International Open Education Week

University Library “Svetozar Markovic” has prepared versatile program within the international Open Education Week for all interested people.

A free training for all visitors interested in open access online education will be organized every hour starting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on March 10^th and 11^th, Monday and Tuesday, in the Education center of the University Library “Svetozar Markovic”. Open course ware of the most renowned world universities, from the recordings of lectures to the complete courses, will be presented to the public. In addition to that, the possibilities of earning a certificate at the prominent institutions will be explained.

 

“Introduction to Ancient Greek History” a lecture by professor Donald Kagan will be presented for the first time with Serbian subtitles on Wednesday, March 12^th at 6 p.m. on the first floor of the University Library “Svetozar Markovic”.

 

On March 13^th, Thursday, at 7 p.m. at the Roman Hall of the Belgrade City Library, Adam Sofronijevic, Head of Development and System Administration, Digitization and Cultural Activities Department of the University Library, will present the concepts of open access education, open education ware and massive online open courses. Moreover, he will explain how all interested people can access high quality open online education which is offered by the prestigious world universities. After that, “Introduction to Ancient Greek History” a lecture by professor Donald Kagan with Serbian subtitles will be presented.

 

On March 14^th, Friday, at 12 p.m., at the hall of the branch of the Library Milutin Bojic in Borca, there will be a public discussion about the opportunities provided by open education. In addition to that, there will be a presentation of the lecture “Introduction to Ancient Greek History” by professor Donald Kagan with Serbian subtitles.

 

On March 15^th, Saturday, at 11 a.m. at the boardroom at the Faculty of Philology, the PhD students will be presented with the opportunities provided by open access education. “Introduction to Ancient Greek History” a lecture by the professor Donald Kagan with Serbian subtitles will be presented to the students.

 

Profesor Kagan’s lecture is a part of the Open Yale course called Introduction to Ancient Greek History. University Library “Svetozar Markovic” in cooperation with the International Academic Center and Volunteer Club of the University Library translated into Serbian 24 lectures from this course so as to make them available to the Serbian public and it provided effective access to these materials regardless of the knowledge of English.

 

The cooperation of the aforementioned institutions will provide an opportunity for Serbian people to listen to the professor Donald Kagan, one of the most renowned present-day historians. His lecture traces the ancient roots of the Western civilization which originated from Ancient Greece and it voices the need to study them in order to grasp the essence of the present and to improve it.