European Virtual Campus for Biomedical Engineering EVICAB

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European Virtual Campus for Biomedical
EngineeringEVICAB
http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/ele
arning/programme_en.html
1.1.2006 31.12.2007
Project directorProfessor Jaakko
MalmivuoRagnar Granit InstituteTampere
University of Technology
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Internet education Why?
Tampere

• Geographically, Finland is not in the center of
  Europe
• Tampere is 175 km north of Helsinki
• On the Internet, every university is in the
  center of the world

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On the Internet you may draw the world map with
your university in its center!
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Internet education Why?

• Biomedical engineering is a multidiscpilinary
  science
• No university alone is able to produce
  high-quality, up-to-date educational material in
  its all subfields
• Joining our competences we may do it together

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Internet education Why?

• The target of the Bologna process is to enable
  the mobility of the students and the teachers
• The target of the BIOMEDEA process is to
  harmonize the biomedical engineering education
  in Europe
• Internet education is a powerful tool in these
  concepts

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Internet education Why?

• On the Internet, the same high-quality education
  will be available for all students in all
  European universities
• The Internet helps the students in choosing the
  right university for their studies
• The Internet enables making the examination from
  any location

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European - Global
The first targetof EVICAB is European
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