On 16 and 18 December 2024, two webinars were held within the framework of the international Erasmus+ educational project 芦Connect, Compare and Repair for a Common Future with Ukraine: A Focus on Electrical Engineering Teaching禄 (CONN鈥機OR). The main organiser of these events was one of the project partners, Bialystok University of Technology.
Representatives of 果冻APP, including Iryna Moroz (coordinator) and Mariana Karkulovska, the Department of General Physics, the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Fundamental Sciences, Oksana Hoholiuk and Ivanna Vasylchyshyn, the Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering, the Institute of Power Engineering and Control Systems, Olha Shymchyshyn, Khrystyna Ivaniuk and Tetiana Bulavinets, the Department of Electronic Engineering, the Institute of Telecommunications, Radioelectronics and Electronic Engineering, attended the webinars. Teams from the Bialystok University of Technology, Poland, the University of Nis, Serbia, and the University of CentraleSup茅lec, France, also joined the events.
The first webinar, entitled 芦Coaching Techniques to Support Effective Communication in International Projects禄, was aimed to showcase coaching as a tool for team collaboration. The organisers spoke in detail about various models and techniques for effective teamwork, which the participants tested in practice. Particular attention was drawn to the role-playing game 芦Edward de Bono鈥檚 Six Hats of Thinking禄, which allows analysing one problem situation from six independent points of view. The participants also mastered the Dilts Pyramid and the Wheel of Coaching Competencies which helps to assess the key aspects of an individual's life, identify dominant ones and those that need development.
The second webinar was entitled 芦Creative methods of resolving conflicts between team members禄. Participants learned about the tools that help to understand and resolve conflicts in teams. The principles of transactional analysis and general approaches to conflict resolution were discussed, including the tortoise, fox, owl, shark and bear strategies. In addition, participants explored team roles and personality colours, which can also be sources of conflict. During the practical part, they used methods of force field analysis and constructive feedback.
After meaningful and fruitful meetings, the results of which will undoubtedly contribute to effective interaction within the project, all participants received certificates of participation.
