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Encourage and Support University Teachers to Use ICT in Education
Sonja Prišćan, Daliborka Pašić
About us
Reference centers for e-education
• Project managers in CARNet• CARNet is Croatian Academic and
Research Network• One of the mission statements is
improvement of higher education through application of information and communication technology
• Financed by government to provide Internet infrastructure and services for academic and scientific community
• All services are free of charge for our clients
• 1/10 of our annual budget is allocated for support and education of university teachers
[email protected]@CARNet.hr
http://www.CARNet.hr
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About Croatia (.hr)
Reference centers for e-education
Republic of Croatia (HRVATSKA)• Area: 56,542 sq km• Population: 4.42 million• Capital City: Zagreb• GDP: US$ 43.12 billion • GDP per capita: US$ 9,800• Annual Growth: 3.7%• Member of EU: Candidate
CARNet• Founded in 1991• On Internet since 1992• Today employs 50 people
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Adriatic Sea
About CARNet network
Reference centers for e-education
• CARNet is a computer network of the academic and scientific-research community
• Member institutions are from the systems of science and higher education
• Today, 199 institutions at 286 locations in 27 towns in Croatia are connected to the CARNet network
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CARNet network backbone
Dial-up
2 Mbps
155 Mbps ATM
Single location
Towns withmultiple locationsconnected
LEGEND
Adriatic Sea
Contents
Reference centers for e-education
• Introduction• Reference centers – early beginning• About Reference centers – establishing and
maintaining• Conclusions
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Goals
Reference centers for e-education
• Encourage university teachers to – produce educational digital materials– teach students on-line
• Provide technological infrastructure for them– videoconferencing, network, equipment
• Support them through application of ICT in teaching by– education, reference centers, journal, e-learning
academy, teachers club Acadeus, educational projects
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Reference centers – early beginning
Reference centers for e-education
• Founded after a research was conducted among university professors in order to find out in which way and to what extent the use of Internet is feasible in the current educational system of the Croatian higher education institutions
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Results of research
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• University teachers want to develop e-education but need help
• and need their universities’ recognition for development of educational materials and their application in teaching
• So, we established reference centers for e-education in order to provide support and help professors
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What are reference centers?
Reference centers for e-education
WEB SITES which contain relevant information from the area of e-education:– Evaluation of Courseware – Development of Educational Materials – Selection of Hardware and Software in E-education– Registration of E-education Projects– Development of Multimedia Elements and
Their Adaptation to WWW– Teaching Methods and Communication in
E-education– Self-assessment and
Summative Assessment in E-educationUSER SUPPORT and help through e-mail, phone and
personally
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Establishment proccess
Reference centers for e-education
• Document describing the concept solution for the whole reference centers system
• Project tasks for seven reference centers• Collection of tenders among universities• Choice of seven best proposals• Contracts – seven projects
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Organization – maintaining (1/2)
Reference centers for e-education
• Altogether nine teams work on reference centers:
– Seven teams run reference centers
– One team coordinates all activities
– One team provides technical support to other eight teams
– The size of teams – five members, university teachers and students
• Monthly meetings of the leaders of all the teams
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Organization – maintaining (2/2)
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• Annual costs of one project – around 15.000 $
• Reference centers are presented on conferences, seminars and on universities
• Users are very satisfied, however the number of questions received from the users is still small
• Statistics of web visits – a few hundred entries daily
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Conclusions
Reference centers for e-education
• Other activities which will result better application of ICT in education are following:– Standards for educational materials– Repository of educational materials (LO) in Croatian
language – Procedures and rules for reviewing of LO– Using ICT in teaching and development of good quality
instructional materials will be encouraged as a part of the university promotion system
• These activities will also result in increased number of Reference centers users
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Thank you for your attention!
Reference centers for e-education
Contacts:
Additional information:
http://www.CARNet.hr
http://www.carnet.hr/RC-obrazovni
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