Individual Case Study- Dennis Gabor College

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September, 2006

InnoUniLearning – The Fostering ofInnovative eLearning Strategies in

Higher Education

Individual Case Study: Dennis Gabor College



InnoUniLearning – The Fostering of Innovative

eLearning Strategies in Higher Education

I - Introduction

II - Implemented eLearning Strategy

III - Challenges and Tribulations

IV - Established Practice

V - Key Points for Effective Applications

VI - Conclusions and Recommendations

Agenda





Dennis Gabor College (DGC) was founded in 1992

Private institution

Field of education:

Information Technology, Economy

About 10.000 students

Consultation Centres were set up throughout the

country and in the neighboring countries with

Hungarian minorities

I – Introduction









Integrated blended learning L(C)MS services in the newBSc program compatible with the Bologna-process

Written eLearning strategy

eLearning is supported directly by the management

ILIAS eLearning platform functions on a regular basis

Student support service

Multimedia department: eLearning materials Technological framework (Internet, LMS, virtual library,

etc.)

II – Implemented eLearning Strategy





Aims at the planned and methodical incorporation of differenttypes of knowledge transfers including traditional

education and online training, based on ICT The base element of DGC education system:

curriculum prepared for eLearning

f2f consultation and practice amended by the

different forms of eLearning services

User Manuals for learners, teachers, content developers

Motivation of the teachers, developers

Meet the needs of learners, target groups

Quality assurance

II – Implemented eLearning Strategy (continued)





Open system education adapted to the Hungariancircumstances

Better utilization of modern teaching technology

Learner-friendly learning materials prepared for

eLearning

Development process of eLearning modules', in-house standards

Organizing teacher and student trainingcountrywide

Design of a reliable operating system, high speedinternet and servers

Cultural resistance (teachers didn’t like the changesand their new responsibilities)

III – Challenges and Tribulations





Education is based on eLearning services indistance learning training groups

Exclusively online courses are organized for certaintopics or topic segments, though student alsoreceive printed distance learning material

ILIAS web-based content development and distance

learning system has been developed by theUniversity of Cologne

Open source software, modular and object-oriented system architecture guarantees its

implementation and tailoring into the IT systemof any higher education institution.

IV – Established practice





User Manual for teachers, mentors, content developers

creating online materials

creating further online study-help

User Manual for students:

eLearning and internet based distance

learning

internet based distance learning at DGC

features of the ILIAS eLearning and distance learningframework

information of using ILIAS

An online course is the most suitable way of users' training

IV – Established practice (continued)





Learning environment with personal annotations,test, glossary, print function, search engine anddownload

Communication features like mail system, forums

and chat Personal desktop for each user with information

about last visited courses, new mail or forumentries

Group system for collaborative work and organizingusers and resources

User and system administration interface

Environment for Learning

V - Key points for effective practice





Pedagogic approach and learning tasks

Online evaluation surveys

Subject forums where student discuss and tutorsanswer all questions

Monitoring questions, tests, automatically givingresults and exams

Glossaries by subject, also available form theonline modules

Digital practices

V - Key points for effective practice (continued)



InnoUniLearning – The Fostering of InnovativeeLearning Strategies in Higher Education

Online courses presentations

Self-assessment tests, practices

Glossaries, animations and downloadable study-aids

Simulations

eLearning allows students to acquire additional soft skills

(presentation, communication, analytical thinking, etc.)

Learning Outcome





internal quality system to assure a quality of process and

products

the quality system include the control of the main

activities which can affect the quality of service

eLearning programme is conform to relevant

technological (and quality) standards

a system for follow up of teachers work

outline the delivery system, outline the evaluation

strategy

Quality Aspects





eLearning could be a useful tool for spreadingindividualized education services based ondifferent learning strategies

Effective open-system distance education in massescan be realized only with applying the following:

Open system education adapted to the Hungariancircumstances

well-thought and organized methodology, tutor andmentor system

Learner-friendly learning materials prepared fordistance education

Better utilization of modern teaching technology

VI – Conclusions and recommendations




Additional information

An English language presentation is available here: GDF ILIAS withuser manual and learning module examples

Detailed description and experiences of operating GDF ILIAS in thepast year in Hungarian: "Az ILIAS alkalmazása a GDF-en"

Contact:Dr. Laszlo Komaromi, Director of Marketing and Quality

Management, [email protected]. Aniko Balogh, E-learning Coordinator, [email protected]

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Individual Case Study- Dennis Gabor College