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Title:
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TOWARDS BEST PRACTICES IN CONTINUING EDUCATION AT THE IVPV GHENT UNIVERSITY (BELGIUM) |
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Author(s):
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Marianne Martens , Luc Boullart |
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ISBN:
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972-98947-5-2 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Maggie McPherson |
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Year:
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2004 |
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Edition:
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2 |
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Keywords:
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Life Long Learning, e-learning, blended learning, best practices, streaming video. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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946 |
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Last Page:
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949 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The Institute for Continuing Education at the Ghent University (IVPV) offers courses in the framework of Life Long
Learning. Courses include exercises, homework and projects. Through examinations/projects a certificate issued by the
Ghent University can be obtained.
Combining Life Long Learning with a full time job in an environment where accessibility to courses due to traffic
congestion is severely hindered, posed a challenge to the IVPV. Since 5 years now, the search for best practices for
offering course content is constantly continuously going on.
The success of the large scale inter-university IT1 course in 1998-2000, using live ISDN-videoconferencing, persuaded
the IVPV to organize other courses taking into account the remarks of students and industrial partners.
Taking up current best practices, a renewed course framework was set up for a new IT course (IT2) based on streaming
video lessons on CDs where participants were tightly kept into a study rhythm in order to avoid free lunch behaviour,
(guided streaming video courses). An in-house system for streaming video, with emphasis on animation and
interaction, has been developed. In 2003, the IVPV started a new type of e-learning course based on IT2 but with
maximum flexibility/freedom for participants (free streaming video courses). The search for best practices continues
Some courses are therefore given through blended learning. |
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