Managerial and GoverNance Enhancement through Teaching (MAGNET)

Managerial and GoverNance Enhancement through Teaching – MAGNET

STRAND 1

Duration: 36 months

Budget: 400,000

Keywords: Pedagogical developments (e.g peer/collaborative/blended/shadow lear), Inclusive Education, Enhance teaching assessment mechanisms, Innovation in learning, teaching and assessment practices, Modernisation of Higher Education, training teachers; continuous professional development; improve the quality of higher education in third countries; exchange of good practice; centers for teaching and learning (CTL)

Description: University Pedagogy, mostly enhanced through the operation of Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTL), is a main pillar for the implementation of the European Higher Education Area. MAGNET project aims to develop a network for University Pedagogy in the West Balkans States, through know-how transfer from countries that have CTLs under operation to all partner countries. Main objectives include the know-how transfer, the foundation of CTLs, the production of educational material and the creation of a sustainable network BALKANETUP (Balkan Network for University Pedagogy). Activities 1. Research and Needs Analysis of the didactic staff of all participating Higher Education Institutes, to bring out their teaching needs. 2. Actions to be taken at an institutional and national level leading to the establishment of CTLs. 3. The launching of BALKANETUP for all HEI, bringing together academic communities from the West Balkan area. 4. The design and function of an e-platform to support BALKANETUP, for communication and sharing of all deliverables of MAGNET project. 5. Development of training courses based on the Needs Analysis and an intensive literature review, in the form of pilot, field-focused, modules/courses with assigned ECTS that will be launched face-to-face or via eLearning methods. 6. The co-working of partners via webinars, face-to-face meetings and conferences scheduled in the form of workshops for all partners. The expected results of MAGNET Project are: • The support for the implementation of modern, innovative, transformative, student-centered instructional strategies in HEI in the West Balkans • The formation of the BALKANETUP via the integration of knowledge, good practices, shared experience for the academic educational processes • The establishment of CTLs in HEIs • The launching of an e-Net to support BALKANETUP • The upgrading of teaching and learning methods that lead to better students’ outcomes.