CISAER:
Courses on the Internet: Survey, Analysis, Evaluation,
Recommendation CISAER:
Courses on the Internet: Survey, Analysis, Evaluation,
Recommendation CISAER is a project supported by the European Leonardo da Vinci programme. The project aims to provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of course provision on the WWW with professional analysis, balanced evaluation and far-reaching recommendations which will provide the field of vocational education and training in the EU with a tool for dealing with this new training dimension.
The project partners are:
Name of institution or consortium: NKS Distance Education
URL: http://www.nettstudier.no
Name of contact person: Dagny Blom
E-mail contact person: dagny.blom@nks.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Secondary school subjects, Journalism,
Social Sciences, Pedagogics, Law, Norwegian, History of Art, Various ICT courses,
Web-design, Marketing, Business Administration and Management , Project Management,
Information Management Number of courses: 70
Number of students: 500 (Spring 99)
Characteristics of provision: NKS Distance Education is presently being
transformed from a traditional distance education institution to a modern web-based
learning space. From autumn 99 we are expanding the range of web-based courses
dramatically under the name of NKS Nettstudier (Netstudies). We aim at putting
all our traditional correspondence courses on the web within May 2000, and we
are continually developing new curriculim areas for web-based teaching and learning.
We have adopted the Swedish course tool LUVIT as our platform for web-based
course development, and are active as partners in the LUVIT corporation, www.luvit.com.
Name of institution or consortium: Auckland Institute of Technology
URL: http://www.ait.ac.nz/corp/courseinfo/compact/business/intern
Name of contact person: Corrie Cook
E-mail contact person: corrie.cook@ait.ac.nz
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Internet, Computing
Number of courses: 3+
Number of students: 300+
Characteristics of provision: Inter-active web based distance learning
courses. Includes email discussion groups for support.
Name of institution or consortium: The University of Southern Queensland,
Toowoomba, Australia
URL: http://www.usqonline.com.au
Name of contact person: USQOnline Support Centre
E-mail contact person: support@usqonline.com.au
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Commerce, Business, Arts, Education,
Science, Engineering and Surveying
Number of courses: 23+
Number of students: 500+
Characteristics of provision:
Courses: Wide range of accredited courses, Career Enhancing programs
Quality: Distance Education Centre ISO9001 accredited, Value for money
Accessibility: Ease of access and enrolment procedures, Available 24hours a
day, 7 days a week
Expert Support: Ready access to academic and administrative staff, Rapid Response
guaranteed
New ways in learning: Leader in online learning, Technologically advanced teaching
methods
Flexibility: On campus/ Off campus/ Online - You Choose!
USQ voted WORLD'S BEST dual mode UNIVERSITY
Inaugural Winner: International Council for Open and Distance Education Prize
for Institutional Excellence for on and off campus educational leadership and
innovation. ICDE has membership in 130 countries.
Name of institution or consortium: NetLearn Languages
URL: http://www.nll.co.uk and http://www.colte.com
Name of contact person: Eric Baber
E-mail contact person: Eric@nll.co.uk
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Foreign Language Teaching; Teacher
development
Number of courses: 2
Number of students: 60+
Characteristics of provision: We run two types of courses: a) ongoing
language courses - students can study synchronously and asychronously with experienced
and qualified language teachers by distance, via the Internet/WWW/E-mail; and
b) on-line courses for experienced English language teachers who would like
to transfer their skills to the on-line environment.
Name of institution or consortium: Datastuen
URL: http://www.cyber spider.dk
Name of contact person: Nils Kristensen
E-mail contact person: arthur@datastuen.dk
Curriculum areas of courses using web:
Number of courses:
Number of students:
Characteristics of provision: There are new goals to go for. Therefore
we would like to tryout, new learning strategies in allround,multimedie/ internet
design to expand the output for our adult students.
Name of institution or consortium: Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund
URL: http://hugin.hsh.no/nitol/fu/
Name of contact person: Harald Haugen
E-mail contact person: harald.haugen@hsh.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Teacher Training, ICT in Education
Number of courses: 18
Number of students: ~500
Characteristics of provision: Regular courses provided to on-campus as
well as distant studenst via Internet. Learning material ('Lessons') as well
as exercises/assignments are distributed by web techniques, hyper-links to more
material, news conferences etc.
Name of institution or consortium: Volda College - AV-senteret
URL: http://www.av-senteret.no
Name of contact person: Ståle Ytrestøl
E-mail contact person: staale@av-senteret.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Information technology for teachers
Number of courses: 3
Number of students: 250
Characteristics of provision: Distance education delivered via the internet
only. Contact between students and teachers is maintained by few easy to use
tools. The education is at a lower college level, and has been aimed at teachers
in primary and secondary schools.
Name of institution or consortium: The AV-center/Volda College
URL: http://fuv.hivolda.no
Name of contact person: Roar Stokken
E-mail contact person: roar@av-senteret.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Pedagogical use of IT
Number of courses: 2
Number of students: 240
Characteristics of provision: Web courses are offered to both undergraduate
and postgraduate students (teachers). The online-courses are also used in the
local courses. The courses are using web, e-mail and web-based discussion groups.
We have our teachers spread all over Norway - as well as our students are.
Name of institution or consortium: University of Oslo
URL: http://www.uio.no
Name of contact person: Kari Zakariassen
E-mail contact person: Kari.Zakariassen@admin.uio.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Religion, Psychology, German language,
Natural sciences, Computer science, Physiology, Special educ.
Number of courses: 14
Number of students: ca 300
Characteristics of provision: Most of the courses also include seminars
and face-to-face contacts between students and teachers and/or fellow students.
University entrance qualifications are required as in courses on campus.
Name of institution or consortium: Høgskolen i Tromsø
URL: http://www.hitos.no/ingok/
Name of contact person: Mats Kågstrøm
E-mail contact person: mats.kagstrom@hitos.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Maritime topics wthin the FUMAR
concept
Number of courses: 3
Number of students: 60
Characteristics of provision: See FUMAR http://www.hials.no/fumar/
Name of institution or consortium: FernUniversität Hagen
URL: http://www.virtual-university.de
Contact person: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Firoz Kaderali
E-mail contact person: firoz.kaderali@fernuni-hagen.de
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Electrical engineering, Computer
Science, Mathematics, Law, Economics, Social Sciences
Number of courses: 100
Number of students: 4000
Characteristics of provision: The Virtual University is structured as
an online service using powerful workstations. It is based on the Internet technology
and integrates databases. On user side, it utilizes standard software. Students
can access the Virtual University via Broadband-ISDN, modem, cable modem, ISDN
or Internet. A database system is embedded in the WWW-surface of the Virtual
University that realizes a peronalization of the offerings and supports the
administration of courses. Different kinds of course materials are offered to
the students: multimedia courses, videos, computer based training, highly interactive
courses with integrated working and experimental environment, animations and
pure text. In the concept different forms of communication are supported among
the students and between student and lecturer. Therefore various communication
tools are applied such as e-mail, chat, newsgroup and video conferencing. Apart
from the online support of course communication the tools are applied to perform
different online events, e. g. online seminars, practical training and oral
examinations.
Name of institution or consortium: The Graphic Arts Institute of Denmark
URL: http://homeworld.dgh.dk/
Contact person: Bo Valsted
E-mail contact person: bv@dgh.dk
Curriculum areas of courses using web:Web design and publishing (HomeWorld)
Number of courses: 1
Number of students: 80
Characteristics of provision: The purpose of HomeWorld is to establish
a flexible, technology based distance learning concept on the design and production
of Internet based communication. The last stage of this course is an “Action
Learning” case in solving concrete needs in the participant´s own company or
organisation. At the end of the course the participant will have produced and
implemented a Web-site for his/hers own organisation. The coherence between
course content and course delivery is an educational-technological innovative
aspect. Almost all of the material for the course work is Web-based in order
to establish a coherent connection between the instructional form and its content.
This threaded technique will in itself contribute to understanding just how
WWW is being used. Learning about Web-publishing via the Web gives a synergetic
effect: it is by using the technology that you will eventually master it.
Name of institution or consortium: The Norwegian School of Management
URL: http://www.bi.no
Contact person: Tone Lømo
E-mail contact person: Tone.Lomo@bi.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Business, administration, marketing
and management.
Number of courses: 33
Number of students: 1500
Characteristics of provision: The Norwegian School of Management BI is
the largest business school in Norway and the vision of the school is to be
one of the leading research-based business schools in Europe. The Distance Education
Centre at NSM offers a wide range of courses and programs in the fields of business,
administration, marketing and management. Over the last years much effort has
been put into developing a web-based platform for distance education.
Name of institution or consortium: Petrozavods state university, Russia
URL: http://www.karelia.ru/psu/Chairs/KOF/abitur/index_a.htm
Contact person: Alexei Nazarov
E-mail contact person: nazarov@st.karelia.ru
Curriculum areas of courses using web: physics for students and aplicants
Number of courses: 2
Number of students: 40
Characteristics of provision:
Name of institution or consortium: VVS Fjernundervisning AS
URL: http://www.vvsfu.no
Contact person: Cato Holm
E-mail contact person: vvsfu@vvsfu.no
Name of institution or consortium: Telenor Kompetanse
URL: http://www.akademiet.no
Name of contact person: Steven Astrup
E-mail contact person: steven.astrup@online.no
Curriculum areas of courses using web: The "Akademiet" is a portal for
learning with a number of different and independent companyies offering education.
Information technology, Bussines administration, Telecommunication and web-programming.
Number of courses: 420
Number of students: 12.500
Characteristics of provision: Telenor Kompetanse is a part og the Norwegian
Telecom (Telenor) company. Telenor Kompetanse offers different education/courses
to Telenor employees and Telenor customer. The Company has offered different
kind of distance education courses/Multi Media courses the last ten years. Telenor
Kompetanse use Akademiet as a portal for learning products and they also provide
their own courses throgh this channel togheter with other distributors and producers.
Name of institution or consortium: Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri
URL: http://vma.is
Name of contact person: Haukur Ágústsson
E-mail contact person: hag@ismennt.is
Curriculum areas of courses using web: Teaching material; exercises;
communication between students and teachers; group work.
Number of courses: 50
Number of students: 150
Characteristics of provision: 144 courses are offered by the Distance
Education Progam of Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri in Northern Iceland. All of
them are at the high school to college level. All communication between teachers,
administrator and students is through computer communication. Ordinary textbooks
are used and additional and instructional material sent to students through
e-mail, attachments and WWW-pages. Interactive exercises are worked on the Web,
which is also used for chat and discussion.
ALM 103 General Pharmacy
BÓK 103, 203, 303 Book keeping, accounting
DAN 102, 202, 212 Danish
EÐL 103, 203, 213, 233 Physics
EFN 103, 203, 303, 363 Chemistry
EIT 102 Poisonous materials
ENS 100, 102, 202, 212, 303, 323, 333, 403, 423, 503 English
FÉL 103, 203, 303, 323 Sociology
FJÁ 103 Finance
FLL 103 Social Pharmacy
FOR 112, 103, 203 Computer Programming
FRA 103, 203, 303, 403 French
HBF 102, 203 Health studies
HJÚ 103 Nursing
HJV 103 Practical Nursing
HSP 123 Philosophy
ÍSL 100, 102, 202, 212, 222, 242, 313, 332, 342, 352, 362, 373 Icelandic
ÍTA 103 Italian
ÍÞR 113 Sports
JAR 103 Geology
KÆL 102 Thermal Science
LAT 102, 103, 201, 203 Latin
LHF 103, 113 Effects of Medicines and drugs
LÍF 103, 203, 303, 313 Biology
LLÖ 103 Pharmacological Law
LOL 113, 213 Organs and biological physics
MAR 103 Marketing
MBS 101 The organisation of documents
MKF 102 Pedagogy in the workplace
MRS 103 Practical closing of accounts for craftsmen
MST 104 Management in the workplace
NOR 103, 203 Norwegian
NÆR 103, 202 Nourishment
RAF 103 Electric Theory
REI 103 Practical closing of accounts
REK 103 Management
SAG 103, 173, 202, 212, 222, 233, 272, 363 History
SÁL 103, 123, 213, 223, 343 Psychology
SIÐ 102 Ethics in Nursing
SJÚ 103, 202 Diseases
STÆ 100, 102, 113, 122, 202, 213, 223, 243, 303, 323, 363, 403, 463, 503 Mathematics
SÝK 102 Bacteriology
SÆN 103, 203 Swedish
TJÁ 102 Expression
TÖL 212 Computing
UPP 103 Pedagogy
VER 102 Business mathematics
VFF 102 Muscles
VFR 113 Marine Engineering
VÉL 102, 202 Typing
VRR 102 Business law
ÞJÓ 103, 203 Economics
ÞÝS 103, 203, 303, 403 German
ÖRF 101 Security in the workplace
ÖRV 102 Microbiology
More courses will be added in the coming semesters.