Innovative practices

The delivery of the Bachelor's Programme will offer a blend of face to face courses and remote delivery of educational activities and materials. The technological infrastructure will thus provide for building a pan-European faculty, close links with lecturers from the industry and flexible delivery for part-time students. The international nature of this Bachelor's degree will facilitate the recognition of diplomas and employment mobility across Europe.

BIT2010 project will includes innovative practices of universities, in particular as regards curriculum reform

  • Defining an IT focused educational offer, structured on the three Bologna cycles
  • A new Joint European Bachelor Curriculum in Information Technology, based on Bologna Process, that will be offered both traditionally (face-to-face) and through ODL
  • Designing study plans based on the new IT industry required skills and competencies
  • Study plans will include a compulsory "practice" module
  • Study plans will include at least one semester to study abroad through virtual or real mobility
  • Use of remote engineering and virtual laboratory
  • Use of virtual campus and eLearning technology
  • A Public-private partnership will be enforced by including ECDL (and other such) courses
  • Study plans will include an "industry placement" module (students will practice in a real–life environment) and some course modules focusing on entrepreneurial education in order to increase the employability of the graduates in schools and universities (please see "Commission tables plan to promote business spirit", IP/06/148, Brussels, 13th February 2006)
  • A new evaluation and assessment system and a grading scale suitable for this approach

Universities as Open Learning Centers in their region, will provide certain forms of learning with credits to traditional and non-traditional learners. Some IT courses (i.e. ECDL, etc.) will be offered to students from other domains, to lifelong learners (high school students and adult learners) for pre-earned university credits.