Collaborative Development and Implementation of Engineering Educational Programs using Remote Laboratories

Beneficiaries: Georgian Technical University (GTU), Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (BSU), Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University (TESAU)

Project Name: Collaborative Development and Implementation of Engineering Educational Programs using Remote Laboratories

Implementation Dates: 06/2024 – 11/2025

Total Project Cost: 380 933.1 GEL

Grant Amount: 327 549.3 GEL

Description

Project aims to develop specific educational programs of the engineering profile at the leading engineering university (GTU) of Georgia and two regional universities. Also, to create methodical and technological foundations for distance engineering education in universities in general.

Laboratory training in regional universities will be carried out through a remote experiment in the GTU laboratory, in particular, using the Georgian innovation – patented technology “Remote Laboratory System” (patent # GEU20222123Y). Within the framework of the project, the opportunity to conduct a natural laboratory experiment will be created for students of all three levels of educational programs of regional universities.

In addition, educational programs of computing and related fields will be strengthened in all partner universities with modern high-tech training courses, which will help prepare competitive specialists for the labor market. The use of the approach developed in the project echoes the challenges faced by students with special educational needs in the process of studying engineering specialties.

Activities

In frames of the project following activities are envisaged in GTU:  modification of the following undergraduate educational programs – “Informatics” and “Computer Engineering”, implementation of new IoT systems laboratory and strengthening of existing computer diagnostics laboratory.

At TESAU an undergraduate educational program – “Information Technologies” and at BSU – an undergrad program – “Computer Science”, will be modified. In order to upgrade programs at BSU and TESAU, modification of computer service training courses is foreseen, taking into account the capabilities of the updated computer diagnostics laboratory at GTU. Two optional teaching courses will be added to both programs: SCADA and IoT systems, which will be prepared taking into account capabilities of the GTU laboratory base. In TESAU will be modified and in BSU will be added Computer systems service course. For implementing these courses in both institutions will be taken into account the capabilities of the modernized computer systems diagnostic laboratory in GTU.

Sustainability

As a result of the project, the partner universities get modified educational programs, the possibility of conducting laboratory experiments remotely, accordingly adapted educational and methodological literature, qualified teachers trained in relevant training courses. Due to the fact that the new training courses included in the modified programs fully respond to the modern challenges of informatics, after the completion of the project, there should be no need to modify them within 4 years.