eLSE 2007 eLearning and Software for Education International Scientific Conference

1. “Carol I” National Defence University Advanced Distributed Learning Department eLSE 2007eLearning and Software for EducationInternational Scientific Conference THE DIMENSIONS OF THE E-LEARNING PROJECT. STUDY CASE BASED ON THE “CAROL I” NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE Prof.dr. Mircea Muresan Prof.dr. Ion Roceanu

2. The ADL Department's mission To make effectiveness the educational activity based on IT&C and generate, develop and manage the distance learning curricula under the national educational laws and fully according with the NATO ADL principles.

3. Milestones in the past “Introduction to NATO” tutorial on-line course General Smith visits and appreciates the ADL dept. Research e-learning projects& ELSE 2006 NDC-NDU Memorandum ADL master plan update ELSE 2005 conference On-line Ed. Services ADL department E-learning portal INTUITEXT LMS E-learning laboratory ADL master plan 2005 2006 2004

4. Our philosophy From information to knowledge through power of information technology applied in training and education where, when, what, and to whom It is necessary Network Based Education – student oriented

5. ADL Department Chart

6. The NDU ADL model Education Process Content Courses Content eLearning objects Students Didactically logistics Content level Education objectives Human resources Asynchronous:On-line tutorial courses for students self study Multimedia courses content on demand LMS level Synchronous:On-line courses (local and distance), In laboratory (teacher assistance) Networks NDU Intranet MoD Intranet Internet KM Portal Infrastructure level eLearning Laboratory

7. anywhere, anytime Synchronous Lab Synchronous IntraNet Synchronous Web Syncronous Server Asynchronous Server

8. Directions of effort • E-education – focus on Bologna Process • Educational services support under national educational requirements: bachelor, master degree, doctoral studies • Post-university on-line courses (on-line master) • E-training – focus on ADL • Life Long Learning – short professional courses • Individual and team tailored courses

9. Steps in development • Learning about e-learning • Set-up the project master plan • Development of project – technical capabilities • Development of project – educational capabilities • Human resources capabilities development

10. Lessons learned • Keep in mind: eLearning has 90% educational objectives and only 10% technology • Attract the students, the teachers will join • No more words about eLearning, demonstrate by results • For the beginning, the short useful courses bring the good results • More freedom in learning progress for the students • Create the motivation for the students - give them a recognition of course • The “brand” of institutions improves the value of course (in our case the NDC) • Deliver the tutoring support. The students appreciate it and they feel inside the learning environment. • No more than 20-30 students /tutor. We started with 50 and now we work with ….80

11. Milestones in the ….FUTURE GOD HELP US AND WE WILL SEE Centre of excellence at national level Research e-learning projects in EU Mobile learning prototype ELSE 2008 conference On-line teaching based on VTC On-line Ed. Services ELSE 2007 conference KMS based on Drupal tech. Extend the delivering capabilities to MoD Intranet Internet broadband access, over 1024 Mbps On-line courses: Introduction to NATO; ESDP; CIMIC; C4I; English Course; Romanian language course… 2008 2009 2007

12. Thank You! Questions? LTC Ion Roceanu Director of the ADL Department iroceanu@gmail.com http://adl.unap.ro