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E-UNIVERSITY on the INTERNET: Synergistic Interaction of TAlia and MELPomene. Issues in E-University on the Internet: Modern Knowledge Riding on the Shoulders of High-Tech!. Case Study: Cyber University of an Interest Group (a real one; not virtual)
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E-UNIVERSITY on the INTERNET:Synergistic Interaction of TAlia and MELPomene
Issues in E-University on the Internet:Modern Knowledge Riding on the Shoulders of High-Tech! Case Study: Cyber University of an Interest Group (a real one; not virtual) Veljko Milutinovic vm@etf.bg.ac.yu http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm/
Architecture of an E-University: Who is Who in the a-World? Students: All Internet users (400M on 1.1.2001.), just one click away Teachers:Experts in subject matters, qualified and motivated Administrators: Experts in business administration, running the show Providers: Experts in business management, creating the show Founders:Experts in financial engineering, backed by investors
Architecture of an E-University: Who is Who in the t-World? The Application Domain:Mission/Infrastructure Software plus Enabling/Accelerating Hardware The Technology DomainIntranet, Extranet, and the Internet
Definition of the Viewpoint:Pioneering by Fortune • The NTU/Purdue Experience from USA and Japan: The Story of 80s (10-- to 100++) • The Socratenon/Aristotelon Experience from USA and Europe: The Story of 90s (7++ to 17++) • The Dartmouth/TechDeMonterey Experience from USA and Latin America:The Story of 2000s (Ivy/10 + Mexico/32 + etc…)
The Three Approaches Generalized:MultiOptima Level #1: Formal InteractionUsing an existing infrastructure and filling in the courseware (e.g., UniversalClassroom) Level #2: Symbiotic Interaction!!Customizing an existing infrastructure and filling in the courseware (e.g., Socratenon) Level #3: Synergistic Interaction!!!Creating the cybertop infrastructure and filling in the courseware (e.g., Real-Video)
N.B. Branovic, I., Milutinovic, V. “Advances in Internet-Based Education” SSGRR-2001, L’Aquilla, Italy, August 6-12, 2001 (http://www.ssgrr.it)
Universal Classroom Web Site Building a Web-Based Virtual Classroom: Moving from Promise to Practice The global platform (Web site) for hosting online classes absolutely for free: It can be accessed at http://class.universalclass.com
Socratenon:An Educational Web System • Authors: D. Milicev, M. Milicevic, N. Nikolic, M. Trajkovic, V. Milutinovic • Education over the Internet • Courses in industry and R&D • Adapting the curriculum to student’s skills and preferences • Virtual classroom features • Logging student’s activities and preferences
The Real-Video Infrastructure • Distance education power of WWW with interactivity and intelligence • Multimedia technology added the possibility to present sound, video, and animation • Internet and World Wide Web bring the possibility of distance access
The Major Milestones • Venture and Founding: MBA, CSE • Focus and Structure: Depth vs Breadth, Independent vs Affiliated • Program and Accreditation: Admit vs Adapt, ABET vs EURO
The e-MBA of Dartmouth: Rationales, Implications, and Profits • What is MBA? • Master in Management and Business Administration • Creating the Directors of Large Corporations
What are the Admission Criteria?Formally: • TOEFL and GMAT, plus (much more important): essays and interviews. • Condition:Experience (>90%) vs talent (<10%)
What are the Admission Criteria?Essence: • PROFIT:Balance between the FEE and the AFS • Consequently, The "know-how-to-sell-their-faces“ are needed!
The U.S.News On-Line: 2000 Graduate MBA Rankings • 1. Dartmouth (e-MBK) 735 5.1% $120K 99.1% 528 • 2. Stanford 722 6.7% $106K 98.9% 726 • 3. Harward 689 12.9% $105K 98.5% 1767 • 4. Kellogg (NWE) 685 15.5% $115K 100.0% 2504 • 5. Wharton (UP) 685 13.1% $100K 100.0% 1557 • 6. Sloan (MIT) 690 13.4% $95K 97.1% 708 • 7. Chicago 695 22.7% $106K 98.2% 2808 • 8. Columbia 680 11.5% $97K 99.1% 1373 • 14. Haas (Berkeley) 674 11.0% $90K 87.4% 809 • 15. Yale 682 25.8% $95K 97.8% 430 • 20. Krannert (Purdue) 624 25.4% $85K 99.2% 252 #1/#1 • For more details: www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/mba/
A Case Study: Creating an E-University out of the Serbian Brain • Founders: Investors • Providers: A Distributed Chain of Institutions • Administrators: Business as Usual • Teachers: The Least of a ProblemMIT (Asanovic, Ilic) Berkeley (Vujic, Nikolic) USC (Mataric, Medvidovic) UCLA (Ercegovac, Potkonjak) Purdue (Tomovic, Jakovljevic) • Students: 400M
The Major Points to Remember • Catching the Roman Gladiator Spirit • Catching the Greek God of Luck • Catching the Jewish Art of Extrapolation
The Most Popular Programs to Probe • What to Challenge? • Religion • Philosophy • Logic • Math • Science • Engineering • Common
Some Candidate Programs • Serbian Studies • MBA • CSE
Where to Invest? • #1: Infrastructure (c-business, e-business, i-business)
Where to Invest? • #2: Legislature (enter, multiply, exit)
Where to Invest? • # 3: Education (get absorbed, get acquainted, get independent)
To Probe Further? • The books on e-business(http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm/) IEEE/CS-Press (1999) Wiley-International (2000) Kluwer-Academics (2001) • The SSGRR (http://www.ssgrr.it)Kenneth Wilson (North-Holland, 1987) Leon Cooper (Prentice-Hall, 1994) Bob Richardson (Kluwer-Academics, 2001)
Conclusion • Veni, vidi, vici !!!http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vmvm@etf.bg.ac.yu