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The EOLES project
Electronics Optics e-Learning for Embedded
Systems
This project has been funded with support
from the European Commission
G. Andrieu, D. Barataud
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• Outline

• Brief overview of the project
• Context of the project
• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?
• Main strengths of the project

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• Outline

• Brief overview of the project
• Context of the project
• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?
• Main strengths of the project

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• Brief overview of the project

Overall objective
Creation of a 3rd year Bachelor degree (L3) in
Electronics and Optics e-Learning for Embedded
Systems

• Fully online (e-learning)
• Joint diploma between different universities
• English-spoken training

Support the modernisation of higher education in
Partner Countries of Europe (including North
Africa region) mainly through university
cooperation projects
EC agrees to finance the project at our first
attempt (? 15 of accepted project) made
possible by the financial support of Région
Limousin
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• Brief overview of the project

Consortium of 15 partners belonging to 7 countries

• Most of the partners have e-learning and Tempus
  experience, Bachelor and Master degrees in
  Electronics or Optics
• Balanced geographical repartition in Morocco,
  Tunisia and Algeria

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• Brief overview of the project

Embedded systems
98 of computing devices are embedded in all
kinds of electronic equipment and machines
(ARTEMIS study)
Global Positioning system
Smartphones
Satellites
Mars rover Curiosity
Strong links with the labour market providing
high opportunities to find a job for EOLES
graduated students
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• Brief overview of the project

Summarized schedule of the project
October 2012
Kick-off Meeting in Limoges
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• Brief overview of the project

Budget of the project

• Total budget 1.28 M
• Tempus grant 1.15 M
• Co-financing 128 k

including 360 k of equipment (practical works)
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• Brief overview of the project

Work package lists
t0
t018
t024
t012
t030
t06
t036
WP1 Definition and development of the Bachelor
program content (T0 ? T036)
WP2 Development of the operational remote lab (T0
? T036)
WP3 E-learning 2.0 tool development (T0 ? T023)
WP4 Staff training (T0 ? T023)
WP5 Implementation of the Bachelor program (T013
? T036)
WP6 Dissemination (T0 ? T036) WP7 Sustainability
(T0 ? T036) WP8 Quality control and monitoring
(T04 ? T036) WP9 Management of the project (T0
? T036)
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• Outline

• Brief overview of the project
• Context of the project
• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?
• Main strengths of the project

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• Context of the project 1

In the next years,a high increase of the number
of students all over the world is expected
From 2000 to 2015, the number of students in the
world will grow from 100 to 200 millions (from
UNESCO)
Universities have to find solutions in order to
answer this issue
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• Context of the project 2

Strong development of e-learning in the last years

• Appearance of numerous e-learning interactive
  efficient tools
• Huge increase of internet users all over the
  world
• Strongly encouraged by the authorities (Europe,
  North Africa,)
• Well-adapted to new categories of students
• People already having a job
• Students living in landlocked regions

E-learning can be an answer to the increase of
students all over the world
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• Context of the project 3

In Physics, students have to acquire practical
skills by doing practical works
How to treat this issue in an e-learning context?
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• Context of the project 4

Experience of the ARTICC Master launched in 2008
by the University of Limoges

• Blended learning (2 weeks of face-to-face
  courses) Master (in French)
• Also on Electronics Optics topics
• In a co-accreditation process with University of
  Mostaganem (belonging to the EOLES consortium)
• 270 student applications for 2012-2013 to get
  into the first year of this 2-year degree (? 50
  from Algeria, Tunisia and Marocco)

The ARTICC master demonstrates the possibility to
perform e-learning training in Physics
interesting a large number of students
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• Outline

• Brief overview of the project
• Context of the project
• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?
• Main strengths of the project

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• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?

The e-learning is not only give access to
students to  static  documents as pdf, or
Microsoft Word or Powerpoint files
In the last years, numerous efficient tools
appears increasing interactivity between students
and teachers and between students themselves
 E-learning 2.0 
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• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?

The Virtual learning environment

• Website containing all the lecture content,
  multimedia documents,
• Social space allowing interactivity between
  teachers and students

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• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?

Synchronous online lectures
Shared documents
Instant messaging
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• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?

Screencasting with interactive white boards
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• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?

Remote laboratory
View of the setup by webcam
Web page (seen by the student)
View of the monitored device
The main innovative point of the EOLES project is
to develop an international remote laboratory
devoted to the Bachelor degree (involving ? 30 or
40 practical works)
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• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?

Application servers giving access to professional
softwares
Spice, ADS, Labview, Matlab, Microsoft Office,
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• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?

Creation of an  online learning community 
including students and teachers
Forums, Wikis,
Phone
Instant messaging
Social network
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• Outline

• Brief overview of the project
• Context of the project
• What is the  e-learning 2.0  ?
• Main strengths of the project

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• Main strengths of the project

• To be involved in the e-learning development in
  Europe North Africa
• Training of future teachers and technical staffs
• Well-adapted to new category of students
• First attempt of fully e-learning degree in
  Physics

• Improvement of the international visibility of
  each partner of the consortium
• Common degree delivered by several partners
• European project experience
• English spoken curriculum
• First step toward an  international virtual
  university  ?

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• Main strengths of the project

• Creation of an innovative training in Physics
• Using a modern pedagogical approach e-learning
  2.0
• Development of an international remote laboratory
  
• Providing good opportunities for the graduated
  students
• toward the Labour Market
• toward Master degrees (of the consortium members)
• increase of their English language skills
• First step toward the creation of the entire
  License degree (L1, L2, L3) ?