Ukrainisch-Deutsches Lehrnetzwerk zur Digitalen Transformation der Umweltbildung
(Konsolidierungs- und Expansionsphase 2024)

Building on the 2022-2023 collaboration, Ukrainian and German HEIs, with the DAAD support, the follow-up project aims to continue consolidation and expansion of the Ukrainian-German Teaching Network, promoting professionalisation of digital teaching and learning at UKR HEIs.

Starting from January 2024 we continue to expand our Teaching Network, welcoming two new Ukrainian partner universities, totaling eight partner universities – Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Eberswalde, Germany), National Transport University (Kyiv, Ukraine), Ukrainian National Forestry University (Lviv, Ukraine), Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University (Zhytomyr, Ukraine), Odesa State Environmental University (Odesa, Ukraine), Lviv State University of Physical Culture (Lviv, Ukraine), National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic» (Poltava, Ukraine) and The National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (Rivne, Ukraine).

The uniqueness of this follow-up project lies in the engagement of lecturers from partnering universities in the development and piloting of e-courses. This empowers them to act as multipliers for digital professionalisation at Ukrainian HEIs, utilising knowledge, skills, and experience from projects in 2022 and 2023. To provide access to a wide array of e-courses, the project team implements a model whereby all developed courses will be open to students as elective courses across partnering universities, promoting broadening of academic and professional competencies beyond their study programs (student-centred approach).

The objective of the project is to consolidate and expand the Ukrainian-German Teaching Network, promoting the professionalisation of digital teaching and learning at Ukrainian HEIs. This enhances access to quality education for students regardless of location, facilitates ongoing professional development for educators, and contributes to the growth of Ukrainian-German cooperation, emphasising the development of a digital teaching network and internationalisation in higher education. HNEE provides technical, infrastructural, and human resources support. This involves the engagement of HNEE lecturers in content and methodology supervision, contributing to e-courses design. The HNEE DiLeLa team brings its expertise in digital didactics and teaching to the project, enhancing its overall impact.

Duration: 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024

Main Tasks

Virtual courses for students are expanded, offered, and used by students of the partnering Ukrainian higher education institutions.
Lecturers of the partnering Ukrainian higher education institutions, especially those who have fled, are involved in the courses.
The expertise for further digitalisation of the participating German and Ukrainian higher education institutions and the professionalisation of digital teaching are available and can be used for the development of further (joint) virtual courses.

Key Activities

Diversifying e-courses portfolio in the e-course expanding and development, aligning with the academic needs and professional preferences of students.
Implementing the developed digital courses across all partnering universities. Providing partners with online access to all e-courses via HNEE LMS (Moodle).
Promoting the exchange of knowledge and competencies concerning digital didactic concepts, use of digital applications and tools for online lecturing.
Continuous strengthening of the project team competences involving the HNEE DILeLa team.
Advancing the Ukrainian-German Teaching Network with a focus on sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration for continued progress in and beyond the project.
Enhancing interdisciplinary and international collaboration among partner institutions at various levels regarding the subject of digital transformation in higher education.

Our Partner Universities

National Transport University

National Transport University (NTU, Kyiv) is a leading higher education institution in the Ukrainian transport sector, founded in 1944. Today NTU trains specialists in 20 fields of study and gives them 30 different qualifications.

There are three educational centers, a research institute, and eight separate units: 3 educational consulting centers and 5 educational establishments of I-II level of accreditation. Since 2006 the Department of Ecology and Technologies for Protection of the Environment at the NTU has provided training in the field of ecology and nature protection.

► More information about NTU is here.

Ukrainian National Forestry University

The Ukrainian National Forestry University (UNFU), found in 1874, with its actually 300 academic staff members and around 5000 students (including international students from Democratic Republic of Congo, Algeria, Libya, Palestine), is the only HEI in Ukraine providing the full range of study programs for training specialists for the forestry sector.

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UNFU offers Bachelor studies in 25 study programmes, Master studies in 21 study programmes, postgraduate studies in 8 programmes and senior doctoral studies in 8 research programmes. The main specialties are forestry, park-and-garden management, landscape architecture, ecology, engineering, machinery, economics, management, environmental and natural resource economics and wood technologies.

► More information about NLTU is here.

Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University

Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University is a university with more than 100 years of history. More than 7000 students are studying and 400 faculty and staff members are currently working at the university. The university has 38 bachelor's, 27 master's and 11 PhD educational programs.

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Currently, there are 89 foreign partner universities with which we have signed cooperation agreements. University’s faculties are active in strengthening internationalization process on the level of separate departments and professionals. The Department of ecology and environmental technologies has highly qualified staff that is actively engaged in scientific researches, practical and teaching activities.

► More information about ZPSU is here. Also some awareness information available here.

Odesa State Environmental University (OSENU)

The Odessa State Environmental University (OSENU) is only institution of higher education in Ukraine for the training of experts in the field of Hydrometeorology, Environmental Science, Environmental Monitoring and Control, founded in 1932.

Today OSENU trains specialists in 1 fields of study and gives them 25 different qualifications. There are 4 faculties and educational centers, an educational and scientific institute and 3 separate subdivisions of the I-II level of accreditation. Since 1990 the Department of Environmental Science and Environmental Protection at the OSENU has provided training in the field of environmental science and nature protection.

► More information about OSENU is here.

Lviv State University of Physical Culture (LSUPC)

Lviv Institute of Physical Culture was founded in 1946. In 2006 its status was upgraded to Lviv State University of Physical Culture. In 2011 the University was renamed in the honour of Ivan Boberskyy.

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The University trains students in more than 20 different qualifications. The University consists of 5 faculties: Faculty of Physical Culture and Sport; Faculty of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy; Faculty of Pedagogical Education; Faculty of Postdoc and External Education; Faculty of Tourism. Faculty of Tourism is founded in 2001 and now provides education in 3 bachelor and master programs: “Tourism”, “Management” and “Hospitality and Catering”.

► More information about LSUPC is here. Also some awareness information available here.

National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic» (NUPP)

National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" is one of the most famous and oldest universities in Poltava region.

Poltava Polytechnic is a powerful internationally reputable scientific and innovative center, a leader in the educational services market, which has 8 structural subdivisions, about 6,000 students, 500 of them are foreign citizens, 94 educational programs, and modern trends and approaches to teaching are successfully implemented. The university staff includes about 10,000 people, with 350 doctors of sciences and professors, candidates of sciences, and 20 winners of the State Prizes of Ukraine in Science and Technology and the Presidential Prize for Young Scientists.

► More information about NUPP is here.

The National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (NUWEE)

National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (NUWEE) is one of the oldest engineering universities in Ukraine (established in 1915) and has more than one hundred years history of educational and scientific experience and innovations, namely in the field of IT, water, ecology, civil, mechanical, energy, economic and environmental engineering.

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NUWEE has extensive international relations with more than 180 higher education institutions and international organizations of 32 countries all over the world. NUWEE students are offered a wide range of exchange programmes with university-partners, including 22 Erasmus+ Partners. NUWEE also provides double diploma programmes with 5 European universities. The University currently runs 12 international grant projects within Erasmus+ KA2 programs, Visegrad Fund, DAAD, Eastern Partnership, German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and others.

► More information about NUWEE is here.