Knowledge management, Didactics Design, Didactics Evaluation, Education Technology Tutor online, Teaching and Learning with MUVE’s, School Director Professionalism,

E-Learning at theE-Learning at theUniversity of University of

MacerataMacerataDepartment of EducationDepartment of Education

Knowledge management, Didactics Design, Didactics Evaluation, Education Technology

Tutor online, Teaching and Learning with MUVE’s, School Director Professionalism, Lifelong Learning and Heamopathology

5 5 Faculties (out of 7)

1818 Degree Programmes (out of 29)

1185 1185 students in 2009/2010 (out of 11348 enrolled at UNIMC)

4 4 Postgraduate Masters 220 students in 2009/2010

4 4 Postgraduate Courses

185 185 students in 2009/2010

(405 out of 694 students)(405 out of 694 students)

E-Learning at Macerata E-Learning at Macerata UniversityUniversity

Faculty of Faculty of LawLaw

Humanities and Humanities and Philosophy Philosophy Education Political Science Cultural Heritage

DL@WEB KICK OFF MEETING, KRAGUJEVAC (RS), 19/11/2010

CELFI CELFI activity AREASactivity AREASE-learning servicesE-learning servicesSince 2004, we provide• strategic, pedagogic and organisational modelling of

the university online learning;• teacher and online tutor training;• faculty online learning environment setup;• research about pedagogical models and online

environments;• organisation of e-learning and knowledge

management events;• international cooperation


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E-learning at CELFIE-learning at CELFICELFI - e-Learning Centre supports and coordinates the progressive methodological-technical strengthening of teaching/learning processes based on ICT and multimedia. The centre serves as a strategic resource for the integration of e-Learning technologies both in teacher didactics and in student activities. CELFI provides:

1. administration services;2. didactical services;3. pedagogical model;4. technical services and LMS implementation.


1. Administrative services1. Administrative services

• management of the yearly selection for online tutor;• degree and post degree courses budgets management;• tutor contracts and payments.


2. Didactical services2. Didactical services• Strategic, pedagogic and organisational modelling of

the university online learning;• teacher and tutor training;• support to students, teachers, tutors.

Training sessions are provided before the beginning of the course and in progress during the activities. Tutors can refer to CELFI staff for administrative, didactical and technical problems.


3. Pedagogical model 3. Pedagogical model

Sharing, negotiating, development of a network; building communities of learners and community of practice: tools for negotiation, team design, building ‘places’ not ‘spaces’.

Reflection about personal paths, skills, to make the student aware of his/her professional identity: changing implicit knowledge into explicit.


3. Pedagogical model3. Pedagogical model

In order to develop a community each module includes: a preliminary introductory activity and continuous support

allowing student to position and personalize his/her learning paths;

collaborative activities enlightening student’s personal experiences and allowing negotiate shared cognitive domains;

personal reflection and awareness activities facilitating the creation of dynamic professional identities (often, a course goal is building a community of practices of teachers/employers....)

4. Technologies4. Technologies

• LMS: OLAT Version 6.3 from the University of Zurich, • open and easy with existing facilities/utilities;• clear mapping of learning path structure based on XML;• developed for scalability, portability, interoperability;• open source/architecture for future or specific case oriented

extensions.

• LMS extras as centralized user provisioning, videoconference service, tracking and monitoring service.

• Each course provides:• personal page for all users;• modular structure, easily editable by teachers and tutors;• tools for negotiation;• tools for learning path reflection.


ResultsResults• since 2004, students can enrol asking for online services;• constant increase of involved students/faculties/teachers;• structured team for administration (contracts, fees...), IT

developments and for teacher/tutor/students support;• research network (PHD in e-learning and knowledge

management) • UNIQUE (The Quality Label for the use of ICT in Higher

Education) award • “Centre of excellence for e-learning” according to the

definition of the E-learning Italian Society (SIEL)


Thank Thank you you

Gigliola Paviottie-learning centre – Internationalization unitUniversity of Macerata [email protected]

Authors

Pier Giuseppe Rossie-learning centre - Director, Education Faculty DeanUniversity of Macerata [email protected]

Documents

Knowledge management, Didactics Design, Didactics Evaluation, Education Technology Tutor online, Teaching and Learning with MUVE’s, School Director Professionalism,