Das Curriculuminformationssystem an der Universitt Wien Eine Bestandsaufnahme

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Das Curriculuminformationssystem an der
Universität WienEine Bestandsaufnahme

• Merl P.1, Petta P.1, Ucsnik L.1, Holzbaur C.1,2,
  Trappl R.1,2, Marz R.3

1 Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für
Artificial Intelligence 2 Institut für
Medizinische Kybernetik und Artificial
Intelligence, Universität Wien 3 Institut für
Medizinische Chemie, Universität Wien
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Präsentationsaufbau

• Was sind Curriculum Informations Systeme?
• Grundsätzliches zum neuen Wiener Curriculum
• Das Wiener CIS
• Implementierung
• Schlussfolgerungen

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Conceptual framework Some principal features

• Intended Use
• Principal Users
• Instructional Unit
• Standardized Terminology
• Circumstance of Development

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Was sind CIS?

• It is the intention to capture information
  about the curriculum as it is being presented,
  organize it, and to store it for later retrieval
  to enhance curriculum management.
• Mattern, W. D., M. B. Anderson, et al.
  (1992)Acad Med 67(1) 12-6

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Was sind CIS?

• CIS must be developed with a specific purpose in
  mind, to direct the subsequent process of
  abstracting and representing information
• Nowacek, G. and C. P. Friedman (1995)
• Acad Med 70(12) 1096-100

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Was sind nun CIS???

• IT-basiert
• Erfassung bestimmter geplanter Aspekte eines
  Curriculums
• Unterstützung geplanter Funktionen in Planung,
  Koordination, Administration oder Evaluation
• Zielgruppenorientiert

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Principal Users

• A single system cannot serve the needs of all
  potential users and so a system should be
  designed to be maximally useful for one principal
  intended user-group
• Nowacek, G. and C. P. Friedman (1995)
• Acad Med 70(12) 1096-100

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Instructional Unit
Komponenten
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Content - Depth of Granularity
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Standartisierte Terminologie

• INTERN
• Koordination im Kurrikulum
• EXTERN
• Vergleichbarkeit von Kurrikula

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Standartisierte Terminologie

• MeSH or ULMS, are too specific and detailed in
  relation to certain concepts, while being
  incomplete or absent in relation to others
• Nowacek, G. and C. P. Friedman (1995)Acad Med
  70(12) 1096-100
• Möglicher Lösungsansatz - NBMeSH

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Circumstances of Development

• Scenario 1
• Curriculum in the Making
• Scenario 2
• Curriculum being Implemented
• Scenario 3
• Curriculum Underway

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General Conclusions

• Mismatch between CIS potential and current
  implementation
• Focus on structures
• CIS are not a standard feature for curriculum
  planning and maintenance Resources or
  organizational issues may prove as obstacles
• Recommendation Wider implementation of CIS as
  planning tools will support curriculum management
  internally and curriculum exchange externally

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Das MedizinCurriculum Wien Eine grundlegende
Reform
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Das MedizinCurriculum Wien Eine grundlegende
Reform

• Old subject-based, teacher-centered, no
  integrationNew integrated and student-centered
• Independent planning teams headed by block
  coordinators organize curriculum elements
• Independent planning teams for Curricular Units
• Planning materials of a group are of relevance to
  other planning groups

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Vienna CIS - Central Issues

• Who will be the principal users?
• What functionalities will the system provide?
• What circumstances prompt the development of a
  particular Curriculum Information System (CIS)?

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Vienna CIS- Challenges

• Old, subject-based curriculum
• Faculty bore no responsibility for content
  integration
• New curriculum requires habitual change
• Free access w/ large numbers of students
• Planning teams work independently
• Planning materials require coordination

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Vienna CIS - Central Issues 2

• Circumstances Curriculum in the Making
• Primary Users Block Coordinators and Planning
  Teams
• Functionalities CIS as a means to support
  exchange, documentation and coordination

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Whats New in Vienna?

• A CIS for a curriculum in the making
• Curriculum planners as principal users at the
  heart of the CIS

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CIS Desired Functionality
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CIS Interface
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CIS Browsing Curriculum Elements
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CIS Interface
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CIS and Curriculum Foundations
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CIS Search Functions
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CIS Implementierung - Themen

• Gegenwärtige Funktionalität
• Informations- bzw. Datentransfer
• Lernziele
• Die nackte Wahrheit

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CIS ImplementationCurrent Functionalities

• CIS currently used to review the content matter
  being planned
• Functions to assess the relationship between
  planning materials deferred

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CIS ImplementationCurrent Functionalities
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CIS Implementation Information Transfer

• Interpretation and editing of planning materials
  by third parties entails information loss
• Enable direct transfer of planning materials
  through support tools

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CIS ImplementationLearning Objectives
Learning objectives should be partof Curriculum
Information System design to help focus and
specify planning efforts
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CIS Implementierung -Die nackte Wahrheit

• Technische Herausforderung
• Akzeptanz
• Budget

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Wiener CIS Schlussfolgerungen

• AnalyzeCircumstances, Users, Functionalities
• Incremental implementation with continuous
  adaptation
• Learning objectives play essential role for
  Curriculum Information Systems