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E-LEARNING COURSE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN (29) SPAIN CAPE VERDE GERMANY MOROCCO GREECE UNITED KINGDOM AUSTRALIA USA TUNISIA NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ITALY MALTA JORDAN BELGIUM CHINA EGYPT ALGERIA INDIA SOUTH AFRICA SAUDI ARABIA PALESTINE CUBA FRANCE REPUBLIC OF KOREA SWEEDEN CANADA CHILE
Nº STUDENTS (190) 85 17 15 8 7 7 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Results of the five editions Within the ProDes e-learning course, five editions have been done with a total students registered of 190. 1st edition (1st - 14th March), 3 groups - 61 students. 2nd edition (5th - 18th April), 2 groups - 32 students. 3rd edition (3rd - 16th May), 2 groups - 24 students. 4th edition (31st May - 13th June), June) 2 groups - 37 students. students th th th 5 edition (28 June - 11 July), 2 groups - 36 students. A great percentage of students (68%) were from UE; this was quite expected due to the dissemination was made mainly in the countries represented in the partnership. Concerning the rest of students, it was remarkable the significant participation of African people (18%). (18%) Students from 29 different countries of the five continents had participated in the course, which is a very relevant amount and shows the international impact of this initiative. initiative
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E-LEARNING COURSE Student’s origin
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E-LEARNING COURSE Student’s occupation
The participation has been different along the five editions. In general, professionals are the collective with the most important participation (almost 49%), followed by students and researchers. The group called "others" includes all those professionals not related to desalination and/or renewable energies and the unemployed people.
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E-LEARNING COURSE Summary of marks In general, students have obtained higher marks than professionals.
In all the editions there has been a group of students who registered in the course, but finally did not participate at all or failed, particularly in the first edition, wherein 50 of the 61 registrations were free. On the other hand, hand the marks distribution is very similar for the editions 2 to 5; for instance it is remarkable that marks over 8 are more than 35% and marks over 7 are about 45%.
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Students origin of the e-learning course 6th edition
71% Europe, 20 students Africa,, 1 students
14%
Asia, 2 students
4%
Oceania, 1 students
7%
4%
America, 4 students
A great percentage of students (71%) were from UE, this was quite expected because in the last 5 editions up to European countries. In diti t a 68% off the th students t d t were from f E ti I this thi edition diti increased i d the th percentage of students from America (14%), but the ones coming from African countries decrease (4%).
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Students profession of the e-learning course 6th edition
69% Professionals Professors
4%
Students Researchers
3%
7%
17%
Others
The student student’ss occupation in the 6th edition has followed the pattern of previous editions. editions Professionals are the collective with the most important participation (almost 69%), followed by students (17%) and researchers.
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Evolution of the students origin along the 6 editions of the e-learning course 100
90
87
85
80
Perce entage
70
71 65
60
59
Europe
58
Africa
50
Asia Australia
40
America 33
30
20
10
0
25
13
11
14
13
5 0
6 3 3 3
0 0 0
3 5
1st edition
2nd edition
3rd edition
4th edition
14 6 3 0
5th edition
4
7
4
6th edition
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Evolution of the students professions along the 6 editions of the e-learning course 80
70
69
54
50
Perc centage
64
62
60
Professionals Professors
40
St d t Students
38
36
Researchers
34
30
Others 25
25
25
20
18
17
15 12
10
6 0
1st edition
17 14 14
13
8 0
3
4
2nd edition
3rd edition
5
5
4th edition
0
3
5th edition
7 4
3
6th edition
2