Information Technologies supporting students' mobility

• Autorzy: Walasek T. , Piątkowski J. , Morawska-Walasek D.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: ESMOS is a project financially supported by the SOCRATES/Minerva European Commission initiative, which aims to enhance student mobility through online support. The ESMOS partnership has explored existing practice in student mobility support, particularly investigating how technology is being utilised to support students. It has also examined the factors that affect exchange students and has identified problems with meeting student mobility numbers. Design/methodology/approach: The results obtained were used for the development of a methodology for European mobility student support using a web-based approach. This methodology acknowledges different styles of teaching and learning and the difficulties experienced by international students and the academics teaching them in a cross-cultural context. Findings: Support given by the home university could refer to many aspects - from organizational matters through the didactical help, up to psychological support. The following list presents the aspects in question: psychological, organizational, administrative, methodological/didactical, conceptual, technical support. Research limitations/implications: The partners' experiences gathered before and during the project show that the virtual environment (VLE) can be widely used to support students' mobility. Moreover a web page support which includes online registration of applicants is needed. The web page should be backed up by a database. The i-ERASMUS CMS system presented in the paper is the solution proposed by Częstochowa University of Technology (CzUT). Practical implications: i-ERASMUS has been already created and it is now being validated. First group of students applying for the Socrates exchange is registering through it. First observations seems to be optimistic. Originality/value: The i-ERASMUS CMS system is the solution developed by Częstochowa University of Technology (CzUT).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

computer aided teaching; e-learning; I-ERASMUS; students' mobility; ESMOS; Erasmus

PL

nauczanie wspomagane komputerowo; e-learning; nauczanie przez Internet; I-ERASMUS; mobilność studentów; wymiana studentów; ESMOS; Erasmus

• Wydawca: International OCSCO World Press
• Czasopismo: Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 25, nr 1
• Strony: 83--86
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Walasek T.

autor

Piątkowski J.

autor

Morawska-Walasek D.

• Czestochowa University of Technology, Al. Armii Krajowej 21, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland,

Bibliografia

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