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Academic Highlights“Online Learning in the 21st Century: Practice, Problems, and Prospects” the successful XII GUIDE Association Conference!

Third Call of European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG EUROPE is now OPEN!

Kick off meeting of the New Project BEEHIVE to Enhance Higher Education Value-Added and Improve the Employability of the Graduates!

Glance at the Future

Spotlight on Research

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Academic Highlitghts“Online Learning in the 21st Century: Practice, Problems, and Prospects” the successful XII GUIDE Association Conference!

On February 15–17, 2017, the Central Florida Campus in cooperation with Guglielmo Marconi University hosted the XII International GUIDE Association Conference – “Global Universities In Distance Education”.More than 110 participants from 29 countries came to Orlando and assisted to almost fifty academic presentations focused on Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Generation, Emerging Technologies, Data Mining Strategies for E-Learning Organizations,

Engaging and Supporting Faculty, and Creating Communities in Distance Learning. Among the key speakers GMU is proud to mention Dan Bartell, Vice President at Sagence Learning; Dr. Hinrich Eylers, Executive Dean at the School of Advanced Studies University of Phoenix; Raghu Krishnaiah, Chief Operating Officer at University of Phoenix; Dennis Littky, co-founder and co-director at the Met School, Big Picture Learning and founder/President at College Unbound; Prof.

Matteo Martini, Associate Professor of Physics at “Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi” of Rome and, finally, Dr. Robert W. Robertson, President of the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute.

For further information about the Conference, please, visit the website https://research.phoenix.edu/central-florida-main-campus/news/guide-conference-online-learning-21st-century-practice-problems

For further information about Guide Association, please, visit its official website http://www.guideassociation.org

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Outstanding Executive Breakfast on February focused on “Which is the Future of the European Union?”

Launch of a breakthrough Cycle of Lessons on Industry 4.0!

Guglielmo Marconi University had the pleasure to host a prestigious round table and illustrious audience at the Executive Breakfast on February 14. The goal of the discussion was to highlightthe most important issues concerning the topic of the breakfast: “Future of the European Union: Dissolution, Survival or Re-foundation”. Among the speakers we would like to mention Mr. Lucio Caracciolo, Executive Director of LIMES, and Mr. Fabrizio Bucci, Deputy Director General/Principal Director for European Integration.

For further information please send an email to i.reggiani@unimarconi.it

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Guglielmo Marconi University started a cycle of thematic lessons on the Industry 4.0. The Cycle Program includes the main Industry 4.0 features and the connections between the national policy framework and the individual strategy of Higher Education Institutions. The core aim consists in integrating the existing courses of studies in order to provide students with necessary cross competencies on Industry 4.0. Consequently, the GMU graduates will be much better prepared and qualified to enter the national and international Labor Market.

In the first two lessons, held on February 10 and 24 , professors from the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technologies and 3D Printing experts introduced the theme of Industry 4.0. The key topics were:

From tradition to the future: innovative change connected to Industry 4.0;

Industry 4.0: systems and technologies for an energy without waste;

Wide Band, Ultra Band and 5G: applications and enabling technologies;

3D Printing at the service of the Industry 4.0: current solutions and future perspectives;

Introduction to the potential of Guglielmo Marconi Lab and presentation of the main Lab’s equipment.

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Cooperation Agreements with Two New Agencies!

Guglielmo Marconi University signed two new important agreements, the first with the Agency “Innovation Technologies in Education LLP” sited in Baku, Azerbaijan and the second with the Agency “Sinergia Online” sited in Moscow, Russia. Through these agreements, GMU wishes to strengthen its cooperation strategy and to enlarge its educational boundaries. Both agencies will promote the GMU Educational Model, as well as its Bachelor and Master Programs.

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University World News published an interesting article of Margaret Andrews which is consistent with GMU educational strategy and vision. The author highlights that the number of the students enrolled in traditional colleges has been declining for years in many countries, while the demand for continuing and professional education is still rising and both existing and new institutions offer more and more new programs. Moreover, she points out that the information is abundant and more available and the technology is changing the way we think about the education delivering . Universities that will succeed in adapting their strategies to address the whole person, multiple careers and the entire educational lifecycle will survive and thrive. GMU invests actively in innovation for a wide variety of people across their lifecycle to prepare them for a longer productive life, multiple careers, technological changes and the new world of work.

For more information, visithttp://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20170306203023355

Challenges for Universities: adaptation to constant change!

Spotlight on ResearchKick off meeting of the New Project BEEHIVE to Enhance Higher Education Value-Added and Improve the Employability of the Graduates!

On February 14-17 the kick-off meeting of the new European project BEEHIVE “Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems to Enhance Higher Education Value-Added for Better Graduate Employability” took place in Varna (Bulgaria). The meeting was hosted by the project coordinator Varna University of Management. During the meeting project, the coordinator introduced the partnership, the project’s activities and the schedule. In particular, the partners discussed the necessary actions to move towards the Entrepreneurial University, the features of the University of the Future, the Entrepreneurial University Concept, the next activities to

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Professor Bosna’s Paper on “Centrality of language in the intercultural integration process” included in the prestigious Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)

Professor Carlo Bosna, Researcher at Guglielmo Marconi University, published a paper on “Redefining Community in Intercultural Context (RCIC)” which was included in the prestigious Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) at Frankfurt. CEEOL is the leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books on Humanities and Social Sciences in the Central and Eastern Europe.In Professor Bosna’s view, the language can undoubtedly be considered a “cultural universe” in the sense that it is a crucial element of the culture of each known society. Its universality and its nature is radically different if compared with any other type of communication between the animals and, according to the anthropologists, the very use of language is one of the key features that differentiate humans from other living beings. The American linguist and anthropologist Edward Sapir defined the nature of language in this way: “The language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires through a system of voluntarily produced symbols.” As the individual dignity derives from the dignity of the community, of the group and its culture, the language seems to reflect, at least conceptually, the contribution to the individual, to be part of that community, identity and individuality itself.

To read the whole abstract and article, please visit https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=497141

draw up the National Benchmarking Reports. All the Project partners, in particular, Varna University of Management (Bulgaria), Mapua Institute of Technology (Philippines), Saint Louis University (Philippines), Saint Louis University (Philippines), IdeaSpace Foundation (Philippines), BINUS University (Indonesia), University of Indonesia (Indonesia), Reykjavik University (Iceland), WestBIC (Ireland), University of Thessaly (Greece) and Guglielmo Marconi University successfully joined the meeting and appreciated the collaboration and the shared commitment.

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eQTel Study Visit at Turku University and Meeting at AHU

The Jordanian team visited Turku University in Finland from February 27 to March 2, 2017. The study visit was aimed to train the Jordan representatives on various aspects of online course development. The experience on instructional design was provided by experts from the University of Turku and from the Open University of Catalunya. After the training, Jordanian team showed its experience on the pilot experimentation of EQTeL Project courses. Moreover, the Jordanian partner institutions visited Al-Hussein Bin Talal University on March 16-17. The

meeting participants discussed the final tasks and goals related to the project, as well as the final report and the details of the final conference to be held on May.

For further information, please, visit the official website http://eqtel.psut.edu.jo/Home.aspx

The Interreg Europe programme is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). European Union works, in fact, to reduce disparities in the levels of development, growth and quality of life in European regions through its cohesion policy. For the 2014-2020 funding period, cohesion policy concentrates on supporting the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy to promote actions to make the

European territory more innovative, more sustainable, and more inclusive. The Interreg Europe programme contributes to this objective by supporting policy learning among relevant policy organizations with a view to improving the performance of regional development policy instruments.The Interreg Europe programme is divided into four priority axes related to the Europe 2020 strategy as listed below:

1 - Strengthening research, technological development and innovation; 2 - Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs;3 - Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors;4 - Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency.

Applicants are invited to submit their project application under one of the specific objectives mentioned in the call. Please refer to the official documentation to have an overview of Investment priorities and Specific objective for each priority axe. The third call for proposals opens on 1 March 2017 and closes on 30 June 2017, at 12:00 p.m. (midday) CEST (Paris time).

For further information, please visit the official website of the call http://www.interregeurope.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Call_related_documents/Interreg_Europe_Third_call_terms_of_reference.pdf

Glance at the FutureThird Call of European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG EUROPE is now OPEN!

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Free webinar: International student trends and strategies

We would like to suggest a very intersting opportunity. University World News and DrEducation will organise a Global Webinar Series on international higher education. They will present their fourth webinar on international student mobility trends and recruitment strategies titled “Are universities shifting international student recruitment strategies?” The political and economic changes of the past year will have far-reaching impact on the future mobility patterns of students. The combination of changes in the leading source and destination countries indicates that institutions must brace themselves for a new environment of uncertainty, hyper-competition, and turbulence. This global online discussion (webinar) will bring together a panel of global experts to examine how they are adapting institutional strategies in a new environment. What are the strategic options institutions are considering in response to this turbulence? The discussion will highlight diverse perspectives to inform international enrolment strategies.

Date: Wednesday, 12 April 2017 8 AM San Francisco; 11 AM New York; 4 PM London; 5 PM Johannesburg

To register please link to http://www.dreducation.com/2017/03/webinar-international-student-US-UK-Canada-mobility-strategies.html

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