Naslov
E- Learning at the University of Rijeka – Potentials of Covid-19 Crisis

Autori
Hoić-Božić, Nataša

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
UNIRI COVID-19 Messages / Prijić Samaržija, Snježana ; Rukavina, Daniel - Rijeka : Sveučilište u Rijeci, 2020

ISBN
978-953-7720-48-3

Skup
Proceedings of the COVID-19 symposia I - V (COVID – 19 MESSAGES II HIGHER EDUCATION IN COVID-19 CRISIS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES)

Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Hrvatska, 06.10.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
e-learning, hybrid teaching, Merlin e-learning system, UNIRI

Sažetak
Strategic implementation of e-learning at the University of Rijeka (UNIRI) has a tradition of more than 15 years. Already back in 2006, as part of the Tempus project EQIBELT, the “Strategy for the introduction of e-learning at UNIRI 2006-2010” was adopted as the first of its kind in Croatia. The UNIRI Center for E-learning was founded in 2009, which from the beginning dealt not only with technological but also pedagogical-didactic aspects of e-learning. In addition to the development of IT infrastructure (primarily the Moodle e-learning system called MudRi), we implemented an e-learning education program for teachers and prepared the “Recommendations for the development of educational e-learning materials.” With the aim of promoting e-learning, we organised the “E-day of the UNIRI” and established annual awards for the best e-courses and grants for e- course development. UNIRI systematically worked on quality assurance by conducting institutional analysis of the state of e-learning, as well as surveys on how teachers and students accept and evaluate the quality of e-learning. Cooperation with the E-learning Center – SRCE has been successful from the very beginning of the introduction of e-learning and it has additionally intensified since 2017/2018 academic year when Merlin was introduced as a learning management system. Due to the COVID-19 pandemics situation direct/physical teaching was suspended and UNIRI, like other universities, switched to "overnight" online teaching. Teachers mostly used e-courses in Merlin in combination with various video conferencing tools. An evaluation of student and teacher satisfaction with online teaching was conducted. The results indicate that student satisfaction was relatively high. Teachers also positively evaluated their experience of working with students in a virtual environment, but also pointed out to the lack of competencies for conducting online classes, as well as to the need for better technical and infrastructural support. These findings were taken into consideration when preparing the next academic year 2020/2021: implementation of a pilot project of conducting hybrid teaching as a combination of online and direct teaching is planned, where it is recommended to perform up to 40 percent of teaching hours online. At the UNIRI we consider the COVID-19 crisis not only as a challenge but also as an opportunity for new developments in higher education. It encouraged the re-establishment of the Commission for Online Learning, which will now work more intensively on improving online teaching. It is expected that, following many years of experience in conducting e-learning, UNIRI will successfully implement a model of hybrid teaching that will allow a further increase of the share of online teaching in the coming years. In the future, it should be possible to accredit study programs fully online and therefore available to students across Europe.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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