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 What is the Diploma Supplement 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 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 (25 hours SWL per ECTS credit) (240 credits for study program) 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 Student Workload Student workload (SWL) estimated on a basis of educational activities defined by: - Types of courses (lecture, lab work, etc) - Types of learning activities (attending lectures, practicing lab skills, writing papers etc) - Types of assessment (oral or written exam, etc) No strict connection between SWL and ECTSs

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March Diploma Supplement What is the Diploma Supplement? The Diploma Supplement of the Department of Informatics

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March What is (is not) a Diploma Supplement A companion to a higher education degree to provide additional information A description of the features of the degree (nature, level, contents and legal status) A contribution to the improvement of transparency, evaluation and recognition Not a degree Does not guarantee recognition

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March What is (is not) a Diploma Supplement (cont.) Contains only official information Not a CV Not subsidiary of a degree European Model developed by UNESCO/CEPES, Council of Europe and European Commission

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March The Diploma Supplement in the Department of Informatics Follows the Model developed by EC, CoE and UNESCO/CEPES Contains Information to help the academic and professional recognition of the degree Information on the owner of the degree (No personal data)

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March The DS in the Dept. of Informatics (cont.) Information concerning the degree (subject area, name, language of teaching etc) Info concerning the level of the degree, the official duration of the program etc Information on the content of the studies, the description of a graduate of the Department, the structure of the program, the assessment procedure

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March The DS in the Dept. of Informatics (cont.) Information on the professional status, the possibility to continue to post-graduate studies Additional Information Information on the Greek educational system ( annex)

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 cycles 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 cycles (optional) — Information Systems and Applications — Computation and Communication Systems Cycle Basic Courses (B): Elective courses particular to the specific cycle Infrastructural courses : – compulsory – no cycle

SCM Tempus project CO15A05 K Georgouli, Nis 24 March New Graduation conditions Successful attendance of 40 courses (Students following a cycle): 30 compulsory + 4 cycle basic courses + 4 electives of the cycle + 2 elective of any cycle (Students not following a cycle): 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: 1583 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 !