Transcript The distance learning experience in Mykolas Romeris university PhD. Nijolė Saugėnienė,

The distance learning
experience in Mykolas Romeris
university
PhD. Nijolė Saugėnienė,
e-mail: [email protected]
Eglė Malinauskienė
e-mail: [email protected]
Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Mykolas Romeris university
• Mykolas Romeris University is modern and
dynamic institution seeking to have a wellestablished position in European higher
education area.
• The mission of the University is to deliver
high quality education, to accumulate and
nourish intellectual potential, to train
society’s leaders capable of creating and
implementing innovations which influence
the overall progress.
Few figures about MRU
• Mykolas Romeris University is a modern, dynamic
and fast growing university.
• In 2002, Mykolas Romeris University (formerly the
Law University of Lithuania) was first university
which received full international accreditation of
study programs in the field of law in Lithuania.
• International accreditation was also awarded to
the Public Management study programs in 2004.
• Presently over 80% of study programs have
international accreditation.
Few figures about MRU
• University joined the ranks of signatories
of Magna Charta Universitatum in 2003.
• There are 6 faculties, 39 departments at
University.
• Over 16 000 students are enrolled in the
studies In the academic year 2006/2007.
Distance studies in Mykolas Romeris
University
• The current MRU development stage is
determined by national changes: Lithuania
has become a member of the European
Union, the labor market has faced radical
changes, the need for research has
increased. MRU analyses all these factors
and implements various corrections in its
activities and develops.
• There are very ambitious and challenging
goal in MRU Strategic development plan till
2010: to addopt for distance studies
part of study programmes.
Why conventional university decided to
create open and distance learning
system?
We found ourselves new ideas
proclaiming the importance
of lifelong learning in the
21st century. The context of
lifelong learning has
changed as information
and communication
technologies permeate our
societies.
Informational comunicational revolution
and new ways to knowlegde
• The modern world
under the influence of
fast development of
informational
communicational
technologies
sustained significant
changes in
economical and
cultural life.
Material facilities and human
resourses
The demands for human resources and
material facilities when conventional higher
education institution is going to develop
the open and distance learning system –
what we have and what we need?
Challenging Goal
• This year we started with three
project (financed from EU
Structural funds) and till 2008/9
school year we will adopt 1
bachelor study programme (Law
and Administration) and prepare
2 master study programmes for
distance learning.
• The gathering of financing from
founds let us to recruit all
members of academical
community for this specific
goal.
Ambitious and Challenging Goal versus
economical risk
• Prior role on the start-up phase
definitely play staff or human
resources.
• The investment is on risk from
the economical point of view.
• A chance to take less risk is
seeking for external support
from government, various funds.
• We choose two ways:
investments from
funds+university’s own
resourses
Open and distance learning system at
MRU
• We choose open learning a model :
students could subscribe to separate
courses or join to study programs.
• We use “Moodle”.
• We apply mixed course delivering model
(with combining synchronouse and
asinchronouse time study).
The impact of information and
communication technologies
New technologies given
new meaning to
understanding of open
and distance learning.
The impact of information
and communication
technologies is welldefined through all
education system, but
especially in distance
learning.
Technical facilities of distance learning
at MRU
Servers:
• Windows 2003 Server for streaming video (1 TB
storage)
• 2 Windows 2003 Servers for Moodle. (version 1.7)
• Linux Mandrake server for students registration.
Technical facilities of distance learning
at MRU
Video conference equipment:
• Video systems Tandberg 990 and Tandberg 970
(in nearest future plans TANDBERG 6000 MXP
Codec and Tandberg Content Server).
• Tandberg 990 possibilities to send presentations
simultaneously with DuoVideo and H.239 Dual
Stream.
• Network speed up to 2 Mbps IP (H.323 or SIP)
(ISDN not in use).
• Multi site up to 5 conference participants .
MRU technical facilities in LieDM
• LieDM – Lithuanian Distance Learning
Network. MRU is a member of LieDM.
• MRU can use resources of Network – 3
conference studios, 7 mini conference
studios, 18 distance learning classes all
over Lithuania and other resources.
What kind of benefit?
• What kind of benefit university
expects to get from activities in
the field of creation of open and
distance learning system?
New Competencies
• First argument
for system:
academic,
pedagogical and
technical staff
could shape new
competencies.
Higher Quality Learning Material
• Second
argument:
learners, not only
of distance
learning system,
get higher quality
learning materials
that is useful not
only in distance but
in conventional
learning too.
• Thank You
for Your
attention!