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Systematization, Valorisation and Dissemination of e-learning Courses in Conservation Science

The project addresses virtual mobility in the field of material cultural heritage preservation. It will organise specialized second cycle course units on conservation science, as well as seminars aimed at concrete demands on diagnostic or safeguarding problems. It is designed to meet two distinctive and interconnected needs, namely the difficulty of covering all subjects dealing with conservation science and conservation in one institution, and the urge to instruct in-depth remote learners on concrete topics of interest. It is conceived as a virtual campus offering joint curricula in a subject characterized by multidisciplinary in both staff and courses at a quality level difficult to attain in one place; and by a factual need for trans-national and intercultural communication, in order to facilitate the birth of a European common language in problem solving. The project is based on the concept of the interactive unified virtual classroom in both lecturing and practising laboratory work. The integration of the distance education network is done by using services of asynchronous techniques, in order to enhance the capability of material deriving from synchronous training to be archived and used. Having a multi-way system allows the setting up of a multidimensional e-learning system with remote classrooms using synchronous communication, and very small groups or single learners, who communicate in an asynchronous manner with the remote classrooms. The most important issue in this virtual classroom is establishing interaction among the participants using voice communication. The project is aimed at the creation of a virtual campus providing a framework for regular interactive lectures and thus facilitating the formation of high-level joint courses or degrees in conservation science, while enhancing the creation of a network of scientists active at the boundary of natural sciences and culture. Furthermore, it will structure a regular well-established training possibility in the subject for adult learners and face questions of linguistic diversity and language learning. Both the educational content of e-courses on conservation science and the teaching models concerning interactive remote lecturing and practising laboratory work will be analyzed, evaluated and codified. Guidelines and model case studies will be provided to the wider community.
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