Academia launches pilot module implementation with CogBooks

Academia Institute of Technology Maribor will be the first in Slovenia to pilot a module for international students using CogBooks – an innovative project and platform funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – as part of the Economist study programme.

Portal content adapted to learning outcomes and module content

Academia will pilot the module in collaboration with other institutions delivering the BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business programme.

Students will have access to:

• 20 hours of e-learning materials
• Video materials, articles and interactive activities
• Communication tools for interaction with students from other institutions around the world
• Tutors whom students can contact directly with any questions

Online classroom for module delivery

The module will be delivered using the "Flipped Classroom" method. Students will explore key topics online at their own pace, whilst the remaining two-thirds of the time will be spent in organised face-to-face sessions conducting seminar exercises to consolidate the material through activities based on real company examples.

"A new generation of e-learning materials is emerging with capabilities that will be of tremendous benefit to students and lecturers." Daniel Greenstein, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Academia offers comprehensive e-support for studies through CogBooks, LinkedIn Learning and Orbita services

Academia already provides students with comprehensive e-support for their studies through the Orbita service, where students have access to:

• access to the online module classroom
• access to lecture recordings
• access to e-materials
• access to more than 4,000 online courses in media production
• online student office
• e-index
• access to free Microsoft software licences

Source: Academia (27. 9. 2017). Fotografije: arhiv Academie.

This English summary was produced automatically from the Slovenian article and is pending editorial review. Slovenska različica