UPT Virtual Campus - CVUPT

Dr.eng. Diana Andone “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Romania

Present and Perspectives of the

European Certification and Qualification Association

EUCert Days,

”Politehnica” University of Timisoara

Romania, 22-­‐23 Sept. 2011

Take tehnology for granted

Digital students

They are not “the many”….

Digital students

need to control - online activity,

communication, eLearning environment

Digital students

strong need of ‘instant response and

communication’

Digital students

Think differently!

UPT Master students

Less students participate actively

Less motivated

85% work already

Introduce blended learning

UPT – CID Campus Virtual

www.cv.upt.ro

Campus Virtual UPT

www.cv.upt.ro

Campus Virtual UPT

UPT – CID Campus Virtual www.cv.upt.ro

Developed a integrated system with social tools based

on Moodle

UPT Virtual Campus

Campus Virtual UPT

UPT – CID Campus Virtual www.cv.upt.ro

Integrated web 2.0 and social media tools in engineering

education

blog

wiki

Project

Upload

Marks registry

glossary

attendance

forum

calendar

Study

“Politehnica” University of Timisoara Master of Science students

in Electronics and Computer Science

Online questionnaire using ZEF

in September 2009 - 240 students

in September 2010 - 360 students

The use of online tools in education

1. e-mail 2. Skype, Google Talk, etc (VoIP) 3. Online instant messenger (Yahoo, MSN, others) 4. Blog 5. online social networking like FaceBook or Twitter 6. Online document sharing like Google Documents

EDUCON 2011 – Amman, Jordan

The use of University Virtual campus services

1. Calendar

2. Blog

3. Forum

4. Course

resources

5. Wiki

6. Exam results

posted online

Desirability

Useful

Easy to use

Collaborative

Accesible

Time-consuming

Stressful

„transferring data between

applications painful‟

UPT Virtual Campus

enjoy enhanced interactivity and connections

perceive their learning environment as boundless

no single approach

leave the power of choice of the „right one‟ to the

student

@diando70

Diana Andone Director

Distance Education Center

“Politehnica” University of Timisoara

Romania

diana@cm.upt.ro