The Main Aspects of Distance Education for Developing Country

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The Main Aspects of Distance Education for
Developing Country
Baku, Azerbaijan
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AzRENA IU
WELCOME E-LEARNING CENTRE!!!
Baku, Azerbaijan Tel [phone] E-mail 
training_at_azrena.org
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Founders of AzRENA
F O U N D E R S
AzRENA
is founded in August, 2000
Azerbaijan State Economic University - Baku
State University - Azerbaijan Technical
University - Azerbaijan Architectural-Building
University - Odlar Yurdu University -
Baku Scientific-Training Centre - Institute of
Cybernetics of ANAS "RENASCENCE SPC
- Shamaha Astrophysical Observatory
- Institute of Information Technology of ANAS
- Azerbaijan Languages University -

• Other Educational Networks (OSI Network, BSTI
  Network)

• Research Institutions

• Educational Institutions

• Sponsors

• Experts and Scientists

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Network Structure of AzRENA
Internet connection is realized in asynchronous
mode through 2 points Azerbaijan State Economic
University and Azerbaijan National Academy of
Sciences.
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AzRENA for Science and Education
? AzRENA network has the channel 1,5 Mbps and
links 15 educational and scientific
centers. ? The number of workstations connected
to Internet through AzRENA is over 900 and
at present time these workstations
maintain 15000 users. ? AzRENA has intra
republic BACKBONE Baku-Mingechevir-Gandzha
-Akhstafa1Mbps Baku-Lenkeran-Astara 1
Mbps ? AzRENA has the education centers in 12
regions of the republic.
? In future planning installation of two
exchange points between two networks
AzRENA and AzNET in Baku and region, which allow
improving networks, optimizing traffic and
creating common technical Academic
Educational Network in Azerbaijan.
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Foundation of E-LC

• Azerbaijan Research and Educational Networks
  Association (AzRENA)
• University of Indiana (USA)

Management
Education
ICT
E-LC
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Current Project of E-LC
Distance Education Project - IU/AzRENA (AZ01) is
the USA Education Partnership Program between
Indiana University AzRENA has been founded in
2003. Grant No.S-ECAAS-03-GR-219 (CS). AzRENA
is to be considered as the base Center of E-LC
on the regional level.
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Educational Partnerships Program IU/AzRENA

• IU/AzRENA partnership has 4 major goals
• Develop Azerbaijan faculty instructional
  design and IU global E-learning expertise
• Develop Web-based courses to support
  Azerbaijan faculty professional development
  program focused on DE design and
  implementation
• Develop and deliver a Pilot online course
  demonstrating DE application in the local
  educational context
• IU will send 4-5 faculty for a total of 3 months
  to the AzRENA and will bring 5
  faculty for a total of 4.5 months to IU for
  intensive training in DE course development and
  instruction.

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Project Impact

• IU/AzRENA partnership will provide the
  foundation for a significant DE effort
  within Azerbaijan, making education
  opportunities more widely available to Azerbaijan
  citizens.
• The IU/ AzRENA partnership in designing DE
  strategies has a
• significant potential for other Azerbaijan
  universities and other
• countries of the Caspian Sea region.
• This linkage is also laying the foundation for
  further long-term collaboration between IU
  and Azerbaijan Universities in building
  instructional technology programs in Azerbaijan
  and enhancing the education component of the
  IU curriculum.

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Aspects of distance education.

• How to develop instructional design for an
  online course?
• What are the main steps of the course adaptation
  process from
• traditional to online format?
• How to select instructional media and tools for
  DE?
• How to conduct the evaluation of the online
  course?
• What are technological issues involved in the
  process of DE?
• What are management issues of designing of DE?
• Who are the main problems in distance education?

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Problems of DE
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AZ-01-01
Course of Distance Education UNIT 1.
Introduction to Distance Education UNIT 2.
Distance Education Technologies UNIT 3. Distance
Education System Overview UNIT 4. E-Learning
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AZ-01-02
Needs Analysis for Distance
Education UNIT 1. Introduction to Needs
Analysis UNIT 2. Needs Analysis Methods
Techniques UNIT 3. Planning Conducting Needs
Analysis
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The staff of E-LC of Project IU/AzRENA
Name Position
Mr. Abdul Gahramanzade Project Manager
Mrs. Svetlana Gasanova Instructor of E-LC
Mr. Fakhri Quliyev Instructor of E-LC
Mr. Elnur Mammadov Instructor of E-LC
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The steps of development of Project IU/AzRENA
(AZ01)
Qafqaz.
KHAZAR
AzRENA
BSTC
ASEU
Odlar Yurdu
AzTU
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Department of E-LC

• Marketing
• Instructional
• Technical
• Management

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Marketing of DE

• Marketing of DE courses market
• Bridging contacts with educational
  institutions
• Analysis of technology available to students
  working at a distance
• Advertising presentation of DE courses

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Instructional Design

• Creation and processing of teaching material
  for DE courses
• Lay-out of teaching material on lessons
• Development of test (control) tasks
• Full information development of DE course and
  presentation of teaching material in corporal
• Instructional strategy corresponding to the
  chosen environment of DE

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Technical Technology

• Development interactive methods of dialogue
• Holding a conferences, video-lessons, chats,..
• Creation and development of students
  identification system
• Support of e-courses library
• Development faculty and student technology
  skills
• Providing technical and instructional support
  for DE instructors

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Future Customer of E-LC

• The Ministry of Education
• The Ministry of Economic Development
• Universities of Azerbaijan
• The Ministry of Labour and social security
• Other organizations

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Structure of E-LC of AzRENA
Ali Abbasov
AzRENA
Elchin Aliyev
Board of E-LC AzRENA
Abdul Gahramanzade
Director of E-LC
Marketing
System Administration HW SW
Technical Technological Support
Instructional Design
Interface Design
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Scenario of Development
Indiana University
Bloomington
Gafqaz Faculty 1
Gafqaz Coordinator 1
BREC Faculty 1
BREC Coordinator 1
E-LC of AzRENA
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Khazar Faculty 1
Khazar Coordinator 1
AzTU Faculty 2
AzTU Coordinator 1
Odlar Yurdu Faculty 1
Odlar Yurdu Coordinator 1
ASEU Faculty 2
ASEU Coordinator 1
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Certificate of IU
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E-LEARNING CENTER of IU/AzRENA
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