Bologna process at UNSA/ETF - Lessons learned -

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Bologna process at UNSA/ETF - Lessons learned -

                                                                                                  

• Novica NosovicETF Sarajevo

6th Workshop "Software Engineering Education and
Reverse Engineering Ravda, September 18 -23,
2006
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Contents

• ETF Sarajevo
• Basic information
• Bologna Deceleration a starting point
• Tempus JEP_16110_2001
• Tempus JEP_19015_2004
• ECTS
• Quality assurance activities and strategy
• Lessons learned

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ETF Sarajevo - Basic Information

• Established in 1961.
• 14703 students, 4337 Engineers, 279 M.Sc. and 68
  Ph.D.
• Fully employed teaching staff 51 (3219),
• Part time 80 (1872).
• Current academic year
• Undergraduate students 1400
• Graduate students 200
• Located in University Campus, in recently
  reconstructed building with area of 3200 m2. with
  additional working area of about 1700m2. in
  construction.
• Departments
• Automatics and Electronics,
• Computing and Informatics,
• Power Engineering and
• Telecommunications.

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Students listed by study programs
Year/ Dept. 2004 2005 2006
I year 215 59 298 B 214 B
II year - CS 81 81 75 71 180 ? B
ETF-all 178138 212 112 180 ? B
III year - CS 54 11 96 6 ?
ETF-all 11286 209 52 ?
IV year - CS 81 5 79 0 ?
ETF-all 13622 198 5 ?
V year 71 97 ?
ETF-all 138 192 ?
Aps. 86 44 ?
Aps. 254 121 ?
Total - CS 373 97 391 77 ?
ETF-all 1033305 1230169 ?
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Teaching staff stats
Full Time AC PE CI TK Total
Full Professors 4 5 1 0 10
Associate professors 3 5 2 1 11
Asistant Professors 4 2 4 1 11
Professors 11 12 7 2
Senior Asistatns 4 5 4 2 15
Asistants 2 1 1 0 4
Total 51
Part Time
Full Professors 3 2 1 2 8
Associate professors 0 2 2 2 6
Asistant Professors 2 1 1 0 4
Professors 5 5 4 4
Lecturers 0 1 2 5 8
Senior Asistatns 1 6 8 3 18
Asistants 6 5 14 11 36
Total 80
Total professors 16 17 11 6
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ETF Sarajevo - Bologna Declaration

• The Bologna declaration objectives
• Adoption of a system of easily readable and
  comparable degrees
• Adoption of a system essentially based on two
  main cycles
• Establishment of a system of credits
• Promotion of European co-operation in Quality
  Assurance
• Promotion of the necessary European dimensions in
  higher education

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Tempus JEP_16110_2001

• Development of three-stage study in information
  technology with international recognition
• Was supposed to start the process

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Tempus JEP_19015_2004

• Qualitätssicherung von Studiengängen durch
  Akkreditierung
• Is supposed to introduce QA proces

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ETF Sarajevo - ECTS

• The first generation of students - September 2005
• Programs
• Automatics and Electronics,
• Computing and Informatics,
• Power Engineering and
• Telecommunications.
• Two- cycle system
• Bachelor 3 years 180 credits
• Master 2 years 120 credits

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ETF Sarajevo - ECTS
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ETF Sarajevo - ECTS

• Courseware and online e-learning environmement
• Documents
• Information Package/Course Catalogue,
• Learning Agreement,
• Transcript of Records,
• Diploma Supplement

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Tempus JEP_19015_2004Sarajevo Meeting, June 2006

• ENQA, the European Association for Quality
  Assurance in Higher Education Standrads and
  Guidelines for QA
• EUR-ACE Framework Standards for the
  Accreditation of Engineering Programs
• Self-Study Questionnaire ASIIN

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ETF Sarajevo QA Activities

• Recognised importance
• Ongoing process
• Internal evaluation
• External accreditaion
• Students involvement
• Participating in EU projects
• ECTS and QA officer

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ETF Sarajevo QA Responsibilities

• Rules and guidelines for QA
• Implementation of QA mechanisms within the
  Faculty
• Obtaining and monitoring statistical data,
• Assessment of the members of the teaching staff,
• Students' assessment of the educational process,
• Self-assessment of the members of the teaching
  staff,
• QA followup activities,
• Reporting to the relevant body.

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ETF Sarajevo - Internal evaluation

• The first step in the QA process
• Relevant overview of the teaching process,
• Analysis of the positive and negative elements,
• Basis for an accreditaion by an Agency,
• Template for the Self-Study Questionnaire.

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ENQA Standards and Guidelines for QA in the EHEA

• Standards and Guidelines for Internal Quality
  Assurance in HE
• Policy and procedures for quality assurance
• Approval, monitoring and periodic review of
  programmes and awards
• Assessment of students
• Quality assurance of teaching staff
• Learning resources and student support
• Information systems
• Public information

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ETF Sarajevo - Internal evaluation

• Study program
• General information on study programs
• Educational aims
• Entry and admission requirements
• Curriculum
• Quality assurance measures

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ETF Sarajevo - Internal evaluation

• Institution
• General information on the institution
• Accademic personnel
• Resources
• Support for teaching
• Students

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ETF Sarajevo - Internal evaluation

• Collecting and interpreting large amounts of
  statistical data,
• Standardised description of course and personnel
  data,
• Students involvement,
• Major cultural changes
• Emphasis on learning instead of teaching,
• Transition from the teacher-centred to the
  student-centred education.

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Students Involvement

• The purpose of students evaluation
• to provide valid and reliable feedback to
  teaching staff,
• to help make informed decisions about improving
  learning outcomes.

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Assessment of Students

• There are too many examination terms (8 or 9
  during academic year)
• Students do not know precisely the criteria for
  evaluation, stating that the overall process
  lacks transparency.
• Continuous assessment - decrease in the number of
  examination terms
• Improvement of the objectivity and transparency
  of the assessment.

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Lessons learned (?!)

• There is no free lunch!
• Organizational issues...
• Human factor no Fearless Change
• No strong leadership
• A la carbonara vs. A la bolognese
• Bologna Deceleration a process...

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To sumarise (off the record!)

• Bologna/QA/Acreditation... serves
• For marketing
• Faculty politics
• University politics
• ...
• Improvements in educational activities (???)

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In other words

• Difficult is done immediately, impossible takes a
  bit longer