  This paper presents the design, objectives, experiences, and results of an
international cooperation project funded by the European Commission in the
context of the Erasmus Intensive Programme (IP, for short) designed to improve
students' curricula. An IP is a short programme of study (minimum 2 weeks) that
brings together university students and staff from at least three countries in
order to encourage efficient and multinational teaching of specialist topics,
which might otherwise not be taught at all. This project lasted for 6 years,
covering two different editions, each one with three year duration. This
project lasted for 6 years, covering two different editions, each one with
three year duration. The first edition, named SAVRO (Simulation and Virtual
Reality in Robotics for Industrial Assembly Processes) was held in the period
2008-2010, with the participation of three Universities, namely the Universitat
Politecnica de Valencia (Spain), acting as IP coordinator, the Technische
Universitat Kaiserslautern (Germany), and the Universita degli Studi di Salerno
(Italy). The Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (France) participated as a
new partner in the subsequent edition (2011-2013) of the IP, renamed as HUMAIN
(Human-Machine Interaction). Both editions of the teaching project were
characterized by the same objectives and organizational aspects, aiming to
provide educational initiatives based on active teaching through collaborative
works between international institutions, involving industrial partners too.
The aim of the paper is to illustrate the best practices that characterized the
organization of our experience as well as to present some general
recommendations and suggestions on how to devise computing academic curricula.
