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BLU.eS-SUMMARY
BUSINESS LABOUR
UNIVERSITY for electronic Society (acronym : B.L.U.e.S )
BLU.eS pilot
project of <e.Learning
on demand >, is designed as a
tool for change improving entrepreneurial
creativity , centered around the need to growth
opportunities for developing
the European
Knowledge Society .
Following the above goal an “Inducator”
strategy will
be developed by the <European Virtual University>
Consortium producing a lifelong e learning incubator
methodology, for enhancing European SME’s concurrency
in the workd market . B.L.U.e.S. is an “e.learning
innovation process” that
may be viewed as one
R&D catalytic interface
that converts advanced cognitions of the
knowledge economy to the necessary knowledge
management “net-learning” , for implementing
SME’s leadership abilities .
"LETTER OF
INTENT" LIST - B.L.U.e.S - Partnership &
Adhesions
1) University of Florence CeSIT . Co-ordinator. http://www.unifi.it;
http://www.cesit.unifi.it/
Scientific Responsible: Paolo Manzelli [email protected];
Project Director Antonio Giusti <[email protected]>
- 1) Letter of Intent for the future sustain ability of
the Project
B.L.U.e.S. of the Rector of the University of Florence
Prof. Augusto
Marinelli ; Date : 14/NOV./2001 - <[email protected]>
- Letter of support of : Precedence of Council of
Italian Govern
Ministry of Technological Innovation : Date 13/11/01 -
Ing.Mario Pelosi
<[email protected]>
- Letter of adhesion of : Assessorato Formazione -
Regione Toscana
- Signed by : Assessore Paolo Benesperi
<[email protected]>
Date: Nov.11.2001
- Letter of adhesion of : Assessorato
Formazione &Lavoro - Provincia
di Prato , Assessore Fabio Giovagnoli ; <[email protected]>
Date: 14/NOV./2001
2) - The University of Nottingham U.K. -
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/school4m
Contact person :Johann Riedel <[email protected]>
Letter of Intent : Date 4th Sept. 2001 is signed by Dr.
Kulwant Pawar
Legal Rapresentative of the University of Nottingham.
3) Pacificstream.com -Information- U.K.
Ltd. Southport U.K http://www.pacificstream.com
- Roy Jones , <[email protected]>
-Letter of Intent : signed by Roy Jones Project
director Date:
15th October 2001; Follow a second letter that Confirm
the "No for
profit" activity in B.L.U.e.S. project.
4) ADEIT, Fundacion Universidad-Empresa de Valencia-ES ,
http://www.adeit.uv.es-
Vicente L. Francés <[email protected]>
- Letter of intent signed by Antonio Aracil Garcia
Managing
Director Date 10th October /2001, Folow a second letter
with more deep
agreement Date 25thOct.2001.-
5) Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena -ES -
http://www.upct.es/~gespro/
Alejandrino Gallego Rodríguez <[email protected]>
-Letter of Intent -Signed by Alejandrino Gallego Head of
Research Group,
follow a second letter signed by the Rector Ramon Medina
Precioso
Date NOV/6/2001
6) Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano Italy,
- CePad-
http://cepad.unicatt.it/home/home.htm
- Cesare Scurati
, <[email protected]>;
Tosone Giulio <[email protected]>
- Letter of Intent : Signed Prof Cesare Scurati
Director CEPaD , and
approved by the Rector Date : 8th Nov. 2001
7) University of the Aegean - GR: Mytilene Greece
;
http://www.aegean.gr/intro_en.htm
Dascalopoulou Sofia :
<[email protected]>
; Yiannis Koumpouros <[email protected]>
-Letter of Intent Signed by Prof Sokratis K.
Katsikas Vice Rector
Date: 29th/0ct./2001; - Declaration Contribute 40%
: Fax: Signed By
Prof. Sofia Dascapoulos <[email protected]>
8) Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Barcelona-ES -
Virtual
University - University; -http://www.uoc.es/web/eng/index.htm
Rita Riba Estapé < [email protected]>
Letter of Intent: Signed by Antony Riu Manager IN3
Foundation Date
Nov.12/2001
PROJECT
TITLE
”B.L.U.e.S”.
– “Business Labour University for electronic Society”
4.
THEME(S)
4.
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European laboratory for innovation in e-learning
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In
a rapid changing cultural environment of
contemporary “knowledge society” development,
“e.learning” cannot be considered as a
simple transfer of contents at distance.
Therefore the B.L.U.e.S. “e.learning on demand”
action plan,
need to be founded on a virtual European
network of “Research & Development” in
the field of knowledge management innovation.
The European net-R&D- laboratory will be the
active promoter of the creation of
some
cycles
of “e.learning on demand” formalised
in courses
programs. The contents of such cycles of
Knowledge Management
will start
from the production of educational on
line
material,
for core skills on net-economy,
to the adjournment and enrichment
of the successive e.learning
cycles, that will be adapted for more
specialist skills requirements,
coming from the solicitations of the
SME’s joined to the B.L.U.e.S. joint
activities .
Hence
B.L.U.e.S. strategy need to start up as a pilot
program for joining an European
Laboratory Network
finalised
to grow up the possibility of SME’s to operate
in an European scale of co-operative R&D in
“Digital Economy”, reinforcing their
networked infrastructure with Universities ,
getting an innovative
strategic vision of
productive development in the global
market.
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4.3
New learning environments
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The
B.L.U..e.S., project will be a knowledge
incubator on
net-economy development of European
SME’s,
corresponding to an e.learning innovative
designing of
knowledge management working as well as a
permanent consultant system of
a new
e.learning environment -
The
e-learning modus operandi of B.L.U.e.S. European
Virtual University in called as INDUCATOR
strategy (i.e. icubator of e.leraning knowledge
acquisition for long life education.
In
fact B.L.U. E.S.
partnership will act as an European
Virtual University enterprise working in both
synchronous and asynchronous e.learning open
system for identifying
and designing
integrated e.training
strategy, to
optimise the development of critical
competencies across networked
extended
organisation among University and SME’s
to drive “e. business” competitive
results. B.L.U. E.S. networked partnership
would
develop an e.learning action plan
structured as well as an interactive
consultants on line strategy working
to disseminate
knowledge evolution on
key
areas of NET-Economy development , where
e.learning
has the greatest potential, essentially
to drive both . a)
graduates new e.work employing,
b) development
of e
.business into a networked co-operation between
SME’s and University enterprises.
To
achieve the above goal
B.L.U. E.S. partnership will develop an
innovative strategic
enterprise on
knowledge
management education connecting to build up an
“ e.learning “ system finalised to help the
growing
of extended networked
SME’s organisations by means a long-term,
scalable vision for
“e.BUSINESS”
for increasing European SME’s competitiveness
in the world-market.
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4.4
Virtual models of education and training
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As
before said the B.L.U..e.S.
pilot project will be organised as a
model of Virtual University “e.learning
Management
Systems” – finalised as well as an
“inducator” for knowledge asset accelerator
for grooving SME’s/ University expended
enterprise in the context of the evolution of
NET-Economy . Following
the
above
goal the B.L.U..e.S. will
offer a number of synchronous and
asynchronous workshops and consulting
lectures and conferences
that enable European SME’s to more
effectively link between e.learning and e.
business results in the contest of
the contemporary evolution of knowledge
based society .
B.L.U..e.S.
pilot project will provide e-learning consulting
“inducator” enterprise based on
partnership and co-operation among
European University and other socio-economic
actors, to favour
and to accelerate initial deployment
success with a well conceived, sustainable roll
out plan and long-term e-learning effectiveness
for European Companies interested in
developing new “extended networked
enterprises”.
B.L.U..e.S.
pilot project will
propose a new dynamic e.learning
environment model for growing up an
“e.university “ through
the organisation of
e-learning virtual models and
collaborative learning practices of permanent
education and training for operating the change
associated with the team management training
competency
to produce e.business addressing all the
challenges and opportunities of the Knowledge
Digital Economy. In conclusion , the pilot
project B.L.U.e.S
developing
comparable criteria and methodologies in
the field of the contemporary e.learning
challenge, acts in perfect coherence with the
Sorbona and Bologna declarations for the future
of European
Universities looking to enhance higher
educational co-operation in developing European
cultural & economical dimensions for social
and human growth, capable of giving its citizens
the necessary competencies to face the
challenges of the new millennium
Finally
a large
transfer of the pilot project
model of Virtual University on
“e.learning Management Systems” will be
guarantee by dissemination actions of the
e.learning B.L.U.e.S. PORTAL and through four
international meetings .The pedagogical and
technological quality will be effectively testes
and assessed opening a “virtual Community”
with European SMEs for the development of the
“e.learning on demand” cycles of lifelong
educational materials and consultant
product, tailored to the narrowed needs
of user-groups of specific productive sectors,
for enriching the knowledge management of
SMEs competitively in the world market.
In progress auto-sustainability of the
“European
Virtual University “ know how
will be
experimented
starting from the idea to apply a “franchising
“ business model for improving the auto-financing
expansion of the Business Labour
University for e.Society at the international
level.
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4.6
e-learning demonstration projects for key areas
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B.L.U..e.S.
e. learning action plan, will develop advanced
culture matters for the European model of
Knowledge Based Society
producing e.learning materials for
improving and enriching
e. learning demonstration
for key areas
of SME’s production for enhancing the
quality of
the learning and consulting interactive process
starting from the fundamental need
of integration
between scientific and business cultures
i.e. one of the most important factor of
the contemporary knowledge based economy
where the success means being able to respond
quickly to
changes in the
knowledge management of the global market-space.
B.L.U..e.S.
e. learning action plan will be
organised on the basis of a
common platform for innovative e.learning
cross fertilisation
among University and SME’s as a
consulting
permanent training system subdivided in
three levels of
Knowledge Management courses
finalised to improve Net-Economy
Competition. Those levers organ that will
concerns : 1) Basic Net- e.Business issues in
the globally connected world,
2) Focused
adjournment topics
of modelling in managing change of re-organisational
networking requirements
,3) Specific strategic issues on new
paradigms of knowledge management. Such three
cycles of
interactive
courses will
be developed during three semestral sequential,
giving as educational products some modularised
web-based knowledge management e.books, that
will be disseminated.
B.L.U..e.S.
e. learning action plan will develop during
the last semester
of the program implementation a series
modularised web-based knowledge management
materials,
which provide for
large leadership special application on
the following key areas of the development of
net-economy : Science & Technology
advancements in Ago-Food
industry and market , Cultural –
Tourism for
improving new
“e. entrepreneur ships“
for e.Europe development.
This
section will be
important for defining the spectrum of
new intellectual
e. professions, giving
an appropriated contribute to the
solutions to the problem of skill shortage in
the field of Net-Economy development.
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5.
PROJECT COMMENCEMENT AND COMPLETION DATES
CONFERENCE/
Workshop 1
– on :” e.learning in the scenario of
modernisation of
e.work patterns
and labour market”
Florence University ;
Date
: 04/06April/ 2002
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Public
International Seminar
on the issue : “ON
DEMAND Net.LEARNING” organised at the
initial stage of the second
trimester aiming
to facilitate the participation of SMEs
c/o
: University of
Nottingham- Date – 28/29-June-2002.
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Workshop/conference
2
-, on: “The
dynamics of knowledge
in the net-economy”.
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c/o
University of
Cartgena -
Spain ; Date: 10/11 October –2002.
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Final public
International Congress
on the issue :
(at the end of second
semester)
“EUROPEAN
VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY
ENTERPRISE: an University without distance”
Florence
University Date : 29/31 January
2003
Partners
Internazionali
- University
of Nottingham - School M.M.M. Eng. & Management -
Dr.
Kulwant Pawar, Legal Representative of the University of
Nottingham
University
Park , Nottingham NG7 3RD
U.K.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/school4m
Centre
for Concurrent Enterprising - University
of Nottingham ;
Contact person :
Dr. Johann Riedel [email protected]
University
of Nottingham Profile –
School
of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering
& Management
University
of Nottingham
University
Park, Nottingham, NG7 3RD, U.K.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/school4m
Ph:
+44 (0) 115 9514029; fax: +44 (0) 11514000
Contact
person: Dr Kulwant S. Pawar <[email protected]>
Legal
status: public government funded university.
The
School of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing
Engineering and Management at the University of
Nottingham has well established links with a wide range
of industries, academic and research institutions at
both national and international level. Over the years,
members of the school have developed an international
reputation in the areas of concurrent engineering,
manufacturing engineering, and related disciplines.
Staff have participated in a variety of collaborative
research projects within the UK and across Europe.
Previous
participation in EC programmes in the last 3 years:
Fifth
Framework Projects: CE-NET: Concurrent Enterprising
Network of Excellence (IST-1999-29107, Coordinator),
CORMA: Practical
Methods and Tools for Corporate Knowledge Management (IST-1999-12685,
partner), EKMF: European Knowledge Management Forum (IST-2000-26293,
partner), ARICON Standardised Assessment of Readiness
and Interoperability for Cooperation in New Product
Development in Virtual Organisations (GRD1-2001-41865,
partner).
Fourth
Framework Projects: CEPRA: Concurrent Engineering in
Practice – Demonstrating the Innovative Development of
Aircraft Components in Small and Medium Enterprises (EP
29365, partner), COSIGA: A Concurrent Engineering
Simulation Game - Using Advanced Multimedia and
Telecommunication for Education of European Engineering
Students (MM1003, partner), KARE: Knowledge Acquisition
and sharing for Requirement Engineering (EP 28916,
partner), EPICE: Electronic commerce for Programme
management Information sharing in the Concurrent and
virtual Enterprise (EP 27089, partner).The tasks that
will be developed in co-operation with the B.L.U.e.S
project will be the following:
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provide high quality advice and management knowledge in
support the development of the project.; underpin the
Virtual University's planning with effective procedures
and accurate information ; diffuse information through
regular and specialised surveys ; make accurate and
timely responses to external on demand requirements ;
provide pro-active support for relevant European Virtual
University committees ; work closely and collaboratively
with colleagues in other administrative units to ensure
an integrated approach; develop e.learning techniques to
present knowledge management courses in a helpful way ;
maximise the use of IT to promote efficiency and the
meeting of deadlines ;
provide efficient and timely administrative
support
2.
Pacificstream Information - UK, Southport
–private not for profit company -, will provide skills
and knowledge specifically relating to B.L.U.e.S
e.Learning. pilot project:
Graphical
Interface design ; Web design ; Technical solutions inc.
Server hosting; Information Architecture; Evaluation and
assessment; Project management.
Pacificstream
Information
has particular expertise on the evaluation of projects
because of the experience they have of quality assurance
methodologies. Senior Directors have experience in TQM,
quality systems approved by the Training and Enterprise
Council, UK (TQASM), ISO90002, Registration for the
Directorate of Contracts and Accreditation and Investors
in People. They have also been involved with the
development of self-assessment quality assurance methods
for EU projects, for
developing a
culture of continuous improvement. A comprehensive
commercial plan will be developed for the future market
potencial and commercialisation of BLU.eS Virtual
University . The partnership will act as consultants for
this plan.All decisions will follow EU guidelines. The
Commercial plan will cover the folowing topics:
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Overall
management, segmentation and marketing
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Production
of a marketing and commercialisation plan.
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Marketing
and commercialisation strategies.
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Development
of the marketing plan.
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Creation
of a database for dissemination and marketing.
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Coordination
of marketing and commercialisation.
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Assist
in the development of the marketing plan.
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Production
of marketing web site
3.
ADEIT –
Teletraining-
Dep. -
FUNDACIÓN
UNIVERSIDAD-EMPRESA -UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA (SPAIN)
ADEIT – will contribute to the B.L.U.e.S. Pilot
project in
the following tasks:
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Setting
up the cooperative R&D programme of knowledge
management for Knowledge economy.
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Feasibility
& pilot study for opening the first Cycle of
e.learning bid
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Selection
of content for I° Cycle Courses catalog
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Costumer
relationship management with SME’s
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Dissemination
Program of the intermediate results
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Proposal
of II° Cycle
education program
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Selection
of content for II° Cycle Courses Catalog taking in
account regional pructive SME’s districts differencies
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Selection
of content for III° Cycle Courses catalog
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Evaluation
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Marketing
and Commercial Plan
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Diffusion
and dissemination of final results
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Opening
of the new commercial phase
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Participation
in the elaboration of the final document on conclusions.
·
Participation
in the transnational meetings of the project partners.
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Participation
in the dissemination of results at regional/national
level.
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Adeit
: previous participation in Community programmes, as
partner or coordinator, during the past three years.
aDEIT,
Fundacion Universidad-Empresa de Valencia - Departament
of Teletraining
Plaza
Virgen de la Paz, 3
- 46001
Valencia (Spain)
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Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena -Research
Group “Gestión de la Producción”
Plaza
del Cronista Isidoro Valverde, S/N. Edificio La
Milagrosa. 30202 Cartagena (Spain)
Web:
http://www.upct.es/~gespro
Tel:
+34 968 325615 (office) +34 629 407017 (mobile)
Fax: +34 968 325774
Contact
person: Prof. Dr. Alejandrino Gallego Rodríguez
e-mail:
[email protected]
Title:
Research Group “Gestión de la Producción” -
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
Address:
Plaza del Cronista Isidoro Valverde, S/N. Edificio La
Milagrosa. 30202
Cartagena (Spain)
Legal
status: State University ; Type of body: University
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In the UPCT are being taught several
e-learning courses since two years in the bosom
of a research about e-learning advantages and
disadvantages. This research has allowed us to know
about students’ opinions, infrastructure needs,
technological platforms, ecc.
Our
participation in the BLUeS project could be as follows:
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e-learning advantages and disadvantages research.
;Selection of pedagogical models. ;SME’s Training
needs research.; Definition of Courses catalogues. ;Selection
of Courses contents.
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Definition of technological infrastructure needs
to implement e-learning courses.; Organization of a
Workshop in Cartagena.; Diffusion of the project results.
;Collaboration in the elaboration of intermediate and
final reports. ;Credits definition and accreditation. ;Setting-up
of common courses and another collaborative models
between the universities of the consortium.
5.-
CEPaD (University centre for continuing and distance
learning) provides technical and pedagogical support for
developing e-learning in Catholic University of the
Sacred Heart.
The
centre’s principal activities are:
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trying out digital and multimedia technologies
for teaching applications;
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setting up a technological system for developing
university activities by means of new communication
technologies;
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the study and organisation of flexible and
readily accessible media for the training of new
technology trainers;
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laying down systems for assessing the quality of
new teaching activities and their respective
organisational and structural process;
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setting up multi-disciplinary methods and
instruments for assessing the University’s activities
within the permanent and adult education sector.
We
follow a didactic system that operates on three
different elements:
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professor’s on-line presence ; live tele-didactics;
web-based didactics
these
three elements are not self exclusive, they are part of
an integrated system related to a classic professor-to-students
lesson. CePAD
– will contribute to the B.L.U.e.S. Pilot
project in
the following tasks:
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Participating
to the B.L.U. .e.S.
European laboratory for innovation in e.learning
and to the networking “Consortium”,
growing up an European Virtual University
for on demand e.learning
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Co-operating in applied research ,developmen,
implementation and testing
of knowledge manegement new learning
environment
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Evaluating on a critical reflexive use of new
pedagogica methods and approaches
in the B.L.U.eS collaborative e.learning
practices , assessing
the added value and benefits of e.learning
environments for the SME’s community involved in the
B.L.U.e.S e.learning programs.
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Contribute to the development of new learning
materials on
demand for specialistic areas
and for specific
user groups in
bi-lingual- transpation
(Italian – English)
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UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN :
DEPARTMENT
OF CULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION
The
University of the Aegean was established on March 20th,
1984. It is a pioneering endeavor in several aspects,
namely its geographical location and dispersion, the
selection of academic and research fields, and the
interdisciplinary knowledge offered in its academic
departments. The geographical location of the University
of the Aegean puts a challenge to the operation of a
University system. The University’s unconventional
character is manifested in its efforts to spread its
academic activities on six Aegean islands located at
considerable distances from each other. This uncommon
choice is contrary to the prevailing traditional
university model, which is characterised by a
centralised and bureaucratic operation. The application
of a decentralised model has several obstacles to
overcome, such as administrative overhead, problems in
cooperation between departments and researchers, and the
difficulty of sharing resources. The approach
taken in our case has proven most successful so
far and is consists mainly in extensive utilisation of
information and telecommunication technologies, as well
as in the careful selection of academic disciplines and
location of Schools and Departments. It is important to
note, moreover, that the greater area on which the
University operates, namely the islands of the Aegean
Sea, is one of the less developed regions of the
European Union. Among its numerous problems are low per
capita income, diminishing population, difficulties of
communication, and inadequate infrastructure. These
problems put an additional challenge to the University
and largely dictate its development policy. The
University of the Aegean’s academic ambition is to
trace new directions in Higher Education, in consonance
with the needs of modern Greek society. Moreover, the
University’s innovative orientation is manifested in
the choice of the scientific disciplines that it fosters,
which are largely defined by new scientific developments.
In
order to enforce its dynamism and modern character, the
University of the Aegean emphasizes the development of
educational methods and research activities. A well-organized
library, with complete electronic support and
collections in all five islands offering access to all
contemporary sources of knowledge and encouraging a
creative approach of bibliography instead of an
ex-cathedra teaching, is definitely in the vanguard
of the educational and scientific progress. In order to
exploit its special role in the best possible way as
well as to rationalise its proceedings and activities,
in the last few years the University has put great
emphasis on the development of New Information
Technologies and Telecommunications. This development
has already begun to influence in a positive way the
general administrative and academic functions of the
Institution. As
far as the teaching process is concerned, the broad
utilisation of New Technologies will contribute
immensely to its upgrading.
Along
with its educational function, the University of the
Aegean is a research institution. Furthermore it
attempts to formulate a strong presence for the
upgrading of the Greek periphery and the social and
economic development of the Aegean archipelago.
The
DEPARTMENT OF
CULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION was
established in 1999 and is a part of the School of
Social Sciences of the University of the Aegean located
in the city of Mytilene. The mission of the Department
of Cultural Technology and Communication is the
cultivation and promotion of knowledge related to
culture and cultural heritage using technologies of
informatics for the study of culture and intercultural
management. Its objective is to record, process and
promote various cultural procedures and data, as well as
to train scientific experts specializing in the fields
of media planning, production, dissemination and
management of cultural products through means of new
media technologies. Furthermore its goal is the
recording, processing, presentation and promotion of
cultural activities and data Interculturacultural well
as the general positions of the European Union in the
following areas: cultural policies, cultural management,
e-commerce, communication and culture, consumers and
cultural differences, culture and knowledge in the
knowledge economy society.
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The UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN
could be
involved in the B.L.U.e.S. pilot project in
following issues: - Policy issues for e.business
in particular: SMES's policy advertisement
through the WWW
Methodology of intercultural
eLearning ;- Dissemination of the results and
information of the Greek SMEs;- Participation in the
Conferences, seminars, etc;- University of the Aegean
could be the leader partner as far as the Culture and
Tourism issues (seminars, conferences, etc) of the
project are concerned. ;- Development of educational
material in the related sector; The University of Aegean
act in co-operation with a proper joint venture
wit a subcontractor (INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS – ATAC
see: http://www.atac.gr/)
for the following
tasks:
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Development of the web-site (portal) in order the
partners to exchange the required info
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Customization of already used technical solutions in
order to meet the needs of the end users
-
Technical Assistant and consultant to the University of
the Aegean as far as the elearning
environment is concerned -- Participating in the
Technical Committee in order to conclude in the final
platform to be used for the elearning environment ;-
Participation in the dissemination of the results
through presentation in conferences, etc ;-
Participating in the seminars and conferences by
presenting already working solutions from other sectors
. Of course, all the technical partners could also be
involved in these parts of the work.
The
UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN
could be involved
inthe Project BLU.eS
the following issues:- Policy issues for
e.business ;- SMES's policy advertisement through the
WWW
-
Methodology for eLearning ;- Dissemination of the
results and information of the Greek SMEs ; -
Participation in the Conferences, seminars, etc ; -
University of the Aegean could be the leader partner as
far as the Culture and Tourism issues (seminars,
conferences, etc) of the project are concerned. ;-
Development of educational material in the related
sector
As
already mentioned, ATAC will act as subcontractor to the
University and therefore the work described in the
previous paragraphs can be presented as one (for the
University of the Aegean).
8.
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
ES-
-Type
of institution:
Foundation
-Type
of body:
open and distance learning university and research
institute : Main
activities:
The
Universitat
Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalunya)
is an open and distance learning institution aimed at
providing high quality university level education
through the use on new information and communication
technology. By
combining the latest technologies available in
telematics, personal computers and multimedia with both
a solid pedagogical foundation and continuous evaluation,
the UOC has built a Virtual Campus - that is, an
accredited and flourishing public university that
functions almost entirely on-line- to serve a virtual
community of 20.000 students, 700 professors, 280
management staff … who interacts and exchange any kind
of information. The Virtual Campus is therefore the
virtual environment that provides to the University
members with learning activities, secretary services,
library services, and socialising areas. One of the main
challenges that the UOC faces is to not only design an
advanced new pedagogical model that takes full
advantages of the information age, but to be sure that
this model keeps pace with the continually changing
possibilities of new technology.
As part of this effort the university
participates in a variety of co-operative international
research and development projects and it has recently
created an Internet
Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) aimed at promoting
research in the many different areas of the Information
Society, in particular e-learning.
The
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
could be
involved in the project BLU.eS in the following
issues:
-
Participation in the definition of activities to be
concluded in the framework of the project
-
Participation in the Conference/workshop , Seminar and
Congress of the project
-
Contribution in the e.content on line production
-
Contribution
on the dissemination of final results at National and
Regional level .
Person
in charge of the project
Surname
: Manzelli
First name(s): Paolo
Title (position)
rector Education Reserarch Laboratory –
Florence University
Telephone :
(+39/055/332549)
Fax (+39/055/354845)
E-mail
: [email protected]
B.L.U.e.S.:http://www.chim1.unifi.it/group/education
www.internetwork.it/egocreanet
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