Teaching Competency and Infrastructure for e-Learning and Retraining

15.01.2010 - 30.11.2014
Bildungs- und Hochschulmanagementprojekt
Teaching Competency and Infrastructure for e-Learning and Retraining The CANDI project will develop both the infrastructure for e-Learning/Retraining and then skills necessary to transfer existing courses and curricula to an e-Learning environment. The project is set up in a way to address multiple problems simultanously: a) Most obviously, CANDI will help to educate large numbers of students. Additional costs for the infrastructure will be modest, since no new buildings are necessary, existing teaching personnel can be employed and only modest investment in computer infrastructure is necessary. b) CANDI will help to narrow the gap between the education level in central universities and the provinces. c) CANDI will train the local university staff in systematic and effective use of a-Learning, presentation technology and related didactic skills. Existing e-Learning approaches we saw in Central Asia mostly involve electronic versions of course notes on the internet. d) Importantly, CANDI will use e-Learning not only to teach students, but also to teach university staff, in particular at institutions in provincial cities. In fact, e-Learning will also become the main medium to teach e-Learning skills. e) CANDI will support the retraining of industry staff. On the other hand, CANDI will also open opportunities for industry to deliver applied courses and lectures to a university audience. f) CANDI will employ cheap open source solutions for e-Learning. In addition to these direct effects, CANDI will also have important positive indirect effects on universities and industries in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: g) CANDI will have a pilot phase where existing courses from European partners will be transferred into the e-Learning framework. Since these courses will reflect the state of the art in their respective areas (mostly Computer Science, Chemistry, Computational Science, Soft Skills), they will by their nature improve the quality of the curricula inside and outside of e-Learning. h) The establishment of standardized e-learning courses facilitates the convergence of different academic systems and thus the possibility of all participants. i) CANDI will improve the English and soft skill knowledge of all participants, thereby improving the ability of Central Asian staff to achieve sustainability ba international grants. j) By building the competence for e-Learning, CANDI will also contribute to the knowledge base in software engineering and programming in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

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Förderungmittel

  • European Commission (EU) TEMPUS-Tacis Europäische Kommission Ausschreibungskennung EAC/01/2009 Antragsnummer 158918-Tempus-1-2009

Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Computational Intelligence: 100%

Schlagwörter

DeutschEnglisch
e-Learninge-Learning
EducationEducation
Computer ScienceComputer Science
ChemistryChemistry
Computational ScienceComputational Science

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