VIDEO CONFERENCING AS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY

In the paper some preliminary results of the case study developed in the ViCES – Video Conferencing Educational Services TEMPUS Joint Project are presented through the application of videoconference-based advanced learning methods and techniques. Such case study was carried out in the framework of the DEREC – Development of an Environmental and Resource Engineering Curriculum, TEMPUS Joint European Project experience, and involved students both from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and University of Florence. A brief presentation of the DEREC Curriculum is given first. Then the didactical approach followed in the case study is presented, together with the main obtained results. Finally, some educational benefits given by the use of videoconference systems are discussed and some general conclusions are presented.