ECTS 1 & 2 completion 1)Brief explanation of ECTS 2)Assistance on completing the ECTS 1 & 2 combined document for EUC courses. By Andreas Grondoudis

What is ECTS? The name stands for European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System A mechanism to promote and assist higher-education student mobility where students can move from university to university taking courses that are compatible and interesting Many countries have agreed to adopt ECTS –1000’s of universities have applied for the so-called ECTS-label –Less than 100 have been successful EUC is hoping to apply this coming January –Meaning that everything has to be done before Christmas

How does it work? Universities have programs –Programs have (sets of) courses Each course is worth some ECTS based on the student workload required. 1 ECTS is awarded for every hours –Every semester must have  30 credits –Every year must have  60 credits –A 4-year degree has  240 ECTS credits

ECTS focus Learning outcomes: –What will the student have learned after completing the workload? –How do we (as instructors) Deliver the material Assess the successful ‘learning’ of the outcomes We must document and justify the required workload

Document and justify Complete the ECTS 1 planning form –Internal document; not to be publicised; will be required for ECTS-label purposes –Contains: 1)Some demographics; 2)the learning outcomes; 3)A weekly breakdown of the educational activities to achieve the learning outcomes; 4)A delivery and assessment scheme Complete the ECTS 2 summary form –Public document, to go on website –Contains: 1)Some demographics; 2)objectives; 3)Learning outcomes; 4)description; 5)bibliography 6)assessment scheme summary

What is required by us.. The ECTS counts for programs have been calculated and course counts have been assigned –We don’t need to re-calculate the ECTS We need to: –Update the learning outcomes of courses and match/link/associate them with workload and assessment –Present the ECTS1 information (workload hours) to match the ECTS credit count –Complete/update any ECTS2 information Import all information to a database for future manipulation

The ECTS 1 & 2 spreadsheet Includes instructions Includes a sample Created to minimize input –Copies information from 1 to 2 (where applicable) –Auto-calculates workload; assessment and ECTS Need to create one for each course you are responsible for –Usually after the first 2 things get a little easier Consult: 1)course syllabus; 2)course outline; 3)teaching experience; 4)any previous ECTS1 and ECTS2 documents

What is included? Once you open up the file you have a set of sheets at your disposal It will help if you read the instructions You only complete ECTS1 and some remaining sections in ECTS2

ECTS 1 – Demographics From the syllabus and an existing ECTS2

The ECTS count The ECTS credits is an auto-calculated field. Don’t edit it. What should really happen is you should try and complete the remainder of the form so that the count of hours justifies the ECTS credits allocated (according to syllabus = 8) So how do you know how many hours???

The learning outcomes From an existing ECTS2 form

Competences to be developed Completed in according to and in line with the learning outcomes of the course itself. Wording is important to show what will the student be able to do… Didn’t write anything for the NUR101 (to show you) as it would have been nonsense

Workload and assessment From syllabus (and logic)

Weekly breakdown Matching education activities with the learning outcomes and linking workload and assessment with educational activities

Weekly breakdown sample

From ECTS1_sample

ECTS count updated Now that some hours exist for some entries

ECTS 2 – Demographics Some of the details already copied over (as they were completed in ETS1)

Objectives and Learning outcomes Again, some details copied over from ECTS1 From syllabus (with some editing)

Description and teaching methods From syllabus for description (but keep it short)

Bibliography & assessment Assessment information copied over from ECTS1 From syllabus

Reminder: Aims and objectives We are –matching the given ECTS counts for each course so that the ECTS1 planning form justifies the credit given –One form per course (already taught) –If a course has not been taught: program coordinators to provide forms Partially complete ECTS 1 (leave out the weekly breakdown) Complete ECTS2 –updating the learning outcomes for our courses –Doing everything in English

A final word Your contribution finishes here. From there onwards –Courses need to be collected –Information imported in a database for easier manipulation –Packages to be prepared (one for every program) and submitted with the ECTS application Let’s not forget –Feedback from the students for the proposed workload –Re-examination and correction(s) –Checking of all information by the official body for awarding the

More information and help Read the instructions tab Points to remember –Only complete white areas –Do NOT complete gray areas (they are automatically completed if applicable) –If you cannot write somewhere, it probably means that you are not meant to write there –One spreadsheet per course Save as COURSE_CODE-ECTS.xls (EDG123-ECTS.xls, BUS101- ECTS.xls, ect