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DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: ENHANCING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF UNIVERSITIES. Fernando García García Francisco Guijarro Martínez Concepción Bartual Sanfeliu UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA. ESTRUCTURE. OBJETIVE EXPERIENCE IN DISTANCE-TAUGHT COURSES THE USE OF ICTs
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DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: ENHANCING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF UNIVERSITIES Fernando García García Francisco Guijarro Martínez Concepción BartualSanfeliu UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
ESTRUCTURE • OBJETIVE • EXPERIENCE IN DISTANCE-TAUGHT COURSES • THE USE OF ICTs • POLIFORMAT • POLIMEDIA • SCREENCAST • POLICONECTA • CONCLUSIONS
OBJETIVE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF UNIVERSITIES: Research and Teaching • CooperationAgreements: exchange • Meetexpertsfromothercountries • Cultural enrichement : globalization of knowledge • FinancialProblems ITC solution: • Distancetaughtcourses • Easiertoreachberak-evenpoint • Onlyrequisite: internet connection STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION: Prestigue and quality of theUniversity, lecturers, materials, use of ITCs
EXPERIENCE IN DISTANCE-TAUGHT COURSES * Long experience: + 10 years, before use of ICT * Manycourses in assetsvaluation and financialmarkets, hundrets of students * Manyprofessionalstakingthecourses Distancelearning Internationalization Continuousimprovement
DISTANCE TAUGHT COURSES Differenceswithon-sitecourses: lesscontact, fewfeedback; lessstudentmotivation • Extra workforthelecturer • Learningmaterials: clear, appealing, real lifeproblems • feedback: e-mail, telf., chat, skype, POLICONECTA • Book in electronicformat ICT: • POLIFORMAT; POLIMEDIA; SCREENCAST; POLICONECTA
MOTIVATING STUDENTS Avoidstudentsabandonthecourse 1º Mainlearning material (electronicformat) 2º Supportinglearningmaterials: Papers, POLIMEDIA, Screencast, slides 3º Monitoringthestudy Learningschedule, tasksand evaluation (every 15 days) 4º Continuousfeedback Mail, Chat, Forum , POLICONECTA
POLIFORMAT • General information: Contents, teachingmethodology, evaluationsystem, literature • Follow-up & Communication: internal mail, chat, forum • Contents: Writenmaterials, spreadsheets, internet links, audiovisual materials (POLIMEDIA) • Tasks • Evaluation: Open questions, multiple-choicequestions
POLIMEDIA • Recorded in thestudio • 10-15 minutes • Basic concepts • Solvecommonproblems
POLICONECTA • DistanceClasses in real time: audiovisual (several cameras and microphones) • Contactwithstudents: chat/audiovisual • Internet connectionrequired: up to 100 students • Recallclasses monitoringstudents’ improvement • 1 session per month. Record thesession and upload in POLIFORMAT Motivatestudents
CONCLUSIONS • Universities’ internationalization: creation of networks madepossiblebyICTs • Distancetaughtcourses reduce costs, reduce “distance” • Dessign of distancetaughtcourses: MOTIVATION • Futureevolution: International curriculumwithoutleavingthe home University
DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: ENHANCING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF UNIVERSITIES Fernando García García Francisco Guijarro Martínez Concepción BartualSanfeliu UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA