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I-BEE-VR MODULES
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GENERAL GUIDE
MODULE 1
Module 1: Landing your dream job in engineering- Module Overview
Module 1- LEAD-IN
Module 1-Task 1: Job Applications
Module 1- Task 1- Activity 1: Analysing job ads, finding a suitable ad for a job they’d like to apply for
Module1- Task 1- Activity 2: Cover letters
Module 1-REAL-LIFE TASK 1: Producing a job application (cover letter, written CV, video CV)
Module 1-Task 2: Job Interview
Module 1- Task2-Activity 1: Introducing job interviews
Module 1- Task 2-Activity 2: Typical job interview questions
Module 1- Task 2-Activity 3: CVs
Module 1- Task 2-Activity 3: Specific language for job interviews
Module 1-REAL-LIFE TASK 2: Job Interview
Module 1-Task 3: Panel meeting to hire a new project manager
Module 1-Task 3-Activity 1: Introducing meetings
Module 1-Task 3-Activity 2: Raising awareness of intercultural aspects of meetings
Module 1- Task 3- Activity 3: Language for participating in a meeting
Module 1- Task 3- Activity 4: Practising agreeing/disagreeing/giving opinion
Module 1- REAL-LIFE TASK 3: Panel meeting to choose the best candidate for the position (case study: hiring new engineer)
Module 1: Follow-up/Reflection Upon Tasks to Activate Learning
Module 1: Assesment
MODULE 2
Module 2: Launching a New Product-Module Overview
Module 2- LEAD-IN
Module1- Task 1- Activity 2: Cover letters
Module 2- Task 1: Engineering team meeting & Written feasibility report
Module 2-Task 1-Activity 1: Brainstorming for ideas on innovative products
Module 2- Task 1- Activity 2: Carrying out market research
Module 2- Task 1- Activity 3: Becoming familiar with a team meeting
Module 2-Task 1- Activity 4: The language of comparison and contrast
Module 2- Task 1- Activity 5: Writing a paragraph as an overview of alternatives
Module 2- Task 1- Activity 6: Becoming familiar with a feasibility report
Module 2- Task 1- Activity 7: Writing a short version of a report section
Module 2- Task 2- Activity 1: Describing your product – main characteristics
Module 2- Task 2- Activity 2: Analysing a short technical specifications document
Module 2- Task 2- Activity 3: Language of technical specifications
Module 2- Task 2- Activity 4: Outlining and completing a PSD
Module 2- Task 2: Real-Life Task: Producing the final version of the technical specifications document
Module 2- Task 1- Real-Life Task: Participating in an engineering team meeting to discuss product proposals and writing a feasibility report (VR)
Module 2- Task 2: Written specifications (Product Specification Document – PSD)
Module 2- Task 3: Oral presentation to convince the management board
Module 2- Task 3- Activity 1: Becoming familiar with persuasive oral presentations
Module 2- Task 3- Activity 3: Making persuasive claims in an oral presentation
Module 2- Task 3- Activity 2: Planning an oral presentation
Module 2- Task 3- Activity 4: Rehearsing the presentation
Module 2- Follow-up/Reflection Tasks
Module 2- Assesment
MODULE 3
Module 3: Develop and Make – Module Overview
Module 3-LEAD-IN
Module 3- Task 1: Groundwork: Outsourcing and Negotiating
Module 3- Task 1: Activity 1: Work on various aspects of visiting a factory
Module 3- Task 1: Activity 2: Work on understanding how a company functions
Module 3- Task 1- Activity 3: Understanding contracts
Module 3- Task 1- Activity 4: Work on telephoning to make an appointment
Module 3- Task 1- Activity 5: Understanding cultural differences in negotiation
Module 3-Task 1- Forum Activities
Module 3- REAL-LIFE TASK 1: Conference meet-up / exchange
Module 3- Task 2: Pre-Production: Understanding Processes and Specifications
Module 3- Task 2- LEAD-IN
Module 3- Task 2- Activity 1: Understanding simple processes
Module 3- Task 2-Activity 2:Students work on a brainstorming activity for inventing a simple (and humorous) process
Module 3- Task 2- Activity 3: Understanding specifications
Module 3-Task 2-Activity 4: Work on dealing with suppliers
Module 3: Task 2- Activity 5: Writing a brief progress report
Module 3- Task 2- Forum Questions
Module 3- Real-Life Task 2: Updating the boss
Module 3-Task 3: Manufacturing and Presenting
Module 3- Task 3- Activity 1: Launching the Production
Module 3- Task 3- Activity 2 – Virtual Reality Game: “Maintaining the performance of a production process”
Module 3- Task 3- Activity 3: How to make an effective presentation
Module 3- Task 3- Activity 4:Work on preparing Visual documents
Module 3- Task 3- Activity 5: Finalising and Rehearsing the Presentation
Module 3- Real-Life Task 3: Presenting the new product to the Board of Directors
Module 3- Task 3- Real-Life Task: Oral presentation of the product in front of the company management board
Module 3- Task 3- Forum Activities
Module 3: Assesment
MODULE 4
Module 4: Safety and Quality Matter Together: Module Overview
Module 4- LEAD-IN
Module 4- Task 1 : Internal Meeting
Module 4- Task 1- Activity 1: Identifying Risks and Hazards at Workplace
Module 4- Task 1- Activity 2: Creating and Interpreting a Risk Assessment Template
Module 4- Task 1- Activity 3: Familiarizing with the concept of hierarchy of control measures
Module 4- Task 1- Activity 4: Determining action steps using the hierarchy of control measures
Module 4- Task 1- Activity 5-Risk Management Plan of a Real-life Case Scenario
Module 4- Task 1- Activity 6-Getting ready for the internal risk assessment meeting
Module 4- Task 2: Writing a Report
Module 4-Task 2: Activity 1: Writing a Report
Module 4- Task 2- Activity 2: Becoming acquainted with Business Report Language
Module 4- Task 2- Activity 3: Introduction to Business Report Writing
Module 4- Task 2- Activity 4: Stating the Issues in a Business Report
Module 4- Task 2- Activity 5: Wrapping the Issues up in a Business Report- Listening and note-taking
Module 4- Forum Activities
Module 4- Follow-up
Module 4: Assessment
MODULE 5
Module 5: Selling Products and Services in Engineering: How to Convince Others
Module 5: LEAD-IN
Module 5-Task 1: Elevator Pitch
Module 5- Task 1: Activity 1: Defining ‘elevator pitch’
Module 5- Task 1: Activity 2:Gathering information about customers’ needs
Module 5- Task 1: Activity 3: Talking business with potential customers
Module 5- Task 1: Activity 4: Translating technical features of a product into business benefits for the customer
Module 5- Real-Life Task 1: Elevator Pitch
Module 5- Task 2: Designing and Writing a Leaflet
Module 5- Task 2- Activity 1:First steps in successful advertising: SWOT analysis
Module 5-Task 2-Activity 2: Knowing how to prepare to advertise the product and be good at it
Module 5-Task 2- Activity 3 : Consulting others
Module 5-Real-Life Task 2:Designing and writing a leaflet
Module 5: Forum Activities
Module 5: Assesment
WORKBOOK
Multiplier Events
Conference I
Conference II
Workpackages
Project Design
Timeline
Work Package 1- Project Management and Reporting
Work Package 2-Analyses
Module 2- Forum Activities
Work Package 3- Course Planning & Syllabus Design
Work Package 4-Material Design
Work Package 5-Professional Development
Work Package 6-Pilot
Module 4: Assessment
Work Package 7- Refinement
Work Package 8- Implementation
Work Package 9- Dissemination and Exploitation of Results
Timeline of the Project
Timeline
