What is USE-eNET?
The EC-US complementary activity consortium USE-eNET plans to develop a generic design framework for an e-learning and simulation environment that will meet the needs of a wide range of disciplines.
A prototype best practise e-book and a set of course modules will be produced including modules for transatlantic team projects.
It is intended that these courses together with faculty exchanges, semester exchanges, short transatlantic study workshops, and transatlantic industry internships will provide a spectrum of opportunities that will constitute a model international graduate program.
The scope of the complementary activity itself include the following:
- Build a new consortium with two former USE-ME partners (in addition to the original USE-ME lead partners) and two new academic consortia partners on each side, and attend at least the annual EC-US-CANADA Joint partners meetings.
- Develop a prototype generic e-learning and simulation environment capable of meeting the needs of a wide range of disciplines and develop a prototype set of course modules that include the operation of transatlantic student team projects.
- Demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of M&S by incorporating course material on selected special topics: modelling and simulation applications in transportation systems and medicine, exploiting the expertise of consortia partners.
- Develop a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) between the consortial partners that will deal with the administrative actions needed allow students from any partner campus to participate in the complementary joint activities of the program.
- Establish Letters of Intent with industrial partners regarding support after the funding period is over.
- Efforts will continue outside the scope of the complementary activity to present the generic design framework of an e-learning and simulation environment at national and international conferences in the fields of education, e-learning, simulation, transportation, and medicine to disseminate information about the USE-eNET project.
- Plan to organize short workshops, and special sessions at the respective conferences. Moreover it is planned to produce textbooks and publications about the USE-eNET topics.
