MicroElectronics Cloud Alliance (MECA) — Presentation of a new Erasmus+ project
The MicroElectronics Cloud Alliance (MECA) Erasmus+ project (562206-EPP-1-2015-1-BG-EPPKA2-KA, 2016-18) brings together 18 partners from higher education institutions (HEIs) and enterprises (SMEs) to develop cloud-based European infrastructure and organisation for education in micro- and nanoelectronics providing a range of Open Educational Resources (OERs); remote access and sharing of educational and professional software; remote and practice-based learning facilities. Eight European HEIs and eight SMEs develop e-learning courses on: CAD systems, microelectronics technologies, test, characterisation and application of integrated circuits and systems; and they are to be provided as open educational resources to promote virtual mobility. Each university will provide remote access to its facilities, laboratory experiments or software systems for the partners in a cloud teaching system, giving them access to new resources. By providing accessibility of all developed e-learning materials as OERs, the university-business alliance will have impact on the education to be more responsive to labour market needs, thus the graduated students will be better prepared for the jobs, and the enterprises will be satisfied by the knowledge and skills of young specialists.