E-UNIVERSITY on the INTERNET:E-UNIVERSITY on the INTERNET:Synergistic Interaction of TAlia and MELPomeneSynergistic Interaction of TAlia and MELPomene

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Issues in E-University on the Internet:Issues in E-University on the Internet:Modern Knowledge Riding Modern Knowledge Riding

on the Shoulders of High-Tech!on the Shoulders of High-Tech!

Case Study: Cyber University of an Interest GroupCase Study: Cyber University of an Interest Group

(a real one; not virtual) (a real one; not virtual)

Veljko MilutinovicVeljko Milutinovic

vm@etf.bg.ac.yuvm@etf.bg.ac.yu

http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm/http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm/

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Architecture of an E-University: Architecture of an E-University: Who is Who in the a-World?Who is Who in the a-World?

• Students: Students: All Internet users (400M on 1.1.2001.), just one click away

• Teachers:Teachers: Experts in subject matters, qualified and motivated

• Administrators: Administrators: Experts in business administration, running the show

• Providers: Providers: Experts in business management, creating the show

• Founders:Founders: Experts in financial engineering, backed by investors

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Architecture of an E-University: Architecture of an E-University: Who is Who in the t-World?Who is Who in the t-World?

• The Application Domain:The Application Domain: Mission/Infrastructure Software plus Enabling/Accelerating Hardware

• The Technology DomainThe Technology Domain Intranet, Extranet, and the Internet

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Definition of the Viewpoint:Definition of the Viewpoint:Pioneering by FortunePioneering by Fortune

• The NTU/Purdue Experience The NTU/Purdue Experience from USA and Japan: from USA and Japan: The Story of 80s (10-- to 100++)

• The Socratenon/Aristotelon Experience The Socratenon/Aristotelon Experience from USA and Europe: from USA and Europe: The Story of 90s (7++ to 17++)

• The Dartmouth/TechDeMonterey Experience The Dartmouth/TechDeMonterey Experience from USA and Latin America: from USA and Latin America: The Story of 2000s (Ivy/10 + Mexico/32 + etc…)

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The Three Approaches Generalized:The Three Approaches Generalized:MultiOptimaMultiOptima

• Level #1: Formal InteractionLevel #1: Formal Interaction Using an existing infrastructure and filling in the courseware (e.g., UniversalClassroom UniversalClassroom)

• Level #2: Symbiotic Interaction!!Level #2: Symbiotic Interaction!! Customizing an existing infrastructure and filling in the courseware (e.g., Socratenon Socratenon)

• Level #3: Synergistic Interaction!!!Level #3: Synergistic Interaction!!! Creating the cybertop infrastructure and filling in the courseware (e.g., Real-Video Real-Video)

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N.B.N.B.

• Branovic, I., Milutinovic, V. “Advances in Internet-Based Education” SSGRR-2001, L’Aquilla, Italy, August 6-12, 2001 (http://www.ssgrr.it)

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Universal Classroom Universal Classroom Web Site Web Site

• Building a Web-Based Virtual Classroom: Moving from Promise to Practice• The global platform (Web site) for hosting online classes absolutely for free: It can be accessed at http://class.universalclass.com

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Socratenon:Socratenon:An Educational Web SystemAn Educational Web System

• Authors: D. Milicev, M. Milicevic, N. Nikolic, M. Trajkovic, V. Milutinovic

• Education over the Internet• Courses in industry and R&D• Adapting the curriculum

to student’s skills and preferences• Virtual classroom features• Logging student’s activities and preferences

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The Real-Video InfrastructureThe Real-Video Infrastructure

• Distance education power of WWW with interactivity and intelligence

• Multimedia technology added the possibility to present sound, video, and animation

• Internet and World Wide Web bring the possibility of distance access

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The Major Milestones The Major Milestones

• Venture and Founding: Venture and Founding: MBA, CSE

• Focus and Structure: Focus and Structure: Depth vs Breadth, Independent vs Affiliated

• Program and AccreditationProgram and Accreditation: Admit vs Adapt, ABET vs EURO

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The e-MBA of Dartmouth: The e-MBA of Dartmouth: Rationales, Implications, and ProfitsRationales, Implications, and Profits

• What is MBA?What is MBA?

• Master in Management and Business Administration

• Creating the Directors of Large Corporations

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• TOEFL and GMAT, TOEFL and GMAT, plus (much more important): essays and interviews.

• Condition:Condition:Experience (>90%) vs talent (<10%)

What are the Admission Criteria?What are the Admission Criteria?FormallyFormally::

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• PROFIT:Balance between the FEE and the AFS

• Consequently, The "know-how-to-sell-their-faces“ are needed!

What are the Admission Criteria?What are the Admission Criteria?EssenceEssence::

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The U.S.News On-Line: The U.S.News On-Line: 2000 Graduate MBA Rankings2000 Graduate MBA Rankings

• 1. Dartmouth (e-MBK) 735 5.1% $120K 99.1% 528

• 2. Stanford 722 6.7% $106K 98.9% 726

• 3. Harward 689 12.9% $105K 98.5% 1767

• 4. Kellogg (NWE) 685 15.5% $115K 100.0% 2504

• 5. Wharton (UP) 685 13.1% $100K 100.0% 1557

• 6. Sloan (MIT) 690 13.4% $95K 97.1% 708

• 7. Chicago 695 22.7% $106K 98.2% 2808

• 8. Columbia 680 11.5% $97K 99.1% 1373

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• 14. Haas (Berkeley) 674 11.0% $90K 87.4% 809

• 15. Yale 682 25.8% $95K 97.8% 430

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• 20. Krannert (Purdue) 624 25.4% $85K 99.2% 252 #1/#1

• For more details: www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/mba/

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A Case Study: A Case Study: Creating an E-University Creating an E-University

out of the Serbian Brainout of the Serbian Brain

• FoundersFounders: : Investors

• ProvidersProviders: : A Distributed Chain of Institutions

• Administrators: Administrators: Business as Usual

• Teachers: Teachers: The Least of a ProblemMIT (Asanovic, Ilic)

Berkeley (Vujic, Nikolic)

USC (Mataric, Medvidovic)

UCLA (Ercegovac, Potkonjak)

Purdue (Tomovic, Jakovljevic)

• Students: Students: 400M

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The Major Points to RememberThe Major Points to Remember

• Catching the Roman Gladiator Spirit• Catching the Greek God of Luck• Catching the Jewish Art of Extrapolation

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The Most Popular Programs to ProbeThe Most Popular Programs to Probe

• What to Challenge?What to Challenge?

• Religion

• Philosophy

• Logic

• Math

• Science

• Engineering

• Common

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Some Candidate ProgramsSome Candidate Programs

• Serbian Studies• MBA• CSE

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Where to Invest?Where to Invest?

• #1: Infrastructure#1: Infrastructure (c-business, e-business, i-business)

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Where to Invest?Where to Invest?

• #2: Legislature #2: Legislature (enter, multiply, exit)

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Where to Invest?Where to Invest?

• # 3: Education # 3: Education (get absorbed, get acquainted, get independent)

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To Probe Further?To Probe Further?

• The books on e-businessThe books on e-business (http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm/) IEEE/CS-Press (1999)

Wiley-International (2000) Kluwer-Academics (2001)

• The SSGRRThe SSGRR (http://www.ssgrr.it) Kenneth Wilson (North-Holland, 1987) Leon Cooper (Prentice-Hall, 1994) Bob Richardson (Kluwer-Academics, 2001)

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Conclusion Conclusion

• Veni, vidi, vici !!!http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vmvm@etf.bg.ac.yu