DEFEP
Main Project Website PMBSNU
Involved Partners
Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University (Ukraine, lead)
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy)
Moldova State University (Moldova)
Technical University of Moldova (Moldova)
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine)
Chernihiv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine)
Uman National University of Horticulture (Ukraine)
Lviv National Environmental University (Ukraine)
Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman (Ukraine)
Funding Line
Co-Funded by the European Union
DEFEP: Distance Education for Future
best EU practices in response to the requests of modern higher education seekers and labor market
The idea of the project is to implement a sustainable, efficient, and effective system of distance education in the institutions of higher education of the Eastern Partnership countries as a separate and independent form of learning based on the principles and methods of didactics, most suitable for the formation of promising competencies of applicants, according to cognitive, behavioral, and technological transformations of individual, society, and the labor market.
DEFEP: Distance Education for Future
Distance Education for Future:
Best EU Practices in Response to the Requests of Modern Higher Education Seekers and Labor Market
We are proud to be partners of the DEFEP project - Distance Education for Future of the Black Sea National University Petro Mohyla, Ukraine. The main goal of the project is to improve and ensure the sustainability of the distance education system on the basis of the best European practices, in order to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions of the Eastern Partnership countries in the formation of the competencies of students, in accordance with cognitive, behavioral and technologicaltransformations of the individual, society and the labor market.
Program: Erasmus+ KA2 (cooperation projects)
Direction: Development of the potential of higher education with the support of the European Union.
Duration of the project: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2025
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Co-Funded by the European Union, Erasmus+ KA2
Visit of the First Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Kotlyar at Saarland University
20-22 September 2023
From 26 November to 06 December 2024, Prof. Dr. Yuriy Kotlyar, the First Vice-Rector of Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, paid a visit to Saarland University. In addition to a series of work meetings with Saarland University's project leader Prof. Dr. Astrid Fellner, Prof. Kotlyar also met with Prof. Dr. Dominik Brodowski, Vice-President for Internationalization and European Relations at Saarland University.
(photo left to right: Svitlana Kot, Yuliya Stodolinska, Astrid Fellner, Dominik Brodowski, Yuriy Kotlyar, Eva Nossem)
Kharkiv Conference
20-22 September 2023
The conference „TRANSFORMATIONS OF PERSONALITY, SOCIETY AND THE LABOR MARKET: FUTURE CHALLENGES AND IMPACT ON EDUCATION” was organised by partner universities of the DEFEP international project from Ukraine, Moldova, Germany, Spain, and Italy on 20-22 September 2023 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. As the conference was held in a hybrid format, several members of our chair, including Prof. Fellner, had a unique opportunity to join the online discussion on the future of distance education in the modern world.
After the conference, the presented materials have been published online, including the following:
- Fellner, A., & Nossem, E., & Stodolinska, Y. (2023, September 20-22). Artificial intelligence in higher education: challenges of the future [Paper presentation]. Transformations of personality, society and the labor market: future challenges and impact on education, 6, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Haidarzhyi, K. (2023, September 20-22). Cultural dimensions of asynchronous learning [Paper presentation]. Transformations of personality, society and the labor market: future challenges and impact on education, 474, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Semi-Annual Coordinating Board Meeting at Saarland University
10-14 July 2023
The semi-annual Coordinating Board Meeting will take place from 10 - 14 July 2023 at Saarland University. The topic of the meeting will be "Management of the Distance Education Project."
Saarland University is happy and proud to host our project partners from Ukraine, Moldova, Italy, and Spain. Looking forward to a productive meeting!
Venue: Saarländischer Fußballverband at Landessportschule
Here is the program of the meeting!
Study Visit at Saarland University
10-14 July 2023
The Ukrainian and Moldovan project partners will start their tour to the EU partner universities by coming to Saarland University for the first Study Visit on the topic of "Design Digital Master's Program."
Saarland University is happy and proud to host our project partners from Ukraine and Moldova. Looking forward to a productive meeting!
Venue: Saarländischer Fußballverband at Landessportschule
Here is the program of the meeting!
Coordinating Meeting & Study Visit at Saarland University - Thank you!
10-14 July 2023
Prof. Fellner and her team were happy to host two international events within the framework of the project "Erasmus+ KA2 DEFEP 'Distance Education for Future: best EU practices in response to the requests of modern higher education seekers and labor market'" on 10-14 July 2023.
The first event organized as a study visit „Design of Digital Master’s Program“ aimed at summarizing the best practices in the distance education systems in European universities. The latter was the semi-annual coordinating board meeting „Management of the distance education project.“ The event focused on the financial and management plan of DEFEP as well as the dissemination of the project.
Visited by 30+ representatives of universities from Ukraine, Moldova, Italy, and Germany, both events addressed challenges related to developing a sustainable and effective distance education system.
Thank you very much to all of our partners who traveled all the way to Saarbrücken!
