A three-year Erasmus+ project "Students' Personalized Learning Model, Based on the Virtual Learning Environment of Intellectual Tutoring "Learning with No Limits" (SMART-PL)" has started. Odesa Polytechnic National University participates in the implementation of this project together with 10 participants: Tallinna Tehnikaülikool – project coordinator, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Politechnika Wrocławska, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Kryvyi Rih National University, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Khmelnytskyi National University, Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Kherson State University National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance. The project is funded by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency for a total of 678,270.00 euros. At Odesa Polytechnic, the project is coordinated by Maksimov Maksim, head of the department of software and computer-integrated technologies.
A kick-off meeting of the "SMART-PL" project was held on January 23-24. The team of Odesa Polytechnic, like other project participants, presented their university and described their experience of participating in EU grant projects in this field. The project coordinator presented the project work plan, expected results, preliminary quality plan, and communication strategy to the team and stakeholder representatives.
"SMART-PL" is a project, focused on introducing a model of personalized learning, based on the virtual learning environment of Intellectual Tutoring "Learning with No Limits". Intellectual tutoring is a set of learning tools: SMART online platform for virtual personalized learning and formative student assessment; coworking center with equipment for organizing hybrid learning, which increases the educational process's efficiency and gives both teachers and students more opportunities. "Learning with No Limits" means that all students are welcomed - regardless of age, personality, socioeconomic status, or educational needs, regardless of the opportunity to be present in the audience or not. The project is divided into 7 WPs which are linked to promoting the cooperation of partners to implement the European experience of personalized learning; improving educational programs of universities; increasing transparency and comprehensibility of education and assessment for students (including the results of non-formal education), reducing students’ anxiety as for their professional expertise and forming their confidence to achieve efficient results; to improve the quality of teaching materials; to facilitate students’ mobility, including in virtual mode, on a university/country scale; to create extra opportunities to get higher education for people with disabilities and specific academic needs through inclusive education and the implemented model of personalized learning and hybrid technologies. The fundamental principle of the project is a personalized approach aimed at forming a highly qualified competitive specialist who can conduct innovative activities and has the skills of continuous professional development. The personalized approach is characterized by innovative teaching methods, designed to encourage collaboration between students and teachers, emphasizing the central role of students in controlling their learning.
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