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The Ubt Knowledge Center: A Collaborative Design Approach, Edmond Hajrizi, Mary M. Somerville, Anita Mirijamdotter
The Ubt Knowledge Center: A Collaborative Design Approach, Edmond Hajrizi, Mary M. Somerville, Anita Mirijamdotter
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In setting the institutional vision for University for Business and Technology in 2001, founder Dr. Edmond Hajrizi sought to educate Kosovo students to become active contributors to the society and in the workplace, within the country, the Balkans region, and beyond. The UBT Knowledge Center initiative extends the founding vision of national development through higher education. Since local knowledge, identity, and learning are necessarily situated, Kosovar students, faculty, staff, and administrators serve as topical experts and international educators from Sweden and the United States serve as design facilitators. Participatory design commenced in April 2017 when international faculty from Sweden and …