About the project

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What is EduEnvi project?

The main aim of the project is to modernize, improve the accessibility and to internationalize the higher education in Physical sciences and Environmental protection in Kazakhstan and Russia. This aim will be  achieved by building the capacity of the local academic staff (main target group of the project) in participating partner country universities 1) in sustainable waste management and 2)  in the latest European pedagogical approaches.  Additionally, eight online learning modules will be built on sustainable waste management to benefit the secondary target group, students and company/local/regional authority staff.

The project started on 10/2017 and will last till 10/2021.

The objectives of the project:

  • Through the training sessions the teachers from Russian and Kazakh universities will adopt the latest research, best practices, and latest technology in Europe in Sustainable Waste Management. More..
  • After the training sessions and peer assessment work the academic staff will be able to combine industry-cooperation into defining the competence definitions of new curricula as well as about the latest curriculum building approaches. More..
  • The university teachers will be able to integrate entrepreneurship and innovation methods into the learning modules.
  • The university teachers will be able to choose the pedagogically best suited eLearning tools for each learning purpose f.ex. for collaborative knowledge building, brainstorming, feedback collection, knowledge testing. More..
  • Based on the above knowledge to build eight online learning modules on sustainable waste management (each university will build one-two modules of 6-9 ECTS)

Expected results:

Training provided for curriculum building, eLearning technology and pedagogy will support the updating of the education in Sustainable Waste Management to meet the European and global standards. The new online learning modules will offer students flexible and inclusive learning paths, the introduction of innovation methods and industry-university cooperation issues will provide students with relevant skills and knowledge needed in working life. These modules built in the project on Sustainable Waste Management will enable the education of new Master’s level professionals as well as continuous and lifelong training for persons employed by industry in Sustainable Waste Management to solve burning environmental problems in both countries. Partner countries HEIs’  closer cooperation with industry and the integration of industry-university cooperation into the learning modules will launch the development of mutually beneficial innovations and new ways of cooperation and funding in the future. Here you can find the report of completed need´s analysis based on the discussions of internal and external stakeholders at the six local workshops organized by partner universities in the framework of the EduEnvi project.

More about the Quality assurance of the project deliverables can be read from here.

Quality reports

The eight learning modules developed within EduEnvi project were evaluated by three external experts from Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan. The evaluation was used for improving the quality and usefulness of the project results. Reports from the evaluators can be read here:

Report from Mr. Alexandros Kakouris (MSc, PhD, PhD) (Europe)

Report from Professor Vitaly Kopnov, Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University (Russian Federation)

Report from Professor Kosov Vladimir, expert of the 1st category of the
Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (Kazakhstan) Report in Russian

EduEnvi project was also yearly evaluated by external expert Dr. Dina Williams to identify possible design flaws or missed opportunities in the project and for improving the learning modules and project implementation. The report from Dr. Williams can be read from here.

The evaluation process were found very useful in the project team. The results were discussed in project meetings and EduEnvi final seminar, and were use to improve both the project deliverables and project implementation.

Read here the EduEnvi Quality Strategy.

Read here the EduEnvi Dissemination Plan. updated 04/2019

Read here the EduEnvi Sustainability Plan. updated 10/2019