Evaluation of the Swiss Virtual Campus - Schweizerische ...
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SVC Final <strong>Evaluation</strong>. Background Report Lepori and Probst<br />
8 Annexes<br />
8.1 Detailed description <strong>of</strong> CCSP<br />
8.1.1 LearnTechNet, Universität Basel<br />
General description and organisation<br />
Learntechnet (LTN) is a network <strong>of</strong> different services coordinated by <strong>the</strong> Akademische Lehrentwicklung ALE and with<br />
<strong>the</strong> participation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Universitätsrechenzentrum URZ and <strong>the</strong> New Media Center NMC, plus associated services<br />
(university library, etc.).<br />
Website http://ltn.unibas.ch<br />
Mission and strategy<br />
Implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> university’s strategy <strong>of</strong> integration <strong>of</strong> elearning (see below). Support <strong>of</strong> members <strong>of</strong> UNIBAS in <strong>the</strong><br />
development <strong>of</strong> elearning <strong>of</strong>fers and <strong>the</strong>ir integration in teaching, through consulting, training, infrastructure and<br />
information.<br />
UNIBAS includes elearning as a measure for modernising teaching, toge<strong>the</strong>r with o<strong>the</strong>r measures such as Bologna.<br />
elearning is implemented only when it leads to a didactic surplus (didactic and cultural diversity) – face-to-face teaching<br />
should be enhanced and not replaced by virtual courses. LTN has <strong>the</strong> mandate to implement this strategy.<br />
Activities<br />
SVC projects: 15 as leading house: 4 first call (Nano-World, Latinum electronicum, BOMS, Financial Markets), 2 second<br />
call (TropEduWeb, pharmasquare), 3 third call (Physica pro medicis, Epidemiology, CRANIONLINE), 6 fourth call<br />
(eHistLing, Gymfacts, Dentistry meets e-learning, ViLab, PathoPedia, EMI). Different levels <strong>of</strong> collaboration with CCSP<br />
– highest level <strong>of</strong> collaboration with fourth-call projects.<br />
Support and o<strong>the</strong>r activities besides SVC projects:<br />
Support - development, consulting and monitoring <strong>of</strong> e-learning projects:<br />
� coordination and administration<br />
� didactical conception<br />
� evaluation and quality assurance<br />
� curriculum integration<br />
� media development<br />
� platforms and technical infrastructure<br />
• training for teachers and participants in projects<br />
• information about publications, conferences, links<br />
• development and maintenance <strong>of</strong> tools and platforms<br />
Infrastructure:<br />
• learning management systems (2007: WebCT: 2418 students, 43 courses; OLAT (cooperation agreement with<br />
UZH): 2029 students, 28 courses, BSCW 862 students, 299 courses)<br />
• platforms for cooperation (2007: EVA (developed by LTN): 5450 students + 510 courses at UNIBAS, 2545 students<br />
+ 153 courses at ETHZ)<br />
• online evaluation / survey tool (FlexiForm (developed by LTN): 7390 students + 198 courses at UNIBAS)<br />
• o<strong>the</strong>r tools for construction <strong>of</strong> lectures, web based communication and cooperation, online surveys, data bases,<br />
learning management systems, video-based tools, etc.<br />
• hardware to loan<br />
• multimedia rooms<br />
Competences: The LTN <strong>of</strong>fers its services to organisations outside UNIBAS – consulting and product services have to<br />
be paid, tools developed by LTN are free (open source).<br />
Resources<br />
FTEs: 6,85 (URZ 2,55 (5 persons), NMC 2,5 (4 persons), ALE 1,8 (5 persons)). Annual budget: 1.309 Mio. CHF<br />
Future perspectives<br />
From 2007 on, financing is included in <strong>the</strong> ordinary budget, all services will be continued.<br />
Remarks and comments<br />
LTN seems to be working very well; it <strong>of</strong>fers a wide range <strong>of</strong> services and tools, including also tools developed by itself.<br />
Its members are active in research and in <strong>the</strong> scientific community. The future <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CCSP is secured; <strong>the</strong> LTN is<br />
completely aligned with <strong>the</strong> university’s strategy and <strong>the</strong>refore will receive funding from <strong>the</strong> university. The network<br />
combines competences that were already present before. Several projects supported by LTN have won prizes.<br />
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