POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Short self presentation

SIG-DLAE meeting

Paris, 12th January 2004

The Polytechnic of Milan

Scientific and technological university:

–Engineering

–Architecture

–Industrial Design

Experimental research and technological transfer:

–University Consortia and organisations:

Poliedra, Metid, Cefriel, Cineas, MIP, MAP, etc.

–Fondazione Politecnico

–Partnerships with companies

The University

Network of 7 locationsin Lombardy

40.000 students

Faculty of 1200 teachers

e Learning

Among the many university structures concerning eLearning:

METID – Methods and Innovative Technologies for the didactics

POLIEDRA – Centres of knowledge and continuing education

CEFRIEL Consortium for Research and Training in Information Technology

MAP Multimedia Academic Press

MIP Consortium for company management and innovation

POLI.DESIGN – Consortium for training and research in Industrial Design

Centres of knowledge and continuing education of the Polytechnic of Milan

Sede Operativa: Via Garofalo 39 - 20133 Milano - Tel. 02/23992900 - Fax. 02/23992901 - E-mail: segreteria@poliedra.polimi.it

Promote and support continuing education and lifelong learning, innovative on both content and methodological level,

Enhance the relationship between the academic and the business world,

Empower the transfer of knowledge and the access to the learning resources of the Polytechnic of Milan,

Develop the research on the field of on line training.

Mission

The consortium

No profit Consortium

Open to the participation of companies, public and private organisations

Presently made up of:

Polytechnic of Milan CEFRIEL - Centre for Research and Training in Information Science MIP - Consortium for Innovation in Business Administration MAP - Multimedia Academic Press POLI.DESIGN - Centre for Training and Research in Design

Projects and research on innovative eLearning methodology and contents

Educational programmes

Public Funded Projects

What it does

Polytechnic resources

Partner operational capacity

Potential of new media

technology

Development of innovative and effective training paths

Focus on company/PA requirements and needs

Public /European Community Funds

Examples:

NBAcademy, virtual learning environment developed in partnership with Sfera – ENEL Group

Multimedia Library, for the ASL Milano- National Healthcare Institute

Ojt Gene Bank, a virtual learning centre in shipyard contexts (Leonardo project)

WLB Advice Toolkit, organisational coaching and learning resources for SMEs and educational institutes (Leonardo project)

Innovative projects

Examples: NBA – Net Business Administration MAF –Administrative Financial Master NMT- Net Manager Training EPEL, Experts in eLearning Processes ULISSE, the lifelong learning in SMEs contexts Master in Convergence and Information Society

• Poliedra as incubator of further education activities

Long-term and short-term courses

In presence, blended, eLearning courses

Integration of Polytechnic know-how

Educational programmes

European Community

Lombardy Region

MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research); MIT (Ministry of Innovation and Technology); MAE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Ministry of the Labour and Social Security

Examples:

Training measures for polytechnic competencies, addressed to both SMEs and large companies (Ulisse)

Training measures for the re-qualification of unemployed Intellectual Capital (Epel)

Training measures for the enhancement of new training methodologies and the re-qualification of personnel in the Public sector

Public Funded Projects

Metodi E Tecnologie Innovative per la Didattica

P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano Phone: +39 - 2.2399.2487 - Fax: +39 - 2.2399.2481

METID & Politecnico di Milano

•Founded in 1995

• Methods and Technologies for didactics:

– software for training– teledidactics– multimedia– innovation– e-learning

•eLearning Platforms:– LS5– Centra– CoL2

The Centre

The METID Centre (Metodi e Tecnologie Innovative per la Didattica), set up in 1995, is aimed at fostering the development and adoption of innovative tools and methodologies in university teaching.

METID mission: supporting the Politecnico di Milano teaching staff in innovating the didactic activities through the use of information technology, telecommunications and multimedia.

Due to its expertise in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the wealth of experience it has accumulated over the years, Politecnico di Milano is Italy’s leading university in the use of new technologies in support of teaching, both on-campus and remotely.

Some projects

- Laurea OnLine

- CoL 2

- Math OnLine

- Master NBA

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- VIMIMS

- Progetto Disabili

- Ospitale

1. Laurea OnLine

METIDLotus (IBM)

Somedia

Kataweb

Politecnico

Content provider

Provider of the platform

LearningSpace5

Management of the project; Developer of methodology;Updating the platform.

Service provider

Administrator of the server

USERS

FabulaMultimedia producer(CD-rom)

Partners of the project: a public/private collaboration

OSSCOM

Monitoring of the quality of the teaching and learning activities

Sinapto

Supporting server administration.

2. Corsi on line 2 (CoL2)

System supporting face-to-face teaching

Mathematics online for high school student Training online for teachers about the role of “virtual tutors”

3. Math OnLine

Path APath Afor high school students2002/03: from november to may 2003/04: from november to march

Path BPath Bfor high school teachers2003: from september to october

4. Progetto disabili

This is a service specially designed to respond to the needs of Politecnico di Milano's disadvantaged/handicaped students.

The students are provided with laptop computers hooked up to the University network (the connection costs are covered entirely by Politecnico) that enable them to follow lessons live from home.

A "multimedia knapsack", a kit that can be easily carried into classrooms not equipped for distance teaching, guarantees the service is also provided in situations that present technical difficulties.

Recorded in digital format and delivered by means of streaming audio and video, the lessons remain available online for delayed viewing as well.

Special Links

POLIEDRA, http://www.poliedra.polimi.it

METID, http://www.metid.polimi.it

NBAcademy, http://www.masternba.it

Laurea OnLine, http://www.laureaonline.it

CoL2, http://corsi.metid.polimi.it

Math on-line, http://mathonline.it