“Technology can and should play an important role in curriculum planning, development, delivery, assessment, and administration. Technology must be "institutionalized in a faculty"- integrated into the culture and classroom practice of a University” (Nelson, Post, & Bickel, 2001). Professional development is essential to ensure that teachers are able to choose the most appropriate technologies and instructional strategies to meet district curriculum goals and student learning needs. The primary reason teachers do not use technology is a lack of experience with the technology itself (Wenglinsky, 1998).Technological trends inspire restructuring of higher engineering education in the direction of improving competencies of graduates. Based on the project objectives and planned activities, the expected outputs from this project are: a) Modernized Engineering studies by changing modules and courses focused on the specific and applied area of new technologies and in relevance to the labour market needs. b) (Updated existing and built new capacities concerning equipment, teaching materials, teaching methods, and teaching staff in order to achieve quality and relevance of the newly developed modules and courses. c) Improved regional and international university networks in engineering leading to the improvement of higher education performance. d) Implemented Project Oriented Methodologies in the Universities, as an innovative pattern and pedagogical methodology for improving the graduates’ skills and for obtaining sustainable industry-education cooperation. Introducing the new technologies in engineering education will have an impact on improving the level of competences and skills in WBC engineering graduates and at the same time will improve the attractiveness of the study program.

Contact Person: Prof. dr Milan Rackov
Period of realization: 2023 – 2024
ID: CIII-BA-1402-05-2324