virtual learning spaces: example of international collaboration

Virtual learning spaces: example of international

collaboration

Jadranka Lasić-Lazić jlazic@ffzg.hr Mihaela Banek Zorica mbanek@ffzg.hr Senada Dizdar senadadizdar@gmail.com Jasmin Klindžić jasmin@ffzg.hr

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesUniversity of Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy

Starting point

Educational reform – ECTS International collaboration E-learning BASILEUS project – knowledge and

expertise exchange OIZEOO project

E-learning

Encourages and enables active student-teacher collaboration

Creates a lifelong learning environment Responds to the need of transformed

information space

E-learning

Usage of ICT in traditional teaching and training (presentation tool)

Blended learning – combination of traditional “in class” education and education via ICT

Distant learning

It is necessary to…

Choose the educational mode for concrete situation – educational level, audience, teacher and course content

E-learning ≠ alternative but integral part of education (improvement and upgrade)

Omega

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

University of Zagreb

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences stats

7000+ students 500+ teachers & TAs 24 departments 1300+ “face2face” courses 90+ PCs in computer labs/libraries

Omega stats

Moodle based LMS, started in 2004 under OIZEOO project

Currently:• 4850+ students

• over 270 teachers and TAs

• 24 department

• over 600 courses

Typical user @ FHSS

Humanities and social sciences Basic IT competency Basic information literacy Age not an issue Teachers and TAs have PCs, laptops,

high-speed LAN & wireless Students have access to high-speed LAN

and wireless

Our users’ favorite Moodle features

Resource upload/linking Assignments Forums “News forums” as mini mailing lists QuizzesGlossaries Chats Wikis

Omega module statistic Module 2006 2009

Resource module (text, html, PDF ... etc.)

3071

12760

Forum module

436 905

Assignment module (students can send them online, offline or via document upload, making the paper submission and grading both easy and transparent)

298 1131

Quiz module (online quizzes with numerous capabilities - random questions, timed sessions, question databases, variety of question types, access control etc.)

212 358

Omega http://omega.ffzg.hr

BISER

University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy

BISER

BIbliotečki Sarajevski Elektronski Repozitorij (Sarajevo electronic library repository)

Moodle based LMS, started in 2009 under Basileus and OIZEOO2 project

Currently:• 140+ students

• 19 teachers and TAs

• 30+ courses

Majority of used modules

resource module - 166 instances forum module - 43 instances assignment module - 22 instances chat/dictionary/choice module - 4

instances.

Access

BISER http://biser.ffzg.hr

Thank you

Questions?