Starting this november, I will be teaching a course in Free Software philosophy and theory at the University of Göteborg, Sweden. Having received some interest about this course from foreign students, we have decided to give the course in English and invite students from other countries to participate as well. The course is a distance learning course, so students can participate from anywhere in the world.
Additional information about the course can be found here:
http://www.informatik.gu.se/eng/education/
Any help with dissiminating information about this course would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jonas
Hi Jonas,
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:35:58PM +0200, Jonas Oberg wrote:
Starting this november, I will be teaching a course in Free Software philosophy and theory at the University of Göteborg, Sweden. Having received some interest about this course from foreign students, we have decided to give the course in English and invite students from other countries to participate as well. The course is a distance learning course, so students can participate from anywhere in the world.
Additional information about the course can be found here:
http://www.informatik.gu.se/eng/education/
Any help with dissiminating information about this course would be much appreciated.
Does one has to enroll at you university? It says the course is gratis, but aren't there any other costs?
I do find that 7.5 ECTS points is very high. A big course here at the University of Ghent is about 6-7 points.
Kind regards,
Rudy
Hi Rudy,
Does one has to enroll at you university? It says the course is gratis, but aren't there any other costs?
Education in Sweden is gratis. So no, there are no enrollment fees or other costs of any kind.
I do find that 7.5 ECTS points is very high. A big course here at the University of Ghent is about 6-7 points.
That's very interesting. A normal course here is 15 ECTS, with the big courses at 30 ECTS. This is a comparatively small course of 7.5 ECTS credits, which in Sweden means about 5 weeks of full-time studies (this is part time, so it's 10 weeks).
Jonas
Hello Jonas,
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 04:38:50PM +0200, Jonas Oberg wrote:
Education in Sweden is gratis. So no, there are no enrollment fees or other costs of any kind.
I better relocate then :)
I do find that 7.5 ECTS points is very high. A big course here at the University of Ghent is about 6-7 points.
That's very interesting. A normal course here is 15 ECTS, with the big courses at 30 ECTS. This is a comparatively small course of 7.5 ECTS credits, which in Sweden means about 5 weeks of full-time studies (this is part time, so it's 10 weeks).
How many hours of lectures/exercises is that then? The smallest course we have here is 3 ECTS points. That is 15 hours of lectures.
On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 16:52, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
That's very interesting. A normal course here is 15 ECTS, with the big courses at 30 ECTS. This is a comparatively small course of 7.5 ECTS credits, which in Sweden means about 5 weeks of full-time studies (this is part time, so it's 10 weeks).
How many hours of lectures/exercises is that then? The smallest course we have here is 3 ECTS points. That is 15 hours of lectures.
That does sound like a lot of lectures. This obviously depends on what the course is about. A theoretical course has much more lectures than a practical course. But in general, a lot of focus here is on the students ability to work in groups to learn by themselves, rather than having someone lecture at them for lengths.
Looking at some of our courses, the amount of lectures seems to vary between 2 and 4 hours per ECTS credit. However, it should be said, those courses with fewer lectures often have more time when the students should prepare and give presentations to each other.
Jonas
Jonas Oberg wrote:
Hi Rudy,
Does one has to enroll at you university? It says the course is gratis, but aren't there any other costs?
Education in Sweden is gratis. So no, there are no enrollment fees or other costs of any kind.
For Swedes, or do you plan to educate the world? ;-)
Graham