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Creating Virtual Learning Environment for Higher Education Institutions Zvonko Martinovi University Computing Centre University of Zagreb EUNIS conference 2016 June 8-10 2016 University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

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Creating Virtual Learning Environment for Higher Education Institutions

Zvonko Martinović University Computing Centre University of Zagreb

EUNIS conference 2016 June 8-10 2016

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University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

  • SRCE was founded in 1971 within

the University of Zagreb

  • Today, SRCE is the main

computing centre and the architect of the e-infrastructure, covering both the University of Zagreb and the whole research and high education system

  • SRCE is the competence center

for information and communication technologies as well as the center for education and support in the area of ICT application

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E-learning Centre (ELC)

  • The E-learning Centre was established at the University Computing

Centre of the University of Zagreb in 2007

  • Today is a focal point for systematic take-up and supporting e-learning

across the higher education institutions in Croatia

  • Basic objectives of the E-learning Centre are:
  • to provide and maintain a reliable and generally accessible university platform for e-

learning

  • to provide support to teachers, students, e-learning teams and institutions
  • to support the university network of people involved or interested in e-learning
  • to promote and foster the e-learning implementation

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E-learning Centre activities

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User support

  • Technical support to users who work with e-

learning technologies maintained by the E- learning Centre

  • Advised support to teachers in preparation

and maintenance of e-courses (help desk, consultancy, projects on the e-course development)

  • Training Courses (on-line & f2f) on the use of

e-learning technologies maintained by the E- learning Centre

  • Manuals, instructions and animations about

the use of e-learning technologies

  • Promotional activities with the aim to raise

awareness on e-learning and create a network of people

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Distance education systems maintained by ELC

  • Merlin – VLE for courses in

higher education

  • MoD – e-learning system for e-

learning projects in community

  • MuS – e-learning system for

schools

  • Moodle2Test – e-learning

system for testing

  • Moodle2Demo – demo e-

learning system in Croatian

  • E-portfolio system
  • System for Webinars
  • All systems are accessible using

Single Sign-On (SSO) for authentication and authorization through AAI@EduHr infrastructure

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Virtual Learning Environment for Higher Education Institutions

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VLE - infrastructure

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Merlin

  • http://merlin.srce.hr
  • e-learning platform based on

Moodle

  • System for managing and

distributing courses over Internet

  • Reliable and free of charge e-

learning platform for higher education institutions, academic staff and students

  • Integrated with ISVU and

MojOblak

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Merlin

  • First installation was made in 2007
  • Course archive for last five academic years
  • VLE Merlin hosts 4,970 e-courses, used by over 2,350 teachers

and 33,400 students in the current academic year

  • Over 12,200 archived e-courses and over 78,700 users in total
  • Moodle version 2.9 has been installed for the academic year

2015/2016

  • It is continuously upgraded, optimized, maintained and modified to

users needs

  • Optimal user experience through universal design principles,

responsive web design and Mobile App

  • In current academic year on Merlin there are over 4,600

assignments, 2,000 quizzes, 6,400 forums and 40,200 files

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Webinars

  • https://connect.srce.hr
  • Web based seminar system

based on Adobe Connect

  • Webinar is a presentation,

lecture, workshop or a seminar in real time over the Internet. It enables audio, video and text communication between attendees.

  • A webinars' main feature is its

interactivity, especially the ability to send and receive information which enables interaction between a presenter and participants located on various different locations

  • System hosts 405 meeting

rooms and has more then 9,400 registered users

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E-portfolio

  • http://merlin.srce.hr/eportfolio/
  • Electronic portfolio system based
  • n Mahara
  • Collection of digital resources

produced by someone

  • In education: a collection of

documents describing student/teacher work, efforts, progress and achievement in

  • ne or more areas over time
  • Different types of data (text files,

pictures, video and audio clips, blogs and bookmarks)

  • Flexible and transportable
  • There are over 44,000 pages

created by over 18,200 registered users

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Merlin users

  • In total 82 institutions (6 universities, 10 Polytechnic and school of

professional higher education)

  • 29 institutional users
  • 19 institutions using Merlin - ISVU connection
  • University of Zagreb – 32 institutions using Merlin, 17 as institutional

users

  • For University of Zadar and University of Dubrovnik Merlin is the official e-

learning system

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Merlin - Number of e-courses and registered users per academic year

812 1.197 1.906 4.348 4.955 29.124 39.494 51.182 66.556 78.433

10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Number of open e-courses Number of registred users

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Merlin - Number of enrolled teachers and students per academic year

640 1.147 1.311 2.084 2.306 9.120 14.943 19.167 25.387 31.023 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Teachers Students

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Merlin - Users on monthly basis (Google Analytics)

10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000

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Merlin - Concurrent users (daily peek)

28.1.2015 424 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 6.5.2013 22.11.2013 10.6.2014 27.12.2014 15.7.2015 31.1.2016 18.8.2016

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Merlin - amount of learning materials in GB

43 79 94 163 197 50 100 150 200 250 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

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Next steps...

  • To provide disaster recovery on SRCE second data center location
  • To prepare the VLE for the next academic year (with all additional

materials and support)

  • Further integration of Merlin with ISVU
  • To integrate Merlin with Digital Academic Archivers and Repositories
  • To optimize the existing system to maximize usability of the existing

resources

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According to the Open Access Policy, Srce ensures that all research data made by Srce is accessible and free to use by the general public, especially educational and professional information and content derived from the actions and work of Srce. This material is available under the International Creative Commons License 4.0 Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivs. www.srce.unizg.hr/en creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

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Questions?

http://www.srce.unizg.hr/en/elc ceu@srce.hr