FENU Open University

Lerner · May 13, 2006

FENU Open University

"Education through the entire lifetime" is the motto for FENU distance learning programs.
The University was the first in Russian Far East to start e-learning activities. The initial team of a few FENU faculty members started e-learning activities in 1992, won the first Russian federal grants for e-learning development in 1993. This group grew eventually into the Center of Innovative Educational Technologies (CIET) in1993, into the Pacific Institute of Distance Learning and Technologies (PIDET) in 1999, and finally into the FENU Open University established in 2001. CIET and PIDET became subunits of this new structure together with the Primorsky Center of Advanced Information Technologies, the Chair of Open Education Technologies, several instruction centers in Primorsky Krai, and the International Educational Programs Division. The last unit coordinates programs described in the FENU International Internet-Based Academic Programs Section of this booklet.
These institutions developed the first e-courses and e-tests in the region by 1993, the first e-degree programs in the region by 1999, and the first completely online e-degree programs in the region by 2001.

Today FENU offers 37 e-degree programs of higher education and 200+ credit e-courses of higher education. All these courses, including many e-textbooks, have been created by FENU faculty. Because of this, FENU provides full-text online access to 112 e-courses without requiring hardcopy textbooks.
More that 2000 students are enrolled in FENU Open University degree programs. Additionally, over 9,000 on-campus students register for more than 60,000 e-courses each semester. They take about 250,000 proctored e-tests annually.
FENU Open University coordinates all FENU e-learning activities. It employs over 100 staff and faculty members, not including authors of e-courses. FENU Open University cooperates with faculties of all FENU academic schools to develop one of the best, the largest, and the most advanced systems of distance learning in Russia.
For detailed information about the FENU Open University DL programs please ref. to its web site.

http://www.fenu.ru/
Click to expand...

Lerner · May 14, 2006

additional info

Far Eastern National University and Beyond
Dr Lana V. Kurilova-Rich
Dr Alexei G. Falaleev

Far Eastern National University

For the last six years, the Russian economy has been growing after the
decade of post-communist depression, and the Russian education system is
about to astonish the world with its new achievements. The international
distance learning projects pioneered by the Far Eastern National University
(FENU) are the excellent examples of the evolution of the Russian university
system. One of the five top-ranked national universities and the largest
university in the Russian Far East, FENU became the Pacific gateway of the
Russian Federation to the IT world. FENU builds bridges between the
Russian education and the communities worldwide via its online projects.
Today, FENU offers several joint degree programs, the main components of
which are courses in Law, Russian and Japanese Languages, Business, and
Management.

The following FENU online programs are unique to Russia:

. Dual degree program with University of Maryland University
College (UMUC), USA:
started in 1991, when Soviet Union was still
afloat, and such programs were unthinkable. By October 2003, 265
FENU students graduated from UMUC with bachelor degrees in
Business and Management, along with their Russian university
degrees. Since 1999, UMUC accepts 90 FENU credits of 120 credits
total, required for the undergraduate degree, and offers ten online
courses for the remaining 30 credits. This is the most well known
academic program in the Russian Far East, and its alumni belong to
the business elite of Russia.
. Dual degree program with University of Southern Queensland
(USQ), Australia: started in 2001 jointly with USQ, leader in providing
flexible learning opportunities to the world, as determined by the
International Council for Open and Distance Learning. FENU was the
first Russian university to start a dual degree program with USQ.
Sixteen of the 24 subjects required for the USQ bachelor degree in
Business are transferred from FENU, and FENU faculty members
teach the remaining eight USQ subjects jointly with USQ instructors.
Next year, for the first time, FENU students will graduate from USQ.
The administrative support and academic exchange between FENU
and USQ take place via the Internet.

. Internet videoconference partnership with Waseda University
(WU), Tokyo, Japan: started in 2000 with the top-ranked private
Japanese university. The partnership was later extended to a largescale
2002-2005 project. Each semester, ten Russian tutors teach
Russian language to the WU students, and ten Japanese tutors teach
Japanese language to the FENU students for a total of 40 academic
hours per week. The quality and scale of the videoconferences are
unique in the history of the Russian-Japanese relations. This project is
experimental and preceding an even greater educational program.
. Internet videoconference partnership with Seattle University (SU),
USA: started in 2001. Beginning in 2002, the project is supported by
the grant funds received from the Foundation for Russian-American
Economic Cooperation (FRAEC), a Seattle-based non-profit
organization, and considerable matching funds of both universities.
The highest officials of the Primorsky Regional Supreme Court,
Primorsky Bar Association, Federal Ministry of Justice Administration,
Federal Supreme Court Administration, and some other Russian legal
institutions, participate in the videoconferences with the judges of the
Washington State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, members of
the Washington State Bar Association, and other representatives of the
American legal system. They participate in FENU-SU distance learning
programs, aimed at implementing the American legal experience in the
ongoing reform of the Russian judicial system. In terms of the
positions of the people and the quality of technology and connection,
this videoconference project seemed far fetched to many experts.
FENU was the second in Russia only to Saint Petersburg State
University to install a Polycom videoconference system supporting the
H323 protocol. This technology dramatically improved the quality of
connection and opened a new arena for the international projects.
Today, FENU made this technology available to its students: since Fall
2003, FENU offered the first videoconference-based web course on the
"International Law of Human Rights," taught by Prof. Christopher
Roeder of SU law school. Since Spring 2004, at least three more
videoconference-based SU law school courses will be available to the
FENU law students. Credit transfer agreement between SU and FENU
and an agreement to accept qualified FENU Law Institute graduates to
the SU law school LL.M. program are the achievements unprecedented
in the history of the Russian legal education.

. Internet videoconference partnership with University of
Wisconsin-Madison (UW), USA: a partnership started in 1996 as a
traditional faculty exchange program. It eventually developed to an ITbased
partnership in which FENU is recognized as a national leader in
the field of distance education. A course entitled "Current Problems of
International Law and Business," taught by Prof. Rod Matthews (WU)
and Prof. Natalia Prisekina (FENU) for nine Russian and eight
American students joined in one class, is the first Russian-American
videoconference credit law course in history. It started in the Fall of
2003, one week before the first videoconference course with Seattle
University.

. FENU online degree programs and credit courses for individual
students:

FENU was among the first Russian universities to create ecourses
and e-tests (since 1993). The University opened its first edegree
programs in 1999. The FENU Open University, a subdivision
responsible for online distance learning, was established in 2001.
Starting the same year, any prospective student from any part of the
world can enroll to various FENU online programs leading to accredited
university degrees in business, management, marketing, accounting,
finances, computer sciences, history, philosophy, sociology, and
several other areas. Over 100 FENU credit courses are available
online. More that 1800 students are enrolled to FENU DL degree
programs. In addition, over 9,000 on-campus students register for more
than 60,000 e-courses each semester. They take about 250,000
proctored e-tests annually. The scale and level of IT-support of these
programs ensure FENU leadership in the field of Russian education.
As the only Russian university admitted to the Association of Pacific Rim
Universities, we are proud to represent the Russian education before the top
universities of the Pacific Rim. Our presentation will include a brief
introduction to the Russian DL initiatives undertaken by the federal
government, the regional authorities, and the individual universities. We will
also discuss the trends, perspectives, and the infrastructure of Russian
distance learning system.
International distance learning partnerships help FENU create a high quality
DL system that has a material impact on the Russian society, the legal
system, and the economy. We look forward to establishing many new
partnerships and expanding and strengthening the existing ones.
Click to expand...

SteveFoerster · May 14, 2006

Interesting! Any inexpensive doctoral programs?

-=Steve=-

morleyl · May 16, 2006

How does this school be of use to someone in the USA?

SteveFoerster · May 16, 2006

Originally posted by morleyl
How does this school be of use to someone in the USA?
Click to expand...

I guess that depends on whether they're interested in foreign-based distance students. They may be as useful to foreigners as Unisa or as useless as IGNOU. Learner, do you know?

-=Steve=-

chydenius · May 17, 2006

Siberian Express

Originally posted by SteveFoerster
I guess that depends on whether they're interested in foreign-based distance students.
Click to expand...

http://www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=3

If you are a non-Russian citizen interested in study at FENU, we advise you to begin with emailing a request to [email protected] (for on-campus study) or [email protected] (for online study). This request may be written in English or Russian indicating your study interests and background, preferred FENU academic program, level of Russian language proficiency, expected dates of arrival and departure, and any questions you might have. A relevant FENU officer will answer you in a few days.

If you come as an individual international student, a flat tuition fee rate of USD 3,500 per year is set for your study in any FENU academic program, with exception of Russian as a Second language courses, which have a variety of options, and Cand. Sc. (Ph.D.) study (flat tuition fee rate of USD 5,000 per year). These tuition fees do not include living and accommodation expenses in Vladivostok.

http://en.openuniversity.ru/?section=7

Postgraduate programs

---

This is as far as I got, but it looks like it might be worth exploring, if you go for that sort of thing.

SteveFoerster · May 17, 2006

Re: Siberian Express

Originally posted by chydenius
This is as far as I got, but it looks like it might be worth exploring, if you go for that sort of thing.
Click to expand...

I got as far as "level of Russian language proficiency".

-=Steve=-

Myoptimism · May 18, 2006

Re: Re: Siberian Express

Originally posted by SteveFoerster

I got as far as "level of Russian language proficiency".

-=Steve=-
Click to expand...

Sorry, we don't have many faculty members willing to teach their courses in English or some other language: but we do believe it will be possible in future. But even in already available form, the online courses may be interesting for international students with basic Russian language skills.
Click to expand...

http://en.openuniversity.ru/?section=2

...darn!

SteveFoerster · May 18, 2006

Without the Internet, there is no way this would be in Russian!

Originally posted by Myoptimism
...darn!
Click to expand...

Без Интернета, нет никакого способа, которым это было бы на русском языке!

-=Стив=-

Log in or Sign up

FENU Open University

Lerner Well-Known Member

Lerner Well-Known Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

morleyl New Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

chydenius New Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

Myoptimism New Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

Share This Page

Log in or Sign up

FENU Open University

Lerner Well-Known Member

Lerner Well-Known Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

morleyl New Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

chydenius New Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

Myoptimism New Member

SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

Share This Page

Useful Searches