1 / 29

Quality standards and practices in the field of ICT higher education followed by Sofia University

Quality standards and practices in the field of ICT higher education followed by Sofia University. Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University. Contents Some words for Sofia University ICT related projects ICT Standards – ACM/IEEE computing curricula ICT Standards - ICT & Law

isleen
Télécharger la présentation

Quality standards and practices in the field of ICT higher education followed by Sofia University

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Quality standards and practices in the field of ICT higher education followed by Sofia University Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  2. Contents • Some words for Sofia University • ICT related projects • ICT Standards – ACM/IEEE computing curricula • ICT Standards - ICT & Law • ICT Education – European Perspective • ICT & Quality of Education • ICT Education Dynamics • eLearning as a Meta-industry LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  3. SU - Educational and Scientific Centre of the Country • Over 35,000 students • 80 Bachelor’s and over 200 Master’s degree programmes • Over 3000 teachers and researchers • Very important role for the development of the country • Challenges: economic and social changes, new models of education, new role of universities, brain drain • European Space of Higher Education • Sofia University –to become aNational and Regional Centre of High-Technologies, Innovations and Entrepreneurship LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  4. ICT related projects • 10 projects from Sixth Framework RTD Programme • 15 projects from Fifth Framework RTD Programme • 7 projects from Fourth Framework RTD Programme (INCO COPERNICUS) • Many other national and international eLearning related projects - Internal at Sofia University, Ministry of Education and Science, EC (PHARE, Socrates - Minerva, Leonardo, Comenius), World Bank, Industrial, Bilateral with other Universities, etc. LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  5. 6FP NoE Project KALEIDOSCOPE “Concepts and methods for exploring the future of learning with digital technologies”, • 6FP IP Project TENCOMPETENCIES: Building The European Network for Lifelong Competence Development • 6FP STREP Project UNITE: Unified eLearning Environment for the School • FP6-2004-IST-NMP-2 PRIME “Providing Real Integration in Multi-disciplinary Environments” • 6FP SSA Science.and.Society.7 Project PARCEL “Participatory Communication Activities on E.Learning” • FP6 SSA 016020 ATVN-EU-GP “Academic Internet Television Showcases the Best of Good Practice Activities” • 6FP IP Project GUIDE “Creating an European Identity Management Architecture for eGovernment”, http://www.guide-project.org • 6FP BulRMCNet “Bulgarian Network of Research Mobility Centres” • 6FP Project E4: Extended Enterprise Management in Enlarged Europe • FP6 MOBILITY-2004-SSA REKS “Researchers in European Knowledge Society” LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  6. 5FP IST-2002-5.1.15 (2002-2005) MECITV Project: “Media Collaboration for Interactive TV” • 5 FP IST Project "DIOGENE: A Training Web Broker for ICT Professionals" - http://www.diogene.org/ • 5 FP 2001/C 321/17 (2002-2005) GEM-Europe Project: “Global Education in Manufacturing” • 5 FP IST Project "WebLabs: new representational infrastructures for learning", http://www.weblabs.eu.com • 5 FP IST-1999-20852 (2000-2002) "Best Practice Pilot for the Promotion and Implementation of Teleworking Tools at European SMEs of the Service Sector (PROTELEUSES)" • 5FP Innovation and SMEs IPS-2001-41103PROMOTOR+ Project: “Collaborative Validation and Transfer of Regional Support Measures for Start-ups and Growth in Five NACs Regions“ • 5FP IPS-2000-056 (2001-2003) EIM – CEE Project: “Euro Innovation Manager – Central and Eastern Europe” LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  7. 5 FP IST-1999-21148 (2000-2002) "Best Practice Pilot for the implementation of Integrated Internet Based Remote Working Places for Virtual Teams developing their work at SMEs (IWOP)" • 5 FP IST-1999-12646 (2000-2002) "A Picture of Social Observation of Call Centre (TOSCA)" - http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/tosca/ • 5 FP IST-2001-32790 (2001-2002) WG-ECUA+: European COTS Working Group Extension - http://www.esi.es/ecua/ • 5 FP IST-2001-34488 (2002- 2004) EXPERT Project: “Best Practice on E-project Development Methods” • 5 FP IST-2001-37460 COCONET “Context Aware Collaborative Environments for Next Generation Business Networks” • 5FP IST Project EUNITE - EUropean Network on Intelligent TEchnologies for Smart Adaptive Systems - http://www.eunite.org/ • 5 FP IPS-1999-950097 (2001-2002) INNOCONS: Increasing The Awareness On Innovation In The European Construction Sector - http://www.innocons.org • 5FP IST-02-8-1B (2002-2003) AFORO Project: “Agro-Food Roadmaps. A vision and work plan to implement future RTD trends for the transformation of agri-food industries into digital companies” • 5 FP Innovation and SMEs Thematic Networks, BIGEAR NET Thematic Network on Stimulation of Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation of Academic Research" LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  8. ICT Standards – ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula 2005 (CC2005) LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  9. Implementing ACM/IEEE CC2001/CC2005 at Sofia University • Computer Science • Software Engineering • Information Systems • BSc, MSc & PhD LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  10. Programming environments and tools • Operating system design • Hardware-software interfaces • Software methodologies, standards and metrics • Software performance, security and safety • Software specifications and design • Project management • Documentation • Human-computer interaction • Designing and reasoning about algorithms • Development of new software technologies • Design of programming languages • Business value of information technology • Strategic use of information technology • Business processes • Evaluation of emerging information technologies • Database design • Info storage and retrieval • Artificial intelligence • Intelligent decision systems • Programming • Databases • Networks • Hardware concepts • Legal and ethical issues LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  11. Social and Professional Issues (SP) • Professionalism, ethics, and law courses. These courses are one semester long and expose students to issues of professional practice, ethical behavior, and computer law. Topics included may be history of computing, impact of computers on society, computing careers, legal and ethical responsibilities, and the computing profession. • SP1. History of computing [core] • SP2. Social context of computing [core] • SP3. Methods and tools of analysis [core] • SP4. Professional and ethical responsibilities [core] • SP5. Risks and liabilities of computer-based systems [core] • SP6. Intellectual property [core] • SP7. Privacy and civil liberties [core] • SP8. Computer crime [elective] • SP9. Economic issues in computing [elective] • SP10. Philosophical frameworks [elective] LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  12. MSc Programs • Artificial Intelligence • Computational Science and Engineering • eBusiness and eGovernment • eLearning • Medical Informatics • Information Systems • Mathematical Modelling • Mathematical Modelling in Economics • Mobile Technologies and Distributed Systems • Probability & Statistics • Software Engineering • Information Security • Computer Graphics • Mechatronics and Robotics LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  13. European Perspective: E-Skills Summit, Kopenhagen, 17-18.10.2003 LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  14. E-Skills Summit Industry Consortium & 25 Pilot Universities LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  15. E-Skills Summit: Documents & Guidelines • Curriculum Development GuidelinesNew ICT curricula for the 21st century:designing tomorrow’s education • Determining the future demand for ICT skills in Europe • ICT Job Profiles • Etc. LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  16. Accreditation and Computing Curricula • Academic accreditation is a process that is used to support improvement of institutions and their degreeprograms, to demonstrate that a degree program meets certain external requirements, and to increase thelevel of confidence the public has in them. • Discipline-specific accreditation provides two important benefits for programs and for the institutions inwhich they reside. • 1) It certifies that a degree program meets minimum quality standards established by independentprofessional or scientific societies or by government agencies. This helps an institution market itsprograms, and it gives the public and prospective students reason to be confident in a particulardegree program’s quality. • 2) The program receives an onsite consultation by a visiting team that provides an expert opinion abouta program’s strengths and weaknesses and about its specific needs for improvement. This interactionhelps an institution have full understanding of how its programs are performing and what must bedone to improve their quality. LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  17. The need of new ICT programs LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  18. ICT Curricula Dynamics • Examples from SU experience: • CISCO Academic Initiative • IT Management Curricula (Stevens Institute of Technology MSIS Program) • Intel Multicore Curricula LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  19. Regional Cisco Academy LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  20. Chronology • 2000: established Regional Cisco Academy at Sofia University • 2000-2001: certified 8 CCAI • 2001: started teaching CCNA1-4 • 2002: started teaching IT1&2,Fundamentals of Java, Fundamentals of Unix • 2003: started teaching CCNP • 2005: started teaching Wireless LAN & Network Security courses LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  21. Cisco courses integrated in University curriculum Faculty of Mathematics & Informatics • BSc Computer Science - CCNA1 (since 2001/2002) • MSc Distributed Systems & Mobile technologies • CCNA1-4 (since 2004/2005) • Wireless LANs (since 2004/2005) • IT Essentials 2 (since 2004/2005) • Network Security (since 2005/2006) • MSc Information Systems • CCNA1 (since 2003/2004) • Fundamentals of Unix (since 2003/2004) Faculty of Economics & Business • MSc Management Information Systems • CCNA1 (since 2003/2004) • Fundamentals of Unix (since 2003/2004) LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  22. StevensMSIS Program- http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/msis/Importing IT Management Competence at Sofia University LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  23. Become a Leader in Information Technology Management We have what you need! LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  24. Intel Multi-core Curriculum ProgramSofia University joins the Top Tier University Club LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  25. The eLearning Industry Group, eLIG, http://www.elig.org/:“eLearning has the potential to become a key engine in driving growth and creating more and better jobs in Europe.” LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  26. eLearning as a Meta-IndustryMaster of Science Programon e-Learning http://www.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/education/magisters/ Objectives: The aim of the Program is to prepare specialists able to design and develop high quality e-learning solutions for education and training. Graduates of the Program will be able to design fully functional and market-oriented e-learningprograms at different levels. LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  27. For whom is the MSc Program in e-learning intended? The Program is particularly useful for: • university and high school teachers who want to go beyond the boundaries of the traditional education and extend their teaching with e-learning elements • training specialistsin companies, governmental or non-governmental organizations • managers at different levels in educational and training institutions • any individual, wanting to build life long learning skills LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  28. Courses The Program includes six core courses, which build a background in the main aspects of e-learning, and a set of elective courses,intended to deepen the knowledge and expertise of the students in one of the three dimensions - pedagogical, technological and organization/management. The Program concludes with development and defense of a master’s thesis. LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

  29. Thank you for your attention! LEFIS Workgroup 5th Meeting, Sofia 2-3 June 2006

More Related