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Forecast on E-Learning diffusion

E-Learning for accessibility

Alessandro BoglioloInformation Science and Technology InstituteOnline degree program in Applied Computer ScienceUniversity of Urbino - Italyalessandro.bogliolo@uniurb.it

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Main motivations

1. Accessibility• Physical impairments• Compatibility with personal needs

2. Internationalization• Cross-border education• Virtual mobility

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Main issues• Digital divide

– Infrastructure– Culture

• Demanding technologies– Computational resources / Bandwidth– Usability– Cost

• Sense of community– Transactional distance

• Organizational effort– Not reduced w.r.t. traditional courses

• Linguistic diversity– Multilingual vs Monolingual

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University of UrbinoInformation Science and Technology Institute

Our directions• Digital divide

– Wireless connectivity– ICT online courses

• Demanding technologies– Asynchronous learning objects– Enhanced text-based synchronous interactions

• Sense of community– Collaborative learning– Social networking (web 2.0)

• Organizational effort– Re-usable learning objects (?)– Lightweight remote support centers

• Linguistic diversity– Content and language integrated learning

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References• Online degree program in applied computer science

http://e-learning.sti.uniurb.it/

• Content and language integrated learninghttp://e-learning.sti.uniurb.it/clil/

• Wireless campushttp://www.wireless-campus.it/

• Worldwide campus model“Global Accessibility of Higher Education: Using ICT to Build a Worldwide Campus”, EISTA-05

• Text-based interaction“LoL classroom”, ICL-06

• Psychological sense of community“The effects of the Psychological Sense of Community in on-line and face-to-face academic courses”, ICL-07

• Virtual mobility“Accessible virtual mobility”, EADTU-07