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New Challenge for Developers of E-infrastucture

Students should always be at the heart of each change in teaching and the question is how they want us to change. In the survey carried out after the winter semester 2005/06, when the first classes were taught in accordance with the new Bologna program, 224 students of the 1st semester at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, said that the most important factors within the course were: content, teachers' commitment and availability of the content on the Web. That same year, we launched the system of e-learning with Moodle LMS. Due to the enthusiasm of both teachers and students it reached nearly 95% involvement of all undergraduate courses. There is a five-year period of shared experience through two courses behind us: Analytic Geometry and Linear Algebra in the first semester and Differential Geometry in the third semester. We apply the blended (mixed mode or hybrid) learning model with the purpose to introduce students to various mathematical/geometrical digital technologies. Moreover, our priority is to make them perceive these technologies as "modern pencils." Our task is not easy, because the benefits of digital technologies in teaching will be fully exploited only when it becomes unthinkable for a student to solve a complex mathematical/geometrical problem without direct access to digital tools. We strive to be attentive to our students needs and adapt to each new challenge that the next generation brings. The importance of content and involvement of teachers, the values that students ranked among the most important factors of successful teaching, is unquestionable. Availability and form of content on web is a platform that is subject to constant change and improvement. This, however, goes beyond the personal abilities and preferences. In this sense, in autumn 2010 we applied with the project "The Introduction of 3D Modeling in the Teaching of Geometry at Technical Colleges (3D GEOM TECH)” to the competition for development projects, Fund for the Development of the University, University of Zagreb with the purpose to enhance collaboration among teachers and improve teaching of math/geometry courses at the Technical Faculties in Zagreb. The Project will cover, among other activities, creating the basic repository of educational materials related to shared teaching topics and those customized to profiles of individual faculties. Such a repository does not exist within university and polytechnic centers in Croatia. We hope that its formation will result in improving teaching, harmonization of approaches and methods of using e-learning on colleges within our University, as well as ensure the adoption of common standards and recommendations for the creation and use of educational materials for e -learning. In December 2011 the Project was approved by the relevant Committee. At ICGG2012 we would like to present parts of the teaching material we use within the course Differential Geometry, which would become the integral part of the repository. The course is taught at the Faculty of Geodesy and the Faculty of Civil Engineering, in Zagreb, Croatia.

E-learning; educational material; repository

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