Brigitte Roemmer-Nossek 15.12.2006Datum: Autor: Joint Degrees Need a Friendly Environment! UNICA Bologna Lab, Bratislava December 15, 2006.

15.12.2006Datum:Autor: Brigitte Roemmer-Nossek

Joint Degrees Need a Friendly Environment!UNICA Bologna Lab, Bratislava December 15, 2006

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Brigitte Römmer-Nossek

UNICA Bologna Lab, Bratislava15.12.2006

Infrastructure needed to run the programHow to include your stakeholders and move them to

commit themselvesContractual issuesAdmission QualityExchange of teachers and studentsVisibility

Topics

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Duration: Oct. 1, 2005 – Sept. 30, 2007

Curriculum development Review of existing programmes Curricular architecture Definition of learning outcomes (curriculum, modules) Teaching & learning concept External evaluation (CogSci programme Univ. Amsterdam,

L.Wenting)

Status MEi:CogSci28545-1-IC-2004-1-AT-ERASMUS-PROGUC-4

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Curriculum development

Exchange of teachers & students

Accreditation

Implementation

Visibility


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ERASMUS – ageementsCEEPUS – network

Cooperation with IROs needed and works perfectly

? financial support ?

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Accreditation

Implementation

Visibility


a a

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Faculties bottom-up

involve researchers/teachers asap

gain head of institute‘s / dean‘s support

Rectorate top-down

incentives for faculties

influence on administration

AdministrationIRO

How to include your stakeholders and move them to commit themselves ?

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Accreditation

Implementation

Visibility


a alight at the end of the tunnel…

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Accreditation

Different legal frameworks

No procedures for the accrediation of joint degrees!

Bratislava & Vienna: Pilot with work-arounds

Accreditation on European level?

Organisational learning processtalk, talk, talktry to convince don‘t despair…

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Faculties

Accreditation

Implementation

Visibility


a a alight at the end of the tunnel

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Faculties bottom-up

involve researchers/teachers asap

gain head of institute‘s / dean‘s support

Rectorate top-down

incentives for faculties

influence on administration

AdministrationIROinternational level & recognition helps

ImplementationHow to include your stakeholders and move them to commit themselves ?

Organisational learning processtalk, talk, talktry to convince don‘t despair…

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Implementation:Infrastructure needed to run the program

university levelprogr. Coordinator…local structures

faculty(ies) administration IT-infrastructure

IRO

EU networks

IRO UNICA …

rector

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international leveljoint programme

coordinatorscientific steering

committee

university levellocal p. coordinator(module resp.)

faculty(ies) administration IT-infrastructure

IT-infrastructureAdministration

IRO

EU networks

… … …

IRO UNICA …

rector

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Admin of joint degree promises to be very time-comsuming!

International Level joint programme coordinator [local programme director] scientific steering committee [LPD, module responsible,…]

Link local/international levelIT-resources (server, LMS, etc.)administration: clear interfaces & procedures [IROs, universities‘ admin]

IT-support for administration platform needed [univ. DBs ?]

Local levelcreativity needed challenge to usual admin

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Implementation: Contractual issues

Contract„Legal formalities“CurriculumTitleRecognitionStudent statusResponsibilitiesProductsProcedures for disputeProcedures for joining & leaving the consortiumQualityFinanical matters

Needs to be complemented by annex/management handbook!

work in progress David Baldinger (BB, UNICA)MEi:CogSci consortiumMaria Schmidt-Dengler (IRO)Vienna joint degree groupVR Mettinger

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ImplementationQuality control: who is responsible and takes charge

current working-package

Sensitive!quality-sensitive areas definedBrainstorming on measures for raising quality Resonsibilities on local and on national levelInterfaces with local structures neededSupport by Universities needed

Incentives rather than neg. sanctions quality development

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Faculties

Accreditation

Implementation

Visibility


a a aEventually alight at the end of the tunnel

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Visibility of the successful joint programmes

ConsortiumWebsite, Flyers, PostersGood PREvents to promote the programmePresentation (conferences etc.)

UniversityUniversity websiteMake joint degrees part of university strategy

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Faculties

Accreditation

Implementation

Visibility


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Joint Degree Friendly Environment

Support of Rectorate and/or Faculty(ies)Information for potential joint degree initiators Incentives for faculties (extra money, part of reporting, etc.)Clear structures and procedures for

applying for joint degree implementing joint degree running joint degree

Contracts, legal issues

Support of IROsSupport on national level

Accrediation procedures for joint degreesLegal systems

Support on international levelNetworks – lobbying and support (information etc.)

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Joint degrees are friendly, too

Perfect test bed!

Curriculum development in times of BolognaLearning outcomesCalculation of ECTSModularisation

(e)Portfolio

Next semester: LMS Sakai

UniVie cooperation with: -Center for Teaching & Learning-ZID-Forum New Media Austria

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THANK YOU for listening [email protected]

http://univie.ac.at/meicogsci

THANKS to the MEi:CogSci-consortium!Markus F. Peschl

Elisabeth ZimmermannIgor Farkas, Jan Rybar, University of Bratislava

Csaba Pleh, TU BudapestLaszlo Ropolyi, University of Budapest

Urban Kordes, Olga Markic, Andrej Ule, University of LjubljanaMelita Kovacevic, Bojana Dalbelo Basic, University of Zagreb

and the MEi:CogSci students!

Brigitte Roemmer-Nossek 15.12.2006Datum: Autor: Joint Degrees Need a Friendly Environment! UNICA Bologna Lab, Bratislava December 15, 2006.

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