1. Brussels Delegation Meeting in Sapir
December 05th, 2016
Amit Marantz-Gal,
Lecturer,
Sapir College
Simon Tamir,
Marketing Director,
Sapir College
Dr. Hanan Maoz,
Head of International Programs Office,
Sapir College

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

3. 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

4. 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
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5. 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

6. 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)
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. 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

10. 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

11. LPS Learning Platform System
Dr. Hanan Maoz,
Head of International Programs Office,
Sapir College
International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

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

13. Seven Blended Learning
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.
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14. International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit
Growing Partnership
International Programs Office, Brussles Delegation Visit

15. 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
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16. 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%
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17. Academic Collaboration
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18. Challenges Faced and their Effects
High level project performance
Low level strategic awareness
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19. 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
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20. Success Through Collaboration!
Q&A
Success Through Collaboration!
Amit Marantz-Gal,
Lecturer,
Sapir College
Simon Tamir,
Marketing Director,
Sapir College