The New Educational Benefits of ICT in Higher Education: Proceedings

A.J. Kallenberg and M.J.J.M. van de Ven (Eds), 2002, The New Educational Benefits of ICT in Higher Education: Proceedings. Rotterdam: Erasmus Plus BV, OECR ISBN 90-9016127-9The OECR, SURF Educatief and CHEPS have organised this conference to bring together university staff and national policy makers of the different European countries to discuss the contemporary educational benefits of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Higher Education. These benefits refer to teaching and learning within Higher Education institutes, as well as opportunities for cooperation between Higher Education institutes and other organisations within their region. The conference has been organised along four themes. For the theme The Mirror of Europe the Organisation Committee has invited 12 speakers from 12 different countries, to present their national developments in the area of ICT in Education. These invited papers will be published in a separate booklet. The same goes for the contributions of the invited keynote speakers. The full papers within the themes Institutional Responses and Regional Context are contained in this book of the conference proceedings. We are convinced that the high quality and originality of the submitted full papers found in these proceedings ensure stimulating discussions on the new benefits of ICT in Higher Education. Many papers are based upon findings of thorough educational research in the area of teaching and learning, other papers rely upon broad experiences with actual implementation and application of ICT in educational institutes. Together with the invited papers these contributions present a complete picture of the status quo in this area. The papers in these proceedings are gathered in three tracks. The track Teaching and Learning Models covers interesting topics such as Learner-centred Education, Competence-based Education, Digital Learning Environments and Learning Styles, Learner Motivation and Innovative Educational Models. Examples of topics in the track Organisational Change are Training Teachers in the use of ICT, Implementation Strategies and Virtual Universities. Although the track Infrastructure contains only a small number of full papers, some of these are very up-to-date and cover topics such as Collaboration Systems, Learning Management Systems and Rapid Content Production. We thank the authors of the papers for their contribution to these proceedings. The huge effort that they spent on before hand is the base for the success of this conference and for the quality of this book. We are grateful to them for joining with us their thoughts and experiences

Digit@l Did@ctics: Development of Teaching Staff

In: A.J. Kallenberg and M.J.J.M. van de Ven (Eds), 2002, The New Educational Benefits of ICT in Higher Education: Proceedings. Rotterdam: Erasmus Plus BV, OECR ISBN 90-9016127-9This paper presents an innovative way of development of teaching staff. Teachers prefer to learn and to receive support 'just in time'. As an answer to this demand this project has developed an educational knowledge base containing didactical materials and an educational call centre

Sharing a Top Manager’s Experience with the Next Generation: The Use of Electronic Discussions and Short Video Fragments in Teaching

In: A.J. Kallenberg and M.J.J.M. van de Ven (Eds), 2002, The New Educational Benefits of ICT in Higher Education: Proceedings. Rotterdam: Erasmus Plus BV, OECR ISBN 90-9016127-9This paper presents an effective educational method to transfer managerial knowledge to students. This method consists among other of online discussions between small groups of students and video clips of lectures. The set-up of the course and the ICT-tool used in the course were evaluated for two years through a questionnaire among the students. The results show that the applied e-learning concept is highly appreciated and serves as an effective tool to exchange knowledge

Instructies bij computersimulaties in het technisch onderwijs.

Technology, Policy and Managemen

Information Literacy and Digital Learning

Abstract: Information literacy is a crucial factor in renewing our educational programmes. Gradually, the educational process is changing from prescribed learning paths and materials to situations that appeal to the creativity of students. We have developed an online Information Literacy training for students. This paper presents the first results of this training

A web-based study support environment for systems and control courses

We describe the development and the current implementation of a web-based study support environment that is used for teaching systems and control courses at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. The aim of this web-based study support environment is to increase the study effectiveness in systems and control courses. First we describe the new course format that has been introduced to successfully implement the web-based study support environment. We also give a brief overview of the study support environment itself and discuss our experiences with the environment, which is currently being used for the third consecutive year. We also compare our experiences and the results in using this study support system with those of the preceding years, in which the system was not yet used.