1. 1 First year of experience with the Bologna process First year of experience with the Bologna process Damir Kalpić Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Zagreb Unska 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia damir.kalpic@fer.hr damir.kalpic@fer.hr

2. 2 Educational load for lecturers (1) Preparation of new curriculum (2 years) Deployment in September 2005 1st year (700 + 300 students) Dramatically increased educational workload for the Faculty staff: –Example: PreBologna Algorithms and Data Structures –700 students, 3 groups * 2h (Kalpić alone) –700 students, 6 groups * 2h (3 assistants) –2 interim examinations –4 terms/student for final written examinations (33% of students) –oral examinations (66% of students)

3. 3 Educational load for lecturers (2) PostBologna Algorithms and Data Structures –850 students, 10 groups * 4h (10 lecturers + 8 assistants) –12 tests/homework –3 on-line tests –3 automatically evaluated homework problems –2 interim written examinations –final examination (1+1)

4. 4 Educational load for students PreBologna: –30 h/week direct education –learning at the time of examinations PostBologna –20 h/week direct education –learning in parallel to lectures

5. 5 Results ~ 75% students have passed examinations per course Students survey – mostly favourable Lecturers –partly (silently) against –(slight) majority in favour

6. 6 AhyCo - Starting menu

7. 7 Discussion in Forum

8. 8 A reported “problem”

9. 9 Final students’ enquiry

10. 10 Final examination results

11. 11 Distribution of results in a poor group (repeaters)

12. 12 Distribution of results in a good group

13. 13 Overview of results

14. 14 Other AhyCo features Examinations Download of individualised homework Upload of homework Automatic evaluation of homework Multimedia Distant learning – yet to be fully used

15. 15 Financing of higher education in Croatia Lump sum – from Ministry to University According to: –existing staff –tradition –lobbying & pressures –salaries depend only on formal position University completely unprepared Unsuccessful election of new Rector in Zagreb (twice)

16. 16 Criteria for promotion Exaggerated role of scientometrics Result: –investigations in irrelevance –scientific novices approved in irrelevant fields –salaries regardless to the labour market Hope: –increased role of relevance? –correlation between salary and work?