Brussels Delegation Meeting in Sapir December 05th, 2016 Amit Marantz-Gal, Lecturer, Sapir College amitm@mail.sapir.ac.il Simon Tamir, Marketing Director, Sapir College SIMONT@sapir.ac.il Dr. Hanan Maoz, Head of International Programs Office, Sapir College hananM@sapir.ac.il +972-54-4345035

EFA Project Amit Marantz-Gal, Lecturer, amitm@mail.sapir.ac.il Sapir College amitm@mail.sapir.ac.il Simon Tamir, Marketing Director, Sapir College SIMONT@sapir.ac.il Dr. Hanan Maoz, Head of International Programs Office, Sapir College hananM@sapir.ac.il +972-54-4345035

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit The EFA Impact EFA Institutional culture Awareness of needs and potential Engaging all campus populations Internationalization team Subsequent projects International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit The objectives To raise the level of English in academia and promote collaborative, innovative learning among lecturers and students. Learning Portal System (LPS) Subject courses using EMI Applied English Skills course Thinking Skills course International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit EFA partners Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE) (coordinator) The University of L’Aquila (UNIVAQ) (Programme Country) The University of Nicosia [UNic] Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences [WUELS] University of Leicester (UK) The Pyramid Group (Germany) Sapir Academic College [SAP] (Partner country) Holon Intitute of Technology (HIT) The Interdisciplinary Center in Herzelia (IDC) The Ort Braude Academic College of Engineering [OBC] The Council for Higher Education (IL) The Interdisciplinary Center Students Union (IL) Student's Union Shamoon College of Engineering (IL) Student's Union Sapir Academic College (IL) Student's Union Ort Braude College (IL) Student's Union Holon Institue of Technology (IL) i-Con Group (IL) Systematic Inventive Thinking (IL) Yazamim Zeirim Israel (Young Entrepreneur Israel) International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Tangible deliverables Learning Platform System (LPS) Collaborative learning and teaching platform, enhancing innovative approaches to teaching, where all project assets and content development are stored and accessed by partners. Developed with SAP, maintained at Sapir. Applied English Skills course (GES) Enhancing professional communication in English in both oral and written forms Thinking Skills course (TRIZ) Advanced problem solving methods (Technology Marketing) 4 subject courses given in English The “HAMAS” Movement (Liberal Arts) International Law and Human Rights (Law School) From Idea to Medicine (Technology Marketing) Introduction to Financing (Economics) International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Impact on learning / teaching High practical value of course contents Interactive lesson plans Engaging students with media and collaborative learning tools Challenging lecturers and students with an English speaking learning environment International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Impact on curricula reforms GES was adopted as a compulsory course in the Technology Marketing Department, called "Talking Business”. The addition of practical English skills into the regular Academic English program and the inclusion of a project-based learning unit at the exemption level course (Advanced B). Inspired the internationalization process of the Technology Marketing Department, introducing 3 new professional study tracks as well as 3rd year studies with English as medium of instruction. Inspired the Internationalization of the Curriculum TULIP program http://tempus-efa.proj.ac.il/moodle/course/view.php?id=54 International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit Impacts on Sapir New Services New networks Collaboration portal for internal computing improvements Training on system development for international project for the computing center teams Marketing materials for dissemination by the student body and marketing unit Publication of newsletter about EFA activities (English / Hebrew) Opening up to the extend community of practice of English College Teachers in Israel and establishing the grounds for professional collaboration on a regular basis Establishing an initial network of international partners with whom there was further collaboration, particularly L'Aquilia (student mobility) International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Beneficiaries and Benefits Academic departments English for Academic Purposes Technology Marketing Liberal Arts Law School Students A total of about 180 students participated in EFA courses Students body Service departments Computing center Marketing department Steep learning curve of internationalization know-how Financial Academic Practical Technological Active internationalization “think tank” among project partners Initiation of professional internationalization team Raising awareness of the needs and potential Establishing an institutional culture around internationalization International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

LPS Learning Platform System Dr. Hanan Maoz, Head of International Programs Office, Sapir College hananM@sapir.ac.il +972-54-4345035 International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit Its About Your Success! International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Seven Blended Learning http://tempus-efa.proj.ac.il/moodle/course/view.php?id=140 1. Instructor-led-training, 2. Live-webcasting, 3. Multimedia-content-publishing, 4. Self-paced-online-training, 5. eRooms, 6. Mobile-learning, and 7. Social-networking-tools. International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit Growing Partnership International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit Coordination 5 Countries 19 Partners 9 PM 43 Academic Staff 11 WP’s 451 Students 1 LPS 20 Courses International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit Sapir’s EFA Courses Tempus Course Name Semester Targeted Attendees Course Registration Registration (%) The Hamas Movement: Charity, Politics and Jihad A 30 32 Translational Research: From Basic Research to Drugs 70 76 Human Rights In International Law 35 Applied English - Global English Skills (GES) 20 19 Development of thinking skills 17 Principals Finance B In Process 109% 107% 100% 95% 49% Total:   190 179 94% International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Academic Collaboration International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Challenges Faced and their Effects High level project performance Low level strategic awareness International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Lesson Learned and Conclusions Project level strategy should be embedded as part of institutional level strategy Sustainability will not take place unless the project is situated within a larger, meaningful context International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

Success Through Collaboration! Q&A Success Through Collaboration! Amit Marantz-Gal, Lecturer, Sapir College amitm@mail.sapir.ac.il Simon Tamir, Marketing Director, Sapir College SIMONT@sapir.ac.il