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The Informatics Engineering Programme Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area at the Faculty of Computer Science of Valencia

E. Vendrell & E. Sanchis

Facultad de Informática - UPV

International Conference on Engineering Education

Gliwice, Poland. July, 2005.

InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland 2

Adaptation of the Spanish higher education to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)

Considerations on the Informatics Engineering degree Teaching innovation at the Faculty of Computer Science

of the UPV The project of adaptation to the EHEA at FIV-UPV

– ECTS– Students’ Poll– Teaching innovation

Conclusions

INDEX


ADAPTATION OF THE SPANISH HIGH EDUCATION TO THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA (EHEA)

3 main lines >

The new structure of the academic degrees, The use of the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) as the

measure of the teaching effort of the students, The development of new approaches of innovative teaching

oriented to increase the participation of the students in the teaching/learning process.


CONSIDERATIONS ON THE INFORMATICS ENGINEERING DEGREE

ANECA > White Paper for the Informatics Engineering degree

Unique degree 240 ECTS [4 years, 60 ECTS per year] General education on informatics with some specialities

Master degree 60 to 120 ECTS [1 or 2 years] oriented to professional specialities, research, and the PhD


TEACHING INNOVATIONAT THE FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF THE UPV

Active teaching > student as the actor of the teaching process

Activities > new teaching parameter > the student must perform some actions starting from theoretical concepts previously achieved > specific works, partially done at home or in libraries



Teaching projects >

Individual initiatives EUROPA project PAEEES project



Individual initiatives >

Performed by lecturers in the context of isolated subjects Sometimes involving several subjects Including new ways to transfer knowledge to students

In most cases, there was no acknowledgement for the lecturers

Increasing work to review new teaching activities when high number of students



EUROPA Project > Una Enseñanza Orientada al Aprendizaje

Institutional project promoted by UPV Learning Oriented Teaching Different sub-projects to change traditional teaching process Introducing activities as a common factor in teaching

methods > reorganizing teaching to introduce seminars and activities

In most cases, with no changes in the syllabi, activities couldn’t be introduced

Increasing work according the number of students



PAEEES Project > Programa de Adaptación al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior

Institutional project promoted by UPV Adaptation to the EHEA Substitutes the EUROPA Project Teaching adaptation of the subjects ECTS to measure student’s dedication School and/or subject projects


THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV

Aim > Develop actions to spread and discuss the process to adapt to the EHEA

Institutional context to develop preliminary experiences to implant ECTS and new teaching and evaluation methodologies

3 main goals >

To collect information from other Schools and Faculties about teaching and ECTS related to the approach to EHEA.

To do a teaching research about methodologies and dedication for teachers and students.

To obtain a model compound of well defined criteria for adapting to EHEA the Informatics Engineering degree of the Faculty of Computer Science.



Information from other Schools and Faculties >

Visiting in Spain and abroad different Schools using active teaching methodologies and ECTS as the measurement of the subjects

Information related to the syllabus organization according the Bologna Process, the use of the ECTS as a measure of teaching for the subjects, and the introduction of active teaching in the degrees

Interesting experience > subjects of projects > involving practical teaching for different related subjects



Student’s dedication >

Need to compute/estimate teaching and learning dedication of the students

Necessary to use ECTS as a measure of teaching for the subjects

A poll has been taken among the students > - at the end of each semester- for all kind of subjects- asking about their dedication average for a subject



Student’s dedication > preliminary results

Student’s Dedication to Mandatory Subjects

18%

30%36%

12%

4%

< halfhalfsamedouble> double

Student’s Estimated Dedication to Mandatory Subjects

1%14%

41%

29%

15% < halfhalfsamedouble> double



Student’s dedication > preliminary results

Study Dedication

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

0 1-3 3-6 6-10 >12Hours

Stu

dent

s Semester DedicationLast Month DedicationLast Week Dedication



Spreading the Bologna Process >

Need to involve lecturers in the Bologna Process Speeches about >

- ECTS- active teaching methodologies- subject organization



Teaching innovation >

Discussion about previous experiences in the Faculty of Computer Science about teaching organization, methodologies, and evaluation

In most cases, the group size was the most important factor for the success

Teaching methods based on projects for the students, seminars, and non-present work, are only bearable when the number of students is small (about 30 students per group)


CONCLUSIONS

Bologna Process > Need to adapt current degrees to the EHEA Spanish initiative > white papers for all degrees Informatics Engineering at FIV-UPV > institutional project >

develop actions to spread and discuss the process to adapt to the EHEA >

- Collecting information about other experiences- ECTS > poll for student’s dedication- Teaching innovation- Model for adapting to EHEA the Informatics

Engineering degree

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