ONLINE COLLABORATION AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IT MODELLING
ONLINE COLLABORATION AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IT MODELLING

Summary/Abstract: Aiming to enhance teaching, learning and research by providing a enthralling alternative to proprietary learning systems, in 2004, four leading U.S. universities began a collaboration project in order to offer an innovative platform, Sakai CLE, for learning and collaboration for the higher education community. Thereby, Sakai Project becomes an awe-inspiring experience that conduct technical and non-technical backgrounds thinkers in IT, networking, interaction and professional development to find ways to design and implement great concepts. Danubius Online Collaboration and Learning Environment., a Sakai based software, share a common commitment to enhancing teaching, learning, research and other types of distributed and collaborative group work. After a 6 months experimental period in which the Sakai CLE was tested, in 2009 Danubius Online pilot portal was released. In this phase, a small number of course sites were used in order to gain experience in real conditions of exploitation. Taking into consideration the pilot phase results, in 2010 started the Danubius Online CLE production stage in which significantly increased number of course sites, the trend being of standardizing at all the courses within the university. Based on teachers, instructors, researchers and user needs, the T&L Working Group has had a multiple purpose: to provide staff assistance in order to continuous improve the teaching and learning process, to create a dynamic learning environment designed to enrich the student's expectations and also, to share the best teaching and collaborative practices. Also, choosing the right architecture and the appropriate use of IT infrastructure resources play a decisive role in terms of platform operation in good condition, thus increasing user satisfaction.

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