Università degli Studi del Molise (co-ordinator)

The University of Molise, founded in 1982, is a State University. At present it consists of five Faculties, which offer the following degree and post-degree courses:
• Educational Studies - professional training for teachers of primary schools, post graduate course for secondary schools teachers training;
• Economics - tourism economics, business and management studies, political sciences, economic and social sciences, school for social work;
• Law - Law, Administration;
• Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, Animal Production and Technology, Plant Production and Technology;
• Natural Sciences - Environmental sciences.

Students and teachers are supported by technical facilities, such as multimedia rooms to make connections with all interlibrary networks and to link up with several databases, language laboratories, for classes in English, French and German, central library and departmental libraries. The University offers orientation and tutoring regarding university studies to senior high school students and guidance to all students during their academic life, and promotion via contacts with companies, government agencies and professional associations in order to promote the development of relationships with the economic world; and via advertisements concerning summer schools and scholarships for students and graduates in Italy and abroad.
The University has 291 teachers and researchers, 237 administrative staff and 8.012 enrolled students. The people involved in the network will be the following team: 1 chief executive in informatics who will be the coordinator and the supervisor for the creation and maintaining of the web site, 2 University teachers for the coordination of the scientific work, the supervision of the draft material to be uploaded in the net, and the coordination of on-line teacher training, 2 computer associate professionals (experts in informatics), 1 administrative coordinator, for the coordination and management of the funds and 1 secretary.
The competences necessary for the specific thematic area of the network are represented in the University Computing Centre for data processing services and technical matters, by the staff members of the Faculty of Educational Studies for questions related to didactic methodologies, new didactic methods and knowledge on matters concerning the thematic area of the network, and in the international relations office for the administrative coordination of the project.

The theme of the Cultural Heritage is especially relevant for the department of Social, Historical and Economical Studies and for the teachers engaged in teacher training courses.

The co-ordinator: Prof. Claudia Saccone, look at her power point presentation for the Budapest conference (2002) Helsinki (2003) and Campobasso (2004) and, being a virtual participant, get nearer to the general project philosophy!!!

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