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ECTS AND HEI IN SERBIA

ECTS AND HEI IN SERBIA. Prof. dr Vojin Raki ć m r Nina Stojanović (BK University, Belgrade). Allocation of credits. To all types of study programs, irrespective of their length To all three cycles To courses, research/theses etc.

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ECTS AND HEI IN SERBIA

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  1. ECTS AND HEI IN SERBIA Prof. dr Vojin Rakić mr Nina Stojanović (BK University, Belgrade)

  2. Allocation of credits • To all types of study programs, irrespective of their length • To all three cycles • To courses, research/theses etc. • To courses that are or are not part of learner’s full cycle study program

  3. Based on... • ...a realistic estimation of the student workload required for the average student to achieve the learning objectives • ...a total number of 60 credits for one academic year • ...a regular gathering and analysis of bottom-up information on actual student workload

  4. NOT based on... • ... hours of lectures or exercices alone • ... status of course (“core and non-core subjects”, introductory or advanced courses) or status of teacher

  5. ECTS grading scale • Based on the rank of a student in a given assessment, i.e. how (s)he performed RELATIVE to other students • Based on classification of students into broad groups that makes the interpretation of ranking possible

  6. Passing grades – five subgroups • A: the best 10% • B: the next 25% • C: the next 30% • D: the next 25% • E: the next 10%

  7. Failing grades – two subgroups • FX: some further work required before credits can be awarded • F: considerable further work required

  8. Important • Size of cohort (suggested size of cohort with passing grades is more than 30 students / if not, distribution of marks over a period covering more years is a possibility) • Relationship as close as possible to one-to-one between institution`s own marks and ECTS grading scale

  9. ECTS AT HEI IN SERBIAIntroduction of ECTS (1) • Introduction of ECTS at HEI in Serbia starts in 2002, in the framework of several independent pilot projects • Implementation limited to several HEI

  10. New Law on HE (2) • States that all study programs ought to be organized and expressed in ECTS • After the adoption of that Law (2006) – implementation of ECTS at HEI intensified

  11. Present status of ECTS and student mobility in Serbia (3) • Programs of academic mobility still insufficiently familiar and insufficiently available to students; hence, individual cases of student mobility, but not yet an efficient system in place that facilitates it • ECTS still not sufficiently implemented at HEI in Serbia • Formal implementation of ECTS at HEI successful, but resistance stronger when more substantial reforms (affecting study programs) are being implemented

  12. Problem (4) • In Serbia, faculties are “legal subjects” • Implications for HER

  13. Implementation of ECTS at BK University Principles (1) • Implementation of ECTS at BK University (first private university in Serbia) started in 2005 • Central Committee was formed at University level with the duty to establish criteria, harmonize standards and to set the dynamics of the implementation process • ECTS coordinators were appointed at faculty level • ECTS implemented at all study levels (including core subjects and electives).

  14. ECTS allocation (2) • ECTS credits appointed to subjects based on student workload • In calculating student workload, all activities foreseen by the curriculum taken into consideration, including time spent on lectures, as well as all other student activities (individual work, preparation for practical work, tests, essay writing, etc.), but students achieve credits only by passing the exam

  15. Modularization of study programs (3) • Modularization of all study programs is conducted • Key principle - modularization should be based on study outcomes being grouped and equally distributed within modules • Installment of the system of combining modules within different study programs is foreseen in future planes.

  16. ESCT system utilization (4) • Utilization of ECTS as system for credit accumulation (student collects credits until the moment (s)he achieves a sufficient number of credits to obtain a certain professional degree) • Utilization of ECTS as system for credit transfer (student can collect credits at some other institution and than transfer them to the home institution) is foreseen.

  17. “ECTS Assurance” (5) • Special committees formed for making sure credits are allocated in accordance with ECTS principles • Regular evaluations foreseen in future plans

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