Conferinţa Ştiinţifică Internaţională „e-Learning şi software educaţional”, ediţia a II-a, Bucureşti, 13-14 aprilie 2006

MPRO – PROJECT MANAGEMENT E-

LEARNING COURSE

Mihaela Gheorghe*Alina Boboc-Corcoţoi*Andreea Ştefania Irimia*

* Assistant, University of Bucharest, ODL Department* Researcher, University of Bucharest, ODL Department* Researcher, University of Bucharest, ODL Department

Agenda

e-Education and e-Training

Mpro - Project management course

Learning

Training

Conclusions

1840

Distance learning

1990

Internet technologies

1960

Computer conveyed education

e-Education and e-Training

WBT

learn anything, any place, anywhere at any time

Advantages E-education

• Access to Web-based resources

• Centralized storage and maintenance

• Collaboration mechanisms

• The possibility of saving large amounts of money

• The improvement of learning

The learner • Sets his own pace and schedule

• Gets better access to the instructor

• The training adapts to the learner and not the other way around

• Feedback is immediately provided

The educators • The possibility to teach from anywhere

• Decreased number of travels

• Saving time and energy

Disadvantages

E-Learning• much lager dropout rate in the case of the

e-learning courses

The learners • Are required a greater effort

• Develop the fear of losing human contact• The need for suitable equipment

The educator• It requires more work from the part of the instructor

• It takes more time to convert the classic courses into e-learning technology

Mpro - Project management course

The Portal is used for • communication (Homepage, Calendar, Chat, Discussions,

and Messages)• learning (Courses, Downloads)• evaluation (Exams, Grades)• feedback (Surveys, Statistics)• administration (Tasks, Classrooms, Administration, Options)

1. Learning The learner is the heart of the educational system

Students can access this Portal anywhere - anytime through the Internet connection

To have access to the Virtual Campus the user receives a password and a username

The Courses are designed using the e-Learning technology

Are available on-line, 24 hours a day, seven days a week for each student who has a username and a password

The “Downloads” section is used in posting useful files that contain additional information to the courses

2. Training

A kick-off meeting takes place

• schedule for the following tutorial meetings

• their usernames and passwords

The course lasts for six weeks and tutorial meetings are held on a weekly basis

Specific homework, both individual and team-oriented

A trainer conducts the discussions

Teaching in the virtual classroom Specificities

the learners are not physically present the learner sets the pace of the lecture and the role of the

instructor is limited to monitoring his/her development the learners rely less on the instructor rather than on

themselves the classes need to be small enough to be manageable

Means lecture courses with questions and answers pre-class get-together preparing and publishing a comprehensive syllabus

the contents the most important objectives the events and activities the necessaryresources

Teaching in the virtual classroom Requests

A qualified instructor He must communicate through the media available Has to respond promptly and reliably to the requests of the learners,

to their needs and misunderstandings of the topics presented Motivating words, provoking interest, insuring high quality,

involving the learners Commitment, responsibility, positive thinking

Motivating factors money the hope of a better job having a fun experience independence and flexibility the lack of need to travel in

order to complete the courses

Conclusions

Students will be able • to write projects

• to apply the finances schemes

• to implement a project

Higher demands regarding a job after completing the course

The enormous need of young graduates who possess knowledge related to project management and other courses in

the DPA (Personal and Entrepreneurial Development) curriculum

Thank you!

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