experience in using elearning technologies in the teaching process dragan janković faculty of...

Experience in using eLearning technologies in the teaching process

Dragan JankoviDragan JankoviććFaculty of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering,

University of Niš, SerbiaUniversity of Niš, Serbia

OutlinesOutlines

eLearning ??? Internet courses Course portals Tools - eTools TMP portal Student projects organization - overview Future plans

6th Workshop Software Engineering Education and Reverse Engineering – Ravda 2006

eLearning???eLearning???

eLearning – “definition” Distance learning - “definition” Life long learning - “definition” mLearning - “definition” Teleteaching - “definition” eEducation – “definition” Computer based training - “definition” …


Computer supported learningComputer supported learning/ based/ based

Goal / goals ???Goal / goals ???


Internet coursesInternet courses

3 years ago Elective courses (9th semester) Only one of three Internet courses

Internet courses: Advanced techniques in Image processing Introduction to Fuzzy logic Advanced techniques in Logic design


““A picture A picture is worth is worth

a thousand words” a thousand words”


Internet courses - summaryInternet courses - summary

About 30% of 9th semester students choose internet courses

Final results – average mark about 9 Students fill questionnaire at the end of course Some of students need extra consultations,

material, exercises, etc. Blended eLearning is better choice


Course portalsCourse portals

The most courses at Department of Computer Science

Some of courses at the other departments Contents: usually the same The form of portals - quite different

CS Department – LMS Moodle LMS Knowledge Presenter


EquipmentsEquipments

tCube – generation of multimedia materials Smart board Videoconferencing system:

SonyAudio systemProjectors

Example of material produced by t-Cube system 2004-04-24-11-22-21.rm


e-Toolse-Tools

Tools are used for: demonstration in teaching process, labs, home works, etc

Some of them are commercial products, open source solutions, etc.

A lot of them are our tools developed with the aim to help a students

A number of student projects and diploma works as a result have some teaching tools


Mixing tool (automatic control) Mixing tool (automatic control)


SimArchSimArch6th Workshop Software Engineering Education and Reverse Engineering – Ravda 2006

TMP courseTMP course

make a team may propose some project (teachers also give a list of projects) apply for some project (competition process, introduce themselves, CVs,

knowledge, experience, proposal for project plan, etc ) for allowed project: to prepare documentation according to the RUP methodology

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\NIOnet.lnk Vision of system Use-case specification Project architecture Detailed system project Project plan Testing plan Testing report User manual Installation guide Release notes etc.

make a program submit the hard copy of documentation / upload electronic version submit Floppy, CD or DVD ready for automatic installation software must have online Help, nice envelope, etc must to defend project (open day for project demonstration)


Students should :

RUP methodology helper6th Workshop Software Engineering Education and Reverse Engineering – Ravda 2006

TMP PortalTMP Portal

Users: students and teachers Functionalities:

Team generationProject competitionApplications overviewUpload – downloadMessaging systemPortal administration


Activity diagram of simplified user-Activity diagram of simplified user-portal interactionportal interaction


New userlogin

Account approval

Login

Messaging service

System administration

Project proposals

Project competition

Documentation upload

Logout

members

administrator

quit

not approved

not finished

not approved

unsuccesfull

approved

othersincomplete data

Results???

• Software - some of them at commercial product level

• Often Diploma thesis 1..\..\Prodekan\Prezentacije\elfakFlashFinal\ElektronskiFakultet.exe

Further workFurther work

TMP portal is also the student project Deficiencies:

Time table for documentation upload There is no document management system with CVS There is no project examples on TMP portal

Future work: Redesign of TMP portal Collection of all finished projects (task description, team

description, documentation, demo, source, …) Include questionaries etc.


Future work in eEducation directionFuture work in eEducation direction

The more intensive work on development of a new eLearning courses

Unification of all courses and portals through unique Moodle application

All e-contents must be according to the SCORM standard

Collaboration with other faculties in Nis through University eLarning center and with other universities

Center for permanent education (eLearning, distance learning and Life long learning)


AnswerAnswer

What is our goal?What is our goal?


Teaching processTeaching process

… 21 century

21 century

goal


Thank you Thank you for for

your attention!your attention!
