RUFO PROJECTTraining in Europe

Report – Part 1University De Basque

Dr. Rashid JayousiAl-Quds University

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Overview

After the 2nd workshop in Jerichowhich was part of RUFO project firstphase, the correspondents of thePalestinian partners visited differenteducational institutions (Spain, Belgiumand France).

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Mission Objectives --- Reminder

Understanding the needs behind thedevelopment of eLearning courses.

Studying the organizational structure ofthe team that deliver E-learning courses.

Surveying the feedback about theexperiences of eLearning abroad.

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Mission Objectives (2)

Studying the networking. Analyzing the different eLearning practices

and standards. Looking for material resources related to

the five projects.

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Mission Objectives (3)

Studying the possibility for the training ofPalestinians in certain aspects linked to theproject such as material developing,multimedia training & evaluation.

Face-to-face meetings with eLearners. Conducting workshops by experts

experienced in this field.

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Groups

Group I : AlQuds University (QU), AlQudsOpen University (QOU), PalestinePolytechnic University (PPU). Visited DeBasque University (Bilbao), CNAM University(Bordeaux).

Group II : Birzeit University (BZU), An-NajahNational University (NNU). Visited UniversityLibre de Bruxelles ULB (Bruxeles, Belguim),Lille -1 University (Lille, France).

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Visits Activities

1- University De Basque (Bilbao) Visit( 13-15 /3/2006)

Focus:•Virtual Campus•G9

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Virtual Campus

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Virtual Campus (VC)

Started in 98/99 with 6 courses, 135students, the number f courses thiscurrent year is 250 courses with 6500students.

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Resource Centre Structure

Used to support the development and running of the courses inVC.

It consists of the following staff:• Director• Vice Director• Technical Staff

• 3 multimedia• 1 pedagogical• 1 Moodle technician• 1 old platform technician• 3 Authoring tools technician• 4 eKasi technician

• 1 for coordination

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Course Development Procedure

CoursesSelection

Author Selection Training Material

Preparation

Sept - FebFeb- June

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Platforms

Geta aula – oldest used for electivecourses

Moodle eKasi -- used for mandotry courses

http://ekasi.ehu.es

Most elective course are virtual.

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Authoring Tools

AUTRe --- http://autore.ehu.es

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Training

A compulsory training for Authors isconducted from march to June.

The course is online An initial meeting is conducted to

explain online course development.

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Skills Obtained

How to organize a training course To know the characteristics of virtual courses To be positive Designing axioms: ideas activities

assignments To use different resources To encourage creativity and innovation

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Course DevelopmentMethodology

The methodology used in coursedevelopment is RAPID e-learning>

A mixture of tools, training and supportfor technical and pedagogical issues isprovided when needed.

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Methodology of teaching

To build a community of learning. Composed of the following three

components:Tutor

Students Contents

Activities

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Main Theme

The basic idea is to motivatestudents to acquire knowledgethrough interaction amongststudents themselves rather thanthrough the tutor.

The role of the tutor is to helpstudent to build he knowledge

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G9 project -- www.uni-g9.net/portal

The university is partner in the G9 project. The fields of cooperation in this project are:

• Students can register courses in anypartner university.

• Cooperation in virtual courses.• Cooperation in Doctoral courses• Sharing of resources.

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Recommendations &Conclusions

Emphasis in the universities visited are onstudents learning by interaction and on thetutor as guiding them to use the resources.

Most contents of the courses are in differentforms; HTML, PDF, PPT, DOC..

The actors in the development are thesubject matter, the pedagogical expert andthe technology expert.

There are incentives for developingeLearning courses.

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Recommendations &Conclusions

Various platforms are used, some are opensource others are home developed.

ICT centers staff is limited to few people. Technological and pedagogical experts are

available for the course author Though there are similarities on the general

rules for developing on line courses, there isno agreed method on how the differentcomponents interact.

There is a compromise in using multimediawith regard to cost and benefits.

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We propose the following:

To form a group to form a methodology fordeveloping on line courses in a systematic waywithin the Palestinian universities.

There should be a support centre for thedevelopment of on line courses.

Development of common courses that students cantake from any Palestinian university on line.

We need to develop training courses tutors andauthors on eLearning.

Support the universities to purchase necessarypackages and authoring tools necessary for thedevelopment of on line courses.