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Curriculum Innovations in the Department of Informatics of TEI-A

Curriculum Innovations in the Department of Informatics of TEI-A. SCM Tempus project CO15A05. Prof. K. Georgouli kgeor@teiath.gr Nis, 24 March 2006. Outline. The Department of Informatics, TEI of Athens Implementing the ECTS at the Department of Informatics

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Curriculum Innovations in the Department of Informatics of TEI-A

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  1. Curriculum Innovations in the Department of Informatics of TEI-A SCM Tempus project CO15A05 Prof. K. Georgouli kgeor@teiath.gr Nis, 24 March 2006

  2. Outline • The Department of Informatics, TEI of Athens • Implementing the ECTS at the Department of Informatics • Curriculum Innovations at the Department of Informatics of TEI of Athens K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  3. The Department of Informatics, TEI of Athens • Founded in 1983 • Educational Staff: • 8 Professors • 3 Associated Professors • 10 Assistant Professors • 3 Lecturers • Students: 1450 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  4. Offered studies • 4 years of basic studies in Informatics • 1 MSc course with the University of Limoge, France • Yearly accepts 240 students • Is considered to be the “best” department of Informatics among similar TEI departments K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  5. Graduate studies duration • 8 semesters - 5 semesters for acquiring a basic infrastructure - 2 semesters for the specialization in a specific scientific / technological direction • Last semester reserved to professional training and diploma thesis. K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  6. Types of courses • Compulsory courses • Elective courses • Optional courses • Theory and Lab work ( all courses) K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  7. Implementing ECTS • First adoption in 2000 • Number of credits / year : 60 • ECTS credits: 60 credits per year (240 credits for study program) (25 hours SWL per ECTS credit) • Weighted course marks contribute to overall marking: • 1-2 - credit courses: 1.0 factor • 3-4 - credit courses: 1.5 factor • > 4 - credit courses: 2.0 factor K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  8. Curriculum Innovations at the Department of Informatics in the last three years Project co-funded by 75% from EU and 25% from the Greek Government under the framework of the Education and Initial Vocational Training II, program “Supporting the Informatics Studies in the T.E.I. of Athens”. K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  9. Curriculum Innovations • A new curriculum structure: • Two directions of studies - A number of new courses New graduation conditions • Introduction of continuous quality assessment procedures for both curriculum, professors and teaching material • Reinforcement teaching through the Internet • Enrichment of seminar content • Enrichment of supporting labs content • Distant learning • Students consultative support K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  10. Curriculum structure • 2 course directions (optional) • Information Systems and Applications • Computation and Communication Systems • Direction Basic Courses(B): Elective courses particular to the specific direction • Infrastructural courses : • compulsory • no direction K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  11. New Graduation conditions • Successful attendance of 40 courses • (Students following a direction): 30 compulsory + 4 direction basic courses + 4 electives of the direction + 2 elective of any direction • (Students not following a direction): 30 compulsory, 4 basic + 6 elective courses • 240 ECTS credits • Diploma Thesis approved • Professional Training Completed K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  12. Reinforcement teaching through the internet Technology used: The CMS platform cs e-Class (a CMS based on «Classroom On-line” (Claroline) developed byUniversity de Louvain (Βelgium) based onphp/mySQL) …. since September 2003 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  13. Reinforcement teaching through the internet / cont based on cs e-Class (since 2003) an asynchronous open source e-learning platform which provides: • Creation and administration of courses • Document repositories • Group management • Assignment areas http://www.claroline.net/ University de Louvain (Βelgium) K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  14. USES OF CS E-CLASS • Facilitating existing manual procedures • Laboratory examinations • Student enrollments • Serving as a base on which to build other applications • Laboratory support module • Project management systems K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  15. CS E-CLASS Some statistics: • 45 supported courses 25 open, 12 need subscription, 8 closed • 1583 users 1 administrator, 67 instructors, 1515 students • 800 visits per day (1/3 only subscribe as users) K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  16. The research The Goal: To collect information about the opinions of the students concerning the sup of the students’ satisfaction Participants: 583 students K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  17. The Frequency of Use CS e-Class Use Daily When needed Rarely Never K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  18. E-support to traditional lecturing K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  19. E-support to traditional lab work K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

  20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! K Georgouli, Nis 24 March 2006

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