E-LEARNING CONTENT CREATION FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMME IN PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM) WITHIN EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Erasmus Project

Project Title

E-LEARNING CONTENT CREATION FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMME IN PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM) WITHIN EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Open and distance learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Cooperation between educational institutions and business

Project Summary

CONNECT4PLM aims e-learning content creation for interdisciplinary master of science program in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) within European communities. For this aim, the project will be focused on the preparation of the curriculum that can be applied in all the partner countries and to provide the system properties that e-learning can be based on. The background of the project is based on the completed EU project of the partners “RAPROMISE”. In that project aim and outcomes were based on the increase of awareness on PLM concept. After creating this, it was noticed that although there is a need for educated people on PLM, there are not many Master of Science programs on PLM education. For this reason, this project was aimed on the establishment of the curriculum and providing an e-learning platform so that the same educational level can be
established in several European countries namely as Germany, Austria, Spain and Turkey.
In this project the specific objectives are:
• To develop an international curriculum for Interdisciplinary Master of Science (i3MSc) Program in PLM
• To create the e-learning content for i3MSc Program in PLM
• To establish an e-learning module structure for i3MSc Program in PLM
• To learn how to use the available software regarding PLM practices
• To test the contents of the i3MSc Program with a Pilot Group of voluntary graduate students and young professionals.
In the project, six partners are involved. Among them Ege University, TU Kaiserslautern, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, TU Wien and Polytechnique University Valencia are having education programs on PLM. On the other hand, Vestel and BMC as two leading companies from industry are also
involved to provide their background on PLM applications.
The main activities of the project that are also defined as work packages are the management of the project, performing the needs and competencies analysis, training the trainers, the customization and configuration of e-learning platform, developing the curriculum and creating the e-learning course content, performing the pilot training, preparation and following the quality plan and finally executing the aimed dissemination activities.
The main distribution of the methodology in this project will be paperwork for searching the existing and necessary courses for master of science program on PLM and software based research work to provide e-learning platform, prepare course contents that are suitable for e-learning, train the trainers that will use the e-learning platform and provide and test a pilot course.
The main outcomes of the project that are also defined as intellectual outputs are;
• Systematic mapping study for e-learning platforms,
• Training the trainers manual,
• E-learning platform for i3MSc,
• i3MSc curriculum,
• E-learning courses/modules for all courses in the curriculum,
• Pilot course/module for the selected e-learning course/module.
Finally, after the completion of the project an interdisciplinary, internationally and internet based master of science program (i3MSc) will be ready on the basement of curriculum and e-learning platform. The partners upon taking approval from respective higher education councils of their
countries may directly open the e-learning master of science program on PLM. The partners from industry and several others in each country may have the chance for their young professionals MSc study in online system.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 308070 Eur

Project Coordinator

EGE UNIVERSITY & Country: TR

Project Partners

• BMC
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET KAISERSLAUTERN
• VESTEL ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
• RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM
• UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN