Video Conference as a tool for Higher Education

the TEMPUS ViCES experience

a cura di Enrica Caporali, Vladimir Trajkovik

Enrica Caporali is Associate Professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Structures at University of Firenze - UNIFI (Italy) since 2001. She has been awarded with a Post Doctoral fellowship at UNIFI and at MIT (USA). Elected member of SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education) AC since 10/11. Coordinator of the TEMPUS IV JP (10/10-10/13) Development of Environment and Resources Engineering Learning. Grantholder of ViCES. Author of more than 140 papers on referee journals/proceedings.
Vladimir Trajkovik received Ph.D. degree in 2003. At the moment he is Associate Professor and the Vice Dean for Science at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, "Ss Cyril and Methodius University" in Macedonia. He realized multiple research stays in several European Universities as visiting scientist within the scope of different international projects. He is an author of more than 90 journal and conference papers.

Collana: Proceedings e report

The book describes the activities of the consortium member institutions in the framework of the TEMPUS IV Joint Project ViCES - Video Conferencing Educational Services (144650-TEMPUS-2008-IT-JPGR).
In order to provide the basis for the development of a distance learning environment based on video conferencing systems and develop a blended learning courses methodology, the TEMPUS Project VICES (2009-2012) was launched in 2009.
This publication collects the conclusion of the project and it reports the main outcomes together with the approach followed by the different partners towards the achievement of the project's goal. The book includes several contributions focussed on specific topics related to videoconferencing services, namely how to enable such services in educational contexts so that, the installation and deployment of videoconferencing systems could be conceived an integral part of virtual open campuses.