EADTU

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Alessandro Musumeci Information Technology
General Manager
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E-learning in italian education according with
Lisbona 2010

• Promote multimedia materials that could be used,
  with the network at school and at home
• Prouve new e-learning models, both for students
  and for teachers, using blended methods and all
  network tools (internet, satellati, digital
  video) at home and at school

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Two important projects

• The E-learning project ForTIC for 190.000
  Italian teachers that offers three different path
  to learn ICT
• The new policy for Open University that was
  recently approved by the Italian Minister of
  Education and the Italian Minister of Innovation

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The ForTIC project

• Three different levels
• European Computer Driving License (ECDL)
  160.000 teachers
• Expert in didactic use of ICT 13.500 teachers
• Responsible of LAN in the schools 8.500 teachers

Target knowledge in ICT for public
employees
More than 190.000 teachers registered
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Registered
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The numbers

• Course A
• 155.422 registered
• 8.668 courses
• 8.073 tutors
• 147.707 in training

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The numbers

• Course B
• 13.341 registered
• 691 courses
• 354 tutors
• 9.599 in training

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The numbers

• Course C
• 7.845 registered
• 281 courses
• 111 tutors
• 1.161 in training

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Access to the system
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Use of e-learning system
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Registration phase
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The workbench
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Perspectives
THREE YEARS PLAN TO COVER ALL REQUESTS
TRANING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON
TWO TEACHERS FOR ANY SCHOOLS RESPONSIBLE FOR LAN
DIFFERENT SHARING FOR BLENDED E-LEARNING
TRAINING WORKBENCH FOR THE WHOLE ITALIAN PUBBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
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The Italian Open University

• Similar to others european Open University (to
  facilitate the recognition in the Bologna
  process)
• The UK Open University exist from 1970 and has
  more than 200.000 students (28 of students at
  university)
• The Universidad Nacional Education a Distancia
  (UNED-Spain) opened in 1972 and has 155.000
  registered (12 of students at university)
• In France the CNED exist from 1979 and has
  350.000 students
• In Germany is active from 1975 la FernUniversität
  that has 56.800 registered
• Others Open Universities are active in Portugal,
  Norway, Denmark, Greece, Holland, Cyprus and
  Czech Republic

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The Italian Open University

• To reduce the attrition rate of students
  (according to OCSE in Italy only 38 of students
  will finish the university and only 9 will
  finish in the right time) most of they are
  students-workers, that could be better use
  Distance University. For example
• 85 of students in Open Hellenic University are
  workers
• 80 of students in UK Open University are workers
• 71 of students in CNED-France are workers
• The completion rate in these universities is
  about 70
• The cost for each student in Distance
  Universities is about 25 of face to face
  universities

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The Italian Open University

• To extend Life Long Learning for different
  population of students. For example
• In Spain 19 of UNED students are unemployed or
  in re-qualification workers UNED is able to
  train also 1.700 person with disabilities and 400
  students in penitentiary
• 8 of UK Open University students are over 55 and
  5 have disabilities

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The Italian Open University

• To reinforce connection between universities and
  private sector
• Helping private to participate to Open
  Universities
• Reusing school of management experience in
  training at university level
• Helping workers for new qualification with
  distance learning

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The Italian Open University

• It is also an opportunity to break national
  frontiers and to expand knowledge in an
  international contest. For example
• More than 10 of Portugal Open University
  students are abroad (Brazil, Macao, etc)
• French CNED has more than 30.000 students abroad
• One of the more asked course in the Hellenic Open
  University is Language and Greece History
• In the Italian context Open University is a good
  opportunity to realize a Worldwide Italian
  University to reply at potential request for
  knowledge about Italian history, art and
  language, realizing courses at university level
  (for example in English) about Italian cultural
  patrimony and about Italian literature.

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The rules for Italian Open University

• In depth
• Articles 1 e 2 are defining the subjects of this
  law (public universities, consortium and
  public-private agencies)
• Articles 3 e 4 are about the technical
  specification (see specific technical chapter
  realized in collaboration with Ministry of
  Innovation)

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The rules for Italian Open University

• Art. 5 is about the valuation committee
• Art. 6 is about the documentation that is
  necessary to be produced and the timing
• Art. 7 is about the effect for Open Universities
  and the periodic verification of the quality of
  distance learning
• Art. 8 excludes some courses like health care or
  medicine, for which Open University is
  inapplicable

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The technologies
Satellite
Web/tutoring
Student
Open University
Internet
Web questionnaire with tracing
Face-to-face exams student/teacher
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Euromediterranean distance university

• Technological bridge between Italy and
  Mediterranean countries
• 1,5 million euro from Minister of Innovation
• In realization phase by Uninettuno
• First on-line master degrees with Rabat, Tunisi,
  Il Cairo e Amman starting from 2006

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Any question ?
alessandro.musumeci_at_istruzione.it