Transcript Finnish Virtual University - NVU

Finnish Virtual University
- lessons learned from
the development
Stavanger 24.2.2003
NVU-konferansen 2003
Pekka Kess
• Information Society
– Virtual Finland
http://virtual.finland.fi/
Country
Score
Networked Readiness
Index Rank
Finland
5.92
1
United States
5.79
2
Singapore
5.74
3
Sweden
5.58
4
Iceland
5.51
5
Canada
5.44
6
United Kingdom
5.35
7
Denmark
5.33
8
Finland Tops Rankings in IT Report Taiwan
5.31
9
Global Information Technology ReportGermany
2002-2003 Now5.29
Available
The Report is the most comprehensive, cross-country assessment of the
state of information technology, covering 82 economies around the world.
Global Competitiveness Programme
Competitiveness Reports
http://www.weforum.org/
ADMINISTRATION
THE FINNISH VISION
By the year 2004 a high-quality, ethically and
economically sustainable network-based model of
organising teaching and research will have been
consolidated.
Education, Training and Research in the
Information Society;
A National Strategy for 2000-2004
There will be set up a virtual university by 2004 based
on a consortium of several universities, business
enterprises and research institutes. It will produce
and offer internationally competitive, high-standard
educational services.
Information Strategy for Education and
Research 2000-2004; Implementation Plan
ADMINISTRATION
THE FINNISH VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY PAREMETERS 1/2
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Founded in January 2001
Consortium of the all (=21) Finnish universities
A service organisation for the member universities not a new university
Not awarding credits or degrees – the right for that
retained within the member universities
All funding from the government plus universities
themselves – funding for the development phase
secured until the end of 2003
No fees for students
ADMINISTRATION
THE FINNISH VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY PAREMETERS 2/2
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Quality control by the members themselves - No
external accreditation
Portal, services and the complete concept in full
operation in 2004
Portal 1/4 - Finnish
Nov 2001
Portal 1/4 - Swedish
Jan 2002
Portal 1/4 - English
Mar 2002
Portal 2/4 - Finnish
Jan 2003
Portal 2/4 – Swedish/English Mar 2003
Portal 3/4
Jan 2004
Portal 4/4
Oct 2004
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 1/9
Guiding values:
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trust between each of the members of the consortium
academic critics
creativity
value of academic expertise
ethically sound soltions
equality in terms of location, size, etc of the members
international
sustainable development
high quality
econimically sound solutions
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 2/9
Strategic goals to:
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utilise the stenghts of each member university
enable each university to concentrate better on the
basic tasks of research, education and related
services
enhance the collaboration
strenghten the international position of the member
universities
improve the attractiveness of the member universities
among students, teachers and other stakeholders
save resources in the long run
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 3/9
Services supporting teaching and learing:
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teaching based on academic research is the task of
the member universities
FVU services are those produced by the members of
the consortium and used widely covering areas of:
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tutoring,
guidance,
administration,
information management
training and advising these services
In the FVU framework following projects will be carried out:
– projects for joint services,
– projects for regional actions
– projects for interdiciplinary national networks
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 3/9
Services supporting teaching and learing
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The goal of the development of teaching and learning
platforms is in such environments where the
collaboration between the teachers and academic
experts is at the center point. These systems will in
time replace systems where ICT is used primarly in
storing, copying, combining and delivering data.
The goal is that the universities will get a great
number of new educational modules, programms and
parts of degrees produced by themselves or with
network collaboration. The objective here is promote
student enrollment to these studies.
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 4/9
Services supporting research:
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Services and platforms for students as well as the
supported network type work of the teachers are key
services for the reaserach activties as well
Services supporting contract administartion
Digital information management together with the
academic libraries and other ’owners’ of digital
materials
Meta data management development for the needs of
academic research
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 5/9
International issues:
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international activities are a key element of academic
research and education – this will be supported by
helping in
– recruiting student and staff from abroad
– designing and delivering education in other languages
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participation in selected international network
activities to support the strategic goals
international dissemination of the Finnish approach
and knowledge
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 6/9
Organisational issues:
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Key actors are in the project phase (>> 2004)
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FVU Consortium
University networks
University internal projects
FVU contact person network
FVU Development Unit
Key actors are in the established phase (>> 2004)
– FVU Consortium / board
– University networks
– FVU Center
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 7/9
Marketing issues:
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services are disseminated widely to all potential users
PR, training and related activities are used
FVU portal will be the most used marketing tool
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 8/9
Quality issues:
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Goals are that the services:
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meet the needs of the universities,
are technically well designed,
can be maintaned economically
can be accepted in international collaboration and
evaluation
Evaluation phases:
– Portal and connected services: usability
– Peer evaluation of networked production
– Teacher ICT knowledge level evaluation
– FVU external (International ) evaluation in
collaboration with FHEAB
ADMINISTRATION
STRATEGIC ISSUES 9/9
Strategic approach summary
Less friction to study in other
universities (in Finland)
Distributed developement
Centralised standardisation
ADMINISTRATION
FUNDING
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Budget for 2003
– Ministry of Education (MoE): total ca. 9 M € split between
• individual universities (½)
• University network projects (½)
– ESF + private funding: : 0.7 M € for the portal building, PR
and training
– plus resources as synergy from other national initiatives
and intra-university projects
Anticipated MoE and ESF funding for 2004 at least on the
current level
2005 onwards yet open
STUDY
Connet – Cognitive Science and Cognitive Engineering
Education of Organic Chemistry
Electronic Postgraduate Studies in Law
Finnish Virtual University of History
Finland Futures Academy
KasVi – The Virtual University of Educational Sciences
Mathematical Modelling
MOVE – Music Education in the Net
The National University Network for East and South-East
Asian Studies
OSCu – Open Source CoUrseware
Psykonet – Network University of Psychology
Russian Studies Online
SOSNET – A National University Network for Social Work
TieDot – Distance Education of Scientific Information Skills
University Network for Communication Sciences
The Virtual University of Literary Studies
STUDY
IQ-FORM – Intelligent Questionnaire
IT-Peda – Network to Enhance Knowledge on On-line
Teaching and Learning in Finnish Universities
OVI – The Project for Developing the Virtual Environment
for Assessing and Counselling
SUVI – Open University in Finland
TieVie – Information and Communication Technology in
Higher Education – National Teacher Training Programme
TEACHING
Regional initiatives
Eastern Finland Virtual University Network
Helsinki Business Campus
Learning Center – Developing of New Ways of
Teaching and Studying
ADMINISTRATION
SERVICES
IPR management
•model contracts
•support services
Project management
Life cycle model
Project management handbook
Training material
ICT Strategy formation
•strategy process model
•strategy kowledge base
•virtual libarary
•case histories
CROSSING THE CHASM
Crossing the Chasm
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Vertical niche markets
Whole product
Compelling application
Dominant position
Strong reference base
De facto standards
… then Horizontal Market
Development
SOME AMATEURS!
Project Outcome (%)
Project Size in Function Points
<100
Early
On time
> 6 months late
> 12 months late
Cancelled
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101-1,000 1,001-5000
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>5000
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
SETTING THE TARGETS!
IT-Peda –
interest group
THE FVU PORTAL
PRODUCT
OBJECTIVES
CHALLENGES
Mobilizing
the FVU (?)
Thank you!
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