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BAUINFORMATIK
MMIII
DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT
EDUCATION
Prof. Djordje R. Djordjevic
Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Architecture
University of Nis
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
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New trends in higher (University)
education in Civil Engineering:
Rapidly decreasing number of (registered)
students,
Rapidly increasing part-time students,
Increasing interest for
correspondence/distance/on-line learning,
Decreasing interest of students for
presence to lectures and tutorials.
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
• Increasing number of new highly
specialized professions (about 18,000),
• Increasing interest for self-tailored study,
• Increasing interest for study and business
going along,
• Increasing interest for independent
research,
• Increasing interest for student mobility.
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
CLASSICAL ANSWERS OF TEACHERS
AND GOVERNMENTS:
• Old elite-approach in Humboltian stile:
freedom of education and research,
• Eighty-century Napoleon Approach:
Strictly defined engineering schools with
guaranteed jobs,
• Modern Anglo-Saxon approach as
combination of previous two systems.
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
CLASSICAL PROBLEMS IN IT
(COMPUTER SCIENCE) EDUCATION:
• Natural language (English/German/Local
language),
• Professional language – new, not
understandable jargon of terms,
• Lack of strict definitions of IT terms.
DYNET CENTER NIS
DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
DYNET CENTER NIS
DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
SOLUTIONS:
• Interactive (electronic) super fast, highquality dictionaries of natural languages,
• Electronic (HTML) dictionary of IT jargons,
• Multi-language, multi-media thesaurus of
IT terms.
DYNET CENTER NIS
DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Teaching material:
• Classical textbooks,
• Electronic (Internet) textbooks –
manuscripts (on-line),
• On-line (Interesting groups) and e-mail
consultations,
• Internet research.
• Team computing and CSCW (Computer
Supported Cooperative Work).
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Team computing and CSCW (Computer
Supported Cooperative Work).
teleconferencing
multimedia
Video/audio
email
Group editor
hypertext
Information management
CSCW
Office communication
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Groupware
Group processes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Introduction of topics and assignment during a face-toface meeting
Adviser and student read separately about the topic
Adviser and student discuss open issues
Student works on the paper
Adviser reads the paper
Adviser and student discuss the paper
Student produces the final version of the paper
Student presents the paper
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synchronous
adviser
synchronous
synchronous
2
5
asynchronous
asynchronous
2
student
asynchronous
asynchronous
4
7
3
Other
Advisers and
students
synchronous
6
analogous to steps 2 – 8
1
time
8
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Phase 1
orientation
Phase 7
renewal
Phase 2
Trust building
Phase 6
High
performance
Phase 3
Goal/role
clarification
Resolved problems
Phase 5
implementation
Phase 4
commitment
Unresolved problems
Creation phases
consolidation phases
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Distance learning (e-learning) systems
• Modularization of courses, giving to students possibility
to choice the order of study,
• Context sensitive search,
• Automatic Index,
• Glossar, thesaurus,
• Difference between structure, content, and format,
• Objects and repeated use of objects,
• Simple establishing relations between objects.
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Distance learning (e-learning) systems
• Development and testing DB concepts for modular
collection of knowledge appropriate for teaching,
• Development and testing of navigation tools through
modules,
• Taking in account new coming technologies,
• Influence of technology to separate teaching modules,
• Development and testing of navigation platforms,
• Development und testing of communication structure
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Distance learning (e-learning) systems
• Blackboard Learning System ML (Distance
learning, Curricula with WebComponents,
using “Building Blocks”),
http://www.blackboard.com/
• dotLRN (.lrn is group-oriented e-learning
platform, based on “OpenACS toolkit” –
MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts),
http://hebgen.uni-hd.de/dotlrn.html
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Distance learning (e-learning) systems
• CLIX Campus (Virtual University, distancelearning, supporting classical study,
advertising
• ILIAS (on-line teaching platform, i.e.
Integriertes Lern- Informations- und
Arbeitskooperations-System), as “Open
Source” software available.
http://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Distance learning (e-learning) systems
• Plattform 2003 (Virtual university system,
modular und flexible, with many users, project in
progress),
http://www.fernunihagen.de/LVU/public/plattform2003.htmllix
• W3L (e-learning and knowledge management,
with didactic-methodic concept with multi-media
support)
http://www.swt.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/w3l/
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Distance learning (e-learning) systems
• WebCT – Systems for integration in Campus
structure
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN IT EDUCATION
BAUINFORMATIK MMIII
DJORDJE R. DJORDJEVIC
Distance learning (e-learning) systems
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SOFTWARE
SGLM-editor
FrameMaker + SGLM,
SGML + bibTEX,
Multi-media software (graphic, audio, video),
PDF, HTMP processing software,
Text (Word) -> FrameMaker,
FrameMaker-> SGML,
SGML ->HTML.
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Vergleich: workflow Alt  Neu
ALT
NEU
„aktive“ .dot
.dot
Autor
School
DOC
FM
PDF
Datenbanken
PDF
Filesystem
Student
einfaches PDF
AMS
CMS
SGML
CMSArchiv
PDF
HTML
SGML
strukturiertes PDF und HTML
mit Lernoberfläche TooL!
HTML
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Rohdaten
(Autor)
Inhalt des zu erstellenden
Dokuments
Audio
Video
Bild
Grafik
Text
Bearbeitung:
Anpassung
Textverarbeitung
Digitalisierung
Bearbeitung:
Anpassung
Bearbeitung:
Anpassung
Bildverarbeitung
Seiten-Layout
Dokument-Layout
Daten-file zum Dokument
(digital Master)
Elektronisches Dokument
Elektronisches Dokument
Elektronisches Dokument
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DOC
PDF
FrameMaker+SGML
HTML
SGML
Protection/Security
From FC to Portal
“Water and Environment” Distance
Learning Course (Weimar)
Durchschnittszahlen der Einschreibungen bis SS 2003
140
129
115
103
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Durchschnitt
gesamt
Durchschnitt in
den WS
Durchschnitt in
den SS
Growing trend (Weimar)
Einschreibungen / Abschlüsse
Gesamtzahl der Einschreibungen seit 1996: 1729
Gesamtzahl der Abschlüsse seit 1996:
1040
200
TEILNEHMENDE
175
150
139
120
125
50
111
98
100
75
164
157
99
132
108
102
67
45
25
7
0
SS 2000
WS 00/01
SS 2001
WS 01/02
SS 2002
WS 02/03
SS 03
Student statistics(2002/03 WS)
Bildungsstand
Fach- oder
Technikersch.
1%
Abi/Sonderzul./
FHS-Reife
10%
FHS-Abschluss
58%
Uni-Abschl./
Promotion
31%
Professional background
Fachgebiete der Bewerber
Sonstige
Fachgebiete
19%
Wasserwirtsch.
2%
Wirtschaftler
6%
Agrar/ Biol/
Forst
6%
Geowiss.
9%
Umweltt./
Geoökol.
8%
Chemie/ VT
8%
Bautechniker
1%
Bauing.
30%
andere Ing.
11%
Working engagements
Beschäftigungsverhältnis
zZ. ohne
Beschäftigung
6%
Uni, FH,
Verband
15%
Behörde
40%
Ingenieurbüro
22%
Sonstiges
1%
Industrie
13%
Selbständige
3%
Age groups
Altersgruppen [%]
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
32
24
17
11
10
6
0
<25
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 - 44
45 - 49
>50
Advertising of study
Staff statistics
6,56
7
5,4
6
3
2
2,5
Mitarbeiter WBBau
(Drittmittelfinanzierung)
4,5
4
5
4
Mitarbeiter WBBau
(Haushaltsfinanzierung)
2,75
2,5
3
2,25
1,5
1,5
1,5
1
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004