1 eLearning on University of Montenegro Prof. dr Božo Krstajić Center of Information System UoM University of Montenegro

During 35 years, UoM has evolved into an institution with:  19 faculties  3 independent study programs  3 research institutes At the undergraduate level the University of Montenegro students are enrolled at 77 study programs:  61 academic  16 applied 2

University of Montenegro Classes are organizred in 10 cities  Podgorica, 32 study programs (26 academic and 6 applied ),  Niksic 18 study programs (15 academic and 3 applied),  Cetinje 17 academic programs of study,  Kotor 6 study programs (3 academic and 3 applied),  Bijelo Polje 3 study programs (2 applied, 1 academic)  Berane 3 study programs (2 applied, 1 academic),  Budva 2 academic study programs  Pljevlja 1 academic study program,  Herceg Novi 1 applied study program,  Bar 1 applied study program. 3

University of Montenegro The University has a total of 1170 employees + visiting professors: 372 with academic and scientific titles, 286 associates, 106 professional staff, 406 technical staff and administration. In 2009/10, total number of students were ,925 (82,7%) of undergraduate studies, 3243 (15,8%) in graduate school, and 1,5% a doctoral candidate The average ratio of student / teacher 33:1 4

Center of Information System UoM Center of Information System UoM (CIS) is separate unit which plans, builds, develops and maintains whole Montenegro Research and Education Network (MREN) infrastructure and services MREN collects almost all academic networks and services in Montenegro MREN become Autonomous System and Internet provider for academic institutions (2006). MREN has connection to the GEANT and commercial ICT provider MREN/UoM is appointed to be a technical administrator of national ccTLD domain.me

MREN architecture MREN has multi-star topology based on optical infrastructure (backbone) with NOC in CIS UoM

MREN architecture Who connected to MREN:  All research institutions,  Almost all (95%) high education institutions (6 cities),  All student’s campuses and libraries,  National academy for science and art,  Ministry of Education and Science,  Ministry of Information Society All communication infrastructure is based on fibre optics. MREN has two WAN (BGP) connections:  GEANT link – 68 Mbps  2 backup commercial links to local ISP - 10 Mbps

MREN connections 10 Mbps

MREN services Public Internet services (mail, web, dns, ftp, …) Private academic services (applications for staff and students) eLearning (videoconferences, LMS,..) GEANT and HPC access and support for researchers CA ac.me administrator live.edu administrator for all students and secondary school pupils CISCO academy Services for Ministry of Education and Science

10 eLearning equipment on UoM  CIS eLearning centre Video conference room (Polycom VSX8000, 2xPTZ cameras, audio equipment, LCD projectors …) Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro 7 (video conference server) Video-streaming server (for placement courses and videos) LMS server (Moodle) – more then 5000 users Development server (to create and capture courses)  Faculty of Economics Bijelo Polje (2 video conference classroom )  VCON 3000, PTZ cameras, audio equipment and an LCD projectors  Sony IPELA, PTZ cameras, audio equipment and LCD projectors Podgorica (2 video conference classroom )  Polycom VSX7000, PTZ cameras, audio equipment and LCD projectors  3xSony IPELA, PTZ cameras, audio equipment and LCD projectors  Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management - Kotor video conference classroom (VCON 3000, PTZ cameras, audio equipment and an LCD projectors  Medical faculty - Podgorica video conference classroom (Polycom VSX7000, PTZ cameras, audio equipment and LCD projectors

11 Completed projects on UoM eLTF (eLEARNING TASK FORCE), 2004 – 2005, WUS Austria:  Colaboration between academic community and third parties in Serbia and Montenegro,  Write a set of recommendations to be adopted by all its members (providing safe environment for further investments in communication infrastructure, sophisticated equipment, learning management systems, education and content,..) eLP (eLEARNING PROJECT), 2005 – 2007, WUS Austria.  Overall aim was to support various developments at the universities which will lead to better access and more cost-effective delivery of education services while using available education technology. Projects on faculties (Medical, Electrical engineering, Economy, Philosophy, Tourism, )

12 Current activities  Full eLearning (LMS + video + Internet) separate group on Faculty of Economics (Podgorica) lectures at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering  Distance learning (video conference) lectures at the Faculty of Economics (Podgorica - Bijelo Polje, on a daily basis, from 2 to 4 hours) lectures at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management (Podgorica - Kotor) lectures at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Podgorica - Berane)

13 Thank you! Prof. dr Božo Krstajić Center of Information System UoM