Intercultural communication and engineering education through virtual exchanges

Abstract

[EN] Agenda 2030 and Education for Sustainable Development are two critical frameworks that seek to revolutionise the way we learn and empower the next generation. Specifically, the educational pathway on sustainability has put significant emphasis on fostering meaningful and technologically enhanced learning. The prime objective of this roadmap is to equip the youth with the skills and knowledge required to make valuable contributions towards global development (UNESCO, 2020). Following these guidelines, the Technical University of Valencia or Universitat Politécnica de València (UPV), Spain, by aligning them with its Strategic Plan, UPV supports innovative didactic projects where engineering students learn in a dynamic environment of virtual collaboration (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022). One of the initiatives, ¿Sostenible_EDU¿ endeavour (PIME/23- 24/380), was the cornerstone of the cooperation of 25 UPV learners with 5 alumni from another international entity, Dnipro University of Technology (DUT), Ukraine.