USING MODERN COMMUNICATION MEDIA AS A LECTURE BASE FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE COURSE IN INTRALOGISTICS PLANNING

In order to improve the intralogistics planning and intercultural competence of engineering students an international cooperative course in intralogistics planning has been initiated and realized between the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany and the Tongji University in China. The course was launched in the summer of 2016 and has been offered three times so far. During the course, students work in global virtual teams (GVTs) and solve a case study in the field of intralogistics planning supported by modern communication media. As of the winter semester 2017/2018, this paper describes the course's concept in detail and provides recommendations based on experiences from conducting the course as well as the students' feedback. The main finding suggests that the usage of modern communication media as a lecture tool is supportive of teaching methods and approaches of intralogistics planning.