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International Conference on Engineering Education Gliwice, Poland. July, 2005.

The Informatics Engineering Programme Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area at the Faculty of Computer Science of Valencia E. Vendrell & E. Sanchis Facultad de Inform ática - UPV. International Conference on Engineering Education Gliwice, Poland. July, 2005. INDEX.

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International Conference on Engineering Education Gliwice, Poland. July, 2005.

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  1. The Informatics Engineering Programme Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area at the Faculty of Computer Science of Valencia E. Vendrell & E. Sanchis Facultad de Informática - UPV International Conference on Engineering Education Gliwice, Poland. July, 2005.

  2. INDEX • Adaptation of the Spanish higher education to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) • Considerations on the Informatics Engineering degree • Teaching innovation at the Faculty of Computer Science of the UPV • The project of adaptation to the EHEA at FIV-UPV • ECTS • Students’ Poll • Teaching innovation • Conclusions InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  3. ADAPTATION OF THE SPANISH HIGH EDUCATION TO THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA (EHEA) • 3 main lines > • The new structure of the academic degrees, • The use of the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) as the measure of the teaching effort of the students, • The development of new approaches of innovative teaching oriented to increase the participation of the students in the teaching/learning process. InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  4. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE INFORMATICS ENGINEERING DEGREE ANECA > White Paper for the Informatics Engineering degree Unique degree • 240 ECTS [4 years, 60 ECTS per year] • General education on informatics with some specialities Master degree • 60 to 120 ECTS [1 or 2 years] • oriented to professional specialities, research, and the PhD InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  5. TEACHING INNOVATION AT THE FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF THE UPV Active teaching > student as the actor of the teaching process Activities > new teaching parameter > the student must perform some actions starting from theoretical concepts previously achieved > specific works, partially done at home or in libraries InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  6. TEACHING INNOVATION AT THE FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF THE UPV • Teaching projects > • Individual initiatives • EUROPA project • PAEEES project InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  7. TEACHING INNOVATION AT THE FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF THE UPV • Individual initiatives > • Performed by lecturers in the context of isolated subjects • Sometimes involving several subjects • Including new ways to transfer knowledge to students • In most cases, there was no acknowledgement for the lecturers • Increasing work to review new teaching activities when high number of students InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  8. TEACHING INNOVATION AT THE FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF THE UPV • EUROPA Project> Una Enseñanza Orientada al Aprendizaje • Institutional project promoted by UPV • Learning Oriented Teaching • Different sub-projects to change traditional teaching process • Introducing activities as a common factor in teaching methods > reorganizing teaching to introduce seminars and activities • In most cases, with no changes in the syllabi, activities couldn’t be introduced • Increasing work according the number of students InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  9. TEACHING INNOVATION AT THE FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF THE UPV • PAEEES Project> Programa de Adaptación al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior • Institutional project promoted by UPV • Adaptation to the EHEA • Substitutes the EUROPA Project • Teaching adaptation of the subjects • ECTS to measure student’s dedication • School and/or subject projects InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  10. THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV • Aim > Develop actions to spread and discuss the process to adapt to the EHEA • Institutional context to develop preliminary experiences to implant ECTS and new teaching and evaluation methodologies • 3 main goals > • To collect information from other Schools and Faculties about teaching and ECTS related to the approach to EHEA. • To do a teaching research about methodologies and dedication for teachers and students. • To obtain a model compound of well defined criteria for adapting to EHEA the Informatics Engineering degree of the Faculty of Computer Science. InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  11. THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV Information from other Schools and Faculties > • Visiting in Spain and abroad different Schools using active teaching methodologies and ECTS as the measurement of the subjects • Information related to the syllabus organization according the Bologna Process, the use of the ECTS as a measure of teaching for the subjects, and the introduction of active teaching in the degrees • Interesting experience > subjects of projects > involving practical teaching for different related subjects InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  12. THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV Student’s dedication > • Need to compute/estimate teaching and learning dedication of the students • Necessary to use ECTS as a measure of teaching for the subjects • A poll has been taken among the students > • at the end of each semester • for all kind of subjects • asking about their dedication average for a subject InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  13. Student’s Dedication to Mandatory Subjects Student’s Estimated Dedication to Mandatory Subjects 1% 4% 15% 14% 18% < half 12% < half half half same same double double > double > double 29% 30% 36% 41% THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV Student’s dedication > preliminary results InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  14. Study Dedication 180 160 140 120 100 Semester Dedication Students Last Month Dedication Last Week Dedication 80 60 40 20 0 0 1-3 3-6 6-10 >12 Hours THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV Student’s dedication > preliminary results InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  15. THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV Spreading the Bologna Process > • Need to involve lecturers in the Bologna Process • Speeches about > • ECTS • active teaching methodologies • subject organization InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  16. THE PROJECT OF ADAPTATION TO THE EHEA AT FIV-UPV Teaching innovation > • Discussion about previous experiences in the Faculty of Computer Science about teaching organization, methodologies, and evaluation • In most cases, the group size was the most important factor for the success • Teaching methods based on projects for the students, seminars, and non-present work, are only bearable when the number of students is small (about 30 students per group) InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

  17. CONCLUSIONS • Bologna Process > Need to adapt current degrees to the EHEA • Spanish initiative > white papers for all degrees • Informatics Engineering at FIV-UPV > institutional project > develop actions to spread and discuss the process to adapt to the EHEA > • Collecting information about other experiences • ECTS > poll for student’s dedication • Teaching innovation • Model for adapting to EHEA the Informatics Engineering degree InfEng2EHEA - ICEE 2005, Gliwice, Poland

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