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SVC Final Evaluation. Background Report Lepori and Probst 8.1.8 Institut für Wirtschaftspädagogik, Universität St. Gallen General description and organisation The CCSP is located at the Institut für Wirtschaftspädagogik (Self-Study Team), there is strong collaboration with the StudyNet Team (StudyNet is the university’s widely used learning management system). The CCSP has good contacts with the faculties through a network of correspondents. Website www.selbststudium.unisg.ch Mission and strategy Self-study places the responsibility for learning more strongly on students and fosters both specialist and general goals. In this context, learning is perceived as a collaborative activity and hence requires an adequate preparation of learning material and other forms of teacher-student interaction. Thus, elearning plays a significant role in putting this vision into practice. elearning is particularly required to support self-study, which has been systematized in the last reform of curricula as an integral part of study. Activities SVC projects: 1 second call (Family Law Online, concluded); 1 third call (Market Research Interactive, conclude): close link with CCSP, CCSP will promote widespread dissemination of website); 1 fourth call (studycube2): CCSP coordinator uses product, constant knowledge exchange and mutual support. Support and other activities besides SVC projects: • LMS StudyNet used by approximately 80% of all courses at the university, seen by students as most important source of information • Consulting programme for teaching staff: students are trained to support teachers with the use of the LMS • Proactive approaching of teachers in order to involve them in elearning activities • Individual consultancy • Tailored workshops • Support of the curriculum reform in BA/MA International Affairs • Studycube: interactive website (‘service station’) about learning and scientific work • Individual consultancy – often long term relationships • Production of material • Course design • Medidaprix: assigned in 2006 (seen as benchmarking) Competences: change management, faculty support. Resources Collaborators: Self-Study Team: 1 scientific director, 1 coordinator, 3 project/programme managers, 4 student assistants. StudyNet Team: 1 team leader, 1 elearning consultant, 1 system specialist. The technical capabilities are limited, for complex media products external partners are consulted. Future perspectives After the end of SVC funding, the university doubles its contribution to the CCSP. Strategic planning for a new elearning infrastructure was endorsed by the university rectorate in the fall 2007. The money received with the Medidaprix was set aside to allow the realization of visionary projects especially during the transition period. Remarks and comments At UNISG elearning is seen as an integral part of a student’s life (both from the point of view of the university management/teaching staff and the students), and therefore will also be funded after 2007. The CCSP seems to be a well-accepted unit all over the university. The involvement of students in the support of teachers seems to be a very interesting and fruitful approach. 65
SVC Final Evaluation. Background Report Lepori and Probst 8.1.9 E-Learning Center der Universität Zürich (ELC) General description and organisation There are three e-learning contact points for teachers at UZH: ELC and MELS and e-learning coordinators. They are organised in a ‘e-learning competence network’. There is collaboration, but also rivalry. Clarification of mandates and core competencies is planned. Website http://www.elc.unizh.ch Mission and strategy Mission: ELC promotes and coordinates the development and implementation of elearning in higher education at UZH. The university strategy contains a commitment to Bologna and elearning. The elearning strategy mentions university goals (Bologna, quality of teaching, more interactivity for big classes, international reputation), the new IT-strategy aligns with the goals of the elearning strategy (strategic platform policy, use of open source). Excellent quality in teaching is aspired and supported. Activities SVC projects: 23 projects as leading house: 4 first call (DOIT, eCorporate Finance, Mesosworld, Basic course in Medicine and Pharmacology), 4 second call (ALPECOLe, GITTA, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, AD Learn), 8 third call (PRO, eFeed, GPS, Foundations of Information Systems, Press, DIGIREP, Core IT Mathematics, E-GONE), 7 fourth call (GLOPP, DEVIL, CasIS, SVAP, BIOSYM, Democratic Processes and Political Behaviour, ESO). The degree of involvement of the CCSP varies a lot. Mainly blended learning. Two projects finalists in Medidaprix 2006 contest, eCorporate Finance wins. Support and other activities besides SVC projects: o Support of creation and implementation of learning management system OLAT (implemented by IT services): 18,000 registered students at UZH o E-learning projects financed by university: ELC controls alignment with strategy and quality of proposals and provides instruments for evaluation o Actually more than 80 e-learning projects are about to be developed at UZH (smaller scale projects than SVC) o ELC and MELS provide information, support, hands-on help, content production, faculty development programmes for teaching staff and project teams o MELS: periodical reviews with user groups, feedback of project coordinators o ELC: workshops, presentations and events on e-learning o Quality management o Consulting of chairs of SVC projects and projects in continuing education, of whole institutions (UZH-ETH Sprachenzentrum and Department for Continuing Education, Prorektorat Lehre), of the university leaders by bringing in new concepts and proposals for development o Direct consulting with single chairs and institutes is done by the elearning coordinators of the faculties and by MELS in matters of OLAT and multimedia production o MELS: podcasting and streaming of lectures (10 per week) o Production of multimedia products Competences: MELS: multimedia competencies - MELS offers the use of OLAT to other Swiss universities, service agreement. ELC: models for organizational development, course programmes for teaching staff, information, events. Experiences in teleteaching and online teletransmission of didactical units. Resources Collaborators: ELC: 1 leader, 1 leader substitute, 2 management assistants, 4 scientific collaborators: media pedagogues, psychologists, social scientists, administrators. MELS: engineers, multimedia producers, developers, graphic artists, etc. FTEs: ELC: 5,9 + 0,45 financed by SVC; MELS: total 25; 2,5 financed by SVC. Future perspectives elearning resources are part of the Bologna curricula. SVC funds will not be substituted. University funding is expected to remain the same, services should continue as before, with a focus on better organisation of the services. Collaboration in elearning projects of LERU (League of European Research Universities) is foreseen. Remarks and comments It seems that the combination of a service and a network between coordinators in the faculties is a good solution for such a big university with so many projects going on. The ELC website provides a lot of useful information on elearning (including examples of best practices) that can help for example teachers wanting to implement elearning in their classes. The performance report praises the CCSP and also its collaboration with the other tertiary education institutes in the canton of Zurich. 66
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experts ont retrouvé les personnes
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Rapport des évaluateurs du Campus
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Introduction The Swiss Virtual Camp
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