Curriculum Innovations in the Department of Informatics of TEI-A Prof. K. Georgouli Nis, 24 March 2006 SCM Tempus project CO15A05

K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Outline The Department of Informatics, TEI of Athens Implementing the ECTS at the Department of Informatics Curriculum Innovations at the Department of Informatics of TEI of Athens

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March The Department of Informatics, TEI of Athens Founded in 1983 Educational Staff: 8 Professors –3 Associated Professors –10 Assistant Professors –3 Lecturers Students: 1450

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Offered studies 4 years of basic studies in Informatics 1 MSc course with the University of Limoge, France Yearly accepts 240 students Is considered to be the “best” department of Informatics among similar TEI departments

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Graduate studies duration 8 semesters - 5 semesters for acquiring a basic infrastructure - 2 semesters for the specialization in a specific scientific / technological direction –Last semester reserved to professional training and diploma thesis.

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Types of courses Compulsory courses Elective courses Optional courses Theory and Lab work ( all courses)

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Implementing ECTS First adoption in 2000 Number of credits / year : 60 ECTS credits: 60 credits per year (240 credits for study program) (25 hours SWL per ECTS credit) Weighted course marks contribute to overall marking: – credit courses: 1.0 factor – credit courses: 1.5 factor – > 4 - credit courses: 2.0 factor

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Curriculum Innovations at the Department of Informatics in the last three years Project co-funded by 75% from EU and 25% from the Greek Government under the framework of the Education and Initial Vocational Training II, program “Supporting the Informatics Studies in the T.E.I. of Athens”.

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Curriculum Innovations 1.A new curriculum structure: Two directions of studies - A number of new courses New graduation conditions 2.Introduction of continuous quality assessment procedures for both curriculum, professors and teaching material 3.Reinforcement teaching through the Internet 4.Enrichment of seminar content 5.Enrichment of supporting labs content 6.Distant learning 7.Students consultative support

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Curriculum structure 2 course directions (optional) — Information Systems and Applications — Computation and Communication Systems Direction Basic Courses (B): Elective courses particular to the specific direction Infrastructural courses : – compulsory – no direction

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March New Graduation conditions Successful attendance of 40 courses (Students following a direction): 30 compulsory + 4 direction basic courses + 4 electives of the direction + 2 elective of any direction (Students not following a direction): 30 compulsory, 4 basic + 6 elective courses 240 ECTS credits Diploma Thesis approved Professional Training Completed

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Reinforcement teaching through the internet Technology used: cs e-Class The CMS platform cs e-Class (a CMS based on «Classroom On-line” (Claroline) developed by University de Louvain (Βelgium) based on php/mySQL) …. since September 2003

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Reinforcement teaching through the internet / cont cs e-Class based on cs e-Class (since 2003) an asynchronous open source e-learning platform which provides:  Creation and administration of courses  Document repositories  Group management  Assignment areas University de Louvain (Βelgium)

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March USES OF CS E-CLASS  Facilitating existing manual procedures Laboratory examinations Student enrollments  Serving as a base on which to build other applications Laboratory support module Project management systems

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March CS E-CLASS Some statistics: 45 supported courses 25 open, 12 need subscription, 8 closed 1583 users 1 administrator, 67 instructors, 1515 students 800 visits per day (1/3 only subscribe as users)

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March The research The Goal: To collect information about the opinions of the students concerning the sup of the students’ satisfaction Participants: 583 students Introduction to Informatics 1 st semester 42% Compilers 5 th semester 9% Artificial Intelligence 6 th semster 32% Information Systems’ Security 7 th semester 17%

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March The Frequency of Use Daily When needed Rarely Never CS e-Class Use

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March E-support to traditional lecturing

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March E-support to traditional lab work

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !