What is the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP)?
Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) are short and intensive educational programmes that use innovative teaching and learning methods, including online collaboration.
BIPs aim to reach students from diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds, and from all fields of study and educational levels, by combining physical mobility with online education in a new and more flexible mobility format.
These programmes allow higher education institutions to jointly develop education, teaching, and learning programmes for staff and students in groups. They also enable the use of innovative and virtual tools.
Objectives of BIPs:
Developing international and interdisciplinary curricula
Developing innovative teaching and learning methods
Online/virtual collaboration
Research-based learning
Including individuals and programmes that have limited or no access to traditional forms of mobility
Properties of BIPs:
BIPs should add value compared to the courses and training currently offered by higher education institutions.
They should encourage interdisciplinary and international learning and teaching, benefiting from special learning/teaching conditions that cannot be provided by a single higher education institution.
They should ensure transnational participation.
They should provide a full-time workload for participants.
For academic staff, the programme should offer opportunities for exchanging views on new curriculum approaches, as well as the chance to test innovative teaching methods that could be part of new integrated courses/curricula within an international classroom setting.
Conditions (For ITU as the Host Institution):
Physical mobility must last between 5 and 30 days.
A mandatory virtual component must be included.
A workload of at least 3 ECTS must be defined (minimum 75 hours of workload).
At least 3 higher education institutions from 3 programme countries must be involved.
At least 15 participants must be included.
Note: Local participants, staff involved in programme implementation, and participants from third countries not related to the programme cannot be counted towards this number.
Grants:
The total budget for each project is limited to €6,000.
This grant covers the preparation, design, development, implementation, and monitoring of the BIP programme, as well as the preparation of physical and virtual activities and overall coordination.
Examples of eligible expenses under this grant include:
Production of training materials
Venue rental
Equipment rental
Field visits
Communication activities, translation, etc.
Example of a BIP:
Three higher education institutions (TR, DE, BE) organize a BIP with 10 days of physical mobility and 20 days of virtual mobility.
Antwerp University (sends 8 students) + Berlin University (sends 7 students) --> ITU (Host Institution)
ITU receives an institutional support grant of 6,000 Euro from the Turkish National Agency.
Antwerp University covers the individual support grants for 8 students from its own KA 131 budget.
Berlin University covers the individual support grants for 7 students from its own budget.
Example BIP Programme:
Selection of an engaging and current topic
Identification of active trainers who can deliver courses
3 ECTS (minimum 75 hours of workload)
40 hours (in-person) + 5 hours (virtual)
30 hours for assignments, report preparation, course preparation, and practical work
ONLINE SESSIONS
28 June - Program and Team Introduction
05 July - Cornerstones of Sustainability
12 July - Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture
22/07/2024 - Monday
10.00 Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture
Coffee Break
13.00 Global Warming and Its Impact on Natural Resources
Lunch
15.00 Renewable Energy Technologies
Coffee Break
17.00 Smart Agricultural Applications
18.00 Good Agriculture Practices for Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture
20.00 Welcome Dinner
23/07/2024 - Tuesday
09.30 Organic Farming
Coffee Break
11.00 Crop Rotation
Lunch
14.00 Soil Management
Coffee Break
16.00 Plant Protection in Sustainable Agriculture Bioproducts
Coffee Break
17.00 Role of Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture
19.00 Meeting with ESN Team
24/07/2024 - Wednesday
09.30 Waste Recovery
Coffee Break
11.00 Biodiversity and Zero Hunger
Lunch
14.00 City Tour
25/07/2024 - Thursday
09.00 Visit Vocational School (Lecture)
Social Program (Trips)
26/07/2024 - Friday
19.00 Farewell Dinner