The Main Aspects of Distance Education for Developing

The Main Aspects of Distance Education for Developing Country Baku, Azerbaijan

Az. RENA & IU WELCOME E-LEARNING CENTRE!!! Baku, Azerbaijan Tel: + 994 12 392214 E-mail : training@azrena. org

Founders of Az. RENA Azerbaijan State Economic University Baku State University - F Azerbaijan Technical University - Az. RENA is founded in August, 2000 O Azerbaijan Architectural-Building University “Odlar Yurdu” University - U • Other Educational Networks (OSI Network, BSTI Network) Baku Scientific-Training Centre - N Institute of Cybernetics of ANAS – D • Research Institutions E • Educational Institutions "RENASCENCE“ SPC Shamaha Astrophysical Observatory Institute of Information Technology of ANAS Azerbaijan Languages University - R S • Sponsors • Experts and Scientists

Network Structure of Az. RENA Internet connection is realized in asynchronous mode through 2 points: Azerbaijan State Economic University and Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

Az. RENA for Science and Education Az. RENA network has the channel 1, 5 Mbps and links 15 educational and scientific centers. The number of workstations connected to Internet through Az. RENA is over 900 and at present time these workstations maintain 15000 users. Az. RENA has intra republic BACKBONE: Baku-Mingechevir-Gandzha-Akhstafa– 1 Mbps Baku-Lenkeran-Astara – 1 Mbps Az. RENA has the education centers in 12 regions of the republic. In future planning installation of two exchange points between two networks Az. RENA and Az. NET in Baku and region, which allow improving networks, optimizing traffic and creating common technical Academic Educational Network in Azerbaijan.

Foundation of E-LC Ø Ø Azerbaijan Research and Educational Networks Association (Az. RENA) University of Indiana (USA) E-LC Management Education ICT

Current Project of E-LC Distance Education Project - IU/Az. RENA (AZ 01) is the USA Education Partnership Program between Indiana University & Az. RENA has been founded in 2003. [Grant No. S-ECAAS-03 -GR-219 (CS)]. Az. RENA is to be considered as the base Center of E-LC on the regional level.

Educational Partnerships Program IU/Az. RENA partnership has 4 major goals: Ø Develop Azerbaijan faculty instructional design and IU global E-learning expertise; Ø Develop Web-based courses to support Azerbaijan faculty professional development program focused on DE design and implementation; Ø Develop and deliver a Pilot online course demonstrating DE application in the local educational context; Ø IU will send 4 -5 faculty for a total of 3 months to the Az. RENA and will bring 5 faculty for a total of 4. 5 months to IU for intensive training in DE course development and instruction.

Project Impact v IU/Az. RENA partnership will provide the foundation for a significant DE effort within Azerbaijan, making education opportunities more widely available to Azerbaijan citizens. v The IU/ Az. RENA partnership in designing DE strategies has a significant potential for other Azerbaijan universities and other countries of the Caspian Sea region. v This linkage is also laying the foundation for further long-term collaboration between IU and Azerbaijan Universities in building instructional technology programs in Azerbaijan and enhancing the education component of the IU curriculum.

Aspects of distance education. • How to develop instructional design for an online course? • What are the main steps of the course adaptation process from traditional to online format? • How to select instructional media and tools for DE? • How to conduct the evaluation of the online course? • What are technological issues involved in the process of DE? • What are management issues of designing of DE? • Who are the main problems in distance education?

Problems of DE PROBLEM RESOURCES SOLUTION ASSESSMENT PROCESS

AZ-01 -01 Course of Distance Education: UNIT 1. Introduction to Distance Education UNIT 2. Distance Education Technologies UNIT 3. Distance Education System Overview UNIT 4. E-Learning

AZ-01 -02 Needs Analysis for Distance Education: UNIT 1. Introduction to Needs Analysis UNIT 2. Needs Analysis Methods & Techniques UNIT 3. Planning & Conducting Needs Analysis

The staff of E-LC of Project IU/Az. RENA Name Position Mr. Abdul Gahramanzade Project Manager Mrs. Svetlana Gasanova Instructor of E-LC Mr. Fakhri Quliyev Instructor of E-LC Mr. Elnur Mammadov Instructor of E-LC

The steps of development of Project IU/Az. RENA (AZ 01) Qafqaz. KHAZAR Az. RENA ASEU Az. TU BSTC Odlar Yurdu

Department of E-LC q Marketing q Instructional q Technical q Management

Marketing of DE Ø Marketing of DE courses market Ø Bridging contacts with educational institutions Ø Analysis of technology available to students working at a distance Ø Advertising presentation of DE courses

Instructional Design Ø Creation and processing of teaching material for DE courses Ø Lay-out of teaching material on lessons Ø Development of test (control) tasks Ø Full information development of DE course and presentation of teaching material in corporal Ø Instructional strategy corresponding to the chosen environment of DE

Technical & Technology Ø Development interactive methods of dialogue Ø Holding a conferences, video-lessons, chats, . . Ø Creation and development of student’s identification system Ø Support of e-course’s library Ø Development faculty and student technology skills Ø Providing technical and instructional support for DE instructors

Future Customer of E-LC The Ministry of Education n The Ministry of Economic Development n Universities of Azerbaijan n The Ministry of Labour and social security n Other organizations n

Structure of E-LC of Az. RENA Ali Abbasov Board of E-LC Az. RENA Elchin Aliyev Director of E-LC System Administration HW & SW Abdul Gahramanzade Marketing Instructional Design Technical & Technological Support Interface Design

Scenario of Development Indiana University Bloomington Gafqaz Khazar Faculty Coordinator 1 BREC 1 Faculty 1 E-LC of Az. RENA Coordinator 1 4 Odlar Yurdu Faculty 1 Coordinator 1 Az. TU ASEU Faculty 2 Coordinator 1

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