Polish Virtual University case study of elearning in Poland

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Polish Virtual University case study of
e-learning in Poland

• Andrzej Wodecki
• andrzej.wodecki_at_puw.pl

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Agenda

• History and status of PVU
• Our model and experiences
• Polish problems
• PVU versus other possible approaches to DL
• Final questions who really needs e-learning?

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Polish Virtual University

• Start Dec 2000, Maria Curie-Sklodowska
  University IT, methodology, first courses
• Feb 2002 joint project of MCSU and Academy of
  Humanities and studies on-line
• Core stuff appr. 40
• Tutors app. 100
• Studies IT, MarketingMgmnt, Political Sciences,
  Nursery, Law (postgraduate)
• Open courses app. 70

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WE ARE REAL
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Experience
support classical students 3 500 1 semester
ICT courses, pure on-line
pure e-learning 750 Informatics MarketingManagem
ent Political Sciences Nursery Law
university
40 open courses gt 800
society
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Our students

• Average age 25-35 y
• Male/Female 75-25
• Employed 70
• Living abroad 10
• From main Polish cities 70

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E-learning process

• 1 year 4 half-semesters (8 weeks each)
• 1 course 3 1 3 1 weeks 8 weeks
• 1 group 5 subgroups x 4 students 20
  students tutor
• Method projects
• Course a project content organisation of
  work instructions for tutors
• Exam classical, other pure e-learning

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www.puw.pl e-learning portal
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Sample course e-learning content
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e-learning platform groupwork (students tutor)
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simulations interactive IT courses (selfstudy)
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virtual campus e-administration
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University in the microscale
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Problems

• Legal issues no act regulating ODL
• Resistance of academic society quality of
  e-learning
• Lack of e-learning culture in the society
• Who REALLY needs e-learning?
• How to measure effectiveness of e-learning system?

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Problem 1 legal issues

• no act or decree regulating ODL in Poland
• possible modes
• full-time courses (weekdays)
• part-time (weekends)
• extramural (only classical exams, no regulations
  for the educational process)
• diploma from the University or Higher School
  accredited by the Polish Ministry of National
  Education and Sport

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Problem 1 solution

• use extramural mode (teaching on-line is for sure
  much better than no teaching at all)
• diploma
• from Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz
  (private sector much faster decision making
  process than in University)
• now AHE in Lodz and Maria Curie Sklodowska
  University in Lublin (public university decision
  process last for 2 years)

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Problem 2 quality

• procedural, centralized approach
• promotion of our e-learning quality standards
• positive accreditation by State Accreditation
  Commision

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Quality Control Levels
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Problem 3 society

• brand promotion, marketing
• conferences, events
• e-learning what does it mean?

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PVU summary(but its not the end ?)

• is a project, not University (but within
  structures of old, classical Maria Curie
  Sklodowska University in Lublin)
• we are public-private consortium
• centralized systems and procedures
• marketing and recruitment
• course production and other educational processes
  (including quality control and teacher trainings)
• student services (classical and on-line)
• research and development

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Alternative Virtual Campus_at_MCSU

• decentralized, but one competence center
• different DL platforms
• support of traditional education (seminars
  on-line, groupwork, etc.)
• no pre-defined educational process
• teachers
• choose really interested in using ICT
• train them
• start with simple, up to 4h, trainings on ICT
• for really interested next workshop on
  instructional design in e-learning
• promote best practices

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Alternative blended learning
3 meetings/ semester support on demand
tests over the Internet
e-learning
classical
7-8 meetings/ semester (weekends)
intensive e-learning process
part-time, traditional
PVU
blended
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And final question

• Who REALLY needs e-learning?
• Identify demand gt realize needs

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Summary

• PVU we have some experience
• e-learning_at_pvu
• is not just e-content
• is based on groupwork (students-tutors)
• We are open for collaboration, especially in the
  context of entering EU
• Our strategy go blended

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Thank you for attention

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andrzej.wodecki_at_puw.pl