TY - GEN
T1 - E-learning - The Bologna process, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), learning outcomes and ReProTool
AU - Pouyioutas, Philippos
AU - Gjermundrod, Harald
AU - Dionysiou, Ioanna
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper discusses e-learning in relation to the Bologna Process, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), Learning Outcomes (LOs) and ReProTool, a software tool that supports the automation of the process of adopting LOs into the educational curriculum of Universities. It provides suggestions as to how to extend e-learning platforms and environments so as to conform to the Bologna Process directives. It briefly addresses why the Bologna Process and the reforms in the European Higher Education Area have not really focused on e-learning. It then addresses those concepts of the Bologna Process that can be adopted by e-learning platforms and environments and then presents ReproTool and its features that can be implemented in such environments. ReProTool is a software tool which automates the process of adopting Learning Outcomes into educational curriculum thus re-engineering academic programmes and courses. The tool will be the result of the project "ReProTool, A Software Tool for the ECTS and Bologna Process Re-engineering of University Programmes", which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation.
AB - This paper discusses e-learning in relation to the Bologna Process, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), Learning Outcomes (LOs) and ReProTool, a software tool that supports the automation of the process of adopting LOs into the educational curriculum of Universities. It provides suggestions as to how to extend e-learning platforms and environments so as to conform to the Bologna Process directives. It briefly addresses why the Bologna Process and the reforms in the European Higher Education Area have not really focused on e-learning. It then addresses those concepts of the Bologna Process that can be adopted by e-learning platforms and environments and then presents ReproTool and its features that can be implemented in such environments. ReProTool is a software tool which automates the process of adopting Learning Outcomes into educational curriculum thus re-engineering academic programmes and courses. The tool will be the result of the project "ReProTool, A Software Tool for the ECTS and Bologna Process Re-engineering of University Programmes", which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation.
KW - Bologna Process
KW - E-learning
KW - ECTS
KW - Learning Outcomes
KW - ReProTool
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866050900&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-33642-3_36
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-33642-3_36
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866050900
SN - 9783642336416
VL - 7558 LNCS
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 334
EP - 342
BT - Advances in Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2012 - 11th International Conference, Proceedings
T2 - 11th International Conference on Advances in Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2012
Y2 - 2 September 2012 through 4 September 2012
ER -