RESOURCES OF BELGRADE OPEN SCHOOL
Belgrade Open School is situated in Palata Beograd (Beograđanka), Masarikova 5 – 16th floor.
Within the School there are eight offices, a classroom, a computer classroom and a library.
The Classroom
The classroom of the Belgrade Open School is situated in the left wing of the 16th floor of Palata Beograd. It is equipped with cutting-edge technology for modern teaching – a projector and video screen, sound system and translation equipment. The capacity of the classroom is 40 people.
COMPUTER CLASSROOM
Belgrade Open School has the computer classroom that is constantly being renovated and enriched. Today, the computer classroom has 15 latest-generation-computers with a couple of serves securing Internet connection, e-mail correspondence and data processing. The server hosts a few chat servers, blogs and a great number of forums that are mainly being used for BOS e-learning programmes, as well as the forum of BOS alumni organisation and online database intended for the alumni of BOS. Computer classroom is available to the students of BOS, alumni, lecturers and associates.
LIBRARY
The library of Belgrade Open School consists of specialized collections of books, magazines and publications – more than 3800 titles featuring numerous fields of social and humanitarian science: Psychology, Law, Economy, Sociology, Religion, Culture, Political Science, Philosophy, Social Computing. The library is available to the students, lecturers and associates of the School.
The work of Belgrade Open School is supported by professional teams:
- Finance and Accounting
- IT Support
- Promotion and Communication
IT Support
IT support of Belgrade Open School consists of young experts that contribute to the work of BOS with their knowledge and professional experience. By maintaining the computer system and the network, designing and implementing e-learning platforms for programme participants, developing and maintaining websites for the projects and other target groups, designing promotional material – IT improves the work and gives a special contribution to the quality of programs developed and implemented by Belgrade Open School. All the activities and programmes of BOS are being recorded and published via interactive CDs. Up until now, over 50 documentaries have been filmed, as well as numerous textual presentations. This multi-media collection is being made so that the students would have all the necessary materials in one place and access them easily. All the recorded video material is being archived. By searching through the BOS archive, you can have the insight in development and productivity of BOS programmes, as well as a clear insight in all BOS activities. The design and compatibility of such information provides the students of BOS with a modern approach to the educational process and contemporary trends in the field of modern technology.
Numerous computer courses for BOS students and other target groups have been organized. One of the activities is also maintenance of BOS website, www.bos.rs . Besides the main website, IT support professional team also works on maintenance of the websites developed through particular projects of BOS.
Promotion and Communication
Professional team for promotion and communication enhances the work of Belgrade Open School with the aim to create better communication with the public. We want to establish a two-way communication in order to introduce the public to our activities and, at the same time, get an idea of what society needs so that we could, as a civil society organisation, address them adequately. In cooperation with the IT support, the Professional team for promotion and communication organizes and prepares promotional materials, organizes and realizes special events, media conferences and many other activities, thus contributing to better reputation of BOS in public.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
Finance and accounting professional team of Belgrade Open School with accountable and efficient work and respecting the norms and obligations stipulated by law, contributes to professional and successful work of BOS .
