Providing Contemporaryness in Maritime Education: Some Experiences from Montenegro

This paper considers efforts in implementing blended learning as a combination of traditional and e-learning into seafarers’ education at the Faculty of Maritime Studies of Kotor (University of Montenegro). These attempts are the result of the enthusiasm of few professors, being partly supported by two small, initial projects of bilateral cooperation between Austria and Montenegro, as well as by one bigger Tempus project at which University of Montenegro has been a partner. The paper comprises the following segments: (i) The first one contains a brief description of the important moments of the maritime history (with a focus on education) in the areas of today’s Montenegro littoral zone; (ii) The second one concerns contemporary issues in maritime education including possibilities of getting advantages through introducing e-learning within blended learning environment into this important field of education; (iii) Within the third part are described the projects which have supported implementation of blended learning at the Faculty; (iv) The fourth segment deals with measuring users’, i.e. students’ and teachers’ level of satisfaction with newly implemented web based Moodle management learning system; (v) The fifth part considers some contemporary tools for creating e-instructional materials; (v) The last part recommends considerably greater promotion and valorization of cultural and historical heritage which has Montenegro in the field of maritime affairs, including maritime education as it inseparable part, as well as optimal combining maritime traditional and e-learning models.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.pfst.unist.hr/imsc/archive/2014/IMSC2014_proceedings.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the University of Split, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Croatia.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Split

  Faculty of Maritime Studies
  Zrinsko-Frankopanska 38
  Split,   Croatia  HR-21000
• Authors:
  • Bauk, Sanja
• Conference:
  • 6th International Maritime Science Conference (IMSC 2014)
  • Location: Solin , Croatia
  • Date: 2014-4-28 to 2014-4-29
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 455-464
• Monograph Title: 6th International Maritime Science Conference (IMSC 2014) Book of Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education; Electronic commerce; Implementation; Learning; Maritime industry; Ship crews
• Geographic Terms: Austria; Montenegro
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01612088
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 2016 4:17PM