Getting Out of Comfort Zone
GOOCZ
Funders
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Project information
Project duration
-
Funded by
Other International
Funding amount
400 000 EUR
Project coordinator
Other university or unit
Unit and faculty
Contact information
Contact person
Other persons
- University researcher, Adjunct professor
Project description
The project is funded through the Danish Erasmus + National Agency with the budget of 400,000 euros. Follow our progress and stay engaged via GOOCZ main project page: https://www.tbrp.business.aau.dk/funding-portfolio/goocz.
GOOCZ objectives are to:
- Enhance academics’ understanding of industry work environment, challenges and unmet skill requirements
- Develop relevant learning and teaching to prepare graduates for current and future work
- Connect universities across borders, strengthening cooperation between academia and industry
GOOCZ's outputs and outcomes:
- Capacity building and competence
- Relevant, responsive, change-oriented higher education curricula
- Sustainable staff development programmes
GOOCZ' high-quality, state-of-the-art pedagogical development to achieve its objectives:
- Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
This is a unique 5 ECTS interdisciplinary pedagogical development company attachment programme (IO1). Working with industry partners in Finland, Germany, and Lithuania, academics get out of their comfort zone, to experience and reflect on the challenges of industry in a turbulent world as a basis for developing relevant learning. - Get Your Curricula Out Of Comfort Zone
This is a 3 ECTS interdisciplinary pedagogical development programme (IO2). It acquaints academic staff with advanced pedagogical practices and digital tools to help develop innovative learning and teaching curricular for contemporary and future industry and societal challenges. It builds on IO1’s learning. - Getting Out Of Comfort Zone case-book
An edited volume featuring industrial experience, case and reflective studies on contemporary curriculum development and academia-industry cooperation, co-authored by project participants and external contributors.
GOOCZ invites as participants to their activities:
- Junior and senior faculty; Members of staff actively engaged in curriculum development and enhancement
GOOCZ is delivered by a dynamic international consortium consisting of:
Aalborg University (Denmark, Project Coordinator); Halmstad University (Sweden); Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania); University of Oulu (Finland); University of Siegen (Germany)
Contact information
Project Coordinator: Romeo V. Turcan; Project Manager: Yimei Hu; Project Financial Controller: Michael K. Simonsen; Local Project Leaders: Louise Brøns Kringelum (AAU); Per Servais (HH); Birutė Mockevičienė (MRUNI); Ralph Dreher (SIEGEN); Petri Ahokangas (UOULU)