2.  OBJETIVE  EXPERIENCE IN DISTANCE-TAUGHT COURSES  THE USE OF ICTs › POLIFORMAT › POLIMEDIA › SCREENCAST › POLICONECTA  CONCLUSIONS

3. INTERNATIONALIZATION OF UNIVERSITIES: Research and Teaching  Cooperation Agreements: exchange › Meet experts from other countries › Cultural enrichement : globalization of knowledge  Financial Problems  ITC solution: › Distance taught courses › Easier to reach berak-even point › Only requisite: internet connection  STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION: Prestigue and quality of the University, lecturers, materials, use of ITCs

4. * Long experience: + 10 years, before use of ICT * Many courses in assets valuation and financial markets, hundrets of students * Many professionals taking the courses  Distance learning  Internationalization  Continuous improvement

5.  Differences with on-site courses: less contact, few feedback; less student motivation Extra work for the lecturer Learning materials: clear, appealing, real life problems feedback: e-mail, telf., chat, skype, POLICONECTA Book in electronic format  ICT: POLIFORMAT; POLIMEDIA; SCREENCAST; POLICONECTA

6.  Avoid students abandon the course 1º Main learning material (electronic format) 2º Supporting learning materials: Papers, POLIMEDIA, Screencast, slides 3º Monitoring the study Learning schedule, tasks and evaluation (every 15 days) 4º Continuous feedback Mail, Chat, Forum, POLICONECTA

7.  General information: Contents, teaching methodology, evaluation system, literature  Follow-up & Communication: internal mail, chat, forum  Contents: Writen materials, spreadsheets, internet links, audiovisual materials (POLIMEDIA)  Tasks  Evaluation: Open questions, multiple-choice questions

12.  Recorded in the studio  10-15 minutes  Basic concepts  Solve common problems

15.  Distance Classes in real time: audiovisual (several cameras and microphones)  Contact with students: chat/audiovisual  Internet connection required: up to 100 students  Recall classes  monitoring students’ improvement  1 session per month. Record the session and upload in POLIFORMAT  Motivate students

17.  Universities’ internationalization: creation of networks  made possible by ICTs  Distance taught courses  reduce costs, reduce “distance”  Dessign of distance taught courses: MOTIVATION  Future evolution: International curriculum without leaving the home University