December 3rd, Afternoon (Grosser Plenarsaal)
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| Chair: Lorenzo Cantoni, Università della Svizzera italiana |
| 13:30 |
The development of e-learning in Swiss higher education
Bernard Levrat, president of the SVC commission
Slides
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| 14:00 |
Swiss Virtual Campus: transition from the impulse towards a consolidation
programme
Peter Stucki, president of the SVC steering committee
Slides |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Strategies of SVC projects
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| 14:30 |
The state of implementation of SVC projects: an overview
Cornelia Rizek-Pfister, SVC coordinator
Slides
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The beginning of December 2002 is an interesting moment to discuss
the state of implementation of SVC projects, as it corresponds exactly
to the end of the e-site visits, or project discussions, that took
place in Berne, with representatives of the projects and of the Swiss
Virtual Campus Steering Committee. The projects were presented online,
and several aspects were systematically considered. The following
criteria will be shown in the overview:
- A. CONFORMITY OF RESULTS; B. FINANCIAL ASPECTS (in common)
- C. TEACHING ASPECTS
- D. TECHNICAL ASPECTS
- E. TUTORING/STUDENT COUNSELLING
- F. PROJECT ORGANISATION AND NETWORK FUNCTIONING
- G. INTEGRATION IN CURRICULUM
- H. SUSTAINABILITY
- I. STUDENT ASSESSMENT
The current state of information of Cornelia Rizek-Pfister, the
only person who attended all 49 e-site visits, corresponds to:
- 8 days of e-site visits, 6 (or 7) projects per day
- 1 h per project, discussions among experts afterwards
All SVC projects will receive a letter with a short feedback, reflecting
these discussions.
As the last e-site visit took place on Nov. 26, and the corresponding
Swiss Virtual Campus Steering Committee Meeting with additional
project discussions on Nov. 29, this overview could be prepared
only afterwards, during the last weekend. This explains why this
evaluation is done rather schematically, without many details. The
exact numbers in the overview foils might need explanations; these
will be given in the discussion after this presentation.
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| 15:00 |
The institutional landscape of the Swiss Virtual Campus
Benedetto Lepori and Sibilla Rezzonico, Università della Svizzera
italiana
Slides
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The objective of this presentation is to explain the importance of
institutional relationships for the management of eLearning activities,
as well as for their long-term viability. I will shortly analyse the
institutional structure of the Swiss Virtual Campus Programme and,
using the results of interview done in the EDUM mandate, present the
strategies of SVC projects and of Swiss universities. The major conclusion
is that the SVC programme was very effective to stimulate the development
of eLearning in the Swiss universities, but that the development of
more robust institutional arrangements is necessary in order to establish
eLearning in the Swiss universities. Moreover, there is a need for
models of use of ICT adapted to the specific Swiss situation. |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Break |
| Chair: Benedetto Lepori, Università della Svizzera
italiana |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Institutional strategies for e-learning |
| 16:00 |
Managing Technological Change: Strategies for Learning Technologies
Tony Bates, University of British Columbia (http://bates.cstudies.ubc.ca/bates.htm)
Slides
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Building technology infrastructure and exhorting faculty to use it
is an inadequate response to the need for change in universities.
Universities need to apply a range of strategies to support the use
of learning technologies. This requires re-allocation of resources,
professional development and training for faculty, increased technical
support, new methods of teaching, and above all a change in the culture
of the institution. As well as outlining the necessary strategies,
the presentation also discusses the impact of technology on the core
values
of a public university. |
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| 16:30 |
The issue of e-learning quality in European universities
Lorenzo Cantoni and Chiara Succi, Università della Svizzera italiana
Slides
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| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Evaluation of SVC projects |
| 17:00 |
Towards a systemic model to assess and support innovative pedagogy
Jacques Viens, IntersTICES, Université de Genève
Slides |
| 17:30 |
Is e-learning sustainable?
Damian Miller, eQuality, Universität Zürich
Slides
/ Talk (pdf)
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This talk is divided into four parts. In the first part, the evaluation
concept of eQuality will be presented. This evaluation concept was
designed within the framework of our consultation services as formative
evaluation and focuses on the virtual learning environment as well
as on student's experiences with these learning environments. In the
second part, our first observations and experiences and will be presented.
Further considerations, which are based on these first experiences
and observations, have as central theme topics which - from our point
of view - are seldom taken into account in the current discourse on
e-learning. The talk ends with conclusions and recommendations. |
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| 18:00 |
Final speech: Der Virtuelle Campus als Teil einer künftigen
Hochschulstrategie
Gerhard Schuwey, director of the Federal Office for Education and Science |
| 18:30 |
Apéro
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| December 4th, Morning and Afternoon (Grosser
Plenarsaal and Kleiner Plenarsaal) |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Parallel Workshops (Grosser Plenarsaal and Kleiner Plenarsaal) |
1. Organization and results of field
tests
Chair: Jean-François Perret, Università della Svizzera italiana
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| 9:00 |
Introduction. What can be learned from a field test?
Jean-François Perret, Università della Svizzera italiana |
| 9:30 |
Presentation of some experiments
- ELO - European Law Online: Matthieu Canevaschini et Thierry Gachet,
Université de Fribourg
- Swissling: Andrea Rocci, Università della Svizzera italiana,
and Jacques Moeschler, Université de Genève (slides)
- Antiquit@s: Véronique Dasen, Université de Fribourg
BOMS - Basics of Medical Statistics: Christian Schindler and Boas Kirchhofer,Universität
Basel
- eCF - Corporate Finance : Peter Lautenschlager, Universität Zürich
(slides)
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| 10:45 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Questions and discussions
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2. Strategies of Swiss institutions
Chair: Lorenzo Cantoni, Università della Svizzera italiana
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| 9:00 |
Introduction. Strategies of Swiss Institutions: an overview
Benedetto Lepori, Università della Svizzera italiana
Slides
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In this presentation, I will analyse the strategies of the Swiss universities
for e-learning and the support measures adopted during the last years.
The launch of the SVC programme has pushed most Swiss universities
to start some reflections on the role of elearning and many developed
some form of support structures for SVC projects and other eLearning
initiatives. However, there are large differences between the universities;
moreover, universities are only ready to support the development of
eLearning courses and to provide the necessary infrastructure, while
the responsibility for the long-term support to eLearning initiatives
is left to the faculties or departments. |
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| 9:30 |
Short presentations of institutional strategies
- Christian Sengstag, Network of Education Technologies, ETH Zürich
(slides)
- Eva Seiler-Schiedt, ICT-Fachstelle, Universität Zürich
(slides)
- Gudrun Bachmann, LearnTechNet, Universität Basel (slides)
- Bahram Zaerpour, CENTEF, Université de Lausanne
- Federico Flückiger, SUPSI (slides)
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| 10:45 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Questions and discussions |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 |
Synthesis report of the parallel sessions and final discussion
Pierre Dillenbourg, EPFL (slides) |
| 14:30 |
Keynote speech: Operating e-learning in a cost-effective manner
Tony Bates, University of British Columbia
Slides
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E-learning is seen in some institutions as a revenue generator, in
others as a means of expanding access or increasing quality. In every
case, though, it is important to be able to assess both the costs
and the benefits or limitations of e-learning. This presentation looks
at cost-effective approaches to e-learning, in terms of business plans
for credit and non-credit programming, drawing on experience in running
such programs. The presentation deals not just with the cost side,
but also the implications for the administration of programs. It is
argued that for universities to operate effectively in this field,
they will need vision at an academic and management level. They will
also need to make some radical changes in policies and procedures,
but in the long run this should improve the quality of service to
all students. |
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| 16:30 |
Closure of the seminar |
