Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany
This paper reports on developments in study centers in Germany and in particular the experience of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Emphasis in this paper has been placed on the challenges faced by German universities in the electronic age, which in it...
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Athabasca University Press
2003-04-01
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| author | Ulrich Bernath Axel Kleinschmidt Christine Walti Olaf Zawacki Carl von Ossietzky |
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| description | This paper reports on developments in study centers in Germany and in particular the experience of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Emphasis in this paper has been placed on the challenges faced by German universities in the electronic age, which in its early stages began in 1995. The purpose of this paper is to ground the establishment of open and distance study centres vis-à-vis the unique cultural and institutional circumstances characteristic of Germany and its institutions of higher education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee788b566df440dbbceb984b116998d82022-12-21T21:34:45ZengAthabasca University PressInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning1492-38312003-04-0141Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in GermanyUlrich BernathAxel KleinschmidtChristine WaltiOlaf ZawackiCarl von OssietzkyThis paper reports on developments in study centers in Germany and in particular the experience of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Emphasis in this paper has been placed on the challenges faced by German universities in the electronic age, which in its early stages began in 1995. The purpose of this paper is to ground the establishment of open and distance study centres vis-à-vis the unique cultural and institutional circumstances characteristic of Germany and its institutions of higher education.http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/133/213study centersGermanydistance education |
| spellingShingle | Ulrich Bernath Axel Kleinschmidt Christine Walti Olaf Zawacki Carl von Ossietzky Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning study centers Germany distance education |
| title | Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany |
| title_full | Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany |
| title_fullStr | Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany |
| title_short | Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany |
| title_sort | challenges for study centers in an electronic age a case study of the center for distance education at carl von ossietzky university of oldenburg in germany |
| topic | study centers Germany distance education |
| url | http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/133/213 |
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