequisites)

Discussion about developed 2nd draft. Analysis of strength and weaknesses.

Meeting with expert in optimization

Requirements to teaching materials for the quality assurance

Excursion to Elektrum Laboratory of Energy Efficiency

Collaboration with industry: case study

Evaluation of developed 2nd draft by training participants

Evaluation of developed 2nd draft by training participants; Finalizing 2nd draft

Coffee break and wrapping up and conclusions

The realised visit fulfill the proposed aims of the visit and there were achieved the targeting settings (2nd draft of the syllabi content). Partner of the project P9 - Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) realised the visit at Riga Technical University (RTU) not at TUKE/P3 due to visa obtaining process delay.