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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

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•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

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 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

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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

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 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

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eClass – eLearning Platform
eClass
Asynchronous
Synchronous
Video
LAMS
Mobile
Devices
Assignment
submission
& Plagiarism
Detection

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eClass – User Roles
• Responsible for a Program of Study
Academic Coordinator
• Responsible for a Course
Coordinator
• Responsible for a group of students
Tutor
Student

8.
eClass – Content & Structure

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eClass – Assignments
Online Assignment
Submission
Automatic
Plagiarism
Detection
Student feedback
with track changes -
Grading

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eClass - Synchronous Platform

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eClass - Video Platform
Lecture Capture
Video Editing
Video Streaming

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Mobile Learning
 Students can view
their courses and
participate using
their smartphones
or tablets

13.
LAMS

14.
User support - Training Content creation support
Infrastructure support Helpdesk support
Support
eClass – Support

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The OUC Library Services
Library Information
Services
“KYPSELI” (Hive)
Institutional
Repository

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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]

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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]

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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]

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In-house resources:
 Book Titles (Conventional, HTML5, ePUB)
 Lecture Notes
 Lecture Capture content
 Lectures (video, sound, presentation, chat)
 Live or On-demand
 Software demonstrations
 Searchable content
 OCR and Speech recognition
 REUSABLE
 Virtual Classroom Recordings
Knowledge Resources [3]

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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

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Creating an online course [2]
Live Demo: http://eclass.ouc.ac.cy

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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/

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Learning Tools [2]
URL: https://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/
LAMS Cloud (Free)
URL: http://www.lessonlams.com