Estimating the no. of entered courses.
The average numbers of the new courses per month for the last twelve months (on-course® statistics) were 33 Master programmes, 10 PhD Programmes and 43 Short courses (CPD). Using these numbers we built three interactive gauges (see above) showing the interpolated numbers of entered courses. Now you can make a rough estimation about the number of entered courses on the on-course.eu platform by type. The month values can be calculated for each month up to September 2014. Our users can now select from more than 5200 online searchable Master programmes, PhD programmes and short courses for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). As you can see the on-course.eu platform course count is positive as well as predictable. So, you can count on us!
The feature of this month's edition of inside_ON-COURSE is a reading options selector. Click on the checkboxes and select your personal reading options by clicking on the 'show' button. We'll continue answering interesting questions by analysing on-course® data as well as continue discussing new ideas regarding the further development of our biomedical course catalogue.
In our Service section you will find the short courses (CPD) in English and other European languages starting in October 2013.
inside_ON-COURSE answers the questions on on-course® catalogue.
Q1. I'm using two versions of on-course® catalogue: browser version for the desktop computer and app for the smartphone. Are they based on the same database?
Q2. One of the on-course® slogans is "New courses added daily". It makes more sense to prepare the new editions on the monthly basis. It simplifies for instance the release naming, gives an opportunity for the promotion campaign of the month's edition. In addition, you can create much more easier such sections as "New courses", "Courses calendar" or annonce the new starting dates for the revised courses!?
Q3. What would be the main technical requirements and advantages for the issuing of the course catalogue on monthly basis?
A3. The main technical requirements would be the working, backup and live versions of the database and a syncronisation tool which switchs the new release live. Among the advantages we could mention an opportunity for thorough testing of the published courses before they go live, decreasing the costs for the syncronisation between browser version and mobile app. New version or release could be each time associated with the new promotion campaign with the headlines such as 'Updated browser version is just released' or 'The All-new app for mobile phones will be soon available'.
As you probably have realised: the browser version of the on-course® cataloque offers very comfortable navigation tool. We want to share with you how the so called 'AND' filters could be implemented in one of the next versions of on-course®. For this purpose we've chosen the dataset on published PhD courses in Neuroscience. The filters in this case are the 41 scientific areas. Please be notified that this method is not yet a part of neither browser version nor of the mobile app. How does it work? The 'neuroscience' checkbox is always checked in this example. If you click on 'find' button you receive all neuroscience PhD courses. By clicking on additional checkboxes and then on 'find' button the searching module will find the courses where the selected scientific areas have been tagged. Try for instance 'neuroscience and biochemistry' or 'neuroscience and physiology' or 'neuroscience, physiology and pharmacology' or 'neuroscience, genetics & genomics, and evolutionary biology'. The found courses are sorted by relevance in descending order from 1 to 0. There are two search modes in this example: 'filter only on' for the strict search and 'filter only off' for the non-strict search.
What do the different abbreviations (PhD, DPhil, Dr.rer.nat, Dr.med.sci.) mean?
Find on the map the cities where the on-course® short courses are offered?
» Last update: September 2013 Visit our website to see a complete list of on-course® Short courses (CPD).
Different browsers users use to reach the on-course.eu website.
Desktop, Mobile or Tablet The Analytics shows which devices are in use on the website.
» Date range: 9 August - 8 September 2013.
Almost 95% of our users use desktop computers as a device to visit on-course.eu. About 3.5% use mobile devices to see the content. And 2% use tablets - in the first place iPads and Galaxy Tab (or Note).
» To see the short course details on on-course.eu click on the title of the course.
on-course® database scheme written pretty trivially in xml-like notation. Prior to the new release or any migration of the on-course® catalogue we want to give you an overview of the data we have been gathering for each course. We will do it by using the xml-like notation and by emphasising the simplicity, generality and usability of the gathered data.
This interactive notation helps in understanding the current database structure, it simplifies the modifying and preparation for possible alteration and migration, it facilitates the prototyping of the new releases and versions. It is very helpful in preparation for the exchange of the course information between the different databases and web portals.
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