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SHARING EXPERIENCE OF ICT APPLICATION IN EDUCATION
AT CAN THO UNIVERSITY
Tran Thanh Dien Information and Network Management Center
Can Tho University, Vietnam
Ha Noi, May 5-7 2010
Contents
• ICT infrastructure of CTU
• E-learning at CTU
• ICT application in education
• VOCW deployment at CTU
• Experience of CTU
• Plan for 2010 and next years
ICT infrastructure of CTU CTU campus network
• 35 fiber optic routes from Information and Network Management Center (as a central network of CTU) to other units
• More than 20 high capacity servers• 3000 PCs for staff and students, in there 1000
public access PCs• PCs/student rate: 1/13• PCs/staff rate : 1/1.25• Backbone bandwidth: 1GBps• LAN bandwidth: 100Mbps
CTU campus network
Central network
(Campus 2)
Campus 3Connected to
Campus 2 through wireless
Campus 1Connected to Campus 2 through Internet
ICT infrastructure of CTU Internet connection
• Internet bandwidth: – a leased line with 34 Mbps– more ADSL for public access PCs
• VinaREN-TEIN2 connection: 45 Mbps connected to most of institutions in the world
• WiFi network covered whole Campus 2 since April 2010. Staff/students using WiFi through a particular authentication account
VinaREN-TEIN2
E-learning at CTUOverview
• Dokeos is a web-based e-learning system, technically known as a LMS (Learning Management System)
• Dokeos could be set up on various platforms such as MS. Windows, Ubuntu, Linux…
• Lecturers could use Dokeos to: – Manage uploaded files– Interact with students through discussion forums– Organize working group – Build exercises as self-tests,…
=> An attractive online learning environment
E-learning at CTUOverview
• Dokeos e-learning system established in 2004 as a learning management system
• The system has – 14.000 users, in there 250 lecturers– 300 courses have been created on e-learning
system to support teaching/learning (blended or references) with 75 English courses
• All users as CTU’s staff or students must log in to be used through an authentication account (LDAP server)
Address: lms.ctu.edu.vn
E-learning at CTUOverview
A course created on Dokeos system
Authorring area
Interation area
Administration area
E-learning at CTUOverview
• E-learning system (Dokeos) could– support to educate through credit system applied at
CTU– help CTU in offering more chances of study for
people in the Mekong Delta region as a new channel of learning
• E-learning contributes to improvement of education quality at the university
• E-learning, as a mean, had enhanced cooperation chances with other institutions (e.g. ViFINET, NSS)
E-learning at CTU Evaluation
ICT application in education CTU Discussion Forum
• Number of users: more than 16.000 users who are only staff and students of CTU
• Number of posts: 102.456
• Number of topics: 12.656
• Database size: 317.25 MB
=> A channel to exchange information between teachers and students
ICT application in education Email service
• 100% staff offered email address: 2.000
• 100% students offered email address: 24.000
• Several mail groups help easily interact between teachers and students
ICT application in education Education and management softwares
• Applications for serving learning/teaching of students and teachers:– Online course registration system– Online grade management system– Learning planning management system– Student management system
• Whole curricula of CTU are available on CTU network
ICT application in education Education and management softwares
Online course registration system
ICT application in education Education and management softwares
Learning planning management system
Online grade management system
ICT application in education Education and management softwares
• Applications for management work of CTU– E-documentation– E-Calendar– Financial management system– Staff management system,…
• Use of video conference for:– Cooperation meeting (e.g. Ecuador, Belgium)– Thesis defense (e.g. PhD. Belgium, MSc. in
France)
VOCW Deployment at CTU
• More than 50 courses that were developed by CTU lecturers uploaded to VOCW website
• CTU organized two training days to introduce VOCW for CTU lecturers with 100 participants
• One server sponsored by VEF located at CTU with address http://vocw.ctu.edu.vn/ as caching server
• CTU homepage also made a link to VOCW website to aim to disseminate it to staff and students
Experience of CTU
• Firstly, rectorate is pioneers in applying ICT in education, scientific research and management
• Secondly, rectorate has proposed policies to encourage lecturers in applying ICT to support teaching work
• Thirdly, Financial sources have been effectively invested and used to improve ICT of the university (government, cooperation, internal sources)
• Fourthly, modern technologies, especially ICT, have been priority deployed
• Lastly but really important, CTU staff, especially technicians work enthusiastically, not fearful of hardship
Plan for 2010 and next years
• 100% staff (including lecturers and researchers) have own PC
• PC/student rate: 1/10• Internet connection (leased line): 45Mbps• 100% class rooms will be equipped
projectors• Establishing a modern data center to store all
digitalized data of CTU• Completing integration information system
to serve management work of the university
Plan for 2010 and next years
• 100% courses will be digitalized to be available on the university network
• 20% courses will be uploaded to e-learning system for teaching/learning and a part shared on VOCW
• Producing multimedia materials for online teaching/learning
• Establishing an online testing center, along with a question bank for at least 20% courses
• Applying distance education through e-learning
Plan for 2010 and next years
• Using video conferencing as a mean to enhance cooperation with institutions, locally or aboard
• Teaching through using video conference for in-service training (a project implementing with Kemi-Tornio University, Finland )
• Cooperation with institutions to invite leading professors to teach using video conference
Plan for 2010 and next years
• Establishing centers/laboratories to apply ICT into advanced domains of CTU:– Center of computing– Center of research and ICT application in
education– Center of research and ICT application in
biology– Center of research and GIS application in
agriculture, environment, natural resources and aquaculture
Thank you