Work Package

Tasks Descriptions

Expected Results

Year/

Month

Role of SEC in work package

WP1: Preparation

Identification of locally appropriate PBL practices in South Asia

T1.1 PBL best practices review

R1.1.1 Produce a review report on the state of PBL education in South Asia  

Year 1

M6 - M12

Preparation and adaptation of PBL curriculum, preparation of student challenges

T1.2 Teacher training Workshop

R1.2.1 Prepare Nepalese and Bhutanese HEIs for pilot student cases

R1.2.2 Curriculum design by HEIs (After participation in curriculum design workshop)

R1.2.3 Continuation of training of teachers activities 

T1.3 South Asian HEIs’ Curriculum adaptation

R1.3.1 Implementation of PBL student cases in at least on senior students’ course based on a concrete local challenge

WP2: Development

Capacity Development by piloting student courses in practice

T2.1 Student challenge pilots

R2.1.1 Partner universities will be able to experiment collaborative field work, share ideas and case related materials

Year 1

M8 - M12

Year 2

M1 - M5

M8 - M12

Year 3

M1 - M5

Shared work package leadership, student challenge pilot preparation and implementation in Nepal, contribution to PBL methodologies workshops

T2.2 Student challenges in Bhutan, Nepal and India

R2.2.1 Implementation of designed curricula in the PBL cases in collaboration with students of European HEIs 

T2.3 Two PBL methodologies training workshops

R2.3.1 Training on entrepreneurship activities and academic aspects of PBL courses

R2.3.2 Workshop on results of the preceding workshops and focus on the themes raised by the South Asian Partners 

WP3: Quality Plan

Project monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance

T3.1 Assessment of students’ and partners’ learning outcomes

R3.1.1 Feedback from participating students and external stakeholders of PBL cases

Year 1

M12

Year 2

M6, M12

Year 3

M6 - M9

Contribution to assessment of students’ learning outcomes and PBL courses’ relevance to external partners in Nepal

T3.2 Analytical report on lessons learnt from the project

R3.2.1 Reflection on the various impacts and challenges related to the PBL courses in HEIs.

R3.2.2 Recommendations for the management of similar but new projects. 

WP4:

Dissemination & Exploitation
Dissemination and exploitation of project results

T4.1 Online PBL global challenges course and PBL manual

R4.1.1 Provide accessible tools and contents for PBL practitioners

Year 2

M1 - M5

M8 - M12

Year 3

M1 - M5

M7 - M10

Co-organizer of project final event in Nepal. Contribution to PBL best practices manual.

T4.2 Final project dissemination event and launch of regional network

R4.2.1 Dissemination of project results and materials

R4.2.2 Connect like-minded organizations working on sustainability challenges

T4.3 Co-authoring publications on the empirical findings from the projects

R4.3.1 Link the education activities to research

WP5: Management

Project management

T5.1 Kick-off workshop

R5.1.1 Engage all stakeholders to get to know each other and get informed about management processes, expectations and tools. 

Year 1

M1 - M12

Year 2

M1 - M12

Year 3

M1 - M11

Project Management from SEC side.

T5.2 Overall project coordination

R5.2.1 Communication plan, preparation of annual work plans for the project, budgets, project reports and liaising with Project Advisory Committee and with Erasmus+.

T5.3 Project reports

R5.3.1 Reflection of the results of project activities and challenges faced in implementation

R5.3.2 Details on overall project expenditure and recommendations for the upcoming phases of the project.