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E- xcellence Report Minsk Branch of MESI presented by: Nickolay Gorbatchev , Ph.D., Deputy Head

E- xcellence Report Minsk Branch of MESI presented by: Nickolay Gorbatchev , Ph.D., Deputy Head . Introduction: Minsk Branch of MESI. Founded in 2003 representing MESI in Belarus Over 1500 students (Management, Economics, Accounting and Applied Informatics)

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E- xcellence Report Minsk Branch of MESI presented by: Nickolay Gorbatchev , Ph.D., Deputy Head

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  1. E-xcellenceReportMinsk Branch of MESIpresented by:NickolayGorbatchev, Ph.D., Deputy Head

  2. Introduction: Minsk Branch of MESI • Founded in 2003 representing MESI in Belarus • Over 1500 students (Management, Economics, Accounting and Applied Informatics) • ISO 9001:2008 Certified Management system • In plans – complex certification according to ISO-series 14001, 27001 + OHSAS 18001 standards and Global Compact (ISO 26001 UN project) • Leading university in Belarus in e-learning • Academic and students cooperation programs with Baltic University Program, Copernicus Alliance, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences etc.

  3. Strategicmanagement Policy and Strategy of e-learning development Largely Adequate Strengths • Defined policy and strategy of e-learning development. • Schedules of all departments involved into educational process include the tasks of e-learning development. • All chairs of Minsk Branch of MESI handle scientific research related with e-learning. • In course of realization of e-learning programs required financial, material, technical and personnel resources are taken into consideration. • Minsk Branch of MESI cooperates in e-learning with leading universities of Belarus, with Ministry of Education, local administrations; cooperation is supported with corresponding contracts and agreements. Weaknesses • No considerable weaknesses discovered.

  4. Strategicmanagement Policy and Strategy of e-learning development Improvement measures • Long-term strategy (over 3 years) should be developed including technical, financial and human resources planning. • Plans of departments should include measures required for improvement of pedagogical methods of e-learning. • Implementation of requirements of ISO 27001 (information security), ISO 14001 (environment protection), ISO 26001 (social responsibility) and OHSAS 18001 (labor safety) into all functions and processes including IT and e-learning

  5. Strategicmanagement Resources Политика и стратегияразвития e-learning Largely Adequate Strengths • IT-infrastructure of both MESI and Minsk Branch of MESI provides appropriate level of e-learning arrangement. • Functioning of virtual educational environment is supported with Scientific-Research Institute for Knowledge Management and supporting departments. • Minsk Branch of MESI is integrated into knowledge space of MESI via educational portal. Both MESI and Minsk Branch of MESI have departments supporting users of virtual educational environment (IT department, Scientific-Research Institute for Knowledge Management etc.). Weaknesses • No considerable weaknesses discovered.

  6. Strategicmanagement Resources Политика и стратегияразвития e-learning Improvement measures • Additional financing is required for decreasing the periods of hardware updating. • In case of implementation of new facilities/tools/resources corresponding information shall be delivered to users without delays, which require corresponding resources improvements.

  7. CURRICULUM DESIGN Components corresponding Largely Adequate Strengths • Content of curricula applied in Minsk Branch of MESI meets state educational standards (FGOS), international and professional requirements in corresponding knowledge fields. Educational schedules correspond with curricula and state educational standards (FGOS) and include e-learning modules. • Students organized in groups may use flexible schedule in frames of general curriculum. • Referring to FGOS, interim and final knowledge control measures must be included into educational curriculum. • Interim and final knowledge control measures are proceeded online. Weaknesses • No considerable weaknesses discovered.

  8. CURRICULUM DESIGN Improvement measures • Permanent monitoring of required skills and knowledge shall be arranged instead of annual. New skills should be immediately included into e-courses. • Information on revisions added into curricula shall be delivered deliveredto educators without delays and in full volume. • Social collaboration of students and tutors shall be intensified in frames of students scientific-research activities (NIRS) and international cooperation. Online academic collaboration communities shall continue their development.

  9. COURSE DESIGN Largely Adequate Strengths • Content of curricula applied in Minsk Branch of MESI meet state educational standards (FGOS), international and professional requirement of corresponding knowledge fields. Educational schedules correspond with curricula and state educational standards (FGOS) and include elearning modules. • Students organized in groups may use flexible schedule in frames of general curriculum. • Referring to FGOS, interim and final knowledge control measures must be included into educational curriculum. • Interim and final knowledge control measures are proceeded online. Weaknesses • No considerable weaknesses discovered.

  10. COURSE DESIGN Improvement measures • Pedagogically confirmed methods of implementation of e-learning tools, allowing for achievement of desired educational results shall be designed for some specific courses • Regional lecturers from MESI branches shall be attracted more effectively to courses development. • Periodicity of updating shall be decreased for some courses. • Level of interactivity in some electronic courses shall be increased. • Counter-plagiarism system is available (http://dc.mfmesi.ru/antiplagiat), however its application is not sufficient. Counter- plagiarism shall be also used for discovering doubling of information resources.

  11. COURSE DELIVERY Largely Adequate Strengths • In total, technical infrastructure meets the requirements. Satisfactory fast recovery in case of failures. Access control is implemented. Users feedbacks and quizzes on users’ satisfaction are proceeded. • Information and services of Campus LMS is delivered to all users in logical, sequential and dependable way. Processes are coordinated by Scientific-Research Institute for Knowledge Management of MESI. • Information transferred via system is protected (various methods: active directory policies, group policies, authorization, protected VPN, encryption). • Persons responsible for monitoring of tutors’ and students’ activity and quality of content are assigned in Minsk Branch of MESI. Required access to LMS is provided. Weaknesses • No considerable weaknesses discovered. Just single failures were registered in education delivery system

  12. COURSE DELIVERY Improvement measures • All facilities of Campus LMS are supported only with Internet Explorer browser. This problem may be settled with software development. • Self-practice tests should be available for mobile devices, which also may be settled with software development.

  13. STAFF SUPPORT Largely Adequate Strengths • Permanent learning system for tutors, lecturers, students, support personnel is implemented in Minsk Branch of MESI. System provides materials on e-learning environment functioning (wiki-courses “e-tutor”, “e-student”, “e-organizer”; periodical seminars, instructive documents etc.) • Personnel motivation system is oriented to active using of e-learning. Personnel and tutors participate in major international conferences and publish article in major scientific journals on e-learning. • According to quality management system documentation (ISO 9001:2008) personnel activities have define functions adjusted with job descriptions. Accounting of tutors’ activities in LMS is proceeded.Financial motivation of tutors and lecturers using e-learning is proceeded. Weaknesses • No considerable weaknesses discovered.

  14. STAFF SUPPORT Improvement measures • However, non-sufficient level of computer skills is stated for some lecturers (mostly “elder profs”). • Planning and accounting of all activities in LMS shall be additionally examined and regulated for new toolsets. • Additional monitoring of intellectual property rights fulfillment is required.

  15. STUDENT SUPPORT Largely Adequate Strengths • 1-st year students should pass an obligatory course “Student in e-learning space”. Additional materials are available in wiki of Campus LMS and e-library. • Educational materials are available to student on-line and off-line. E-library resources are available 24x7x365. • Educational materials for development of required skills are available prior to starting the course. Feedbacks are arranged via forums. • E-library has enhanced search system using content metadata. Periodical mailers provide information on new books available in library. • Support of students is arranged using synchronous (phone, consults, internet messengers) and asynchronous (forum, e-mail) facilities. Expected level and periodicity of student and tutor communications during studying the e-course is known to both of them. Weaknesses • No considerable weaknesses discovered.

  16. STUDENT SUPPORT Improvement measures • Quite low participation of part-time students in external professional on-line communities. • Educative and social collaboration with students from other universities must be increased using educational networking.

  17. Thank you for attention

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