Socrates programme

Educational and teaching approaches

The overall goal of this Thematic Network is to convert the traditional approach of learning:

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  Lecture,
  
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  Laboratory,
  
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  Library
  

into a European Distance Learning concept using the Internet
The curricula developed are based on the following approaches:

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  Theoretical courses as hyper-text which are used with several levels and approaches, the practical means consists in developing these theoretical courses using Internet and the new tools which give the ability for a student to "navigate" in a course as a function of its own level and difficulties. The lectures include several links to other web sites, used to illustrate the Virtual Library.
  
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  interactive simulations using Java-tools for instance
  

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  demonstrations and illustrations within the courses, using multimedia tools,
  

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  interactive exercises with questions and feedback hints that guide the student to find the correct answer.
  

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  Built-in self-evaluation for the students,
  

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  laboratory works that are proposed either as:
  

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  Distant labs (remote access to existing laboratories)
  
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  Tele-labs (simulation of real laboratory experiments
  

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   Project organisation (structures, management and use of information technology as a pedagogical or management tool).
   

In this TN the organisational structure included 3 levels:

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  Co-ordinating team, headed by the general co-ordinator
  

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  Lead Sites and
  

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