Concept of a MultilingualVirtual Classroom Network for Software Engineering

Module

Katerina ZdravkovaInstitute of Informatics,

SkopjeE-mail: Keti@ii.edu.mk

Intention

Common Virtual Classroom for Software Engineering module

Centre Point at HUFour National Centres: Berlin, Novi Sad, Plovdiv, SkopjeFour National Points: Belgrade (EE & FNS), Kragujevac, Nis

Objectives of MVCN

Current collaboration in SE project(At least) acceptable infrastructure for distance learning Centre Points have got sufficient experience in Distance EducationSoftware Engineering module at HU is established and functions wellPrepared lecture notes

Current state of MVCN

Modern and adaptable SE syllabus Central site with basic elementsLecture notes & Power Point slidesPartly translated slidesDefined SE course in new computing curriculum in Novi SadInitiated SE course in Skopje

Assignments

Berlin: Finalization of Power Point slidesNovi Sad: Static part of MVCNSkopje: Dynamic part of MVCNAll partners: SE course with common syllabus translation and adaptation of the slides activation of common SE module (course)

SE syllabus

Active and stable for several yearsCovers at least 80% of core lectures according to CC2001Gives good theoretical basis for future research and developmentPresents many practical aspects of SEEnriched with many case studiesXCTL control program

Basic links at the central site

Schedule of project developmentOverview of the course: basic principles, topics and syllabusElements of the course: case studies, slides and common student assignmentsSE: literature, F.A.Q., discussion, participants of the project

Links relevant for MVNC

Overview of the courseElements of the courseSE course in general + important meetingsBulletin BoardMailing listIndicator of site trafficJoint workshop over the InternetLinks to national pages

Structure of MCVN

Centre point: Berlin sends information to National Points,

supervises and co-ordinates their work receives new lecture notes from all

involved partner institutions centralized communication between

National Points updates it and fills in new information

Properties of the Centre Point

Static: most contents can be filled in and changed locallyDynamic: Only the Bulletin BoardAvailable to everybody, but:Gives access to some parts only to authorized users

Remark: the access is not guaranteed?

National Centres

Independent units of the whole networkBasically: mirroring sitesTranslations of common contents coming from the Centre PointIndividual elements concerning the course (place, time, students, …)Needs dynamic access to national servers

National Points

Currently: only in YugoslaviaAccess to all common contents of the National CentreCentralized communication through a National Bulletin BoardIndividual elements concerning the course

Contents of National Points

Two kinds of users: teachers (administrators) and Students (end users)

Relevant for all users: all contents coming from the Centre site student assignments and results

(restricted) local communication site traffic

Example of a dynamic DL site

What is dynamic?

Bulletin BoardUser listsIndividual assignments and deadlinesSolutions of the assignmentsList of resultsBi-directional communication

Benefits of MVNC

Virtual ClassroomInternational and multilingualJoint Software Engineering module at (at least) three different schoolsPossibility to start SE training and teaching without big effortsPortabilityConsequence: ECTS in SEE

Extensions of MVNC

SE course in line with CC2001 standardsTransferable pattern of a SE courseJoint workshop over the Internet (Misev, Plovdiv 2002)Joint projects over the Internet (Zdravkova, Novi Sad 2001)New local and international partners

Future work

Completion of PPT slidesTranslation to English and Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian (manually)Extension / modification of SE education slide at HUCreation of national mirroring sites with dynamic contentsEvaluation of the project

Consequence

New DAAD project?