1. 1 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Swiss Virtual Campus Implementation of a National Content Server Platform Prof. Dr. Peter Stucki International Plugfest 1 Zurich, February 17, 2004

2. 2 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Content The Swiss Virtual Campus Program Design and Implementation of a National Content Server Platform Steps Ahead http://www.swissvirtualcampus.ch

3. 3 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki The Swiss Virtual Campus Program

4. 4 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Foster the development of on-line education across the system of higher education in Switzerland, e.g. Universities (UNI), Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH/EPF), Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS). Create networks of content owners/experts Support the development of 'common content' (learning units, modules, courses and curricula) Monitor technology transfer and field experience Service a large and new student user community Award ECTS credits Objective Approach Impulse Program 2000-2003

5. 5 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Foster change and not status-quo, Practice 'need-to-have' and not 'nice-to-have', Support content development and not system research, Require sustainable products. CHF 50 Mio. or € 35 Mio. or $ 30 Mio. Fifty-fifty financing model between federal government and educational institutions 10 Universities, 2 Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, 7 Universities of Applied Sciences Strategic Visions Financial Support Involved Institutions Impulse Program 2000-2003

6. 6 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Network consisting of a project manager and at least two project partners at different institutions Innovative, interactive, new media based and didactically correct professional course design to substitute/replace classroom teaching Scenarios that mature the student's self-respon- sibility for learning and knowledge acquisition Network organization (online-tutors, progress control, administration, compensation, etc.) Project Selection Criteria Impulse Program 2000-2003

7. 7 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Universities (GE, L, FR, NE, BE, LU, BS, ZH, SG, SI) Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETHZ/EPFL) Universities of Applied Sciences HES-SO, BFH, FHNW, FHZ, ZFH, FHO, SUPSI) Landscape of Swiss Higher-Education Campuses

8. 8 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki UNIZH: eCF Corporate Finance (Prof. Volkart et al.) SVC Project Example #1: eCF Corporate Finance Prof. Dr. Volkart et al., UNIZH

9. 9 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki SVC Project Example #2: GITTA - Geographic Information Technology Training Alliance, Prof. Dr. Weibel et al., UNIZH UNIZH: eCF Corporate Finance (Prof. Volkart et al.) UNIZH: GITTA Geographic IT Training Alliance (Prof. Weibel et al.)

10. 10 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki UNIZH: eCF Corporate Finance (Prof. Volkart et al.) UNIZH: GITTA Geographic IT Training Alliance (Prof. Weibel et al.) SLF/ETH: NAHRIS Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risks (Dr. Ammann et al.) SVC Project Example #3: NAHRIS - Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risks, Dr. Amman et al., SLF Davos FH Liechtenstein

11. 11 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki UNIZH: eCF Corporate Finance (Prof. Volkart et al.) UNIZH: GITTA Geographic IT Training Alliance (Prof. Weibel et al.) SLF/ETH: NAHRIS Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risks (Dr. Ammann et al.) UNIBS: Latinum Electronicum (Prof. Wachter et al.) Princeton University SVC Project Example #4: Latinum Electronicum Prof. Wachter et al., UNIBS

12. 12 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki UNIZH: eCF Corporate Finance (Prof. Volkart et al.) UNIZH: GITTA Geographic IT Training Alliance (Prof. Weibel et al.) SLF/ETH: NAHRIS Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risks (Dr. Ammann et al.) UNIBS: Latinum Electronicum (Prof. Wachter et al.) Princeton University UNIGE: C4H Computers for Health (Prof. Geissbühler et al.) SVC Project Example #5: C4H - Computers for Health Prof. Dr. Geissbühler et al., UNIGE

13. 13 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki UNIZH: eCF Corporate Finance (Prof. Volkart et al.) UNIZH: GITTA Geographic IT Training Alliance (Prof. Weibel et al.) SLF/ETH: NAHRIS Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risks (Dr. Ammann et al.) UNIBS: Latinum Electronicum (Prof. Wachter et al.) Princeton University UNIGE: C4H Computers for Health (Prof. Geissbühler et al.) ZFH Winterthur: Signals and Systems (Prof. Lekkas et al.) SVC Project Example #6: Signals and Systems Prof. Dr. Lekkas et al., ZFH

14. 14 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki UNIZH: eCF Corporate Finance (Prof. Volkart et al.) UNIZH: GITTA Geographic IT Training Alliance (Prof. Weibel et al.) SLF/ETH: NAHRIS Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risks (Dr. Ammann et al.) UNIBS: Latinum Electronicum (Prof. Wachter et al.) Princeton University UNIGE: C4H Computers for Health (Prof. Geissbühler et al.) ZFH Winterthur: Signals and Systems (Prof. Lekkas et al.) USI: SWISSLING (Prof. Rigotti et al.) SVC Project Example #7: SWISSLING Prof. Dr. Rigotti et al., USI And many more...

15. 15 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki All in all 50 SVC Content Development Projects Covering all Major Academic Disciplines

16. 16 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Medicine (11) Environmental and Life Sciences (9) Mathematics, Engineering and IT (9) Arts and Humanities (7) Management and Business Administration (6) Economics, Finance and Law (4) Educational Support (4) --> www.swissvirtualcampus.ch 50 SVC Content Development Projects Covering all Major Academic Disciplines

17. 17 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Swiss University Conference (CUS) (program supervision) Commission (inter-institutional linking and advise) Steering Committee (program conception and management) Swiss Federal Office for Education&Science Swiss Federal Office for Education&Technology (finance and control) Program Execution Execution and Status of Impulse Program 2000-2003

18. 18 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Supporting mandates completed (educational technology, legal and intellectual property issues, formative evaluation of peda- gogical and didactical quality, etc.) First feedback from field experience available (content usage: mostly 'blended', some 'problem- based', only a very few 'fully online') Positive acceptance by most parties involved (teachers, students, course designers, etc.) Program Status Execution and Status of Impulse Program 2000-2003

19. 19 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Unifying 'browser-compatibility' achieved Wide spectrum of platform implementations (missing guidelines and standards, open- source vs commercial product philosophy, limited portability, etc.) Program Status (cont'd) Execution and Status of Impulse Program 2000-2003

20. 20 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Design and Implementation of a National Content Server Platform

21. 21 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Academic Disciplines Medicine (11) Env. & Life Sc. (9) Math., Eng. & IT (9) Econ., Fin. & Law (4) Educ. Support (4) Arts & Humanities (7) Mgmt.&Bus. Adm. (6) Platform Proprietary 80% 45% 33% 25% 15% SVC Projects Platform Implementations Comm. Product 20% 55% 66% 75% 85%

22. 22 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Comm. Product# of Projects 22 2 1 WebCT Hyperwave OLAT Zope Prometheus Oracle iLearning Java/MathLab Archimed ASP Scripting SVC Projects: Comm. Product Statistics

23. 23 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki WebCT Implementation of a 'National Content Server' Platform ('University-Foundation' SWITCH, YE 2003)

24. 24 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Implementation of a 'National Content Server' Platform Evaluation Procedure Define requirements and selection criteria (authoring features, commercial products vs open-source, implementations, portability, open/defacto standards, overall cost, etc.) Study of worldwide available e-learning platforms Platform demonstrations and offerings WebCT-Vista, Blackboard, etc. Evaluation Ranking

25. 25 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Implementation of a 'National Content Server' Platform WebCT-Vista: The Academic Enterprise System > 50% of all projects are WebCT based New generation features of WebCT-Vista Modern and scalable client-server system architecture Centralized operation Preservation of corporate identity, lan- guage support and student administration Standards: SCORM, IMS support High cost (less of a problem in shared use) Justification Advantages Disadvantages

26. 26 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Implementation of a 'National Content Server' Platform WebCT-Vista Operation and maintenance by SWITCH License owner: SVC (Mandate Edutech) SVC project migration support (Mandate Edutech) Efficient generation of e-learning course- content and tests Integration of advanced/effective services (designer, students, administrators) Data and content management Service Offerings Production Advantages

27. 27 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Implementation of a 'National Content Server' Platform WebCT-Vista Operation and maintenance of 'National Content Server' platform (Sun/Solaris, Oracle) Performance specification: Up to 600 concurrent users WebCT-Vista inter-institutional user license Migration support Total cost: K€ 150/year

28. 28 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Implementation of a 'National Content Server' Platform WebCT-Vista Installation and Training (4Q03-1Q04) e.g. Hard- and software procurement, Administrator training and coaching, Learning-context management training, Designer schooling, WebCT-Vista promotion tour and migration assessment, Account installations, Etc.. Phase I

29. 29 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Example: Students of a common SVC Project UNIBS (lead), UNIZH (partner) and UNIL (partner) will use the NCS-Platform in time- and space-independent mode. Expected Service Offering: 24 h/day, 7 days/week 52 weeks/year Implementation of a 'National Content Server' Platform WebCT-Vista

30. 30 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Steps Ahead Consolidation of Swiss Virtual Campus Impulse Program

31. 31 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Optimize and maintain e-learning objects, modules and courses Secure sustainability of e-learning course-stem developed under the impulse program Support the teaching renewal initiative as defined by the conference of Swiss university rectors (Bologna and >10% self-study offerings by 2004) E-learning competence, service and production center at each Swiss higher education institution Maintenance of developed e-learning course material Objective Approach Consolidation Program 2004-2007

32. 32 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki Support the development of new e-learning courseware Provide services and solutions of general interest to the Swiss e-learning community (extended National Content Server offerings, new mandates) Course quality, coaching/tutoring, field accep- tance, course certification, curriculum integration, rights management, networking of resources, internationalization and last but not least: Conclusive and usable standards at large.... Approach (cont'd) Open Issues (partial) Consolidation Program 2004-2007

33. 33 CUS / CRUS © Prof. Dr. P. Stucki To all members of the Swiss Virtual Campus Steering Committee To the Swiss Virtual Campus Coordination Team To CUS & CRUS as well as all the other Federal Authorities involved Acknowledgments and Thanks