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Applying learning technologies and tools for creating and using KR in online courses: A Guide for educators and researchers
Christos Rodosthenous from OUC gave a presentation about Applying learning technologies and tools for creating and using KR in online courses: A Guide for educators and researchers as part of the online events by expert pool Knowledge Resources within EMPOWER.
Christos Rodosthenous from OUC gave a presentation about Applying learning technologies and tools for creating and using KR in online courses: A Guide for educators and researchers as part of the online events by expert pool Knowledge Resources within EMPOWER.
Applying learning technologies and tools for creating and using KR in online courses: A Guide for educators and researchers
1.
Applying learning technologies and
tools for creating and using KR in
online courses:
A Guide for educators and researchers
14 September 2016
Christos Rodosthenous
Information, Technologies and Library Unit
2.
•The Open University of Cyprus (OUC)
•Learning Methodology
•eLearning Platform
eLearning @ OUC
• Knowledge Resources
• Library services
Library
• Moodle LMS and tools
Creating a Course
Agenda
3.
Public University, founded in 2002
The island’s only dedicated distance teaching
University
Admitted its first students in 2006-2007
The largest university in Cyprus by enrolment of
postgraduate students
Coordinating role in distance education in Cyprus:
appointed by the Ministry of Education & Culture
Offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate (Master &
PhD) degrees and training/vocational programmes of
short duration
The Open University of Cyprus
4.
About 5000 students
•Europe, Middle East,
Africa, USA
•Average age 35+
332 academic staff
• 20 faculty members
• 312 adjunct tutors
• All PhD holders
24 programs of
study
•Bachelor, Master, PhD
•Language of instruction:
Greek & English
The OUC in numbers
5.
Distance Learning
Blended learning
Online, hybrid & face-to-face group meetings between
teachers & students
Multi-format Knowledge Resources
Conventional Material, e-Books, Lecture Notes, Video
lectures
Assessment
Assignments
Final exams (>50% grade): physical presence of students
Educational Methodology
6.
eClass – eLearning Platform
eClass
Asynchronous
Synchronous
Video
LAMS
Mobile
Devices
Assignment
submission
& Plagiarism
Detection
7.
eClass – User Roles
• Responsible for a Program of Study
Academic Coordinator
• Responsible for a Course
Coordinator
• Responsible for a group of students
Tutor
Student
14.
User support - Training Content creation support
Infrastructure support Helpdesk support
Support
eClass – Support
15.
The OUC Library Services
Library Information
Services
“KYPSELI” (Hive)
Institutional
Repository
16.
LIBRARY
Conventional
Material
Electronic –
Digital
Material
18.821 Book copies
12.031 Book titles
96 Conventional Journals
101 Conventional Audio-Visual
Material
175 Databases (124 full text)
100 Virtual e-Journal collections
89.065 E-Books
49.005 E-Journals
1025 Open Access E-Journals
Web Online Public Access
Catalogue (OPAC)
Knowledge Resources [1]
17.
Focus on Electronic Resources
(75% of the library's annual budget)
Currently:
25 different providers / publishers
Access to 179 separate databases
◦ 100.990 Journals
◦ 285.302 E-Books
◦ 2.900.000 Theses from US and European
Universities
◦ 16.754 Conference proceedings
◦ 218 Book Series (61 Elsevier, 132 Emerald,
25 Springer-Verlag)
Knowledge Resources [2]
18.
OUC Repository:
Institutional Repository contains:
• 1521 Theses (Msc,PhD)
Digital Collections indexing:
• 692 Individual photos and documents
Agreements for digitizing copyrighted book titles and
delivering it electronically through the eClass eLearning
Platform
Knowledge Resources [2]
20.
Creating an online course [1]
Program Coordinator
Librarian Propose knowledge
resources
Search KR
Conventional Material
IR KYPSELI
Digital resources
OER
Program Coordinator
Librarian
eLearning Team
Course
creation
21.
Creating an online course [2]
Live Demo: http://eclass.ouc.ac.cy
22.
Learning Tools [1]
Download and install moodle
URL: http://moodle.org
Moodle Cloud (Free up to 50 users)
URL: https://moodle.com/cloud/
Documentation URL:
https://docs.moodle.org/