1. Electronic resources and services to support academic process at AUCA Battalova Sania American University – Central Asia Director of Information Resources and Technology battalovas@mail.auca.kg

2. E-Services provided by IRT http://irt.auca.kg/ e-Course system (Moodle) e-Reserve system (Moodle environment) E-Portfolio (Mahara) E-Library (DSpace) E-survey tool (SurveyMonkey)

3. AUCA e-Course system: http://e-course.auca.kg/

4. Online Course Management System (based on Moodle Open Source Software), can be used to supplement traditional face-to-face classroom activity or to deliver a completely online course. Includes tools for managing student communication and grades, sharing content, collaborating outside of class, administering quizzes and surveys, and communicating with email, forum or chat. Is being used as a tool to keep student majors or student groups informed and to collaborate with other professors in research projects. Is being used as an information and collaboration environment for the University working groups (administrative and/or academic)

5. AUCA e-Course system: course example

6. AUCA e-Course system: usage statistics http://irt.auca.kg/en/e-course_statistics/ #TitleCoursesInstructors Registered Students Degree Programs 1American Studies7786 2Anthropology12597 3Business Administration6480 4European Studies5248 5International & Business Law7280 6International & Comparative Politics6589 7Journalism & Mass Communications84135 8Master of Business Administration6433 9Psychology146304 10Sociology116306 Supporting Programs 1Arts & Recreational Sports62156 2English Language1129 3Mathematics & Natural Sciences4286 4First Year Seminar71119 Totals100511648

7. AUCA e-Course system: Student’s responds Very positive to work with the system Have no problems with the E-course technology Have an opportunity to work at home Have better opportunity to communicate with instructor Students prefer to take course in which teacher use the E- course system

8. AUCA e-Course system: faculty responds Do not need too much time to learn (regularly 2 training sessions and some consultations) Many features to organize the course Possibility to use any file formats (video, audio, video lessons as well) Changing of teaching methodology (active learning approach) More possibilities for collaboration (faculty- students, faculty-faculty)

9. AUCA e-Course system: how to start Follow the link http://e-course.auca.kg/ Set up an account Submit ‘Electronic Course Request Form’ (find the form at the IRT web-site or the e-Course web-site) Fill in a course by resources and activity (information resources, assignments, forums, quizzes) Enroll students in a course Have all required support and consultation: Senior Specialist for eLearning – Maya Sharsheeva, irt@mail.auca.kg, tel. (ext): 300

10. AUCA e-Reserve system: http://library.auca.kg/en/crs/ eReserve is a part of the e-Course system e-Reserve is an opportunity to provide an access to learning materials in the framework of your course for your students in electronic (digital) format. E-Reserves extend the Course Reserves to those outside of the Library by providing a digital copy of the required reading Library specialists will help you to place the materials at the system.

11. AUCA e-Reserve system: examples

13. AUCA e-Reserve system: statistics Course NameNumber of courses InstructorsRegistered students American Studies3136 Business Administration1115 MBA2124 Mathematics and Natural Sciences14110 Total77185

14. AUCA e-Reserve system: how to start Go to the Library web-site – Electronic reserve section http://library.auca.kg/en/crs/ Complete online or printed e-Reserve request form Bring your materials to the Library Have all required support and consultation: by phone 66- 10-88 (275 int.) or by e-mail library@mail.auca.kg

15. AUCA e-portfolio system: http://eportfolio.auca.kg/ to present yourself effectively, properly, creatively, professionally, up-to-date to make the information visible to update your profile the information regularly to control and operate the ePortfolio content access to store and to show of the personal achievements Showcase of the personal accomplishments

16. AUCA Personal professional information – the way to start

17. Start to create your ePortfolio: http://eportfolio.auca.kg

18. How it may look like: area of your creativity

19. AUCA ePortfolio “Easy to make” template “Key points” of the academic career Basic Knowledge For the Beginners To make the process easier and faster Background for future development of the personal e-Portfolio – be creative!

20. AUCA e-Portfolio system: how to start Open web browser http://eportfolio.auca.kg Login with the username and password that you would normally use when you log on to AUCA's computer network. Complete the Account form with your details. Required items: proper First name and Surname, valid Email address. Press the button ‘Submit’ Create your own e-Portfolio Have all required support and consultation: Senior Specialist for eLearning – Maya Sharsheeva, irt@mail.auca.kg, tel. (ext): 300 or Sania Battalova, (tel/ext. 273)

21. What news at the AUCA Library: http://library.auca.kg/ Research databases (new databases access available) Electronic books collection (all subjects) AUCA Digital Library news

22. AUCA Digital Library http://elibrary.auca.kg:8080/dspace/

23. e-Survey tool (SurveyMonkey) http://www.surveymonkey.com/ Survey Monkey is an easy-to- use tool for the creation of online surveys It has an intuitive Web interface, which makes it easy for even non-technical folks to create surveys and export collected data It has advanced features, like the ability to branch questions based on response and exporting to different formats, including HTML, CVS and SQL An example: AUCA web-mail survery http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7JFZNWN

24. AUCA e-Survey tool

25. AUCA e-Survey tool: how to start Go to the IRT web-site: http://irt.auca.kg/ - Web-survey toolhttp://irt.auca.kg/ Complete a request form Get a login and password to access the system Have all required support and consultation: Maya Sharsheeva, irt@mail.auca.kg, tel. (ext): 300 Marat Kuldashev, marat@mail.auca.kg, tel(ext): 207 Sania Battalova, battalovas@mail.auca.kg, tel(ext): 273