Virtual learning spaces: example of international collaboration

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Virtual learning spaces example of international
collaboration

• Jadranka Lasic-Lazic jlazic_at_ffzg.hr
• Mihaela Banek Zorica mbanek_at_ffzg.hr
• Senada Dizdar senadadizdar_at_gmail.com
• Jasmin Klindic jasmin_at_ffzg.hr

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences University of Sarajevo, Faculty
of Philosophy
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Starting point

• Educational reform ECTS
• International collaboration
• E-learning
• BASILEUS project knowledge and expertise
  exchange
• OIZEOO project

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E-learning

• Encourages and enables active student-teacher
  collaboration
• Creates a lifelong learning environment
• Responds to the need of transformed information
  space

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E-learning

• Usage of ICT in traditional teaching and training
  (presentation tool)
• Blended learning combination of traditional in
  class education and education via ICT
• Distant learning

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It is necessary to

• Choose the educational mode for concrete
  situation educational level, audience, teacher
  and course content
• E-learning ? alternative but integral part of
  education (improvement and upgrade)

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Omega

• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• University of Zagreb

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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences stats

• 7000 students
• 500 teachers TAs
• 24 departments
• 1300 face2face courses
• 90 PCs in computer labs/libraries

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Omega stats

• Moodle based LMS, started in 2004 under OIZEOO
  project
• Currently
• 4850 students
• over 270 teachers and TAs
• 24 department
• over 600 courses

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Typical user _at_ FHSS

• Humanities and social sciences
• Basic IT competency
• Basic information literacy
• Age not an issue
• Teachers and TAs have PCs, laptops, high-speed
  LAN wireless
• Students have access to high-speed LAN and
  wireless

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Our users favorite Moodle features

• Resource upload/linking
• Assignments
• Forums
• News forums as mini mailing lists
• Quizzes
• Glossaries
• Chats
• Wikis

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Omega module statistic
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Omega http//omega.ffzg.hr
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BISER

• University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy

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BISER (Bibliotecki

• BIbliotecki Sarajevski Elektronski Repozitorij
• Moodle based LMS, started in 2009 under Basileus
  and OIZEOO2 project
• Currently
• 140 students
• 19 teachers and TAs
• 30 courses

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Majority of used modules

• resource module - 166 instances
• forum module - 43 instances
• assignment module - 22 instances
• chat/dictionary/choice module - 4 instances.

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Access
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BISER http//biser.ffzg.hr
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