Educational needs and open education resources in micro- and nanotechnology

To keep up with the rapid development within micro- and nanotechnology, and to cover the wide range of specialized topics, there is a need for higher education institutions to collaborate and to share knowledge to give the students the competences and skills that the industry requires. The NanoEl project aims to share courses between European and Asian higher education institutions, in total 11 partners, through open education resources. The paper reports on results from three surveys targeting the industry needs for competence, the universities' need for and motivation to use open education resources and students' desires and interests in utilizing open education resources within micro- and nanotechnology. The results provide valuable insights and input to the development of the open educational courses in the NanoEl project.