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November 24th, 2010 - Kristiina Anttila 1
Virtual Studies at Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences
Rovaniemi University of Applied SciencesKristiina Anttila
Coordinator of Virtual Studies
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Table of Contents
• Virtual studies at RAMK• Supported systems• Virtual Studies Support Services at RAMK• Student mobility (virtual)
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Basis
• Virtual studies = network-based studies• A mixture of different systems and methods• Long distances, isolation from big cities in Finland,
economical situation, lifelong learning have to find new ways to offer stuidying possibilities for students
• A strategic decision
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Current state
• Virtual studies offered and developed especially for adult education programmes (since 2008)
• At the moment volyme is constantly growing (5-8 new groups/year)
• About 200 students at the moment ”online”, estimate within two years approximately 400
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Supported systems
• iLinc (realtime system) • Discendum Optima (asynchronous system)• Others, like blogs, wikis etc.
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iLinc usage
• Approx. 10 online-sessions per evening• Most active groups: Forestry, Engineering, Land
surveying, Tourism, Hotel & Restaurant Management, Business Economics; some groups from School of Health Care and Social Services
• iLinc-users at the moment: 3502
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iLinc usage
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2007 2008 20090
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Käyttö-tunnitKäyttäjät
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Optima usage
• Licenses 7950, users 4743– no significant changes in two years
• 2024 workspaces• Workspaces per user vary between 1 to 50
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Support services• Support personnel; 3 persons• Mon to Fri from 8-21 and on Sat from 8-16 • Both, pedagogical and technical support• Part of teaching – studying – learning –process
planning, user training, support during courses and support for evaluation and development
• Support network between LUC (Lapland University Consortium)
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- System and user management- User supervision
- System and user management- User supervision
Teaching-studying -process
Planning the use of the tools together with teachers
Planning the use of the tools together with teachers
Support for teachers and students during the sessions- Bookings- Duty and guidance- Administration- Recordings and delivery
Support for teachers and students during the sessions- Bookings- Duty and guidance- Administration- Recordings and delivery
- Analyzing written feedback- Discussions with teachers- Projects- Developing know-how
- Analyzing written feedback- Discussions with teachers- Projects- Developing know-how
Support before the course
Support before the course
Support during the course
Support during the courseEducationEducation DevelopmentDevelopment
Supp
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Development of teaching
Testsessions with students- Login administration- User supervision
Testsessions with students- Login administration- User supervision
Technical education to teachers
Technical education to teachers
Supervision and tutoring
Planning During the course Evaluation & development
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Student mobility
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• Aiming to increase flexible virtual student mobilty between UAS’s
• Finnish Online UAS –portal: www.amk.fi • Ministry of Education funding 2007-2009
- Mobility increased but the balance between in- and outgoing students was not achieved
- Currently not enough mobility to finance it - Is a possibility for strategic partnerships and
both national and international networking
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Thank you!
• For more information, please contact: [email protected]