Title :
ReProTool Version 3.0 - The Faculty Module for designing and enhancing university programmes to comply with the ECTS Label
Author :
Pouyioutas, P. ; Dionysiou, I. ; Gjermundrod, H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Nicosia Res. Found. (UNRF), Nicosia, Cyprus
Abstract :
This paper presents the Faculty Module of ReProTool Version 3.0 (www.reprotool.com), a software tool that is used for (re)designing and enhancing university programmes using the Bologna Process directives to achieve ECTS Label certification. The tool is the result of an eighteen months project (February 2012 - July 2013), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation. The project entails the development and pilot use of ReProTool, a software tool that supports the design and development of university academic programmes using Learning Outcomes and the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) of the Bologna Process. The paper presents the results of an online questionnaire that was distributed to faculty members aiming at extracting the user requirements of the system. Based on these results and the results from interviews with experts and literature review, the faculty module of ReProTool Version 2.0 was redesigned. Various screenshots of the system are used in the paper to exemplify the functionality of the specific module.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; educational institutions; financial data processing; software tools; Bologna process directives; ECTS; ECTS Label certification; European Regional Development Fund; European credit transfer system; ReProTool Version 3.0; Republic of Cyprus; faculty module; learning outcomes; online questionnaire; research promotion foundation; software tool; university academic programme design; university academic programme development; university programme enhancement; Computer architecture; Databases; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Europe; Quality assurance; Software tools; Bologna Process; ECTS; Learning outcomes; Software Tools;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6111-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2165-9559
DOI :
10.1109/EduCon.2013.6530081