Distance Learning Centre is an organizational unit which initiates, develops and manages a study programme which is delivered through distance learning. The centre cooperates with the academic and other staff, as well as with other eMPIRICA’s organizational units so as to develop distance learning study programmes that are commensurate with the curriculum, syllabus, available teaching staff and experts, as well as technical means and other materials.
Main tasks of the Centre are to ensure: access for all students registered for the distance learning study programme to all concrete services of support, adequate and precise information on distance learning study programmes, necessary communication infrastructure, constant training for teaching and administrative staff in the fields of technologies and distance learning didactics, that the College and distributed centres have adequate educational resources, development and enhancement of the educational process and distance learning educational resources production, usage of educational resources and communication technologies,an adequate system for handling complaints and demands of distance learning students and development and promotion of clear rules on: production of educational resources and copyrights assurance, ICT usage and access thereof, usage of virtual libraries- private, partner or rented ones, didactic materials and e-subjects distribution, production and usage of educational materials and multimedia content.
The Centre has at its disposal the following technologies, which are used for the requirements of e-learning and distance learning lectures: LMS/LCMS eCampus system for e-learning via Internet, personal installation of Cisco WebEx conference system for distance learning lectures in the real time, private You Tube channel for distribution of video-based educational content, Camtasia and other tools for the production of multimedia educational content.