Post on 22-Jan-2018
Glasgow - Gaza
Engineering Tele-col laboration
by
Dr Nazmi Al-Masri (Islamic University of Gaza)
Bill Guariento (University of Glasgow)
Anna Rolinska (University of Glasgow)
Glasgow - Gaza Engineering Tele-collaboration
We outline a pilot EAP collaboration between students at the University of Glasgow and at the Islamic University of Gaza.
Maintaining contact via Facebook, students in Glasgow researched a range of engineering-related challenges facing Gaza.
The project ended successfully, with a subject-specific essay, and video-conferenced presentations.
We hope that future collaborations will offer more to our Palestinian partners.
I t was a great event in my
studying l i fe I ever seen; a lot of
exerc ises g iv ing me the
knowledge how to be pat ient and
ins ist ing on researching , how to
help the others .
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I fe e l p r o u d to b e p a r t o f E A S T p r o j e c t . N o t o n l y
d o e s my w o r k , a s a c o o r d i n a to r fo r t h i s p r o j e c t ,
e n h a n c e my ex p e r i e n c e , b u t a l s o i t t i g hte n s s t r o n g
r e l a t i o n s h i p s e i t h e r w i t h s t u d e nt s o r w i t h l e a d e r s .
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E n g l i s h c o m m u n i c a t i o n s k i l l s fo r s t u d e nt s a n d
te a c h i n g t h e m h o w to w r i te g o o d fe e d b a c k . T h e r e
i s a n o t h e r s p e c i f i c g o a l w h i c h i s g e t t i n g o t h e r s to
b e i nv o l v e d i n G a za s t r i p a n d i t s m a i n p r o b l e m s .
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The best th ing about the project has been
work with a team from di f ferent countr ies
and the abi l i ty to f ind a so lut ions re lated to
the subjects and a rea l s i tuat ion.
(UoG student)
In a nutshel l , we are very gratefu l to thank
you again , we apprec iate your works and
wish f rom th is project to be a f i rst seed in
the success path.
( IUG student)
F ra n k l y, wo r d s a r e s p e e c h l e s s fo r w h a t d o e s i t
m e a n s fo r u s t h e w h o l e p r o j e c t , i s n ' t i t ?
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e n j o ya b l e , e d u c a t i o n a l . M o r e o v e r, I h av e ga i n e d
g r e a t ex p e r i e n c e , w h i c h i s h o w to g i v e c o n s t r u c t i v e
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for others as wel l .
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develop your profess ional knowledge at the
same t ime!
I wi l l absolute ly recommend i t to my f r iends!
(UoG student)
T h e r e a r e n o t m a ny ex p r e s s i o n s to d e s c r i b e t h e
p r o j e c t b u t i t i s t h e b e s t p r o j e c t w i t h s u p e r v i s o r s
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p r o j e c t wa s a b o u t t h e wa te r p o l l u t i o n p r o b l e m .
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p r o b l e m .
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c o n f i r m t h a t t h i s ex p e r i e n c e w a s v e r y
i nte r e s t i n g a n d u n i q u e !
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p r o j e c t a s i t i s a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y to w o r k i n a r e a l
s i t u a t i o n w h i l e d e v e l o p i n g p r o b l e m s o l v i n g s k i l l s ,
a c a d e m i c w r i t i n g s k i l l s a n d te a m w o r k i n g .
( U o G s t u d e nt )
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s p e c i a l ex p e r i e n c e fo r m e a n d I ' v e l e a r nt a l o t o f
k n o w l e d g e t h a t I c a n n o t l e a r n f r o m tex t b o o k s .
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Wo r d s a r e o f te n i n a d e q u a te to ex p r e s s my j o y fo r
y o u r p r o j e c t . . . . . . . . . . M e e t i n g y o u h a s b e e n a m o s t
r e wa r d i n g m o m e nt o f my l i fe . F o r y o u r p a t i e n c e ,
a d v i c e a n d d e v o t i o n , y o u r i nva l u a b l e h e l p , s u p p o r t
a n d p a t i e n c e , t h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h .
(IUG student)
W h a t w a s t h e b e s t t h i n g a b o u t t h e p r o j e c t h a s b e e n
to fe e l t h e p o w e r t h a t E n g l i s h h a s to a l l o w t h e
i n fo r m a t i o n exc h a n g e b e t w e e n d i f fe r e nt p e o p l e f r o m
d i f fe r e nt c u l t u r e a n d l a n g u a g e .
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a d d r e s s i t .
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h e l p s m e to i m p r o v e my g r o u p w o r k i n g s k i l l s a n d
o t h e r t h i n g s . I t w a s r e a l l y c o o l to w o r k w i t h
p e o p l e w h o a r e fa r a way f r o m y o u . A l s o , I l i ke d
t h a t e v e r y t h i n g w a s o n l i n e !
( I U G s t u d e nt )
U s i n g t h e k n o w l e d g e o f
te c h n o l o g y to s o l v e a
p ra c t i c a l p r o b l e m i s
t h e g r e a te s t t h i n g , I
l i ke i t !
(UoG student)
I fo u n d I c o u l d c o l l a b o ra te
s t u d e nt f r o m o t h e r
c o u nt r i e s f r e e l y a n d a b s o r b
t h e i r i d e a s i n o r d e r to
ex te n d my t h o u g ht s .
( U o G s t u d e nt )
A b s o l u te l y y e s , i t i s
a n exc e l l e nt p r o j e c t
fo r l a n g u a g e
l e a r n e r s to
i m p r o v i n g
c o m m u n i c a t i o n
s k i l l s a n d p ra c t i c a l
a b i l i t i e s .
( U o G s t u d e nt )
T h e E A S T p r o j e c t w a s h e l p f u l fo r my c a r e e r a s
i t a l s o d e v e l o p e d my i nte rc u l t u ra l a w a r e n e s s
a n d t ra n s fe ra b l e s k i l l s , gav e m e a c h a n c e to
p ra c t i c e E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e , e s p e c i a l l y w r i t i n g
s k i l l s , a n d i t m a d e m e fe e l m o r e a n d m o r e
r e s p o n s i b l e .
( I U G s t u d e nt )
D u r i n g t h e p r o j e c t s t u d e nt s c a n o b ta i n a
l o t g r o u p w o r k s k i l l s i n c l u d i n g e f f i c i e nt
c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d p r o b l e m s o l v i n g .
( U o G s t u d e nt )
I ' m r e a l l y g ra te f u l a n d v e r y h a p p y fo r my
p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h i s p r o j e c t . I t w a s a n o p p o r t u n i t y
fo r m e a s a n ex p e r i e n c e a n d l e a r n m o r e a n d
exc h a n g e i n fo r m a t i o n w i t h G l a s g o w U n i v e r s i t y
s t u d e nt s , b u t I a l s o w o u l d l i ke u s to b e m o r e
e n c o u nte r s a n d p a r t i c i p a te i n p r e s e nta t i o n s .
( I U G s t u d e nt )
T h a n k s fo r g i v i n g I U G s t u d e nt s t h e c h a n c e to
p a r t i c i p a te i n s u c h p r o j e c t . T h e m o s t g r e a t
b e n e f i t o f t h i s p r o j e c t i s m e e t i n g y o u a s y o u a r e
f r o m a d i f fe r e nt c u l t u r e . A l l t h o s e p r o j e c t s l e a d
u s to r e a l o p e n - m i n d e d n e s s a n d h e l p u s to m a ke
o u r w o r l d a b e tte r p l a c e to l i v e i n .
( I U G s t u d e nt )
I c a n n o t s ay e n o u g h we l l a b o u t
t h e c o u r s e , T h e f i r s t t h i n g I
w o u l d r e c o m m e n d to a ny b o d y
ta k i n g t h i s c o u r s e i s to ke e p u p
w i t h t h e g r o u p , I e n j o y e d t h i s
c o u r s e b e c a u s e I n o t o n l y
l e a r n e d h o w to p ra c t i c e E n g l i s h
l a n g u a g e . I a l s o l e a r n h o w to
m a ke g o o d fe e d b a c k i n e v e r y
d ay l i fe .
( I U G s t u d e nt )
G r e a t m o m e nt s s t u c k o n t h e m e m o r y fo r e v e r.
I nt r o d u c i n g my c o u nt r y Pa l e s t i n e
I nt r o d u c i n g my p l a c e o f l i fe G a za
o v e r s e a s f r o m U o G s t u d e nt s p r e s e nta t i o n
m a d e m e p r o u d o f p a r t i c i p a t i n g o n E A S T p r o j e c t
To d ay i s n o t t h e l a s t d ay
To d ay i s t h e b e g i n n i n g
fo r a n e w e ra b e t w e e n a l l o f u s
( I U G s t u d e nt )
At t h e e n d , Ea s t P r o j e c t i n my v i e w w h a t
w a s r e a l l y t h e b e s t t h i n g i n t h i s p r o j e c t . . . i t
wa s a b r i d g e to m a ny p e o p l e to L e t t h e m
f i n d o u t a t l e a s t w h a t G a za i s . . .w h a t i s
r e a l l y h a p p e n i n g h e r e i n G a za . . . to m e t h a t
w a s j u s t a m a z i n g a n d I d e e p l y t r u l y t h a n k
y o u fo r t h a t .
( I U G s t u d e nt )