Increasing Efficiency of the Learning Process by an Active Cooperation between Universities and Industry

Abstract

Education at the technical universities has demanding requirements for the technical laboratory equipment and a high level of teaching staff knowledge. The use of laboratory exercises in the education process increases the efficiency of the learning process and prepares the graduates of technical universities for their real job. Effective cooperation between technical universities and companies from the industry synergistically increases the knowledge and the level of practical skills of the graduates and their rapid adaptation for the job. Employers can use the laboratories at the technical universities for further education of their employees as well. The paper describes the experiences of cooperation between University of Zilina and railway companies in the railway transport laboratory and at the technical practices and excursions.

Design of The “Merdeka Belajar” Program for Students of High School Education

“…Implementation assisting school administration and teachers, it is carried out properly every day at effective hours or according to conditions in the field (Kendra et al, 2015). The administration that is carried out includes recording the names of students and their parents, filling in administrative needs for class teachers, using the e-report application, helping to prepare student exam sheets, helping to correct student assessment results, entering and processing student grade data and other administrative activities according to the school's needs.…”

“…In previous research by the authors Martin Kendra, stated that in the independent learning program, not only educators and institutional staff are always required to be innovative and creative, but school principals are also required to have creative and innovative leadership and have a good heart (Kendra et al, 2015). Revolutionaries for early childhood education institutions that they hold that can accept and carry out all kinds of changes and development of institutions through the school's vision, mission and goals.…”

A University-Industry Cooperation Model for Small and Medium Enterprises: The Case of Chengdu Keda Optoelectronic Technology Ltd.

“…A firm can gain significant market share and outwit competition only if it provides innovative products or services that are of value to its customers (Lv et al, 2004;Kendra et al, 2015). For example, in facing stronger competition in a globalised market, with high levels of diversification and innovation, many foreign enterprises tend to develop open innovation, integrating necessary resources with specialised know-how from well-known universities and/or research institutions.…”

“…Therefore, firms opt to seek complementary resources from other firms, as advocated by the open innovation theory (Zhou and Wu, 2009;Zhang et al, 2013;Kendra et al, 2015). Open innovation takes many forms, such as inter-firm collaboration and university-industry (U-I) cooperation, among others.…”