TY - UNPB
T1 - Project Work in Networked Distance Education
AU - Knudsen, Morten
AU - Helbo, Jan
AU - Jensen, Lars Peter
AU - Rokkjær, Ole
AU - Borch, Ole
AU - Østergaard, Jørgen
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Problem oriented project work has been the foundation for the educational
system at Aalborg University since its start 25 years ago. The duration of each
student project is one semester, and the students spend half of their time
working on the project in groups of typically 5-6 persons. As the experience
since then has proven this to be a very successful innovation in higher
education [1], it seems to be an obvious idea also to base our new distance
educations on the project study form. Traditionally, however, distance education
has been characterized by one-way communication and self-study, whereas the
project study form is based on collaboration and dialogue. Consequently,
successful implementation of project work in distance education requires
extensive utilisation of new information and communication technology. In this
paper the experiences of project work in a new Master of Industrial Information
Technology distance education is described. The program is offered through Open
University, and the students have a BSc degree or equivalent and at least 2
years of relevant professional experience - and a full-time job. The students
are assumed to study 20 hours per week, half of the time being devoted to
courses and the other half to project work. A computer conference system, LuvitÒ
provides facilities for the courses, as well as structured synchronous and
asynchronous communication. Eight times per year two-day seminars are held at
the university for intensive lectures, project work, examinations
etc.
AB - Problem oriented project work has been the foundation for the educational
system at Aalborg University since its start 25 years ago. The duration of each
student project is one semester, and the students spend half of their time
working on the project in groups of typically 5-6 persons. As the experience
since then has proven this to be a very successful innovation in higher
education [1], it seems to be an obvious idea also to base our new distance
educations on the project study form. Traditionally, however, distance education
has been characterized by one-way communication and self-study, whereas the
project study form is based on collaboration and dialogue. Consequently,
successful implementation of project work in distance education requires
extensive utilisation of new information and communication technology. In this
paper the experiences of project work in a new Master of Industrial Information
Technology distance education is described. The program is offered through Open
University, and the students have a BSc degree or equivalent and at least 2
years of relevant professional experience - and a full-time job. The students
are assumed to study 20 hours per week, half of the time being devoted to
courses and the other half to project work. A computer conference system, LuvitÒ
provides facilities for the courses, as well as structured synchronous and
asynchronous communication. Eight times per year two-day seminars are held at
the university for intensive lectures, project work, examinations
etc.
M3 - Working paper
BT - Project Work in Networked Distance Education
ER -