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Analysis of University e-Environment in Selected European Countries – IRNet Case Study

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The chapter aims at finding out how students from selected universities in different European countries use e-environment and e-resources at their universities. Students’ opinion was gathered using a survey. The questionnaire consisted of 14 questions and created the basis for the evaluation of a university e-environment. It was assumed that participants of e-environment (academic teachers, students, administration) are involved in activities with the six different benefits. Almost 900 responses from five different countries joined in the project IRNet under European Union Seventh Framework program (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Russian Federation) were collected. The chapter presents the analysis of the answers with the result that students require a broad Internet connection and electronic versions of study material, but do not want to publish own achievements in a university e-environment. Half of the students require printed publications and students do not widely use scientific resources when searching for learning materials.

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Acknowledgment

The research leading to these results has received, within the framework of the IRNet project, funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013/ under REA grant agreement No: PIRSES-GA-2013-612536.

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    Peter Svec, Martin Drlik & Michal Munk

  2. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Tatiana Noskova, Tatiana Pavlova & Olga Yakovleva

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Svec, P., Drlik, M., Noskova, T., Pavlova, T., Yakovleva, O., Munk, M. (2017). Analysis of University e-Environment in Selected European Countries – IRNet Case Study. In: Issa, T., Isaias, P., Issa, T. (eds) Sustainability, Green IT and Education Strategies in the Twenty-first Century. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57070-9_17

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