NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY

Established in faculties, students 50% on campus = full time, 50% off campus = part time 56 study courses, >100 specialisations Accreditation – PKA 35, UKA doctoral courses (710 st) 41 post-diploma courses (1400 st) 74 MOST st 4250 employees 2120 academic teachers 595 full professors

FACULTIES Biology & Earth Sci. Chemistry Economic Sci.&Manag. Education Fine Arts Health Sci. History Humanities Languages Law & Administration Mathematics & ICT Medicine Pharmacy Physics & Astronomy Theology

NCU today  The largest university in northern Poland  5 th in press rankings, 10 th student mobility  MBA course  University Affiliated High School – GiLA  Third Age University  University Museum  Open & Distance Learning Centre

NCU today  Allianace Francaise  British Council Library  Jean Monet Centre of European Studies  Centre for Polish Lang.& Culture for Foreigners  CISCO Academy  FAMO Laboratory  Polar Research Station – Spitsbergen  10m Telescope in RSA

NCU in figures  Budget 174 M€/year  > graduates, ~8000/year  candidates in 2006, admitted  2 campuses,  190 grants of the MHE&Informatisation  > 2,5 M items in the University Library

European Research Programmes Over 130 international projects 13 projects in 6FP 8 projects submitted 3 projects approved

European Education Programmes Leonardo da Vinci 10 pilot and staff mobility projects 3 mobility projects for students NCU-EUROmobility (26 beneficiaries) INTER-MOBIL ( ) ARCHEO-TOR ( )

SOCRATES – ERASMUS In the Programme from 1998/ outgoing students till 2006/7 560 outgoing students in 2007/8 – 350! 290 incoming students till 2006/7 ~100 incoming students in 2007/8 Over 240 visiting staff

Out-going Erasmus students

In-coming Erasmus students

What we offer : IPO service Faculty co-ordinators ECTS University accommodation Courses of Polish

Courses in foreign languages Student mentors Orientation weeks ESN Social & integration programme Assessment questionnaires

Courses in foreign languages Poland in East Central Europe La Pologne hier et aujourd’hui Comparative law course Economic Sciences & Management – Lectures and seminars Institute of Political Sciences

Out-going & In-coming What goes wrong?

Management – 3 levels 1.Administrative organisation: information, admission, contact, grant management 2.Academic organisation: ECTS, subscription, LA, TR, evaluation 3.Academic teaching regular courses, courses in foreign languages, special offer, assessment

1.Administrative organisation Information OUT – mailing list and Information IN – Contact – Common disk for IPO Application form – on-line Accommodation Database – EXCELL sheet, USOS Financial management – EXCELL files in € News service & discussion list (Yahoo list)

2. Academic organisation OUT – TR, LA, evaluation questionnaire IN - ID, NCU , subscription (USOS) evaluation form

3. Academic teaching Traditional methods Powerpoint presentations Pictures & video Little ICT

Improvement – is there a way out? 1.ICT system – shelf product 2.Existing tool – USOS 3.Teaching/learning platform - MOODLE

Office work – UNISOLUTION? „movein” management of admisssions for national and international students „moveon” management of international cooperation and mobility programmes

Existing tool – USOS TEMPUS – UW Super JEP „NET” New Educational Tools 14% HEIs, 13 universities 40 % mobility Complex & bilingual ORACLE licence Subscription fee

Registration of candidates Recruitment process USOS-web Courses – study offer ECTS Subscription (token system) Exams, proofs, marks, comments Transcript of records Diploma supplement & further

Teachers workload & payment Quality assessment Directory of European HEIs Directory of diploma works Lecture hall reservation system Google-up – buildings positioning Electronic ID Erasmus recruitment – under test at WU

Teaching/learning platform - MOODLE Modular object-oriented environment AdvantagesDisadvantages Cost-freeNeeds time Easy to learn- to learn Easy to apply- to prepare Modern & useful materials

ODL courses or support classwork Publication of educational materials Interactive, blocks, sound, video, transmission Communication Message board Individual students, groups; Admission & subscription Discussion fora Chat in real time Video conferences

Assessment Questionnaires, quizz,, multiple choise, open questions, voting Time limit Statistics & full control by the teacher Central university platform Faculty platforms Special platforms, e.g. Erasmus

Information Ewa Derkowska-Rybicka Head of International Programmes Office Co-ordinator of International Programmes

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