THE IT DIMENSIONS OF THE CONSTRUCTION ITPOSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

摘要

In the academic year 2004/2005 the first students entered a new postgraduate program calledrnConstruction Information Technology. The program is not only unique because of its content,rnwhich covers various interconnected areas of IT that are of most significance for thernconstruction sector, but also because of its organization as well as the way of teaching. Thernprogram has been developed by seven European universities in the framework of thernSocrates Erasmus project, and is delivered by teachers from all partner institutions.rnThe purpose of such broad collaboration has more aspects. The students will not only getrnthe best subjects the partner universities can offer in a specific area, but will also get the veryrnimportant experience of other universities, countries and cultures, as well as of using IT inrnthe learning and working process.rnDue to the spatial dispersion of students and teachers Internet technologies are being usedrnto support distant learning. Great care has been taken to develop a flexible and effectivernlearning environment to support various study activities.rnThe paper describes the reasons for developing this new postgraduate program, itrndescribes the development process, it explains the content of the program, and the learningrnenvironment. The paper concludes with the first experiences in delivering the courses of thernnew program.