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Management and Distributionof Course Catalogues
with bolognaT3
Prof. Dr. Stefan Eicker, J. Peter M. Schuler, Peter M. Schuler
EUNIS 2008 Visions for IT in Higher Education
2008-06-26, Århus, Denmark
Chair of Business Informatics and Software EngineeringProf. Dr. Stefan Eicker
University of Duisburg-EssenFaculty of Business Administration and Economics
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Agenda
Motivation
Concept of bolognaT3
Impressions
Rollout Process
Project Review
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Motivation: General Conditions of the Project
• University of Duisburg‐Essen– Merger between the University of Duisburg and the University of Essen; 12 faculties
• Interdisciplinarity of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
• Competition between Universities while decentrally organised culture– the bologna process and
– the introduction of study fees
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Maintaining Course Catalogues – ‚traditionally‘
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2 accreditation agencies
34 research groups70 lecturers
17 study programmesapprox. 300 modulesapprox. 450 courses
Maintaining Course Catalogues – ‚traditionally‘
CC ? CC
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Course Catalogue BA (t’)Course Catalogue BIS (t)
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CC ? CC
Scientific Staff (4.73 Disciplines)
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Resulting Problems
• Redundant Course descriptions
• Multiple documents, different layout
• No management/tracking of changes: courses, professors, ...
• Too much unnecessary work for scientific staff
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Agenda
Motivation
Concept of bolognaT3
Impressions
Rollout Process
Project Review
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ObjectivesReuse of
information
Centralized and consistent data base
Dedicated rights
management
Decentralized information maintenance
Web based architecture (TYPO3)
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Platform
• Content‐Management‐System
• Principles of CMS– Separation of content and design
– Structured content (data) vs. content elements
• Advantages– Open source system / worldwide community
– ‘modern’ internet standards: MySQL, PHP, X(H)ML, CSS…
– Combination of basic CMS functions & extensions
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Course Catalogue
Module Group
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Course Course. . .Course
Module group
Conceptual Model of Course Catalogues
Module
Course Course. . .Course
Module
Course Course. . .Course
Module
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Reuse of Courses in Course Catalogues
Course Catalogue “Bachelor in Systems Engineering”
Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐BestandteilLecture
“Basics of CorporateCommunication“
Lecture“Communication in Distributed Systems”
Module “Corporate Communication Systems“
Module “Basics of Economics“
Lecture“Basics of Economics”
Lecture“Basics of Economics“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Practical Course“Software development &
Programming“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Project “Software Development &
Programming
Course Catalogue “Bachelor in Business Information Systems”
Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐BestandteilLecture
“Business Engineering “Lecture
“Project Management“
Module “Business Informatics C“
Module “Economics A“
Lecture“Basics of Economics”
Lecture“Basics of Economics“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Practical Course“Software Development &
Programming“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Project“Software Development &
Programming“
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Reuse of Courses in Course Catalogues
Course Catalogue “Bachelor in Systems Engineering”
Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐BestandteilLecture
“Basics of CorporateCommunication“
Lecture“Communication in Distributed Systems”
Module “Corporate Communication Systems“
Module “Basics of Economics“
Lecture“Basics of Economics”
Lecture“Basics of Economics“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Practical Course“Software development &
Programming“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Project “Software Development &
Programming
Course Catalogue “Bachelor in Business Information Systems”
Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐BestandteilLecture
“Business Engineering “Lecture
“Project Management“
Module “Business Informatics C“
Module “Economics A“
Lecture“Basics of Economics”
Lecture“Basics of Economics“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Practical Course“Software Development &
Programming“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Project“Software Development &
Programming“
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Reuse of Courses in Course Catalogues
Course Catalogue “Bachelor in Systems Engineering”
Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐BestandteilLecture
“Basics of CorporateCommunication“
Lecture“Communication in Distributed Systems”
Module “Corporate Communication Systems“
Module “Basics of Economics“
Lecture“Basics of Economics”
Lecture“Basics of Economics“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Practical Course“Software development &
Programming“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Project “Software Development &
Programming
Course Catalogue “Bachelor in Business Information Systems”
Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐Bestandteil Modul‐BestandteilLecture
“Business Engineering “Lecture
“Project Management“
Module “Business Informatics C“
Module “Economics A“
Lecture“Basics of Economics”
Lecture“Basics of Economics“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Practical Course“Software Development &
Programming“
Module “Software Development & Programming“
Project“Software Development &
Programming“
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Agenda
Motivation
Concept of bolognaT3
Impressions
Rollout Process
Project Review
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Agenda
Motivation
Concept of bolognaT3
Impressions
Rollout Process
Project Review
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Motivation
Concept of bolognaT3
Impressions
Rollout Process
Project Review
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Project Review: Benefits
• Access via internet to high quality (current, consistent) information
• Search & explore relevant Information
• Precise information about study programs –also before starting studying at Duisburg‐Essen
Students
StaffFaculty
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Project Review: Benefits
Students
StaffFaculty
• Less administrative work maintaining course descriptions
• Redundant requests are eliminated (or reduced)
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Project Review: Benefits
Students
StaffFaculty
• Better student service• Reduction of complaints caused by incorrect planning
• New (adaptable) process of maintaining course catalogues
• Integration in the IT infrastucure
• Higher Transparency
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Project Review
• Obstacles– Inconsistencies ‐ and the long way to eliminate them– New ‚high priority‘study programmes disturbing theproposed process
• Success Factors– Profound knowlegde of the faculty, the studyprogrammes and the people
– Consideration of several sources (Guidelines, CourseCatalogous, etc.) to define the requirements
– Previous introduction of chairT3– Flexibility of the system
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Tak.
(Thank you for your attention.)
Peter M. Schuler - peter.schuler [at] icb.uni-due.de
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