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Brief About CABCIN
CABCIN: "Establishment of Capacity Building Centers as a sustainable solution to raise the standards of teaching staff in Indian HEIs"
The CABCIN central objective is to strengthen the capacity and quality of teaching at partner HEIs in India by the establishment of Capacity Building Centers (CBC) at each Indian university.
The target goal of establishing the Capacity Building Centers is to offer an initial and continuous training for current and future university teachers with focus on pedagogical skills with ICT use. This will be done through preparing selected staff to conduct high-quality and innovative face-to-face, as well as e-learning courses, deliver feedback and resources to make excellent teaching possible.
Objectives of the CABCIN Project:
Specific Project Objectives are:
- To create campus-wide teaching culture by establishment the Capacity Building Centers with open and flexible access to its e-learning resources (WP4)
- To build own capacity by preparing selected staff towards delivering trainings for academics (WP2)
- To develop map of key teaching competencies in order to design tailor-made courses for current and future university teaching staff (WP3)
- To develop key self-regulation and self-managing competencies for teaching staff in order to overcome the obstacles that they face during the teaching process by preparing teaching programs with focus on pedagogical skill (WP3)
- To enlarge number of trained staff by implementing innovative blended courses with ICT use (WP2, WP4)
- To create possibility of applying gained skills and building international teaching and research networks by developing European Visiting Program (WP5)
CABCIN PARTNERS
European Universities
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)
- Frederick University (Cyprus)
- Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
- Universiteit Gent (Belgium)
Indian Universities
- Parul University (Vadodara)
- North Maharashtra University (Jalgaon)
- SAL Institute of Technology & Engineering Research (Ahmedabad)
- Amity University Haryana (Haryana)
- RK University (Rajkot)
DETAILS OF THE PROJECT
| Project Title: | Establishment of Capacity Building Centers as a sustainable solution to raise the standards of teaching staff in Indian HEIs” |
| Project Number: | 573616-EPP-1-2016-1-PL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP |
| Project Website: | www.cabcin.pwr.edu.pl |
| Project Duration: | 3 years |
| Start: | 15th October 2016 |
| Programme: | ERASMUS+ |
| Key Action: | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices |
| Action: | Capacity building in the field of higher education |
| Grant : | 947,741.66 EUR |
| Coordinator: | Wroclaw University of Science and Technology |
| Project manager: | Kamila Ludwikowska, PhD |
| Project Coordinator: | Dr. Aarti Joshi for RK University (Email :aarti.joshi@rku.ac.in) |
Work Packages
Lead Organisation: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
- Project management and consortium coordination
- Deliverable 1.1. Project Management Plan established
- Deliverable 1.2. Project reporting system established
Lead Organisation: Frederick University (Cyprus)
- CABCIN TTT Announcement (Click Here)
- Invitation application for TTT (Click Here)
- Selected candidate for TTT Interview (Click Here)
- Deliverable 2.3. E-learning course "Developing e-learning courses and activities" prepared
- Deliverable 2.4. Train-the-Trainers program (TTT) conducted
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Sr No |
Title of Training |
Duration |
Venue |
EU Trainers |
Home University |
Summary Report |
Photograph Album |
| 1 | Developing e-learning (Courses and Activities) |
21-24.11.2017 |
Parul University, Vadodara |
Marcin Głowacki |
Wroclaw University of Science & Technology (Poland) |
Photographs | |
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2 |
Soft skills in Higher Education |
05-08.12.2017 |
Parul University, Vadodara |
Kamila Ludwikowska |
Wroclaw University of Science & Technology (Poland), Technical University of Košice |
Photographs | |
| 3 | Interactive Instructional Strategies in Higher Education |
23-26.01.2018 |
North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra |
Prof. Dr. Martin Valcke |
Ghent University (Belgium) |
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| 4 | Curriculum Development in Higher Education |
06.03-09.03.2018 |
RK University, Rajkot |
Nikoletta Christodoulou Chrysanthi Kadji |
Frederick University (Cyprus) |
Lead Organisation: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)
- Establishing the program for improving teaching skills with ICT use
- Deliverable 3.1. Pedagogical competency assessment survey prepared (PCAS)
- Deliverable 3.2. Training subjects identified
- Deliverable 3.3. Training materials for teaching staff prepared
- Deliverable 3.4. Training program for teaching staff conducted
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Module |
Title |
Trainer |
Host University |
Dates |
Summary Report |
Social Media Link |
Photograph Album |
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1 |
M1: Diversity Management in the workplace in the context of HEI |
Magdalena |
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology , Poland |
JULY 23-27 2018 |
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2 |
M2: Assessment & Grading |
Costas Matzalos & Constantinos Kounnis |
Frederick University, Cyprus |
AUGUST 30-31 2018 |
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3 |
M3: Personal Development & Intellectual Honesty |
Roberto Henriques |
University of Nova, Lisbon, Portugal |
SEPTEMBER 03-07 2018 |
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4 |
M4: Leadership, Creating Directions, Setting Goals, Defining Tasks |
Denisa Rovenska & Radka Copkova |
Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia |
OCTOBER 08-09 2018 |
Lead Organisation: Ghent University (Belgium)
Lead Organisation: Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
Announcement:
RK University has sent an announcement of “CABCIN Project Work Package - 5 European Visiting Program (EVP)” all teaching staff of all disciplines across university alongwith prescribed word document to nominate their name in EVP.
Download Application Form for EVP
List of Applications:
Under this announcement, university had received 15 participation entries as below:
- Pravin Tirgar, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
- Kamlesh Patel, Associate Professor, School of Engineering
- Nailesh Limbasiya, Associate Professor, School of Management
- Reena Patel, Associate Professor, School of Management
- Vaishalee Mavani, Associate Director, Center for English as Second Language
- Chetan Patel, Associate Professor, School of Engineering
- Amit Sharma, Deputy Director, School of Physiotherapy
- Nidhi Ved, Assistant Professor, School of Physiotherapy
- Chintan Rajani, Associate Professor, School of Management
- Aarti Joshi, Associate Professor, School of Management
- Nikhil Aggarwal, Assistant Professor, School of Physiotherapy
- Nisha Trivedi, Assistant Professor, School of Science
- Badri Vishal, Assistant Professor, School of Physiotherapy
- Arjav Bavarva, Associate Professor, School of Engineering
- Anushree Mistry, Assistant Professor, School of Physiotherapy
Selection Criteria:
Each application is reviewed by the management and with consideration of the following parameter, nominations for EVP is declared to all applicants via email:
- Qualifications
- Experience
- Personal Accounts (motivation, commitment to contribution to CABCIN objectives after returning to own institution)
- Technology / Educational Technology
- English Proficiency
- Domain knowledge
- Teaching pedagogical techniques applied during their regular teaching
List of nominations for EVP:
- Mohit Patel, Vice President, RK University
- Vaishalee Mavani, Associate Director, Center for English as Second Language
- Chintan Rajani, Associate Professor, School of Management
- Aarti Joshi, Associate Professor, School of Management
- Kamlesh Patel, Associate Professor, School of Engineering
Alternate nomination in case of any of the above is not able to attend EVP:
- Chetan Patel, Associate Professor, School of Engineering
- Amit Sharma, Deputy Director, School of Physiotherapy
Lead Organisation: Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia)
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Lead Organisation: Parul University (India)
Expected Impact Of The Project
- CABCIN will fill a substantial gap in current quality of teaching in India by establishment the Capacity Building Centers. It will generate sustainable solution of this kind in India and contribute to transfers of innovation and knowledge across regional, institutional and sectoral boundaries.
- The outcomes of the project will be used by 4 main target groups: university academics, graduate students, prospective university members and employers.
- CBC web platform will generate increased interaction between HEIs and employers and organisations, measurable through the development of new collaborations. This will be done through inviting entrepreneurs for organised open workshops, conferences to share their know-how and reach potential employees
- The Capacity Building Center website repository for promoting and supporting activities undertaken in the project, as well as for supporting organizations engaged in the work of the project will support further dissemination, exploitation and sustainability.
- The establishment of public website will allow for new teachers to develop practice which in turn will be added to the resources, thereby furthering the central concern with capacity-building.
- The CABCIN project will also benefit at EU level as an example of good practices in collaboration with Indian HEIs. This will promote Indian HEIs as qualified and innovative partner
- Trained staff according to the latest knowledge in the area of the project
- Established Centre for Professional Development (CPD)
- Each Indian university will possess a core set of technologies and equipment enabling future development of CPD
- Each Indian university will possess a set of established links with educational partners from EU universities
- Trainers will possess a methodology of designing e-learning courses that will allow to evolve
- Increased visibility of Indian universities in EU
- Increased students employability
For more details about project:
Contact Us
Dr. Aarti Joshi
CABCIN Project Coordinator - RK University
Email : aarti.joshi@rku.ac.in
Official website: http://cabcin.pwr.edu.pl/
