curriculum innovations in the department of informatics of tei-a prof. k. georgouli [email protected]...
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Curriculum Innovations in the Curriculum Innovations in the Department of Informatics of Department of Informatics of
TEI-ATEI-A
Prof. K. [email protected]
Nis, 24 March 2006
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Outline
• The Department of Informatics, TEI of Athens
• Implementing the ECTS at the Department of Informatics
• Curriculum Innovations at the Department of Informatics of TEI of Athens
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The Department of Informatics, The Department of Informatics, TEI of AthensTEI of Athens
• Founded in 1983
• Educational Staff: • 8 Professors– 3 Associated Professors– 10 Assistant Professors– 3 Lecturers
• Students: 1450
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Offered studiesOffered studies• 4 years of basic studies in
Informatics
• 1 MSc course with the University of Limoge, France
• Yearly accepts 240 students
• Is considered to be the “best” department of Informatics among similar TEI departments
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Graduate studies duration
• 8 semesters - 5 semesters for acquiring a basic infrastructure
- 2 semesters for the specialization in a specific scientific / technological direction
– Last semester reserved to professional training and diploma thesis.
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Types of courses
• Compulsory courses• Elective courses• Optional courses• Theory and Lab work
( all courses)
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Implementing ECTS
• First adoption in 2000
• Number of credits / year : 60 • ECTS credits: 60 credits per year (240 credits for study
program) (25 hours SWL per ECTS credit)
• Weighted course marks contribute to overall marking:
– 1-2 - credit courses: 1.0 factor
– 3-4 - credit courses: 1.5 factor
– > 4 - credit courses: 2.0 factor
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Curriculum InnovationsCurriculum Innovationsat the at the
Department of Informatics Department of Informatics in the last three years
Project co-funded by 75% from EU and 25% from the Greek Government under the framework of the Education and Initial Vocational Training II, program “Supporting the Informatics Studies in the T.E.I. of Athens”.
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Curriculum Innovations1. A new curriculum structure:
• Two directions of studies - A number of new courses New graduation conditions
2. Introduction of continuous quality assessment procedures for both curriculum, professors and teaching material
3. Reinforcement teaching through the Internet4. Enrichment of seminar content5. Enrichment of supporting labs content6. Distant learning7. Students consultative support
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Curriculum structure
• 2 course directions (optional)— Information Systems and Applications— Computation and Communication Systems• Direction Basic Courses (B): Elective courses
particular to the specific direction• Infrastructural courses : – compulsory– no direction
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New Graduation conditions
Successful attendance of 40 courses• (Students following a direction): 30 compulsory + 4
direction basic courses + 4 electives of the direction + 2 elective of any direction
• (Students not following a direction): 30 compulsory, 4 basic + 6 elective courses
240 ECTS credits
Diploma Thesis approved
Professional Training Completed
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Reinforcement teaching through the internet
Technology used:
The CMS platform cs ecs e--ClassClass (a CMS based on «Classroom On-line” (Claroline) developed by University de Louvain (Βelgium) based on php/mySQL)
…. since September 2003
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Reinforcement teaching through the internet / cont
based on cs ecs e--ClassClass (since 2003)an asynchronous open source e-learning platform which provides:
Creation and administration of courses Document repositories Group management Assignment areas
http://www.claroline.net/
University de Louvain (Βelgium)
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USES OF CS E-CLASS
Facilitating existing manual procedures• Laboratory examinations• Student enrollments
Serving as a base on which to build other applications• Laboratory support module• Project management systems
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CS E-CLASS
Some statistics: 45 supported courses
25 open, 12 need subscription, 8 closed
1583 users1 administrator, 67 instructors, 1515 students
800 visits per day (1/3 only subscribe as users)
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The research
The Goal: To collect information about the opinions of the students concerning the sup of the students’ satisfaction
Participants: 583 students
Introduction to Informatics 1st semester 42%
Compilers 5th semester 9%
Artificial Intelligence 6th semster 32%
Information Systems’ Security 7th semester 17%
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The Frequency of Use
Daily When needed Rarely Never
CS e-Class UseCS e-Class Use
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E-support to traditional lecturing
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
The contentis suff icient
The contenthas a good
quality
Theavailability ofcontent has
beenimproved
Theeducationalprocess has
beensignif icantly
improved
The platformw as alw ays
available
The collectionof information
w as fast
The use w aseasy
The student's opinions
I strongly disagree
I disagreeI neither agree or disagree
I agreeI strongly agree
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0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
The procedure
of signing inthe labs has
beenimproved
I have moreinterest
I need tospend more
time
I am moreconsistentw ith my
obligations
The exams’procedurehelped meto do better
I need lesstimes tomeet thelecturer
I showmore
commitment
The labs' work improvement
I strongly disagree
I disagree
I neither agree or disagree
I agree
I strongly agree
E-support to traditional lab work
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !ATTENTION !