BIOTE(A)CH

Programma Erasmus+ 2022, azione KA220-HED – Cooperation partnerships in higher education

Bridging the gap between biotechnology and industry: integrating design thinking and flipped learning

BIOTE(A)CH

ABSTRACT

‘Fllipped learning’ is a teaching methodology that aims to make school time more productive and functional with respect to the needs of society in the information era. It is considered a sub-type of blended learning, and its distinguishing feature is to feed the students with information (mainly video contents) before the actual course delivery starts. This model is very useful especially for upper-level students since their knowledge accumulation enables them to adapt to self-directed learning. Through flipped learning, students turn into active learners who receive information before the course and boost up their higher-order thinking skills.

BIOTE(A)CH aims to integrate ‘design thinking’ and ‘flipped learning’ to ensure students keep being active during the learning processes. The design thinking approach focuses on developing innovations with superior solutions, lower risks and costs of change and employee buy-in. Therefore, supporting in innovation development willingly is one of the most critical factors for employees to develop innovations. Design thinking encourages active involvement in innovation development and immerses students in the processes through its application steps, that is why it is considered “a working approach to innovation development”.

BIOTE(A)CH gives therefore the priority to contribute to improving the employment potentials of undergraduates and to create a curriculum by using design thinking that enhances the transition from higher education to the labor market in agricultural biotechnology in connection to recent technological achievements and to develop teaching materials supporting the course delivery designed with flipped learning.

Identification Code: KA220-HED-A6CE401E

CUP: J81J22004780006

Total project cost: 250.000€

Total cost DAFNE: 47.450€

DAFNE Role: Operational Unit
Scientific Supervisor DAFNE: Prof. Daniel V. Savatin

Email: daniel.savatin@unitus.it

Start date: 30/12/2022

End date: 29/12/2024

Link:

https://www.bioteacheu.com

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090689684721

https://twitter.com/bioteach_eu

PARTNERNARIATO/PARTNERSHIP

The universities involved are:

– Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University: Molecular Biology and Genetics, Agriculture and Food, Biotechnology

– The University of Maribor: Genetics, Plant Biotechnology, Eco-remediation and Geography

– The University of Zagreb – Molecular Biotechnology – Implementation of microreactor technology into biotechnology

– Democritus University of Thrace: Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Biotechnology

Sector representative partner:

– Glycogest Biotechnology Inc. – Sector-related project activities and network with other European associated partners

And educational technology developer partner:

– Mellis Ed-Tech – Preparation of Educational Videos

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