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- | ===== Brief Description ====== | + | ===== Short Description ====== |
- | The Open eClass platform is a complete | + | The Open eClass platform is an integrated e-Course Management System and is the proposal of the Academic |
- | [{{ : | + | ===== Features and functionalities ===== |
- | The introduction of e-learning into the traditional teaching process provides new capabilities and allows new means of interaction between students and teachers. At the same time, it supports the electronic management, storage and presentation of teaching materials, transcending limitations of space and time and creating the necessary conditions for a dynamic teaching environment. | ||
- | The Open eClass platform has been designed to either provide an alternative way of teaching and learning process. Teachers are able to quickly organize practical on-line courses, making use of existing educational materials: texts, documents, presentations, | ||
- | The Open eClass platform is available as open source software. Its design principles include ease of use by end users without specialized technical skills, multilingual support, adaptability to current and future demands, and simple software upgrade and extension. The service is accessible via any web browser. | + | [{{ : |
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- | ===== Features and functionalities ===== | + | **Compatibility with all browsers**: Open eClass is accessed |
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- | * **Compatibility with all browsers**: | + | |
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- | * **Adaptive User Interface**: | + | |
- | | + | **Customizable user interface**: The Open eClass platform |
- | Basic platform characteristics are: | ||
- | - distinct user roles | ||
- | - distinct course categories | ||
- | - easy course creation and use | ||
- | - structured course presentation | ||
- | - stability and reliability | ||
- | - ease of administration | ||
- | ==== User Roles ==== | + | **Compatibility with e-learning standards**: |
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- | | + | **Creation & Management of Online Courses**. Specifically, the platform |
- | * Finally, the administrator has general control over the platform. Administrators can create and administer user accounts and courses, | + | * |
- | Note: There is a number of intermediate user roles | + | |
- | ==== Course Categories ==== | + | * **discrete course formats**: simple format, weekly format, module-based course |
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- | * Registration required restricted courses are accessible to platform users that are registered to them. This means that these courses are open to everyone having an account. For additional security | + | * |
- | * Finally, closed courses are only accessible to users after a course | + | * **distinct user roles**: |
- | Note: There are also inactive courses. | + | |
- | ==== Functionality & Features | + | ==== Management of educational content |
- | The eCourse is the core part of the Open eClass platform. Each eCourse is an autonomous entity which integrates a number of learning tools. More specifically, | + | |
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- | | + | * **Documents**: Organising, storing and presenting |
- | - **Documents**, | + | * **Multimedia**: storage |
- | - **Announcements**, | + | * **Blog**: Publishing text posts in chronological order. |
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- | - **Groups**, open or closed, consist of users registered to the course (students | + | |
- | - **Links**, on the web to resources relevant to the aspects | + | * **Wall**: Reading |
- | | + | * **Links**: Adding |
- | - **Self-evaluation Exercises**, | + | * **Learning Path**: Organization of educational material into structured modules. Export |
- | - **Course Description**, | + | * **H5P content**: a tool for creating interactive course objects |
- | | + | * **Mindmap**: Conceptual analysis |
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- | - **Learning Path** allows teachers to organize their educational material and students to follow a sequence | + | |
- | - **Wiki**, where course participants collaborate on documents, | + | |
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- | - **Questionnaires**, | + | |
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- | - **Course Administration Tools**, allowing teachers | + | |
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- | - ** Wall ** allow students and teachers to apply in chronological order a set of multiple content posts | + | |
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- | - ** Gradebook ** allow teachers to create and manage a series | + | |
- | Course units offer a flexible way to organize educational material that is stored in the course learning modules in an articulate structure. | + | |
+ | ==== Information, | ||
+ | * **Announcements**: | ||
+ | * **Calendar**: | ||
+ | * **Messages**: | ||
+ | * **Announcments**: | ||
+ | * **Forum**: Asynchronous exchange of views and ideas. | ||
+ | * **Teleconference**: | ||
+ | * **Groups**: Grouping users to have a common discussion area and file upload area. | ||
+ | *** Wiki**: Collaborative authoring. | ||
+ | * **Chat**: Real-time communication by text message, between instructors and learners. | ||
+ | ==== Evaluation & feedback tools ==== | ||
+ | * Exercises: Production of closed-ended exercises (multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank). | ||
+ | * Assignments: | ||
+ | * Questionnaires: | ||
+ | * Gradebook: Recording trainee scores. | ||
+ | * Attendance: Recording trainee attendance/ | ||
+ | * Progress: helps learners to improve their performance and achieve their goals | ||
+ | * Statistics: User statistics. | ||
+ | **E-learning management tools** | ||
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+ | * Settings: the basic course settings tool (title, description, | ||
+ | * Users: List of registered users, roles, registration and de-registration of users (individual, | ||
+ | * Tools: enable, disable, add external tools (links, tools, LTI, etc.). | ||
+ | * Learning analytics: Analytical reports on monitoring and achievement of learning objectives. | ||
- | ===== Aims - Benefits ===== | + | [{{ :el: |
- | The Open eClass project has the following aims: | + | |
- | * to incorporate new technologies in education activities. | ||
- | * to utilize existing educational material (notes, presentations, | ||
- | * to take constructive advantage of the Internet. | ||
- | * to be easy to use for both teachers and students. | ||
- | * to offer a reliable but affordable asynchronous e-learning services. | ||
- | * to be easy to install and administer, as well as easy to adapt to special or changing requirements. | ||
- | * to actively developed and supported by the Greek Academic Network GUnet and available without restrictions to everyone. | ||
===== Contact ===== | ===== Contact ===== | ||
For more information please visit platform’s web portal in: http:// | For more information please visit platform’s web portal in: http:// |