Maria Kocsis Baán University of Miskolc, North Hungarian Regional Distance Education Centre Synergy of international projects for improved efficiency and

Maria Kocsis BaánUniversity of Miskolc, North Hungarian Regional Distance Education Centre

Synergy of international projects

for improved efficiency and sustainbility

Maria Kocsis BaanUniversity of Miskolc


CONTENT

10 years – 10 projects in collaboration of EADTU &North-Hungarian Regional Distance Education Centre

Synergy of completed and running projects• Innovative solutions for improved efficiency

– multilingualism– international networking

• Sustainability– meeting the local needs for improving of employability– Strategic partnership - regional and national networking


In the late 90s…• TEMPUS & PHARE Multi-Country

Programmes - ODL Network of CEE HEIs – huge potential, still strong cohesion and active

collaboration.

• Learning from best practice and operable models – both content development and organisational aspects.

• Entering the ODL scenario the same time when e-learning nucleated.


Projects of late 90s

Learning by doing

Adaptation of best practice NHRDEC

Establishment

1998


Integration and Networking

Internalinstitutional integration

Regional networking – adaptation of

UFI/LNE models

Revitalising of PHARE ODL

Network


Multilingual develoment & delivery12 short, non-accredited

courses in 12 languages

FREE for anyone

by auto-registration

www.e-taster.net

Refreshment courses in

- modular structure,

- blended learning


Multilingualism Navigation language:EN, HU, SK, PL, RO, BG, RUS and LT Multilingual contentEN, HU, RO, LT, BG, PL, D, F, IT, ES, SK and RUS. Simultaneous access to all language versions, paragraph-by-paragraph System administrator may define the „master” and hidden languages


Cross Sectoral Virtual

Mobility

Cross-Border Virtual Entrepreneurship

EMPLOYABILITY


Cross Sectoral Virtual Mobility

- Survey on internship models in CEE- Requirements’ analysis for the European

Web Portal- Pilots in two phases and models:

- “Virtual” Summer practice for traditional students

- Research internships as part of Final project work


Cross-Border Virtual

EntrepreneurshipMultilingual course development

- Versatile tools- Collaborative models

- Pilots in two phases: - Two groups - local + international (Erasmsus)

on-campus students, blended learning- International on-line delivery


Synergy with other projects• Excellence +

– Common understanding on Quality– Quality criteria considered during the

development phase

• ViCaDiS– multilingual online and mobile environment

based on Open Educational Resources – Elements of ViCaDiS tested in CBVE


Virtual Campus for Digital Students

General objectives:• enhancing international eLearning by moving the

strength from the institutional learning environment to the personal learning environment (PLE) which focuses on students.

• producing an instructional or pedagogical shift inside universities eLearning moving the focus from the education materials and technology to the user-student, to user generated content.


Aims of ViCaDiS• Creating innovative, attractive multilingual ICT-

based environment unique in Europe (as an international virtual campus),

• incorporating several– open educational resources (library, glossary, external

links, student projects, course activities), – open educational tools (wiki, blog, forum, calendar,

podcasting, instant messaging communication, audio-video conferencing over IP, RSS, mobile text messaging, mobile accessibility to ViCaDiS)

• promoting social networking as an instructional method


Virtual Campus for Digital Students


Digital students

• Who are they?

• What do they want?


Digital students

• young adult students having been grown up with an everyday use of technology

• accustomed to using technology, • expectation of enhanced interactivity and

connectivity with others, • learning for the pleasure and benefit of

discovery,• wishing to choose what to do and when,• simply ‘thinking differently’


Do we know Digital Students?Survey – on-line questionnaire searching answers to:• What kind of mobile phones are in use at the moment • What features are in use at the moment • What features users will have in their next mobile phone • What kind of services have great potential in eLearning

(technology and pedagogy supported enhanced learning) • When users are going to buy the next phone • How much they are spending money on mobile

communication at the moment • How much they are willing to spend on educational use of

mobile phones, if they can really benefit from that



Survey results


Survey results


Survey results


Survey results

Mapping of

• Potential of mobile use

• e-learning potential

What do digital students want?


I want it all…

I want it NOW

I want it all…

I want it all…


Sustainability & exploitation

Hungarian e-University NetworkPartner in E-XCELLENCE+

Nation-wide

• Dissemination

• Exploitation

of results achieved in

EU projects www.e-university.hu


Thank you

for your kind attention!

More info:[email protected]

www.emrtk.uni-miskolc.hu

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Maria Kocsis Baán University of Miskolc, North Hungarian Regional Distance Education Centre Synergy of international projects for improved efficiency and