Internet Based System for Distance Education Courses Preparation and Delivery

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Internet Based System for Distance Education
Courses Preparation and Delivery
Information Technology Based Higher Education and
Training July 3-5, 2000, Istanbul, TURKEY

• Slawomir Ginter, Anna Grabowska
• Technical University of Gdansk, Poland

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Contents

• Our institution
• TeleCAD project
• System Overview

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Technical University of Gdansk

• Founded in 1904
• 10 faculties
• 15 000 students
• 2 500 employees

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DECTUG is responsible for

• Creating access for students and staff of the TUG
  to study materials, correspondence lessons,
  scripts and communication environment using LAN
  (Local Area network), MAN (Metropolitan Area
  Network ) and WAN (Wide Area Network) facilities.
  
• Developing distance education course modules and
  adaptation of existing EU distance education
  course modules in subject areas of importance to
  the economic and social development in Poland.
• Improving access to education and training by
  establishing the flexible teaching environment
  concerning space, time choice of course providers
  and teaching resources.

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Alternative methods of access to the course
materials

• World Wide Web.
• E-mail.
• CD-ROMs.
• Directly from DECTUG.
• Printed material on special demand.

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EU projects

• Distance Education
• PHARE 1996-2000
• Leonardo da Vinci 1998-2001

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TeleCAD project
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TeleCAD Partnership

• Technical University of Gdansk - Poland
• ARGO s.r.l. Formare lEuropa
• IDEC Ltd. - Greece
• Pekkala Software Oy. - Finland
• Young Digital Poland - Poland
• ZEUS S.A. Greece

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Project Products

• Course on AutoCAD basics delivered by Internet
• Methodology of distance courses preparation and
  delivery
• Internet platform for course delivery
• Establishment of learning partnerships

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Target Group

• Students of Technical University of Gdansk
• Industry and business
• Students of other schools

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What Is Special?

• Flexible materials delivery
• WWW
• CDROM
• Book
• Based on University course
• Interaction with a tutor
• Certificate

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System

• WEB based
• Course delivery
• Course management and monitoring
• Course preparation

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Course delivery

• Virtual Learning Environment
• Self Assessment
• Tutor Assessment

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Course management

• Student statistics
• Tutor monitoring
• Courses statistics

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Course preparation

• Task management support
• Utilities for material preparation

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• For more information please visit
• www.pg.gda.pl/dec
• or e-mail
• dec_at_pg.gda.pl