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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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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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Agenda

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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(Thank you for your attention.)

Peter M. Schuler - peter.schuler [at] icb.uni-due.de