Bologna process at UNSA/ETF - Lessons learned - Novica Nosović ETF Sarajevo 6th Workshop "Software...

Bologna process at UNSA/ETF - Lessons learned -

Novica NosovićETF Sarajevo

6th Workshop "Software Engineering Education and Reverse Engineering”

Ravda, September 18 -23, 2006

JCSE Ravda, September 20, 2006Novica Nosović

Contents

• ETF Sarajevo– Basic information– Bologna Deceleration – a starting point – Tempus JEP_16110_2001– Tempus JEP_19015_2004– ECTS

• Quality assurance activities and strategy

• Lessons learned


ETF Sarajevo - Basic Information

• Established in 1961. – 14703 students, 4337 Engineers, 279 M.Sc. and 68 Ph.D.

• Fully employed teaching staff: 51 (32+19), • Part time: 80 (18+72).• Current academic year:

– Undergraduate students 1400 – Graduate students 200

• Located in University Campus, in recently reconstructed building with area of 3200 m2. with additional working area of about 1700m2. in construction.

• Departments:- Automatics and Electronics,- Computing and Informatics,- Power Engineering and- Telecommunications.


Students listed by study programs

Year/ Dept. 2004 2005 2006

I year 215 + 59 298 B 214 B

II year - CS 81+ 81 75 + 71 180 + ? B

ETF-all 178+138 212 + 112

III year - CS 54 + 11 96 + 6 ?

ETF-all 112+86 209 + 52

IV year - CS 81 + 5 79 + 0 ?

ETF-all 136+22 198 + 5

V year 71 97 ?

ETF-all 138 192

Aps. 86 44 ?

254 121

Total - CS 373 + 97 391 + 77 ?

ETF-all 1033+305 1230+169 ?


Teaching staff stats

Full Time AC PE CI TK Total:

Full Professors 4 5 1 0 10

Associate professors:

3 5 2 1 11

Asistant Professors: 4 2 4 1 11

Professors: 11 12 7 2

Senior Asistatns: 4 5 4 2 15

Asistants: 2 1 1 0 4

Total: 51

Part Time

Full Professors 3 2 1 2 8

Associate professors:

0 2 2 2 6

Asistant Professors: 2 1 1 0 4

Professors: 5 5 4 4

Lecturers 0 1 2 5 8

Senior Asistatns: 1 6 8 3 18

Asistants: 6 5 14 11 36

Total: 80

Total professors: 16 17 11 6


ETF Sarajevo - Bologna Declaration

• The Bologna declaration objectives:– Adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable

degrees – Adoption of a system essentially based on two main cycles – Establishment of a system of credits

– Promotion of European co-operation in Quality Assurance

– Promotion of the necessary European dimensions in higher education


Tempus JEP_16110_2001

• “Development of three-stage study in information technology with international recognition”

• Was supposed to start “the process”


Tempus JEP_19015_2004

• “Qualitätssicherung von Studiengängen durch Akkreditierung”

• Is supposed to introduce QA proces


ETF Sarajevo - ECTS

• The first generation of students - September 2005• Programs:

- Automatics and Electronics,- Computing and Informatics,- Power Engineering and- Telecommunications.

• Two- cycle system – Bachelor – 3 years – 180 credits– Master – 2 years – 120 credits


ETF Sarajevo - ECTS


ETF Sarajevo - ECTS

• Courseware and online e-learning environmement

• Documents: – Information Package/Course Catalogue, – Learning Agreement,– Transcript of Records,– Diploma Supplement


Tempus JEP_19015_2004Sarajevo Meeting, June 2006

• ENQA, the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education Standrads and Guidelines for QA

• EUR-ACE Framework Standards for the Accreditation of Engineering Programs

• Self-Study Questionnaire ASIIN


ETF Sarajevo – QA Activities

• Recognised importance• Ongoing process• Internal evaluation• External accreditaion• Students involvement• Participating in EU projects• ECTS and QA ‘officer’


ETF Sarajevo – QA Responsibilities

• Rules and guidelines for QA • Implementation of QA mechanisms within the

Faculty:• Obtaining and monitoring statistical data,• Assessment of the members of the teaching staff,• Students' assessment of the educational process,• Self-assessment of the members of the teaching staff,• QA follow–up activities, • Reporting to the relevant body.


ETF Sarajevo - Internal evaluation

• The first step in the QA process• Relevant overview of the teaching process, • Analysis of the positive and negative elements, • Basis for an accreditaion by an Agency,• Template for the Self-Study Questionnaire.


ENQA Standards and Guidelines for QA in the EHEA

Standards and Guidelines for Internal Quality Assurance in HE

1. Policy and procedures for quality assurance2. Approval, monitoring and periodic review of programmes and

awards3. Assessment of students4. Quality assurance of teaching staff5. Learning resources and student support6. Information systems7. Public information



• Study program – General information on study programs – Educational aims – Entry and admission requirements – Curriculum – Quality assurance measures



• Institution General information on the institution

Accademic personnel

Resources

Support for teaching

Students



• Collecting and interpreting large amounts of statistical data,

• Standardised description of course and personnel data,

• Students involvement,• Major cultural changes:

– Emphasis on learning instead of teaching,– Transition from the teacher-centred

to the student-centred education.


Students Involvement

• The purpose of students evaluation:– to provide valid and reliable feedback to teaching

staff,– to help make informed decisions about improving

learning outcomes.


Assessment of Students

• There are too many examination terms (8 or 9 during academic year)

• Students do not know precisely the criteria for evaluation, stating that the overall process lacks transparency.

• Continuous assessment - decrease in the number of examination terms

• Improvement of the objectivity and transparency of the assessment.


Lessons learned (?!)

- There is no free lunch!- Organizational issues...- Human factor – no “Fearless Change”- No “strong leadership”- “A la carbonara” vs. “A la bolognese”

- Bologna Deceleration – a process...


To sumarise (off the record!)

• Bologna/QA/Acreditation... serves:– For marketing – Faculty politics– University politics– ...– Improvements in educational activities (???)


In other words:

Difficult is done immediately, impossible takes a bit longer

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