DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION

DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION

Prof. Djordje R. DjordjevicFaculty of Civil Engineering and

ArchitectureUniversity of Nis

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BAUINFORMATIK MMIII

DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATIONBAUINFORMATIK MMIII

DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC

New trends in higher (University) education in Civil Engineering:

• Rapidly decreasing number of (registered) students,

• Rapidly increasing part-time students,

• Increasing interest for correspondence/distance/on-line learning,

• Decreasing interest of students for presence to lectures and tutorials.

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• Increasing number of new highly specialized professions (about 18,000),

• Increasing interest for self-tailored study,

• Increasing interest for study and business going along,

• Increasing interest for independent research,

• Increasing interest for student mobility.



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CLASSICAL ANSWERS OF TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENTS:

• Old elite-approach in Humboltian stile: freedom of education and research,

• Eighty-century Napoleon Approach: Strictly defined engineering schools with guaranteed jobs,

• Modern Anglo-Saxon approach as combination of previous two systems.



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CLASSICAL PROBLEMS IN IT (COMPUTER SCIENCE) EDUCATION:

• Natural language (English/German/Local language),

• Professional language – new, not understandable jargon of terms,

• Lack of strict definitions of IT terms.



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SOLUTIONS:

• Interactive (electronic) super fast, high-quality dictionaries of natural languages,

• Electronic (HTML) dictionary of IT jargons,

• Multi-language, multi-media thesaurus of IT terms.



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Teaching material:• Classical textbooks,• Electronic (Internet) textbooks – manuscripts

(on-line),• On-line (Interesting groups) and e-mail

consultations, • Internet research.• Team computing and CSCW (Computer

Supported Cooperative Work).



Team computing and CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work).

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teleconferencing

multimedia

Information management

CSCW

Office communication

Group editor

Video/audio

hypertext

email

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CommunicationSupport

ConferencingSystems

Message Systems

Shared Information spaces

Intelligent Agents group editors

Workflow electronic Management meeting rooms

Coordination CooperationSupport support

Groupware

Group processes

1. Introduction of topics and assignment during a face-to-face meeting

2. Adviser and student read separately about the topic

3. Adviser and student discuss open issues

4. Student works on the paper

5. Adviser reads the paper

6. Adviser and student discuss the paper

7. Student produces the final version of the paper

8. Student presents the paper

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synchronous synchronous synchronous synchronous

adviser

asynchronous asynchronous asynchronous asynchronous

student

OtherAdvisers and analogous to steps 2 – 8 students

time

5

63

74

2

2

1 8

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Resolved problems

Unresolved problems

Creation phases consolidation phases

Phase 1orientation

Phase 3Goal/role

clarification

Phase 2Trust building

Phase 4commitment

Phase 7renewal

Phase 6High

performance

Phase 5implementation



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Distance learning (e-learning) systems

• Modularization of courses, giving to students possibility to choice the order of study,

• Context sensitive search, • Automatic Index,• Glossar, thesaurus,• Difference between structure, content, and format,• Objects and repeated use of objects,• Simple establishing relations between objects.



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Distance learning (e-learning) systems • Development and testing DB concepts for modular

collection of knowledge appropriate for teaching,• Development and testing of navigation tools through

modules,• Taking in account new coming technologies,• Influence of technology to separate teaching modules,• Development and testing of navigation platforms,• Development und testing of communication structure



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Distance learning (e-learning) systems

• Blackboard Learning System ML (Distance learning, Curricula with WebComponents, using “Building Blocks”), http://www.blackboard.com/

• dotLRN (.lrn is group-oriented e-learning platform, based on “OpenACS toolkit” – MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts),

http://hebgen.uni-hd.de/dotlrn.html

http://www.blackboard.com/



http://hebgen.uni-hd.de/dotlrn.html



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Distance learning (e-learning) systems • CLIX Campus (Virtual University, distance-learning,

supporting classical study, advertising• ILIAS (on-line teaching platform, i.e. Integriertes Lern-

Informations- und Arbeitskooperations-System), as “Open Source” software available.

http://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/





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Distance learning (e-learning) systems • Plattform 2003 (Virtual university system, modular

und flexible, with many users, project in progress),

http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/LVU/public/plattform2003.htmllix

• W3L (e-learning and knowledge management, with didactic-methodic concept with multi-media support)

http://www.swt.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/w3l/



http://www.swt.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/w3l/



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Distance learning (e-learning) systems • WebCT – Systems for integration in Campus

structure



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Distance learning (e-learning) systems SOFTWARE• SGLM-editor• FrameMaker + SGLM,• SGML + bibTEX,• Multi-media software (graphic, audio, video),• PDF, HTMP processing software,• Text (Word) -> FrameMaker,• FrameMaker-> SGML,• SGML ->HTML.

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Vergleich: workflow Alt Neu ALT NEU

Datenbanken

SGML

PDF HTML

AMS

CMS

CMS- Archiv

Filesystem

SGML

School

FM

DOC

PDF

PDF

Student

HTML

Autor

.dot „aktive“ .dot

strukturiertes PDF und HTML

mit Lernoberfläche TooL!einfaches PDF

R o h d a t e n( A u t o r )

B e a r b e i t u n g :A n p a s s u n g

B i l d -v e r a r b e i t u n g

T e x t -v e r a r b e i t u n g



D i g i t a l i s i e r u n g

S e i t e n - L a y o u t

D o k u m e n t - L a y o u t

E l e k t r o n i s c h e s D o k u m e n t

E l e k t r o n i s c h e s D o k u m e n t E l e k t r o n i s c h e s D o k u m e n t

A u d i o B i l d G r a f i k T e x tV i d e o

I n h a l t d e s z u e r s t e l l e n d e nD o k u m e n t s

D a t e n - f i l e z u m D o k u m e n t( d i g i t a l M a s t e r )

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DOC

PDF

HTML

SGML

FrameMaker+SGML

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Protection/Security

From FC to Portal

“Water and Environment” Distance Learning Course (Weimar)

115

129

103

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Durchschnittgesamt

Durchschnitt inden WS

Durchschnitt inden SS

Durchschnittszahlen der Einschreibungen bis SS 2003

Growing trend (Weimar)

67

120111

139

157164

132

45

98 99108 102

7

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

SS 2000 WS 00/01 SS 2001 WS 01/02 SS 2002 WS 02/03 SS 03

TE

ILN

EH

ME

ND

E

Einschreibungen / Abschlüsse Gesamtzahl der Einschreibungen seit 1996: 1729Gesamtzahl der Abschlüsse seit 1996: 1040

Student statistics(2002/03 WS)

Bildungsstand

Fach- oder Technikersch.

1%

Abi/Sonderzul./ FHS-Reife

10%Uni-Abschl./ Promotion

31%

FHS-Abschluss58%

Professional background

Fachgebiete der Bewerber

Bautechniker1%

andere Ing.11%

Bauing.30%

Sonstige Fachgebiete

19%Wasser-wirtsch.

2%

Wirtschaftler6%

Agrar/ Biol/ Forst6% Geowiss.

9%Umweltt./ Geoökol.

8%

Chemie/ VT8%

Working engagements

Beschäftigungsverhältnis

Sonstiges1%

Ingenieurbüro22%

Behörde40%

Uni, FH, Verband

15%

Selbständige3%Industrie

13%

zZ. ohne Beschäftigung

6%

Age groups

Altersgruppen [%]

0

11

24

32

17

106

05

101520253035

<25 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 >50

Advertising of studyInformationswege, Popularisierung des Kursangebotes

0,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

25,0%

30,0%

WS 99/00

SS 00

WS 00/01

SS 01

WS 01/02

SS 02

WS 02/03

N = 340

Staff statistics

2,5

4

2,52,75

2,25

4,5

1,5

5,4

1,5

6,56

1,5

3

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Mitarbeiter WBBau(Haushaltsfinanzierung)

Mitarbeiter WBBau(Drittmittelfinanzierung)

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