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Towards
Transparent Ontology-Based Accreditation (SM_SCM-T020B06-2006)
The Tempus
programme
Modernisation in higher education
Co-ordinator of Tempus
project (Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics,
Ukraine) expresses deep gratitude to the project consortium members:
Project Contractor -
Ministry of Education and
Science of
ITIN, France;
for all efforts in participating
in the Project activities and the strong support of the long-term cooperation
between our Universities.
Report contents:
Objectives | Partners | Activities | Outcomes | Links
Project objectives
· To improve the accreditation, licensing and
ranking procedures for Ukrainian universities towards transparency using new
ontology-based information technology.
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To train the target groups of Ministry officials and University
administrators,
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To develop the transparent documentation and online distance training
system for fast retraining of personnel.
Project partners
·
Ministry of Education and Science of
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Information Technology Institue (ITIN), France
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The University of
Activities
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18-19 June
2008: |
Coordination meeting (KNURE) |
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17 September
– 1 October 2007: |
Training seminars in |
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29 September
– 6 October 2007: |
Training seminars in |
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13 October
– 21 October 2007: |
Training seminars in Information Technology Institute, lectures by
experts about procedures and system of accreditation and licensing: concepts,
principals and criteria in France |
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30 October – 6 November 2007: |
Participation in National IT-Forum, Presentation and coordination of the project`s
results in University of Jyvaskyla |
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November – December 2007: |
Ontology-based improvement of the accreditation, licensing and ranking
procedures for Ukrainian universities |
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February 2008: |
Expert seminar in MESU on ontology-based improvement of the
accreditation, licensing and ranking procedures for Ukrainian universities |
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January – March 2008: |
Pilot of ontology-based accreditation and licensing procedures on the
Educational Ontology Web Portal (KNURE-based case-study) |
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April 2008: |
Training seminars on ontology-based accreditation, licensing and
ranking procedures for ministry officials |
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February – April 2008: |
Manuals development |
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May 2008: |
Training seminars on ontology-based accreditation, licensing and
ranking procedures for university representatives |
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April – May
2008: |
Dissemination of the project`s results in
Ukraine |
Outcomes
Ontology-Based Portal for National
Educational and Scientific Resources Management
Online
Distance Training System
Manual for
ontology-based annotation of educational resources
Terziyan V., Kaykova O., Shevchenko O.,
Klymova M., Biloivanenko M., Titova L.
Manual for
resource management within the Educational Ontology Web Portal
Terziyan V., Kaykova O , Klymova M.,
Shevchenko O., Biloivanenko M., Vitko O.
Recommendations
for ontology-based accreditation, licensing and ranking of Ukrainian
universities
Shynkaruk V., Mykhaylichenko M., Bondarenko M.,
Lesna N., Klymova M., Voloshyna N., Repka V., Voskoboynykova A.
Links
· Ministry
of Education and Science of Ukraine (MESU)
· Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics (KNURE), Ukraine
· Infornation Technology and Communications Institute (ITIN), France
· University of Jyvaskyla (JyU), Finland
· University
of Malaga (UMA), Spain
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Activities |
18-19 June 2007: Coordination meeting
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Within TEMPUS project SM_SCM-T020B06-2006 (UA) “TOWARDS
TRANSPARENT ONTOLOGY-BASED ACCREDITATION” funded by European Commission
study of European practices of accreditation (concepts, principals, criteria
and procedures) based on the experience of the countries – project
consortium members – Finland, France and Spain, and applying the best
practices to improve the accreditation, licensing and ranking procedures for
Ukrainian universities was planned. Employee of KNURE and Ministry of Science
and Education officials discussed a list of issues to be done during the
project execution: to study the procedures of education quality assessment
and its components in the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, ITIN, France and
University of Malaga, Spain; improve the procedures of licensing and
accreditation of universities
based on the analysis of the experience of European universities of
Finland, France and Spain on education quality assurance; develop a prototype
of the Ontology-based portal of MESU for informational support for the
procedures of licensing and accreditation and corresponding manuals on
applying this portal; hold trainings and seminars for MESU key personnel and
representatives of Ukrainian universities on dissemination of the project
results in Ukraine. Within coordination meeting
a report “Objective quality assessment: the only way to international acknowledgement
of Ukrainian education” was given by prof. V.
Terziyan. |
17 September – 1 October 2007: Training seminars
in University of Jyvaskyla
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Activities: · A report by
the vice-rector of University of Jyvaskyla Timo Tiihonen
“Problems
of quotas allotment for students of different specialties; similarities and
differences in accreditation and evaluation for public and private
universities.” · A report “Introduction of the quality
control procedures” by the head of the department of education quality assurance Pirjo Halonen. · A report “Study of issues of life-long study
quality assurance and licensing procedures of postgraduate education”
by the head of MBA programme, Ari
Manninen. · A report of
Timo Taskinen, senior
technology adviser of TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation)
“An introduction to the research and innovation funding in Finland” and discussion
of interconnections in the system “Curriculum – qualification -
job”. |
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29
September – 6 October: Training seminars in University of Malaga
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Activities: · “Quality assessment of higher
education programmes leading to obtaining official degrees of different
levels and evaluation of educational recourses in the University of
Malaga”, - prof. Carlos Angel Benavides Velasco, Director of the
Quality Evaluation Department; prof. Cristina Quintana Garcia, Assistant of
the Head Quality Evaluation Department of University of Malaga; · “Development and
introduction the procedures of quality assurance of the education programmes
of Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers (process, methodology,
results)”, - prof. Antonio Urena Lopez, Subdirector of Institution of
Industrial Engineers; · “National Agency for
Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education of Spain
(ANECA)” – origins, missions and objectives, programmes leaded by
ANECA in the framework of quality assurance, responsibility and
reporting)”, - prof. Carlos Angel Benavides Velasco; · Round Table with
representatives of Department Eastern Countries and Mobility Programmes about
continuing the cooperation between KNURE and University of Malaga, - prof.
Delia Garcia, Manager of Mobility Programmes; Juan Antonio Perles Rochel,
Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and International Relations of the |
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13 October – 21 October
2007: Training seminars in ITIN
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Activities: · A presentation of education
process and international programs of ITIN by a director of ITIN Alain
Gourdin
and Carina Roels. · A report of Mrs
Pinçon (Academic delegate for initial and lifelong learning), ), Mr Madier
(Academic Inspector-Regional Pedagogic Inspector for Sciences &
Industrial techniques) and Mr. Caillat (Pedagogical
Inspector-IPR Sciences et Techniques Economiques) “BTS (Brevets de Technicien
supérieur) et Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles”. · A report by Anne-Marie
Charraud, general reporter of CNCP (National Commission for Certification)
“The French National Qualification Framework. The Répertoire
National des Certifications Professionnelles and the Validation of non formal
and informal learning”. · A
report by Jean-Pierre Clève, member of the regional commission for professionnal
certification, on main principles of Commission
“Registration of qualification in the “répertoire national
de la certification professionnelle”. · Study
of French
experience of professional training development based on the report by
Dominique Petrella “Developing teaching
programs for professional training methodology”. · Discussion
of the issues of engineering degrees and institutions based on the report by
Christian Faye, CTI (Commision des Titres d'Ingénieurs),
”Enginners' diploma Commission”. · Study
of procedures and systems of accreditation: concepts, principles, criteria and
possibilities of accreditation and licensing automation. |
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30 October – 6 November:
Representation of the project results in University of Jyvaskyla
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Activities: · Discussion of information
technologies in education and scientific system with representatives of
University of Jyvaskyla. · Participation of a project group
member in the National IT-forum with the joint with prof.
Terziyan presentation “Semantic and agent
technologies in distributed systems development” within National
IT-forum. · Representation of the results of Ontology-based Web Portal development and use within TEMPUS
project
funded by the education framework of European Commission TEMPUS
SM_SCM-T020B06-2006 “Towards transparent ontology-based accreditation”. |
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February 2008: Expert seminar
in MESU
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Plan
of expert seminar in MESU on ontology-based improvement of the accreditation,
licensing and ranking procedures for Ukrainian universities 25-29 February 2008 TEMPUS_SCM-T020B06-2006(UA) |
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№ |
Activity |
Reporter |
Date |
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1 |
Сoordination of the
recommendations for procedures of accreditation and licensing of higher
education institutions of Ukraine improvement |
Bondarenko Mykhailo Prof., rector of KNURE |
26.02.07 |
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2 |
Discussion and coordination
of the development of recommendations for ontology-based accreditation,
licensing and ranking of Ukrainian universities |
Bondarenko Mykhailo Prof., rector of KNURE. |
26.02.07 |
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3 |
Advantages and
peculiarities of the ontological approach in the context of introduction of
the system for management and evaluation of educational and scientific
resources of |
Ryabova Natalya Acting as head of AI
Department, PhD, KNURE |
27.02.07 |
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4 |
Introduction of the
main principles and technologies of semantic annotation of information |
Voloshyna Nataliia, As. of AI Department , KNURE |
27.02.07 |
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5 |
Discussion and
coordination of the manual for ontology-based annotation of educational
resources |
Voloshyna Nataliia, As. of AI Department , KNURE |
28.02.07 |
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6 |
Introduction of the
pilot version of ontology-based accreditation and licensing procedures on the
Educational Ontology Web Portal |
Shevchenko Oleksander PhD, AI Department, KNURE |
28.02.07 |
April 2008: Training seminars
for MESU officilals
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Plan
of training seminars for MESU officials 09-11 April 2008 TEMPUS_SCM-T020B06-2006(UA) |
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№ |
Activity |
Reporter |
Date |
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1 |
Introduction of the
main functional features of Ontology-Based Portal for Management and
Evaluation of the Ukrainian Educational and Scientific Resources and
advantages of its use |
Shevchenko Oleksander PhD, AI Department, KNURE |
10.04.08 |
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2 |
Representation
of advantages and peculiarities of the ontological approach in the context of
introduction of the system for management and evaluation of educational and
scientific resources of |
Ryabova Natalya Acting as head of AI
Department, PhD, KNURE |
10.04.08 |
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3 |
Introduction of the
main principles and technologies of semantic annotation of information
resources for officials of MESU |
Voloshyna Nataliia, As. of AI Department , KNURE |
10.04.08 |
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4 |
Introduction of
the Online Distance Training System for Ontology-Based Portal for Management
and Evaluation of the Ukrainian Educational and Scientific Resources for
officials of MESU and Universities representatives |
Shevchenko Oleksander PhD, AI Department, KNURE |
10.04.08 |
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5 |
Introduction of
the pilot version of ontology-based accreditation and licensing procedures on
the Educational Ontology Web Portal |
Shevchenko Oleksander PhD, AI Department, KNURE |
10.04.08 |
May 2008: Training seminars
for university representatives
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Plan
of training seminars for university representatives 16-18 May 2008 TEMPUS_SCM-T020B06-2006(UA) |
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№ |
Activity |
Reporter |
Date |
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1 |
Introduction of
the main functional features of Ontology-Based Portal for Management and Evaluation
of the Ukrainian Educational and Scientific Resources and advantages of its
use |
Shevchenko Oleksander PhD, AI Department, KNURE |
17.05.08 |
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2 |
Representation
of advantages and peculiarities of the ontological approach in the context of
introduction of the system for management and evaluation of educational and
scientific resources of |
Ryabova Natalya Acting as head of AI
Department, PhD, KNURE |
17.05.08 |
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3 |
Introduction of
the main principles and technologies of semantic annotation of information resources
university representatives |
Voloshyna Nataliia, As. of AI Department , KNURE |
17.05.08 |
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4 |
Introduction of the
Online Distance Training System for Ontology-Based Portal for Management and
Evaluation of the Ukrainian Educational and Scientific Resources for
university representatives |
Shevchenko Oleksander PhD, AI Department, KNURE |
17.05.08 |
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5 |
Introduction of
the pilot version of ontology-based accreditation and licensing procedures on
the Educational Ontology Web Portal for university representatives |
Shevchenko Oleksander PhD, AI Department, KNURE |
17.05.08 |
Dissemination of the project
results in Ukraine
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1. Scientific session of MEPI, 21 -
25 January 2008 2.
Seminar in SFFR MESU, Kyiv Seminar in SFFR MESU
(Kyiv) on “Research of conceptual foundations for education
institutions assessment and development of the system for licensing,
accreditation and ranking of national higher education institutions” 3.
Scientific-methodical
commission: (March 2008) · Discussion of the structure and content of normative part of curriculum for Computer science specialists of education-qualification level of bachelor. Reporter – head of SMC on computer science prof. O.A. Pavlov · Discussion of bachelor
qualification of Computer science. Reporter
– secretary of SMC on computer
science doc. Kovalyuk T.V. · Informational report about the
structure, content and rules of normative part development of Computer
science eurobachelor. Reporter
– head of department ASM NU
“Lviv polytechnics” Y.M.Shashkevich · Discussion of
industrial practice concepts at the stage of bachelor paper starting. Reporter
– director of
informational technologies institute and computer science, prof. Pasichnyk V.V. · Informational report by the heads of the expert working groups for development of Computer science junior specialist standards for specialty
“Software complex and systems
support”.
Reporters – prof. Pasichnyk V.V., Kovalyuk T.V. · Informational report about a new
informational technology for transparency of university accreditation
assurance. Reporters – doc. of AI Department of KNURE Ryabova N.V., Voloshyna N.O. |
Contacts
Contact person
– Klymova Mariya
klymova@gmail.com
Тел.
8 (057) 70-21-337