Report Part 1 University De Basque

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1 RUFO PROJECT Training in Europe Report Part 1 University De Basque Dr. Rashid Jayousi Al-Quds University

2 Overview After the 2nd workshop in Jericho which was part of RUFO project first phase, the correspondents of the Palestinian partners visited different educational institutions (Spain, Belgium and France).

3 KNAM Mission Objectives --- Reminder Understanding the needs behind the development of elearning courses. Studying the organizational structure of the team that deliver E-learning courses. Surveying the feedback about the experiences of elearning abroad.

4 Mission Objectives (2) Studying the networking. Analyzing the different elearning practices and standards. Looking for material resources related to the five projects.

5 Mission Objectives (3) Studying the possibility for the training of Palestinians in certain aspects linked to the project such as material developing, multimedia training & evaluation. Face-to-face meetings with elearners. Conducting workshops by experts experienced in this field.

6 Groups Group I : AlQuds University (), AlQuds Open University (QOU), Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU). Visited De Basque University (Bilbao), CNAM University (Bordeaux). Group II : Birzeit University (), An-Najah National University (). Visited University Libre de Bruxelles (Bruxeles, Belguim), Lille -1 University (Lille, France).

7 Visits Activities 1- University De Basque (Bilbao) Visit ( /3/2006) Focus: Virtual Campus G9

8 Virtual Campus

9 Virtual Campus (VC) Started in 98/99 with 6 courses, 135 students, the number f courses this current year is 250 courses with 6500 students.

10 Resource Centre Structure Used to support the development and running of the courses in VC. 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

11 Course Development Procedure Courses Selection Author Selection Training Material Preparation Sept - Feb Feb- June

12 Platforms Geta aula oldest used for elective courses Moodle ekasi -- used for mandotry courses Most elective course are virtual.

13 Authoring Tools AUTRe ---

14 Training A compulsory training for Authors is conducted from march to June. The course is online An initial meeting is conducted to explain online course development.

15 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

16 Course Development Methodology The methodology used in course development is RAPID e-learning> A mixture of tools, training and support for technical and pedagogical issues is provided when needed.

17 Methodology of teaching To build a community of learning. Composed of the following three components: Tutor Activities Students Contents

18 Main Theme The basic idea is to motivate students to acquire knowledge through interaction amongst students themselves rather than through the tutor. The role of the tutor is to help student to build he knowledge

19 KNAM G9 project -- The university is partner in the G9 project. The fields of cooperation in this project are: Students can register courses in any partner university. Cooperation in virtual courses. Cooperation in Doctoral courses Sharing of resources.

20 Recommendations & Conclusions Emphasis in the universities visited are on students learning by interaction and on the tutor as guiding them to use the resources. Most contents of the courses are in different forms; HTML, PDF, PPT, DOC.. The actors in the development are the subject matter, the pedagogical expert and the technology expert. There are incentives for developing elearning courses.

21 Recommendations & Conclusions Various platforms are used, some are open source 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 is no agreed method on how the different components interact. There is a compromise in using multimedia with regard to cost and benefits.

22 We propose the following: To form a group to form a methodology for developing on line courses in a systematic way within the Palestinian universities. There should be a support centre for the development of on line courses. Development of common courses that students can take from any Palestinian university on line. We need to develop training courses tutors and authors on elearning. Support the universities to purchase necessary packages and authoring tools necessary for the development of on line courses.