Education in Nano Technologies

Education in Nano Technologies (EduNano)

Creating and sharing educational content in Nano Technologies

Jack BarokasTAU Computing DivisionJackb@tauex.tau.ac.il

Education in Nano Technologies

Project info• Project identification: 543861-TEMPUS-1-2013-BG-

TEMPUS-JPCR• National, Joint Project (Beneficiary - Israel)• Duration – 3 years

Education in Nano Technologies

Partners• Technical University of Sofia, BULGARIA• Tel Aviv University (TAU), ISRAEL• Bar Ilan University, ISRAEL• Ben-Gurion University• Elbit Systems Ltd• Grenoble Institute of Technology (CIME), FRANCE• Hebrew University of Jerusalem• Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science (SNI), Israel• Polytechnics of Turin• Technion - Israel Institute of Technology• Weizmann Institute

• Sharing knowledge on production and using online content• Dissemination of Nano sciences at high schools• Industry need analysis on need skills and competencies from graduating students on Nano Sciences • Establishment of cross university infrastructure/platform to facilitate project objectives

Education in Nano Technologies

Target Groups – Stakeholders

• University students• Teachers of high schools and Continuation Education• Industrial sector in Nanotechnologies.• Distance learning experts

Education in Nano Technologies

Project’s broader objectives

• Online academic course production in the field of Nano Technologies

• Sharing of online courses between the academia and industry• Sharing knowledge: production and usage of online content• Dissemination of Nano sciences at high schools• Industry need analysis on required skills and competencies from

graduating students in Nano Sciences • Establishment of a cross university infrastructure/platform to

facilitate project objectives • Dissemination of the Bologna process

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Project declared outputs

• To design syllabi and course content and assessment for regular and continuing education courses in nanotechnologies to meet the user needs and to determine the credits for each course unit, based on ECTS.

• To select innovative content for the defined learning outcomes and video record lectures and practical work in the high-tec laboratories of partner institutions.

• To adapt/develop new e-learning courses with modular structure for the innovated curricula of partner universities and to establish a platform and procedures for knowledge sharing inside Israeli academy, industry and students.

• To perform a pilot test and to start the implementation of the joint modules/courses delivery.

• Limited student mobility

Education in Nano Technologies

• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, BIU, Amos Sharoni • Kinetics of materials, BIU, Daniel Lessim • Scanning Probe Microscopy and its applications in research

and in nanotechnology industry, WIS, Sidney Cohen • Nanomaterials, WEIZ, Ron Blonder • Introduction to materials and nanotechnology for high

school teachers, WEIZ, Ron Blonder • Nano medicine and target drug delivery: where are we

going?• Advance Topics in Nano-Photonics and Quantum Structures• Biochips and nanostructures analysis• Nanostructures analysis

Courses list

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Courses list (cont.)

• Macroscopic quantum coherence in engineered nano-systems

• Nanotechnology in service of humanity• Bio-Nanoelectronic devices for biosensing• Molecular electronics for the realization of novel

nanoelectronic devices• Micro Interfaces for contacting the NanoWorld• Introduction to Surface Science• Atomistic Simulation of Materials• Design of nanoscale ICs• Nanomaterials for electronics• Introduction to materials and nanotechnology for high

school teachers

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EduNano on the web

• Project web page is on: http://edunano.eu/• TAU EduNano website:

http://www6.tau.ac.il/edunano/index.php/en/• Need analysis survey at:

http://surveys.sni.technion.ac.il/opinio/s?s=4005• The Moodle site is on: http://edunano-lms.tau.ac.il/• Need analysis survey and project abstract published in

Nanomedicine European Technology Platform (ETPN)• Introducing EDUNANO at SESREMO (an other Tempus)

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Balancing Cooperation-Competition

• How to maintain constructive competition and yet to share knowledge in a national level.

• Creating a Learning Objects repository to be used by Higher Education Institutions

• Knowledge sharing in the industrial sector via the academia

• Unification of accreditation system using (ECTS)• Certifying online content and quality assurance

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Tools for content sharing

• Building dedicated project Learning Management System (LMS)

• Video streaming server, with wide end-user device support• Inter University content upload • Registration of students from different universities• Facilitating the join usage of computer resources

Education in Nano Technologies

EduNano LMS

Education in Nano Technologies

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