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The aim of this workshop is to give participants insight into how to design an entire course on a specific engineering field using remote experiments and an enquiry-based teaching and learning approach as the two major instructional strategies. A practical example in the specific area of electric and electronic circuits supports the workshop, together with the newly launched VISIR handbook. VISIR stands for Virtual Instrumentation Systems in Reality, a remote laboratory originally designed by Ingvar Gustavsson† that enables doing (real) experiments with electrical and electronic circuits.

Attendees should bring a tablet, notebook, or laptop.

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The "Hacking a Hackathon" workshop at ICL2024 aims to harness the transformative potential of international EdTech hackathons in digital education. Over 1.5 hours, participants will exchange best practices, develop high-quality hackathon strategies, and explore their role as a challenge-based learning format amid rising AI use in education. Targeting educators, administrators, EdTech innovators, and policymakers, the workshop requires no specific prerequisites and will host up to 50 participants. The session includes a 15-minute mini-lecture, 30 minutes of group work, 15-minute presentations, and a 30-minute moderated discussion to foster interactive learning and experience sharing. Expert Janika Leoste will lead the workshop in-person, bringing extensive experience in educational robotics and online learning. Join us to discover how EdTech hackathons can drive innovation, collaboration, and educational excellence across Europe.

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The workshop aims to explore and discuss the connection of two current educational developments: the rise of cross-reality labs in engineering education and the pedagogical challenges, opportunities and limitations of extending students' lab work with generative AI like ChatGPT. While cross-reality labs can promote collaborative, self-directed, and agile learning when well developed, the main novel challenge here is how laboratory instruction can be redesigned in such a way that it still enables deep learning despite the use of generative AI as an assistance system to efficiently complete lab tasks. The workshop aims to clarify this pedagogical challenge and outline initial solutions.

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Independent pedagogical practices over a period reach their saturation points and start providing diminishing returns due to zealous implementation, verbatim interpretation, unknown blind spots, and similar limitations. One of the pragmatic approaches is to appropriately synergise such pedagogical practices. This Tutorial/Workshop highlights the benefits of synergising three widely practiced independent pedagogical approaches; Problem Based Learning (PBL), Project-Based Learning (PBL), and Design Thinking (DT). How to utilise the strengths of each of these pedagogical practices for optimizing teaching & learning resources is the theme of the proposed Workshop. Key challenges and implementation strategies with case studies will also be deliberated. A sample template on Synergising Problem & Project Based Learning (P2BL) & Design Thinking (DT) will be discussed with the participants

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Panel Discussion: Engage with interdisciplinary experts as they share real-life findings from pilot projects involving socially assistive robots in hospitals, clinics, and elderly care settings.
Live Demonstrations: Experience the technology firsthand through demonstrations that showcase the practical applications of socially assistive robots.
Networking: Connect with peers and industry leaders during the networking session, accompanied by refreshments.
Note: The session is free of charge and is proposed as a complementary activity by the TalTech IT Didactics Research Group.

Registration: Register here  or contact Katrin Aasma for more information at katrin.aasma@taltech.ee.

Zoom link: Provided upon request

This special session is built on the Erasmus+ co-funded Project on Ethiopian-Djibouti - Females at Makerspace (EtD-FaM). Besides establishing makerspaces at 5 Ethiopian Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) and at the University of Djibouti. This special session will create a lighthouse effect by providing insights to: (1) the importance for female lecturers/researchers/students; (2) an extended needs analysis to learn about the shortcomings in vocational training; (3) the learning from the European experiences; (4) to complement the theoretical leaning at UAS; (5) the specific teaching and learning methodology; (6) overcome the shortage on internship/externship placements; (7) to train female students in entrepreneurial skills and mindset; (8) consider a makerspace as a center for R&D.

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This seminar will focus the approach ABET uses for accrediting STEM academic programs. Topics include the philosophy, principles and tools for the accreditation process as well as the use of assessment methods for demonstrating compliance with criteria.

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Welcome Reception will be held at Tallink City Hotel. Address:   A. Laikmaa 5, 10145 Tallinn

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• Michael Auer (IGIP General Secretary) Greeting address from ICL
• Greeting address Tiia Rüütmann (IGIP President)
• Greeting address Tiit Land (TalTech Rector)
• Greeting words  John Irwin (ASEE Board of Directors)
• Greeting words Martín Llamas Nistal (President of IEEE Education Society) 
• Greeting words Michael Milligan (ABET CEO)
• Greeting words David Guralnick (IELA President)
• Organizational information Tiia Rüütmann

• Keynote by Prof Torsten Fransson "Educator-to-Educator collaboration in Higher Education: Possibility or Not Even Wished?"
• Keynote by Prof Dana Dobrovska "Students´ Attitudes Towards AI in Teaching and Learning"

Session Chair: Aigar Hermaste Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

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Session Chair: Kadriann Tamm, Tallinn University of technology, Estonia

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• Keynote by Michael Milligan (ABET) "Strengthening International Collaborations for a Sustainable Future"

Session Chair: Hanna Toom, Tallinn University of Technology

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Tallinn City tour in historical old town starts simultaneously from Tallink City Hotel and Meriton Spa Hotel at 17:00.

The number of participants is limited.

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Session Chair: Margus Müür, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

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• Keynote by Prof Karin Wolff "A community of practice approach to engineering educator development"
• Keynote by Prof Raivo Sell "Future Mobility: Challenges and Barriers"
• Invitation to ICL2025 in Budapest, Hungary

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Session Chair: Margus Müür, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

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Panelists:

• John Irwin (ASEE)
• Michael Milligan (ABET)
• David Guralnick (IELA)
• Rahul Razdan (Florida Poly)
• Karin Wolff (Stellenbosch Uni)

IGIP members only

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Address: Vesilennuki 1, Tallinn

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Session Chair: Hanna Toom, Tallinn University of Technology

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Session Chair: Kadriann Tamm, Tallinn University of Technology

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• Kenote by Prof Uriel Cukierman "Are the Engineering Professors Prepared to Teach Engineering?"

Session Chair: Hanna Toom, Tallinn University of Technology

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Session Chair: Kärt Kase, Tallinn University of Technology

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Session Cair: Mohsen Malayjerdi, Tallinn University of Technology

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Pre-registration at the registration desk onsite

TalTech Labs to visit:

1. The Nearly-Zero Energy Building

2. Autonomous Vehicles Research Group

3. E-Vehicles Lab Services

4. Industrial Robotics and Machine Vision Lab

5. Residental DC Innovation HUB

6. Laboratory of Energy Technology
   

7. Lab of Photovoltaic Materials

8. Research Centre of Smart Industry and Robotics
   

9. Lab of Textile Technology

10. High Voltage Lab

• ICL2024 Best Paper Award: Thomas Klinger, Award Chair
• Closing address: IGIP President