Olga S. Petrova E-mail: OPetrova@mesi.ru Tel.: +7(495) 442-77-77

1. Moscow State University
of Economics, Statistics and Informatics
(MESI)
Natalia V. Tikhomirova,
Rector of MESI

2. MESI Today
Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and
Informatics (MESI), founded in 1932, nowadays is one of the
leading innovative institutions of higher education in Russia with
rich experience and strong tradition of staff training for the
economy of Russia and foreign countries.
Fields of expertise:
 Institute of Computer Technologies
 Institute of Economics and Finance
 Institute of Management
 Institute of Law and Humanities
 Institute of Master Programs

3. MESI Today

4. MESI Today

5. MESI Today
The holder of the “European quality”
gold medal in the nomination
“One Hundred Best Higher Education
Establishments” competition organized
by the International Academy of Quality
and Marketing and the Independent
Social Council at the initiative of the
special committees of the State Duma
and the Council of Federation of the
Federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation.

7. Electronic system of University management
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Web 2.0: blogs, wiki, RSS, tags, social
bookmarking, social networks
Students Central Teachers
subdepartments
Distributed
repository
Exchange of Exchange of
experience Online Online experience
Collaboration Collaboration
Education quality management
system
Students Teachers
Streaming creating and updating of
content and knowledge transfer in
distributed network

8. Elements of a unified information environment of MESI
ILC
KCS KM
Virtual Campus
sp.mesi.ru
DocsVision Outlook
Virtual
School

9. Basic systems
• Distributed University management system
• Single database of users
• Corporate portal SharePoint(http://sp.mesi.ru )
• Electronic Document Management System DocsVision
• “1С-Бухгалтерия” accounting system
• The system of Unified Communications
• Adobe Connect (http://connect.mesi.ru)
• Microsoft Exchange (http://owa.mesi.ru)
• The system Live@edu for students (http://mail.live.com)
• The system of content and learning management
• LMS “Virtual Campus”(http://study.mesi.ru)
• The informational center of disciplines (http://sp.mesi.ru/icd)
• E-library (http://ibc.mesi.ru)
• Corporate system of learning process management
• Electronic Faculty Directory
• Front office
• Site www.mesi.ru
• Call center

10. IT infrastructure
• Broadband Internet connection in headquarters and all regional branches and
certification centers
• Integrated IT environment
 Local area network
 Efficient hardware equipment
 Videoconferencing equipment
 Wi-Fi internet access at the University
 Mobile classes (notebooks + Station)
 WiMAX in close future
• Video and audio studios, multimedia laboratory
• Corporate portal www.mesi.ru
• Internal corporate portal on the base of Share Point
• Accounts for all students and staff members
 Learning Content Management Systems (LearnExact, Prometheus)
 E-mail

11. E-Learning at MESI
1. Technologies
• Internet
• PC
• Communication and delivery services
2. Content authoring
• IMS and SCROM
• Adaptation for any delivery medium and bandwidth
3. Teacher training
• Instruments of LCMS
• E-Learning philosophy
• Time saving
4. Delivery and promotion of e-Learning
• Online model
• Blended model
• Special intro-courses for all students (instrument of LCMS
5. Knowledge management
• Storage of all learning information and learning seguences
• Customized learning materials according to individual learners’ needs
• Knowledge acquisition

12. Distributed Departments
MESI Certification of regional
faculty staff by Heads of
Information Centers of MESI’s Departments
Disciplines
Mutual scientific and
methodical work
Meetings of Distributed
The Creation of learning Departments(face-to-
content by Distributed face, offsite,in forum
Departments
, videoconferencing)

13. The structure of educational programs in MESI
Doctoral-level
Post- program Extended education
graduate Professional
Post-graduate study Vocational
education (aspirantura) retraining
development MBA
training
Specialist’s degree (second higher education)
Higher
Master’s degree
education Specialist’s degree Specialist’s degree
(full time) (part-time)
Bachelor’s degree
Secondary
vocational College of MESI
education

14. The scientific work of electronic University
Open educational
sources External Research
and Development
Internal Research
and Development The results of scientific
activities are being
formed
Educational process
Best practices Teacher is improving
Consulting in
specialty areas
Instructional research
Internet
resources

15. Information Centers of Disciplines
 Conferences
and seminars
 Newspapers
and magazines
 Books
 Articles
The research results Constant updates
Work students (Web 2.0 Tools)

16. Work with the node of disciplines
Participants of the node:
 Filling libraries of documents
 Filling WIKI-libraries Responsible for a discipline
 blogging
 Participation in forum discussions (author of the course)
 Control
 Moderation
 Adding of new participants
 Categorization of content
Information Center of
Students
Disciplines  limited access
 the use of learning content

17. Various types and forms of academic classes
LECTURES:
 lectures-presentations
 open lectures
 video-lectures
• summary of important, complex themes and concepts
• familiarity with external sources of information connected
with the discipline(Internet)
• familiarity with a line of software applications 9real job
places)
• familiarity with recent trends in the science and
practice, changes in domestic and international markets.

18. Various types and forms of academic classes
Seminars, practical work:
• study models, mechanisms for solving typical problems and
situational tasks
• learning software applications
• group work in net distributed environments (Internet)
• working out of professional communication skills
• consultancy

19. Various types and forms of academic classes
WORK IN THE VIRTUAL CAMPUS:
• Work with electronic books
• Participation in forums
• Control tasks
• tests
• оn-line consultancy
• Information support

20. Electronic content
Electronic Electronic
educational and books in the
methodical electronic
complex of learning
disciplines on environment
MESI’s sites
Electronic
content of
MESI

21. Learning
process…
…in Video-
conference

22. Teachers use forums for interpersonal
and group communication

23. You Tube using for the exchange of experience and
improvement of professional skill of teachers

24. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
• MESI is the only Russian university member of the prestigious European
Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU).
• MESI is a member of such recognized organizations as International Council for
Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and European Distance and e -Learning
Network (EDEN),European University Association EU (EUA), Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), CEEMAN, EFQUEL,
Consortium WEB (American-Israeli-Russian), MASIE e-Learning Consortium,
GDLA , IILA , SLOAN, MINERVA, The Baltic University.
• MESI has partnership relations in the field of its competence with institutions all
over the world, just for example: Kyungbuk National University (Korea), School
of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) Toulouse Business
School / Groupe Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse (ESC) (France),
Bonner Akademie and University of Potsdam (Germany), The George
Washington University (USA) etc.

25. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
Education and Research
• Students’ academic mobility programs (double degree programs,
exchange programs, summer schools programs)
• Academic mobility programs for teaching staff (exchange, joint
researches, joint publications etc)
• International research projects (TEMPUS projects, projects of
EADTU, ICDE, etc)
• Virtual mobility projects

26. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
Sport and Culture
• MESI sport teams (soccer, mini-soccer and tennis) are
regular participants and multiple winners of
international and European competitions
• MESI student theatre named «KAZUS» is a member of
International Amateur Theatre Association (AITA) and
regular participant of international festivals
MESI tennis team winning the 6th European university MESI amateur theatre «KAZUS» at the «Festivall junges
championship. theater Europa» in Germany, 2010.

27. MESI research-and-development activities
MESI has a solid basis and sound history of R&D centered at
its creative scientific schools covering the following fields:
• statistics and econometrics
• application of mathematic methods, information and
communicative technologies in economic research,
management and education finance, credit and currency
• Economics
• knowledge and intellectual capital management

28. MESI is open for the cooperation
In the areas of:
• Student exchange
• Academic staff exchange
• Joint educational programmes
• Joint research projects and publications

29. Nezhinskaya Str, Building 7,
119501, Moscow, RUSSIA
Natalia V. Tikhomirova
Rector of MESI
Tel.: +7(495) 442-77-77
Fax:+7(495) 442-24 66
E-mail: NTihomirova@mesi.ru
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